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Akira Watanabe (渡辺 明, Watanabe Akira, born April 23, 1984) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 9-dan. He is a former holder of the Meijin , Kisei , Ōshō , Ōza , Kiō and Ryūō titles.
Akira Watanabe suggests that even though he sets up for the Ishida Style, in one game of shogi, since the Rook doesn't need to block the Bishop's diagonal, he doesn't have to play that move, but he admits that he struggles with whether to execute 3-two Flying Rook in the sequence 2-six Pawn, 6-two King, 2-five Pawn, 3-four Pawn, 2-two Bishop ...
Three days before Miura was to begin play against reigning Ryūō Akira Watanabe, however, the Japan Shogi Association (JSA) announced that Maruyama was replacing Miura as the challenger. The official reason given by the JSA had to do with Miura failing to follow proper procedure in requesting to be allowed to withdraw from the match, but there ...
Professional shogi players, Yoshiharu Habu and Akira Watanabe, in 2014 with women's professional player Aya Fujita as timekeeper and (former) apprentice professional Naoto Kawasaki as game recorder Professional shogi players at a human shogi [] exhibition match in Himeji, Japan in 2018.
Akira Watanabe (chess player) (渡辺 暁, born 1972), Japanese political scientist and chess player Akira Watanabe (shogi) ( 渡辺 明 , born 1984) , Japanese shogi player Akira Watanabe, director of the 1987 anime Zillion (anime)
The Annual Shogi Awards (将棋大賞 shōgi taishō) are a number of prizes awarded yearly by the Japan Shogi Association to professional and amateur shogi players who have achieved particular success. The first Annual Shogi Awards were presented in 1974.
Styczyńska was one of three opponents chosen to play exhibition games against 62nd NHK Cup champion Akira Watanabe on NHK-E's 2014 New Year's Shogi Special. [36] She also served as assistant commentator for Dwango's Niconico English web broadcast of Game 2 of the 2nd Eiō Championship in December 2016. [37]
Miura was participating in the 2nd Denou-sen—a series of games between five shogi professionals and five computer programs—and his game was the final one of the series. [10] In January 2014, Miura defeated Takuya Nagase to win the 39th Kiō challenger tournament (2013–2014) to advance to the 39th Kiō title match against Akira Watanabe. [11]