On October 12 and 13, the fifth round of the 7-game final of Japan's 47th Masters Tournament ended at the Imaiso Ryokan in Kawazu-cho, Shizuoka Prefecture. Defending champion Yuta Iyama, who lost three consecutive points after winning the first set, won the 248 hands in a desperate situation to win the game and chase the score 2-3 while pulling back the set, still with challenger Toramaru Shibano on sight. The sixth game continued in Shizuoka Prefecture on October 24 and 25.
Yuta Iyama felt relieved after winning the game overflowed the photo, and the scroll on his back was written with the Buddhist phrase "endless zang".
Yuta Iyama, who lost all the two to four innings in the past month, has suffered five consecutive defeats in all competitions in the past month and a half, and his form is obviously sluggish, and he is powerless to resist the fifth inning, and the celebrity throne is in a hurry. The first day of the game also obviously gave this impression, the white Jingshan opening white 18 sacrificed a rare big flying "double flying swallow", after which he entered the right black formation, but after several long exams, he made an obvious problem hand, and the thick momentum originally built was eaten instead, and it seemed to be fragmented.
Before the match, Yuta Iyama walked around Toramaru Shibano and walked to his seat.
Challengers wipe the board as a sign of courtesy.
Day 1 Iyama lunch: tempura buckwheat cold noodles, Inari sushi, oolong tea.
Day 1 Shibano lunch: pork chop rice bowl, iced coffee.
Day 1 Jingshan Refreshments: Fruit platter.
Shibano refreshments on the first day: fruit cake.
After Shibano Toramaru saved the Black 65 as a sealer, the two opponents bowed to each other and ended the first day of the competition.
In the continuation of the next day, Toramaru Shibano ate the upper right white chess, and the win rate continued to rise. However, the foreshadowing of the reversal was buried within the five dead sons of the white, and the upper left contact war chess piece thought that he could get another vote, but Iyama Yutaibai 104 leaned against the gap in the black iron wall, and was a brilliant hand to use the remnants and sound to win the dominance of the situation in one fell swoop. Shibano, who was suddenly hit hard, chose to endure, but the more he retreated, the more there was no way back, and after the dazzling qi transformation and robbery, it was not only the upper right that was resurrected by the white chess, but also ate the black horn into a white space, and finally ended in a big defeat.
Yuta Iyama did not give Shibano Toramaru any more chances after reversing the winning rate, but the road to defending the title was still bumpy. It is worth mentioning that the sixth game of this celebrity battle is scheduled to be commented by the current chess saint Yiliao as the news commentary, because the successive Japanese chess saints, including Yuta Iyama, rarely accept similar explanation work during their reign, if Iyama loses the fifth game, the rare "chess saint talking about celebrities" gimmick will come to naught.
The referee, Shinji Takao, cut open the hand envelope.
Day 2 Iyama lunch: seafood sushi.
Day 2 Shibano lunch: tempura soba noodle soup, Inari sushi.
Staff lunch: mini paella, soba noodles.
On the second day, both players chose a fruit platter for refreshment.
Since Toramaru Shibano would return to the celebrity position as long as he won one set, the match ended immediately, attracting many reporters to the scene.
A sumptuous dinner photographed by recorder Xu Wenyan.
In this game, Xu Wenyan, a young chess player who works as a recorder, was favored by the media in the early stage, and took many photos for her inside and outside the court, which was quite amazing. Xu Wenyan was born in 2005, the daughter of Chinese female chess player Jin Yan Sidan, and in 2021, she set the dan at the Japan Chess Academy, and has already left a record of defeating seniors Lin Haifeng, Yukari Umesawa and Xie Yimin in the official tournament. Xu Wenyan was once praised by Rina Fujisawa for "having the figure of a model" and will undoubtedly become a new popular star of Japanese women's Go.