 In 2013, Abe was one of five shogi professionals selected to play against five computer shogi programs in the 2nd Denōsen exhibition match .Abe defeated the computer program in the first game of the match, which turned out to be the only victory scored by the shogi professionals.In October 2014, Abe defeated Yūki Sasaki to 2 games to 1 to win the 45th tournament.