62nd NHK Cup (shogi)
Round 1
A total of 18 games were played in round 1. Play began on April 8, 2012 and ended on August 12, 2012.

62nd NHK Cup (shogi)

Section Title: Round 1
Table Section Text: A total of 18 games were played in round 1. Play began on April 8, 2012 and ended on August 12, 2012.

No.	Block	Sente	Gote	No. of moves	Date	Guest Analyst

1	B	Tadashi Ōishi 4d	Akira Inaba 5d	96	April 8, 2012	Takayuki Yamasaki 7d

2	A	Kōru Abe 4d	Mitsunori Makino 4d	167	April 15, 2012	Osamu Nakamura 9d

3	B	Shinya Satō 6d	Masayuki Toyoshima 7d	106	April 22, 2012	Amahiko Satō 7d

4	B	Hiroshi Kobayashi 7d	Taichi Nakamura 6d	80	April 29, 2012	Eiji Iijima 7d

5	B	Sakio Chiba 6d	Daisuke Suzuki 8d	184	May 6, 2012	Tadao Kitajima 6d

6	A	Yoshikazu Minami 9d	Hisashi Namekata 8d	112	May 13, 2012	Bungo Fukusaki 9d

7	A	Takuya Nagase 4d	Hiroshi Kamiya 7d	67	May 20, 2012	Akira Shima 9d

8	A	Hiroki Nakata 8d	Shōji Seigawa 4d	103	May 27, 2012	Takahiro Toyokawa 7d

9	A	Osamu Nakamura 9d	Kenjirō Abe 5d	106	June 3, 2012	Hirouki Miura 8d

10	B	Ayumu Matsuo 7d	Toshiyuki Nakao 5d	129	June 10, 2012	Teruichi Aono 9d

11	B	Kōichi Fukaura 9d	Keita Kadokura 4d	85	June 17, 2012	Kazuo Ishida [ja] 9d

12	B	Amahiko Satō 7d	Kazutoshi Satō 5d	131	June 24, 2012	Makoto Tobe 6d

13	B	Keita Inoue 9d	Akira Shima 9d	86	July 1, 2012	Yoshikazu Minami 9d

14	B	Tomomi Kai W-4d	Hirotaka Notsuki 7d	86	July 8, 2012	Yūsuke Tōyama 5d

15	A	Masataka Sugimoto 7d	Tatsuya Sugai 5d	115	July 15, 2012	Takashi Abe 8d

16	A	Takanori Hashimoto 8d	Atsushi Miyata 6d	133	July 22, 2012	Akira Watanabe Ryūō

17	A	Shingo Hirafuji 7d	Chikara Akutsu 7d	112	July 29, 2012	Mamoru Hatakeyama 7d

18	A	Kensuke Kitahama 7d	Takayuki Yamasaki 7d	86	August 5, 2012	Masayuki Toyoshima 7d

Sentence(s)

The most moves played was 184 (Chiba 6d vs. Suzuki 8d) while the fewest number of moves played was 67 (Nagase 4d vs. Kamiya 7d).

final_sentence: The most moves played was 184 (Chiba 6d vs. Suzuki 8d) while the fewest number of moves played was 67 (Nagase 4d vs. Kamiya 7d).