In this page are handicap games played by the amateurs against the professionals. New games will be added when I will receive the gamescores from the other players. All comments are from pros.
[Sente "Cheymol Eric"]
[SenteGrade "4 Dan"]
[Gote "Kondo Masakazu"]
[GoteGrade "5 Dan pro"]
[Handicap "Bishop"]
[Date "2004/05/07"]
[Event "Shogi professionnals in Paris"]
[Venue "Florian's home, Paris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Moves "122"]
1... S6b 2.P7f P8d 3.P6f P8e 4.B7g K4b 5.P6e P5d 6.R6h S5c 7.S7h K3b 8.S6g S34b 9.S6f G45b 10.K4h P4d 11.P5f G7b 12.P5e S4c 13.S3h P7d 14.K3i G7c 15.Px5d xS4 16.P4f P1d 17.P1f P3d 18.G65h N3c 19.G4g P2d 20.P3f S4c 21.K2h P9d 22.N3g P9e 23.P2f G4b 24.S2g R6b 25.G3h P6d 26.xP xG 27.S5e P*6e 28.Sx6d xS 29.P4e S*6f 30.Px4d xS 31.P*4e Sx7g+ 32.xN Nx4e 33.xN xS 34.S*5a P*4f 35.G43g R6c 36.Sx4b+ xK 37.G*4d S*5d 38.N*5g { very good move } P4g+ 39.Nx4e { xG3h is better } +Px3g 40.xG Sx4e 41.xG N*5f 42.G5d { Sente has the advantage since the beginning of the game. This moves is the turn around of the game. R5h is necessary, and if B*6g R5g is enough to keep the advantage }
After 41... N*5f
42... Nx6h+ 43.Gx6c R*5h 44.G*3h N*4e 45.R*4d P*4c 46.Rx4e B*5d 47.R4g Bx6c 48.P*4d G*4e 49.N*5g Gx4d 50.N7x6e G*5f 51.P*5d xB 52.P*5e xG4 53.P*4d Gx4g 54.Px4c+ xK 55.Ggx4g R5i+ 56.P*4e R*2i 57.K3g Gx4e 58.xN Bx6e 59.S*4h P*4f 60.xG Bx3h+ 61.xS N*2e
[Sente "Cheymol Eric"]
[SenteGrade "4 Dan"]
[Gote "Sato Shuji"]
[GoteGrade "6 Dan pro"]
[Handicap "Bishop"]
[Date "2004/05/08"]
[Event "Shogi professionnals in Paris"]
[Venue "House of Japan, Paris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Moves "153"]
1... S6b 2.P7f K4b 3.P6f P5d 4.P6e K3b 5.R6h S4b 6.P6d xP 7.xR S45c 8.R6h G65b 9.S7h S6c 10.S6g R6b 11.S6f P7d 12.K4h N7c 13.N7g G44b 14.G65h S4d 15.K3h R6a 16.K2h P5e 17.S3h S5d 18.P*6e P1d 19.P1f P3d 20.P4f K2b 21.G4g G3b 22.P3f P3e 23.xP xS 24.P*3f S2d 25.P5f xP 26.R5h P4d 27.Rx5f P*5c 28.R5i P1e 29.xP P*1f 30.P7e G6c 31.Px7d xG 32.P*7e G8d 33.S5e xS 34.xR S*5d 35.R5f Sx1e 36.P*1h P*6f 37.S*6d P6g+ 38.N8e
After 38.N8e
38... xN 39.Bx4d P*3c 40.Bx5c+ P*5e 41.R5i +P6h 42.R5g N*4b 43.+B5b R8a 44.P8f R8b 45.+B5a Sx6e 46.Rx5e S5d 47.R5g N7g+ 48.xR P*6f 49.R5g P6g+ 50.R5f +Ph5h 51.xG x+P 52.xR S4c 53.S5c+ Gx7e 54.+B7c R9b 55.+Sx4c xG 56.R5a+ S2d 57.P*7b P*5f 58.P*5h G6f 59.N*5e G5d 60.N4c+ G*5g 61.+Rx4b K1c 62.N*2f S2e 63.+Nx3c K2d 64.+R4c Nx3c 65.+B5a N*2a 66.+Rx5d K1e 67.G*3e S*2d 68.Gx2e xS 69.S*3e G*2d 70.xS xP 71.G*3e S*1c 72.Px5g xP+ 73.+B6a P*3d 74.Gx2e xN 75.+Bx3d G*3c 76.+Bx2e xP 77.P1g
[Sente "Cheymol Eric"]
[SenteGrade "4 Dan"]
[Gote "Nakahara Makoto"]
[GoteGrade "Eisei 10 Dan"]
[Handicap "Bishop"]
[Date "2004/05/08"]
[Event "Shogi professionnals lessons in Paris"]
[Venue "House of Japan, Paris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Moves "171"]
