Tips on Third File Rook

Makoto Tobe (4dan at that time, 5dan now), black, selected Ishida-ryu + Mino castle, while Yuusuke Ina (5dan at that time, 6dan now) aimed Ginkanmuri (Silver Crown).
Black initiated a attack early.

You can see a lot of kifus on the Ryuo-sen's website.

Amateur Meijin-sen Tournament Final was held on Sep. 14, 2009.
Yamazaki (White) selected Ishida-ryu opening.
He showed beautiful "Sabaki" (disposing of pieces) of major pieces (rook and bishop), and eventually he won the game.

A commenmorative match, Kubo (Kiou) VS Itodani (5 dan) was held at Kintetsu department store.

Kubo selected Ishida-ryu (P-7e on 3rd move), and eventually he won the game.

You can see a lot of kifus on the festival's website.

Yauchi (Queen) won the 3rd game of Queen title match and she defended the title.

Iwane selected thirdfilerook opening, and then she advanced the formation into Ishida-ryu.
She was just one step away from winning... , which means she missed mate on the endgame!

You can see detail commentary of the game on the sites below.

• Mynavi Women's Open Official Site (Written in Japanese)
  
• yamajunn's shogi News: Shogi News : YAUCHI beated IWANE's Sanken Bisha and defended her title . (Jo-o)
• Takodori's Entrance to Shogi World: My twitter entries about the moves of 3rd game of Mynavi Joshi Open.

Toyoshima (5dan) used Ishida-Ryu at the tournament finals in Ryuo-sen yesterday, and he won.
Take a look at the game record below.
You can also see the record on the Ryuo-sen site (Unfortunately This site is in Japanese).
http://live.shogi.or.jp/ryuou/