61st NHK Cup (shogi)
Round 1
A total of 18 games were played in round 1. Play began on April 3, 2011 and ended on July 31, 2011.

61st NHK Cup (shogi)

Section Title: Round 1
Table Section Text: A total of 18 games were played in round 1. Play began on April 3, 2011 and ended on July 31, 2011.

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

1	B	Taichi Nakamura 5d	Ayumu Matsu 7d	108	April 3, 2011	Manabu Senzaki 8d

2	B	Yūsuke Tōyama 5d	Daisuke Suzuki 8d	85	April 10, 2011	Nobuyuki Yashiki 9d

3	A	Osamu Nakamura 9d	Kōta Kanai 5d	126	April 17, 2011	Takanori Hashimoto 7d

4	B	Masataka Sugimoto 7d	Yūsuke Ina 6d	157	April 24, 2011	Kenji Kobayashi 9d

5	A	Kōhei Funae 4d	Yasuaki Murayama 5d	80	May 1, 2011	Keita Inoue 9d

6	B	Amahiko Satō 6d	Masayuki Toyoshima 6d	102	May 8, 2011	Eiji Iijima 7d

7	A	Hiroki Nakata 8d	Shūji Muranaka 6d	110	May 15, 2011	Akira Shima 9d

8	A	Chikara Akutsu 7d	Yoshiyuki Kubota 6d	97	May 22, 2011	Ayumu Matsuo 7d

9	B	Tadao Kitajima 6d	Nobuyuki Yashiki 9d	115	May 29, 2011	Daisuke Nakagawa 8d

10	A	Takuya Nagase 5d	Yasumitsu Satō 9d	131	June 5, 2011	Daisuke Suzuki 8d

11	B	Kenjirō Abe 5d	Kōzō Arimori 7d	75	June 12, 2011	Takeshi Fujii 9d

12	A	Mamoru Hatakeyama 7d	Keiji Mori 9d	153	June 19, 2011	Yoshikazu Minami 9d

13	B	Kōichi Fukaura 9d	Akio Ishikawa 6d	130	June 26, 2011	Osamu Nakamura 9d

14	B	Hisashi Namekata 8d	Tatsuya Sugai 4d	120	July 3, 2011	Toshiaki Kubo 2 crown

15	A	Takahiro Toyokawa 7d	Hiroshi Kobayashi 7d	96	July 10, 2011	Takashi Abe 8d

16	A	Daisuke Katagami 6d	Makoto Tobe 6d	142	July 17, 2011	Akihito Hirose ōi

17	B	Mitsunori Makino 4d	Takayuki Yamasaki 7d	114	July 24, 2011	Mamoru Hatakeyama 7d

18	A	Akira Shima 9d	Tomomi Kai W3d	75	July 31, 2011	Chikara Akutsu 7d

Sentence(s)

The most moves played in a single game was 157 (Rd. 1, Sugimoto 7d vs. Ina 6d).

final_sentence: The most moves played in a single game was 157 (Rd. 1, Sugimoto 7d vs. Ina 6d).