1... S6b 2.P7f P5d 3.P6f S5c 4.P6e K4b 5.R6h P4d 6.S7h K4c 7.S6g P3d 8.G65h N3c 9.P4f P2d 10.G4g P2e 11.P3f R2b 12.R2h S34b 13.S4h G7b 14.G5h P6d 15.xP xS 16.G5f G6c 17.S6f P7d 18.P*6e S65c 19.K6h G5b 20.K7h K3b 21.G6h S4c 22.N3g R2a 23.S4g P8d 24.P1f P1d 25.P4e xP 26.xN xN 27.xG P*4d 28.G4f P8e 29.P9f N7c 30.P3e xP 31.xG P*3d 32.G3f P7e 33.xS Nx6e 34.S5f P*6d 35.P2f xP 36.P*2c xR 37.P*2d xR 38.P*2e R2a 39.Rx2f P*2c 40.P2d xP 41.P*2e P*7d 42.S6f Px2e 43.xR { xG N*3c P*2c Nx2e xR is better } xR 44.xG R*2h
After 44... R*2h
{ R*2i is more accurate } 45.P*3c K2b 46.R*2f { Gx3d xS R*3b K1c Rx5b+ can take part of the R*2h inaccuracy, and the rook doesn't control the lance } xR+ 47.xG R*2i 48.G3f R2g+ 49.R*2e x+R 50.xG R*2i 51.Gx3d xS 52.R*3b K1c 53.Rx5b+ P8f 54.P*6i Px8g+ 55.xK P*8f 56.xK P*8e 57.xK N*7c 58.K8f Rx1i+ 59.P*8e P*8d 60.K9g Px8e 61.P*8g P8f 62.xP P*8e 63.P*2e { N*3f is better } xS 64.P3b+ K2d 65.N*2g S2f 66.S6x6e Px8f 67.xK L*8d 68.K7g Nx6e 69.K6f Sx2g+ 70.+Rx6c S*6b 71.+Rx7d Lx8h+ { G*7c +R7e P*7d wins immediately } 72.P*2h x+R 73.N7g Nx5g+ 74.xG K2e 75.+R8e Kx1f 76.P*2i x+R 77.+Rx8h P*8g 78.+R4h N*7d 79.K7e B*8f 80.Kx7d Bx7g+ 81.K8c +B5i 82.+R9h { +R4f followed by K8b } G*8h 83.+R9g N*8e 84.K8b Nx9g+ 85.Kx9a K1g 86.P*8b { Gote wins on points }
[Sente "Cheymol Eric"]
[SenteGrade "4 Dan"]
[Gote "Kondo Masakazu"]
[GoteGrade "6 Dan pro"]
[Handicap "Bishop"]
[Date "2004/05/09"]
[Event "Shogi professionnals in Paris"]
[Venue "House of Japan, Paris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Moves "83"]
1... S6b 2.P7f P5d 3.P6f P6d 4.R6h S6c 5.S7h P7d 6.P6e xP 7.xR P*6d 8.R6h S4b 9.P9f P9d 10.G65h S5c 11.S6g P4d 12.S6f G65b 13.K4h P8d 14.P5f P8e 15.B7g K4b 16.R8h N7c 17.P5e P6e 18.Px5d Px6f 19.Px5c+ xG 20.Bx6f G45b 21.P8f P*5f 22.K3h N6e 23.Px8e S*5g 24.B5e S6d 25.xB xG 26.S*7c B*5e 27.P*6f !
After 27.P*6f !
27... Sx5h= 28.xG P5g+ 29.Sx6d= xB 30.Px6e B5e 31.N*7g B6f 32.G*6g !
After 32.G*6g !
32... x+P 33.xG B5e 34.R5h S*6f 35.P*5c xG 36.P*5d G6c 37.P6d P*5g 38.xG Gx6d 39.Gx6f xB 40.P5c+ K3b 41.S*4c K2b 42.+P4b
[Sente "Cheymol Eric"]
[SenteGrade "4 Dan"]
[Gote "Nakahara Makoto"]
[GoteGrade "10 Dan"]
[Handicap "Bishop"]
[Date "2004/05/09"]
[Event "Shogi professionnals in Paris"]
[Venue "House of Japan, Paris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Moves "88"]
1... S6b 2.P7f P5d 3.P6f S5c 4.P6e P4d 5.R6h S34b 6.S7h S4c 7.S6g P3d 8.S6f N3c 9.G65h P2d 10.P5f R2b 11.P5e G45b 12.K4h Px5e 13.xS P*5d 14.S6f P2e 15.S2h P2f 16.xP xR 17.P*2g R2a 18.G3h K4b 19.P3f P4e 20.P9f S54d 21.P6d { Before attacking, it is better to castle with S3g and K3i } xP 22.P*5e G5c 23.Px5d xG 24.P*5e G5c 25.S7e G6b 26.Sx6d xG 27.xR P*6c 28.R6h K3b 29.G*5d xS 30.xP P*5e 31.S*5c xS 32.xP+ xG 33.P*5d G5b 34.S*5c S*5a 35.B9g { Sx5b+ xS P5c+ xS Rx6c+ G*5b +R6h is better; with the threats P*5d and P3e. The position is equal. } S*6d 36.xS+ xP 37.xB G*6c 38.B8f { P5c+ xG5b xB+ xG R6a+ is better. } P*6d 39.S*5c Gx5d 40.Sx6d+ xG 41.xB P5f 42.G*5c { The decisive mistake, P*5g is needed : xP+ xG with an equal position } S*5g 43.xG S*5i 44.xK Px5g+