Hello everyone, after fooling around for 5 days, I have eased up a little.
This year, in general, I have a tight schedule in all aspects of physical fitness, but fortunately, many friends are still more supportive of my writing in this situation, no matter how much I dislike it, I still like this Go world in my heart, so please take care of it in the future.
This time, the Ahantongshan Cup was originally scheduled to be held on October 7, but it happened that both of them were positive for the new crown and were directly postponed. Unfortunately, the follow-up schedule was relatively full on both sides, and finally had to be arranged at the end of the year.
This year, for Yili Liao, he harvested the chess saint and Ben Yinfang, regained Tianyuan at the end of the year, and held the three crowns. Iyama Yuta lost the title of Honinbo and barely held on to the throne. In all respects, now the Japanese Go banner bearer has inadvertently become a force Liao, even so, Iyama Yuta did not show weakness because of this, and wanted to win the last championship with his eyebrows raised.
The Ahan-Kiriyama Cup has also entered the 30th edition, but unfortunately this year's final can only be played at the Nippon Chess Academy.
Game Name: The 30th Ahantongshan Cup Final.
Play Date: December 24, 2023.
Black: Iyama Yuta Kudan White: Yili Liao Kudan Commentary: Atsushi Ita Kudan Commentary**: Yugen Ō *** Chess Road Web, Daily News Results: A total of 222 hands White mid-game win time: 1 hour and 30 minutes per side, followed by 1 1-minute second reading Translation and sorting: Find an excuse to be quiet The voice actor's husband is really strong
Figure 1 (1-48) [Figure 1] Both sides were relatively stable in the layout stage, starting from the collision of White 36, I thought that it was possible to enter a fierce battle directly, but when it came to White 48, both sides ended peacefully, and it should be a two-point situation for both sides here. 
Diagram 2 (49-63) [Diagram 2] White 58's double is his own move, and then Black 61's nail is an impressive move. After that, the spire of black 63 began to attack white in the lower left corner, and here black attacked with a lot of ideas. 
Diagram 3 (64-76) [Diagram 3] Black 67's jump is also very harsh, but Yili Liao realizes that the black pieces below are not thick, and the actual battle White 74 and White 76 begin to counterattack, and both the offensive and defensive sides here play very well. 
Diagram 4 (77-100) [Diagram 3] Both sides chose to run outward, and the white 100 bend was the strongest local means, but judging from the results, a small jump in the A position at this time can actually be satisfied. 
Diagram 5 (101-112) [Diagram 5] Black 101 and black 105 are posted strongly, but white becomes stronger in the lower left corner, and the pressure of white 112 is established. Before this, Bai 108's method of choosing an abandoned child was still very concise. 
Diagram 6 [Diagram 6] The actual battle of black A is the reason for the hard fight of black chess, perhaps at this time black 1 small point, so that the white piece in the lower left corner is still not in a stable state, and the situation will still be very complicated. 
Diagram 7 (113-127) [Diagram 7] Black 125 and black 127 are the winners and losers, and the white pieces in the lower right corner are not fully active. 
Diagram 8 (128-174) [Diagram 8] White 174's robbery can be said to be very disgusting, and in some parts black aces would be better, but in this way, although white temporarily cut off the way of survival, it has added a lot of robbery. Although there is still suspense about the outcome at this time, this year's Yili Liao has a very outstanding performance in the sense of victory and defeat. 
Diagram 9 (175-200) [Diagram 9] Actual white 198 concise live chess, and then white 200 love live, completely simplify the situation. In fact, before this, it was already difficult for black to find a change in the game.
Figure 10 (201-222) [Figure 10] In the mid-game, both sides can visit each other and look for opportunities. After that, Ichiriliao seized the mistake of black chess and took the lead in one fell swoop, and faced the winner and loser of Iyama Yuta, and dealt with it almost without mistakes.
Figure 11 (1-222) [Figure 11] Yili Liao won the Ahantongshan Cup for the second time in his career, and Iyama Yuta lost to Xu Jiayuan, Hirata Tomoya and Yili Liao in the final in a row from 2021, and won the runner-up for three consecutive years.
Yili Liao's thoughts after the game.
Looking back at today's game of chess, an unprecedented situation has been played in the layout stage, and the situation is not very certain. The offense and defense below began to enter the battle, and it felt much better after discarding 7 in the middle game. [Winning the championship for the second time in 5 periods] It is a great honor for me to get a result, and then there is a Sino-Japanese match, and I hope I can continue to work hard.
Looking back on this year, I have gained a lot of things, and I still know a lot of topics, but I still played my due strength for me. [What to expect next year] I will still take every game of chess seriously.
Yuta Iyama's thoughts after the game.
Review this game of chess] The battle below is the key to victory or defeat, and I have considered a lot of policies here, but I have not been able to choose the best move, and the actual game is not perfect.
Won the runner-up in three consecutive periods] There are a lot of difficult races here, and I am very satisfied that I have reached the final for three consecutive years, but it is a pity that I did not win at the most critical moment. 【Review of this year's competition】This year as a whole is still very fulfilling, but it is still a little regrettable that I did not get the results I wanted at the critical moment, and I hope that I can continue to work hard next year.