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順位戦C級1組,昇級者三名決定!etc.

本日の将棋棋戦

順位戦C級1組,岡部怜央五段(29)が中川大輔八段(2)に勝ち,9勝1敗として,
B級2組への昇級と六段への昇段を決めました。おめでとうございます。
この勝利により,高田明浩五段(19),飯塚祐紀八段(23)の昇級の可能性が
なくなりました。負けた中川八段はまさかの全敗(0勝10敗)でした。
そして,飯塚八段は出口若武六段(11)に負け,7勝3敗で終戦。
勝った出口六段は6勝4敗で今期順位戦を終えました。
これらの対局の結果,西田拓也六段(13)vs三枚堂達也(12)七段戦,
および杉本昌隆八段(1)vs都成竜馬七段(10)戦の勝者がそれぞれ昇級となる展開。
西田六段が三枚堂七段に勝利して,昇級を決めました。
高田五段は先崎学九段(16)相手にまさかの大逆転負け,
7勝3敗で今期を終えました。勝った先崎九段は5勝5敗の指し分け。
そして,昇級最後の椅子は都成七段が杉本八段相手に逆転勝ちで
モノにしました。

新人王戦,吉池隆真四段vs川村悠人三段戦,
吉池四段が横綱相撲と思いきや終盤,川村三段が逆転するも
再逆転,吉池四段が31手詰めを寄せ切り,勝利しました。
次局は片山史龍四段との対局となります。

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internment noun [U]
uk /ɪnˈtɜːn.mənt/ us /ɪnˈtɝːn.mənt/ the act of putting someone in prison for political or military reasons, especially during a war:
an internment camp

incarceration noun [U]
uk /ɪnˌkɑː.sərˈeɪ.ʃən/ us /ɪnˌkɑːr.səˈreɪ.ʃən/
formal the act of putting or keeping someone in prison or in a place used as a prison:
We’re spending billions of dollars each year on incarceration.
The prisoner was sentenced to five months of incarceration.

incarceration noun [U]
uk /ɪnˌkɑː.sərˈeɪ.ʃən/ us /ɪnˌkɑːr.səˈreɪ.ʃən/
formal the act of putting or keeping someone in prison or in a place used as a prison:
We’re spending billions of dollars each year on incarceration.
The prisoner was sentenced to five months of incarceration.

internee noun [C]
uk /ˌɪn.tɜːˈniː/ us /ˌɪn.tɝːˈniː/
a person who has been put in prison for political or military reasons, especially during a war
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