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Two shogi webcasting boardlives today

There are two shogi webcasting boardlives now. One is a second elimination game of the second Ricoh Cup Joryu Ouza-sen and the other is a challenger deciding knock-down tournament game of the 25th Ryuo-sen among the eleven survivors who passed the six-classified elimination tournaments.

The former is available to watch and replay at

• Joryu 2-dan Murata Chiho vs Shoreikai 2-kyu Nishiyama Tomoka

The game started at 10:00am(JST) and the given time per player is three hours. So I think it will end at around 5:00pm(JST).

Here are the official site of the 2nd Ricoh Cup Joryu Ouza-sen and the official blog.

The latter is available to watch and replay at

• 4-dan Ohishi Tadashi vs 5-dan Nagase Takuya

The game started at 10:00am(JST), too, but the allotted thinking time per player is two hours longer, five hours per player. So I think it will end after 8:00pm(JST)

Here are the official site of the 25th Ryuo-sen and the official blog where a lot of photos and diagrams of the game are being uploaded.

Muroya Yuki vs Suzuki Kanna, 2nd elimination of 2nd Ricoh Cup Joryu Ouza-sen - Shogi Boardlive Now

The following game is available to watch and replay now.

• Muroya Yuki vs Suzuki Kannna

It's a game for a second elimination game of the second Ricoh Cup Joryu Ouza-sen. The winner will go to the challenger-deciding tournament. The given thinking time per player is three hours and each will have to make a move less than 60 seconds per move after consuming it. I think it will end at about 5:00pm(JST) today.

Here is the official site of the second Ricoh Cup Joryu Ouza-sen and the official blog.

 

Yamguchi Eriko vs Hasegawa Yuuki, 2nd Elimination of 2nd Ricoh Cup Joryu Ouza-sen - Shogi Boardlive Now

The following game is available to watch and replay now. It started at 10:00am(JST). The given time per player is three hours, so I think it will end at around 5:00pm(JST).

• Joryu Shodan Yamaguchi vs Joryu 2-dan Hasegawa

Here is the official site of the 2nd Ricoh Cup Joryu Ouza-sen and the official blog.

Iwane Shinobu vs Chiba Ryoko, 2nd Joryu-ouza-sen 2nd elimination - Shogi Boardlive now

The following game is available to watch and replay now.

• Joryu 2-dan Iwane Shinobu vs Joryu 4-dan Chiba Ryoko

This is a 2nd elimination game of the 2nd Joryu Ouza-sen. Since the given time per player is three hours and it started at 10:00am(JST), I think it will end at around 5:00pm(JST).

Here is the official site of the 2nd Joryu Ouza-sen and the official blog.

Weekly Schedule of Free Webcasting Boardlives

I posted this week's schedule of free webcasting shogi boardlives. The 25th Ryuo challenger deciding knock-out tournament will start this week.

• http://forum.81squareuniverse.com/viewtopic.php?p=9364#p9364

Hirose vs Goda, 6th Daiwa Securities Cup - Shogi Boardlive Now

The following game is now on board-live. You can watch and replay the game at

• 7-dan Hirose Akihito vs 9-dan Goda Masataka

The given time per player is 30 minutes and each player will have to make a move less than 30 seconds per move. So I think it will end sometime between 9:00pm and 9:30pm(JST).

Here is the official site of Daiwa Securities Cup.

Habu vs Nakamura, 2nd game of 83rd Kisei-sen - Shogi Boardlive and Nico Nico Live today

Today is the day for the second game of the 83rd Kisei-sen best of five match. Before the game, Habu take the lead in 1-0. The game started at 9:00am(JST) at Hotel Foresta in Toyota city, Aichi prefecture. Nakamura is Sente for this game. Since the allotted thinking time per player is four hours, I think this will end after 6:00pm(JST). You can replay the game through the following link.

• Nakamura vs Habu

Here is the official site and blog(both in Japanese). The game is available to watch at 81 dojo with a chat window. 

Also, Nico Nico Live covers this game. You can see the information about how to watch it in my post to 81 square universe forum. If you are interested, please click the link.

Medaka Box Episode 12 is a story about a shogi club in a high school

According to the following blogs, Medaka Box Episode 12 is apprantly a story about a shogi club in a high school.

• Medaka Box - 12 (END) | Random Curiosity
• Hanners' Anime 'Blog: Medaka Box - Episode 12 (Completed)
• Tenka Seiha » Medaka Box #12 — Blah Blah Blah Blah… » Blog Archive
• Medaka Box Episode #12 | The Anime Rambler – By Benigmatica
• Puer Magi Halfey Magica » [Review] The Melancholy of Medaka Kurokami (Medaka Boo...

It's available to watch on Crunchyroll from the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand base on this article. And Sentai Film licenses it.

Moriuchi vs Sato, 20th Fujitsu Cup Tatsujin-sen game - Shogi Boardlive Now

The following game is available to watch now. It will end at around 5:00pm(JST).

• Meijin Moriuchi vs Osho Sato 

It's a 20th Fujitsu Cup Tatsujin-sen knock-out tournament of game. It's one of the quarterfinals. Fujitsu Cup Tatsujin-sen is an unofficial tournament where selected forty or older players are competing.

 

Two Shogi Boardlives today

The following two games are available to watch and replay today.

• Joryu 4-dan Yauchi Rieko vs Joryu 2-dan Honda Sayuri
• Joryu 2-dan Nakakura Hiromi vs Joryu 4-dan Ishibashi Sachio

These are games of the second elimination of the second Ricoh Cup Joryu Ouza-sen. The given time per player is three hours. Since they started at 10:00am(JST), I think they will end at about 5:00pm(JST). The game of Nakakura vs Ishibashi went double Yokofutori(side Pawn). It's rare opportunity to watch a double Yokofutori game in professional play.

Here is the official site.