Takeda survived a brutal attack and pulled back, pulled back, pulled back to gain time to organize. Things moved along slowly until the last two turns where Takeda actually had the lead. However, he lost a leader in a check. Uesugi tied it up, then failed to win. Takeda had the chance to win and failed with just one block to go. Then Uesugi was able to win. It was actually more balanced than I thought. Uesugi got lucky on that leader check, but Takeda got lucky when Uesugi could not pay honor and lost blocks. A very exciting bout for us. Uesugi wins 6-5 by the skin of his teeth.
