Li League - Match 12 - Nagoya vs Igo & Shogi

 

The next match appears to be Nagoya vs Igo& Shogi (I had Wakagoi vs Igo&Shogi on the 5th so perhaps mis-read). 

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Oh my, what has happened here... Nagoya is fielding it's strongest side but Igo... Igo seems to have dropped it's vice Captain and is fielding both 3rd and 4th string players. Perhaps Xie Yimin is ill or otherwise engaged on the weekend of the 16th - but it does give Nagoya a big boost.

For board 1 both teams put forward their (strength wise) weakest players with Nagoya's Takao Mari (2859) versus the young Takayama Nonoka (2754). So only a 105 difference and Takayama beat Kato Chie when these teams first met (Takao Mori did not play that match and Xie Yimin basically beat up Suzukawa Natsumi in a one sided match).

Board 2 has the two Captains facing of with Kato Chie (3020) versus Fujisawa Rina (3213) - the current 2nd best Japanese female player. Chie has had a horrible tournament so far but she is capable of more.

Board 3 has Nyu Eiko (3014), the Nagoya Co-Captain (who lost to Rina in the 1st round) against Moro Arisa (2936) so she is 78 points up. Both players have done well so far this tournament and this is the game I am most looking forward to.

If ELO matches result then Nagoya should win this. If Xie was playing then she is at 3042 so is higher than both Nyu Eiko and Kato Chie - but not by much so those would have more expected to be more even games..

Board	Fukuoka	Senko	Result	Winner
Board 1	Takao Mari	Takayama Nonoka	?	?
Board 2	Kato Chie	Fujisawa Rina	?	?
Board 3	Nyu Eiko	Moro Arisa	?	?

Cast will be here when ready

Board 1 - Takao Mari (White) vs Takayama Nonoka (Black)

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Board 2 - Kato Chie (White) vs Fujisawa Rina (Black)

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Board 3 - Nyu Eiko (Black) vs Moro Arisa (White)

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