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Boardlive today - Watanabe Akira vs Kubo Toshiaki, 2nd game of 36th Kio-sen

The following game started at 9:00am and will end around 6:00pm which is available to watch on boardlive.

• Ryuoh Watanabe Akira(Sente) vs Kio Kubo Toshiaki

Kubo took the first game and leads the score in 1-0 before this game. Since Kio-sen is best-of-five match, Watanabe would like to be tied by winning this game. The allotted thinking time per player is four hours and the venue is at Hokkoku Schimbun Hall in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa prefecture.

The official site of Kio-sen can be found here. You can see a lot of photos related to this game in the official blog to be uploaded.

A chat environment with watching the board is ready at 81-Dojo. I will be there before the game finishes.

2010 ranking of earnings by shogi games

Japan Shogi Association(JSA) unveiled the 2010 top 20 ranking of earnings by official shogi games on February 16. According to it, the top 20 players are as followings.

1. Habu Yoshiharu --- 116 million yen
2. Watanabe Akira --- 62 million yen
3. Kubo Toshiaki --- 48 million yen
4. Moriuchi Toshiyuki --- 33 million yen
5. Fukaura Koichi --- 32 million yen
6. Sato Yasumitsu --- 30 milliion yen
7. Miura Hiroyuki --- 29 million yen
8. Fujii Takeshi --- 24 million yen
9. Maruyama Tadashisa --- 24 million yen
10. Hirose Akihito --- 21 million yen
11. Tanigawa Koji --- 19 million yen
12. Goda Masataka --- 16 million yen
13. Yamasaki Takayuki --- 14 million yen
14. Kimura Kazuki --- 13 million yen
15. Matsuo Ayumu --- 12 million yen
16. Akutsu Chikara --- 12 million yen
17. Takahashi Michio --- 12 million yen
18. Suzuki Daisuke --- 11 million yen
19. Yashiki Nobuyuki --- 11 million yen
20. Inoue Keita --- 10 million yen

US Shogi Championship 2011 to be held on April 2 & 3 in Philadelphia

US Shogi Championship 2011 is to be held on April 2 & 3 in Philadelphia. The details can be found at

• Shogi Miscellania: 2011 U.S. Shogi Championship in Philadelphia

or

• 2011 U.S. Shogi Championship - SHOGI-L | Google Groups

Shogi Boardlive today and tomorrow - Kubo vs Toyoshima, 4th game of 60th Osho-sen

The following game is on boardlive today and tomorrow.

• Kubo vs Toyoshima
  

This is the 4th game of 60th Osho-sen best of seven match between Osho Kubo Toshiaki and Challenger 6-dan Toyoshima Masayuki. Before the game, the score is 2-1 led by Kubo. The game started at 9:00am at Kakurinji in Hyogo prefecture. Since this is two-day-match, the game will end in the evening of tomorrow.

Here is the official page of Osho-sen. You can see lots of photos to be uploaded on the official blog.

Boardlive now - Ueda Hatsumi vs Ishibashi Sachio, 4th Mynavi Joshi Shogi Open

The following game is available to watch and replay now.

• Ueda vs Ishibashi

The game started at 10:00am in Japan. Since the allotted thinking time per player is three hours, it is expected to end around 5:00pm. The winner of this game will be the challenger against Queen Yauchi.

Here is the official site of Mynavi Joshi Open(in Japanese).  And you can see lots of photos in the official blog.

Boardlive now - Satomi Kana vs Shimizu Ichiyo, 3rd game of 37th Joryu Meijini-sen

Today the following shogi boardlive is available to watch - Joryu Meijin Satomi Kana vs Joryu 6-dan Shimizu Ichiyo. This is the third game of best of five match. Before the game, Satomi took two games in a row and the score was 2-0 led by Satomi. Shimizu must win it to stop her defending the title. The venue is at Kukunoyu in Okayama prefecture. The allotted thinking time per player is three hours. The game started at 9:00am and it will end around 4:00pm today. You can replay and watch the game through the followin page.

• Satomi vs Shimizu

The official site of Joryu meijini-sen is here(in Japanese). And you can see lots of photos to be uploaded in the official blog.

Information about International Shogi Festival 2011

The information about Internattional Shogi Forum has been released. Briefly, it's to be held from October 27 to 30 in Paris, France. including the tournament of national representative and the other open tournament. In the past, International Shogi Festival(formerly International Shogi Forum) were held in Japan four times every three year starting 1999. This will be the first time for the event to happen outside Japan. For more details, please follow the following links:

•  International Shogi Festival 2011
• PDF Version of the Official Invitation Letter

4th Asahi Trophy Shogi Open Semi-Finals and Final

The day before yesterday on February 12, 4th Asahi Trophy Shogi Open semi-finals and final took place. Here are the links to the games for replay and resluts.

• Semi-final1 - Meijin Habu Yoshiharu(sente) vs 9-dan Goda Masataka (won by Habu)
• Semi-final2 - Ryuo Watanabe Akira(sente) vs 8-dan Kimura Kazuki (won by Kimura)
• Final - Kimura (Sente) vs Habu (won by Kimura)

Kimura became the winner of 4th Asahi Trophy Shogi Open. Congratulations.

Board Live today & tomorrow - Kubo vs Toyoshima, 3rd game of 60th Osho-sen

Today and tomorrow are the days for the 3rd game of 60th Osho-sen between Osho Kubo Toshiaki and Challenger 6-dan Toyoshima Masayuki. The game started at 9:00am today. The venue is at Hotel Kagetsu in Ohtawara City, Tochigi prefecture. Since this is a two day match, the game will close Day1 at 6:00pm today and then will restart at 9:00am tomorrow. The end of this game will be in the evening of tomorrow. The allotted thinking time per player is eight hours per player. You may watch and replay the game thorugh the virtual board linked below;

• Toyoshima(Sente) vs Kubo

The official site of 60th Osho-sen is here(in Japanese). The official blog in Japanese is here. The chat environment with watching the latest position is ready in 81-Dojo. I think I'd be there from time to time.

Update of FESA Shogi Page

Ratings (2011-01) and Tournament Results (Fall 2010) have now been updated! FESA is the abbreviation of Federation of Europeaon Shogi Association.

• Ratings (2011-01) and Tournament Results (Fall 2010) have now been updated!

The FESA's homepage started to generate RSS feeds. You can keep yourself noted timely if you register for it in your RSS reader such as Google Reader etc..,