本日の将棋棋戦
叡王戦九段予選，午前中，塚田泰明九段が丸山忠久九段に勝ち，
午後の対局では山﨑隆之九段が塚田九段に勝ち，
山﨑九段が決勝トーナメントへ。
同じく叡王戦九段予選，佐藤天彦九段が井上慶太九段に午前中勝ち，
午後の対局では，深浦康市九段が相手，深浦九段はまさかの大逆転負け，
天彦九段が勝利して，決勝トーナメントへ。
叡王戦九段予選通過者は郷田真隆九段を含む三名が全員決まりました。
王位戦予選，菅井竜也八段が谷川浩司十七世名人に勝利，
大石直嗣七段が待つ決勝へ。
同じく王位戦予選，高見泰地七段が岡部怜央五段に勝利，
阿部光瑠七段が待つ決勝へ。
棋聖戦二次予選，村田顕弘六段が稲葉陽八段に勝ち，予選決勝へ。
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contract verb
uk /kənˈtrækt/ us /kənˈtrækt/
contract verb (BECOME SMALLER)
[I] to become smaller in amount or quantity:
A recession is a period when the economy is contracting.
Agricultural output has contracted by 2.3 percent.
damp verb
uk /dæmp/ us /dæmp/
damp verb (REDUCE)
[T] (also damp something down) to reduce activity, especially economic activity, or make it weaker:
The country's economic problems have damped demand.
They need to tighten their monetary policy further to damp down inflation.
Second quarter earnings are likely to be damped by falling sales.
The prime minister moved swiftly to damp down speculation about an early general election.
The curators of the exhibition did everything they could to damp down the controversy.
inch verb [I or T, + adv/prep]
uk /ɪntʃ/ us /ɪntʃ/
to move very slowly or in many short stages:
inch towards We are inching towards an agreement.
inch up Crime rates have inched up in recent years.
inch higher Share prices inched higher during the day.
inch closer Residents watched the flames inch closer and closer.
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bomb cyclone noun [C] environment specialized
uk /ˈbɒm ˌsaɪ.kləʊn/ us /ˈbɑːm ˌsaɪ.kloʊn/
a severe storm that develops very fast, in which the air pressure at its centre falls quickly by a large amount:
Bomb cyclones form when air near Earth's surface rises quickly in the atmosphere, triggering a sudden drop in barometric pressure — at least 24 millibars within 24 hours.
weather bomb noun [C] environment specialized
uk /ˈweð.ə ˌbɒm/ us /ˈweð.ɚ ˌbɑːm/
a storm that develops very fast, especially one in which the air pressure at its centre falls quickly:
When the gale collided with a warm front moving quickly north, it triggered a weather bomb.
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