Takodori's Entrance to Shogi World

Boardlives today - 20th LPSA 1 day tournament

Today is the day for the captioned tournament.

Started at 11:15

Fujita Maiko(Joryu 1kyu) vs Funato Yoko(Joryu 2 dan) - won by Fujita

Nakakura Akiko(Joryu Sho dan) vs Kano Tamao(Joryu sho dan) - won by Nakakura

To start at 12:30

Nakakura Hiroe(Joryu 6 dan) vs Shimai Saori(Joryu sho dan) (Won by Nakai due to Shimai's srick absence)

Nakakura Hiromi(Joryu sho dan) vs Kitao Madoka(Joryu sho dan) - won by Kitao

Semi-final - to start at 14:15

Fujita vs Nakai - won by Nakai

Nakakura vs Kitao - won by Kitao

Final - to start at 16:00

Kitao vs Nakai

Boardlive today and tomorrow - 58th Osho-sen 4-win match

Today is the day for the 1st game of 58th Osho-sen 4-win match between Habu Yoshiharu(Osho) and the challenger Fukaura Koichi(Oui) at Otsuka Museum of Art in Naruto city, Tokushima Prefecture. It started at 9:00 am. As a result of Furigoma, Fukaura became Sente player. The opening strategy is Kakugawari Koshikakegin(Bishop exchange and reclining Silver).

Kifu for Flash

Official Blog(in Japanese)

The thinking time per player is 8 hours and less than 60 seconds per move after consuming it. The game is expected to end in the evening of tomorrow.

Application deadline is January 31 - 19th World Computer Shogi Championship

The announcement has been distributed to Shogi-l. It will be held in Tokyo on May 3 through 5 and the application deadline is January 31. For more details, please refer to the announcement linked below;

Announcement of the 19th World Computer Shogi Championship - SHOGI-L | Google Group                       

Wwwshogipl is the winner - PlayOK tournament #2845549

Wwwshogipl is the winner of the captioned on-line shogi tournament held on January 14, 2009. Here is the link to the result. You can replay the games by clicking each point in the table on the linked page. Since the page will disappear in 6 months from the tournament date, I'm uploading the screenshot of the result below.

PlayOK.com - tournament #2845549 (shogi)

Board & Photo live today - Shimizu Ichiyo vs Yamada Kumi, 2nd Mynavi Joshi Open

Today is the day for a game of 2nd round for 2nd Mynavi Joshi Open(Challenger deciding knokout tournament) between Shimizu Ichiyo(Joryu Osho) and Yamada Kumi(Joryu 3 dan) at Tokyo Shogi Kaikan of JSA. It started at 10:00 am. As a result of Furigoma, Shimizu became Sente player.

Kifu for Flash | Kifu for Java

Frequently updated Photos of both players and board(Left = Shimizu)

Official Blog(in Japanese) | Mynavi Joshi Open Toppage(in Japanese)

The thinking time per player is 3 hours and less than 60 seconds per move after consuming it. The game is expected to end around 5:00pm today.

Lesson #37 became available - Video series of How to play Shogi by HIDETCHI

Lesson 37 of HIDETCHI's video series of  How to play Shogi is now available to watch on Youtube. He introduces some shogi variants there.

YouTube: How to play Shogi(将棋) - Lesson#37- Shogi Variants

The following playlist is handy to watch the previous lessons up to #36.

Playlist:How to play Shogi

Information of 3rd Shogi World Championship posted on the BBS of brainking.com by Zapara

Though there is no information yet about The 3rd Shogi World Championship Tournament on www.worldshogi.com and www.nyshogi.com, Zapara posted interesting information about the tournament linked below;

BrainKing - Discussion boards (Japanese Chess)

Kifu of the Pair Shogi Game played in Shogi Day in Tendo 2008

I found the kifu of the pair shogi game played in Shogi Day in Tendo 2008. Sente's pair are Frederic Pottier from France and Shimizu Ichiyo(Joryu Osho), and Gote's pair are Jochen Drechsler from Germany and Yauchi Rieko(Joryu Meijin). Pair shogi is very much like doubles in table tennis. One of the pair makes a move one after the other.

Shimizu&Frederic vs Yauchi&Jochen - Pair Shogi of Shogi Day togther wiht 4th International Shogi Tournament, November 9 2008(Kifu for Java) | (Kifu for Flash)

Some part of this game was broadcasted in Japan on November 30.

Lesson #35 & 36 became available - Video series of How to play Shogi by HIDETCHI

Lesson 35 & 36 of HIDETCHI's video series of  How to play Shogi are now available to watch on Youtube. He introduces various games using a shogi board and pieces in these videos.

YouTube: How to play Shogi(将棋) -Lesson#35- Non-tactical Games Played with Shogi Instruments

YouTube: How to play Shogi(将棋) -Lesson#36- Other Tactical Games Played with Shogi Instruments

The following playlist is handy to watch the previous lessons up to #34.

Playlist:How to play Shogi

Marchlion is the winner - PlayOK tournament #2818323

Marchlion is the winner of the captioned on-line shogi tournament held on January 10, 2009. Here is the link to the result. You can replay the games by clicking each point in the table on the linked page. Since the page will disappear in 6 months from the tournament date, I'm uploading the screenshot of the result below.

PlayOK.com - tournament #2818323 (shogi)