Game No. 1 of the Shogi Ryuo Sen title match was held on Oct. 14 and 15 in Nagasaki. Ryuo Akira Watanabe was defending the title against a challenger, Yoshiharu Habu. The title match two years ago between the two players was such a magnificent match that went on until the seventh game (when defending champion Ryuo Watanabe bested his opponent after three straight losses) that many of us had high expectations for this year’s title match.,
Around 6 o’clock on the second day, Yoshiharu Habu declared that he lost the game rather suddenly. (I am guessing, as I do not know how to play, but judging from the chat and live blog, it seems that few people expected that he would declare a loss then.)
The title match continues. Stay tuned.
Yoko Ishikura is a Professor at Hitotsubashi University ICS in the Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy in Japan. She has held positions as a professor at the School of International Politics, Economics and Business of Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo, as a consultant at McKinsey and Company Inc. Japan and a visiting professor at Darden School.
Professor Ishikura is a consultant to a number of multinational companies and has been a frequent speaker at management conferences, seminars, and workshops throughout the world. She was a member of the Regulatory Reform Committee for the Japanese government and the International Competitiveness Commission for METI. She is currently a Forum Fellow of the World Economic Forum.
She is the author of Strategic Shift from OR choices to AND paradigm, Building Core Skills of Organization , and the co-author of the following publications: Managing Diversity in the 21st Century, Strategy for Cluster Initiatives in Japan , and Building a Career to the World Class Professionals – all in Japanese. Her books in English include: Asian Advantage, Hitotsubashi on Knowledge Management and Trust and Antitrust in Asian Business Alliances.
Professor Ishikura’s current research interests are focused on global competition, innovation, and knowledge management. She received her BA from Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan; MBA from Darden School, University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia; and DBA from Harvard Business School.
