Draws in tournaments Shogi

in professional tournaments, rules typically require drawn games replayed sides reversed, possibly reduced time limits. rare compared chess , xiangqi, occurring @ rate of 1–2% in amateur games.

the 1982 meijin title match between makoto nakahara , hifumi katoh unusual in regard impasse draw in first (double yagura) game on april 13–14 (only fifth draw in 40-year history of tournament). game (with katoh black) lasted 223 moves 114 minutes spent pondering single move. 1 of reasons length of game white (nakahara) close falling below minimum of 24 points required draw. thus, end of endgame strategically trying keep white s points above 24-point threshold. in match, sennichite occurred in sixth , eighth games. thus, best-of-seven match lasted 8 games , took on 3 months finish; black did not lose single game , eventual victor katoh @ 4–3.