本日の将棋棋戦
順位戦B級2組，すでに，久保利明九段，山﨑隆之九段が昇級を決めており，
最終局は最後の椅子を巡る争いとなりました。
藤本渚七段が勝てば，昇級という状況下で，対局が進行していきました。
まず，斎藤明日斗六段が鈴木大介九段に負けて，6勝4敗となり，脱落。
勝った鈴木九段は4勝6敗となり，他の対局の結果次第では
降級の可能性がまだあります。
そして，藤本七段が阿久津主税八段に勝ち，8勝2敗として，
三人目の昇級者となりました。おめでとうございます。
王位戦リーグ紅組，佐々木大地七段が菅井竜也八段に逆転勝ち，
勝った佐々木七段は1勝1敗，負けた菅井八段は0勝2敗となりました。
[追記]
羽生善治九段(1)が藤井猛九段(19)に勝ち，7勝3敗として，来期の順位を4位としました。
三浦弘行九段(2)が郷田真隆九段(15)に勝ち，両者，4勝6敗で今期終了，これにより，
鈴木九段(20)か，松尾歩八段(26)が降級することになり，松尾八段の結果待ち。
そして，及川拓馬七段(6)が佐々木慎七段(16)に勝ち，両者，4勝6敗となり,
鈴木九段(20)の降級が決定。もう一人の降級者を松尾八段(26)，藤井九段(20)が争う展開へ。
渡辺和史七段vs松尾八段戦は死闘の様相になり，先に秒読みに入って渡辺和史七段が
チャンスを逃し，松尾八段が勝利して，降級の逃れ，藤井猛九段が降級となりました。
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Rob's very sociable - he likes parties.
I had a headache and I wasn't feeling very sociable.
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Who was the last U.S. President to be inaugurated on March 4th, before the Constitution's 20th Amendment took effect?
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
The Amendment was ratified in January of 1933 but didn't take effect until October, after the first inauguration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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