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Nagase Takuya vs Ito Shingo, 2nd game of Kakogawa Seiryu-sen - Shogi Boardlive Now

The following game is on boardlive now. It is the second game of 2nd Kakogawa Seiryu-sen best of three match. It will end in an hour or so.

• 4-dan Ito Shingo vs 5-dan Nagase Takuya
• 5-dan Nagase Takuya vs 4-dan Ito Shingo(rematch because of repetition)

Ito Shingo vs Nagase Takuya, 1st game of Kakogawa Seiryu - Shogi Boardlive Now

The first game of the 2nd Kakogawa Seiryu-sen best of three match started at 1:00pm(JST) at a public facility of Kakogawa City in Hyogo prefecture. You can replay and watch the game through the link below;

• 5-dan Nagase Takuya vs 4-dan Ito Shingo

 

 

 

 

Nagase vs Fujimori, First Game of 43rd Rookie King Final - Shogi Boardlive Today

Today is the day for the first game of the final best of three match of the 43rd Rookie King Tournament. It has been competed among players under 26 and 6-dan、 and some 3-dan shoreikai players in the form of knockouts. Both beat four players to come to this stage. Nagase displays good score so far today. His winning percentage of this business year to date is .800. On the other hand, Fujimori's score this year is 11-10. So many expects Nagase's win. Let's see what happen in the series.

The first game started at 10:00am at Tokyo Shogi Kaikan in Sendagaya, Tokyo. As a result of Furigoma, Nagase became Sente. You can watch and replay the game on the following liveboard.

• 5-dan Nagase Takuya vs 4-dan Fujimori Tetsuya

Here are the links to the official site and official blog(in Japanese).

The allotted thinking time per player is three hours. So it is expected to end at about 6:00pm(JST).

Habu has come back to Ouza

Habu has come back to Ouza beating Watanabe in 3-1 and 1 sennichite(repetition) in the 6oth Ouza-sen. The details can be found in the following thread of 81 square universe forum.

• 60th Ouza-sen

70th Juni-sen updates(5th Round of B2 and C1)

I posted the updates on the captioned round games in the thread for the topic of 81 square universe forum. Please click the link below if you are interested.

• http://forum.81squareuniverse.com/viewtopic.php?p=10166#p10166

Shogi Boardlives Today - 6th Mynavi Joshi Open Challenger Deciding 1st Round

The following games are available to watch now.

First round of 6th Mynavi Challenger Deciding Knockout torney
Joryu 2-dan Shimai Saori vs Joryu 4 crown Satomi Kana
http://live.shogi.or.jp/mynavi/kifu/6/mynavi201209170101.html

Joryu 1-kyu Sadamasu Minami vs Joryu 6-dan Shimizu Ichiyo
http://live.shogi.or.jp/mynavi/kifu/6/mynavi201209170201.html

Joryu 4-dan Kai Tomomi vs Joryu 2-dan Iwane Shinobu
http://live.shogi.or.jp/mynavi/kifu/6/mynavi201209170301.html

Joryu 4-dan Ishibashi Sachio vs Nakazawa Saya(ama)
http://live.shogi.or.jp/mynavi/kifu/6/mynavi201209170401.html

Joryu sho-dan Kumakura Shino vs Shoreikai 2-kyu Nishiyama Tomoka
http://live.shogi.or.jp/mynavi/kifu/6/mynavi201209170601.html

Joryu 2-dan Suzuki Kanna vs Joryu 2-dan Nakamura Marika
http://live.shogi.or.jp/mynavi/kifu/6/mynavi201209170501.html

Official Site - http://live.shogi.or.jp/ryuou/
Expected End time - sometime after 4:00pm(JST)

 

Maruyama vs Yamasaki, challenger deciding final of 25th Ryuo-sen - Shogi Boardlive Today

The captioned game is available to watch and replay.

• 9-dan Maruyma Tadahisa vs 7-dan Yamasaki Takayuki

This is the final game of challenger deciding best of three match for the 25th Ryuo-sen. The winner will become the challenger against Ryuo Watanabe Akira. I think it is expected to end sometime after 9:30pm(JST).

Here  are the official site and the official blog(in Japanese).

Sato vs Moriuchi, A JT cup game - Shogi Boardlive Now

The following game is now available to watch and replay. This is a JT Cup Nihon Series game.

• Osho Sato Yasumitsu vs Meijin Moriuchi Toshiyuki

It is expected to end by 5:00pm(JST) since it is a blitz-like game.

Here is the official site(in Japanese).

Yamasaki vs Maruyama, 2nd game of 25th Ryuo-sen challenger deciding match - Shogi Boardlive Now

The following game started at 10:00am today and is available to watch and replay.

• 7-dan Yamasaki Takayuki and 9-dan Maruyama Tadahisa

It is the second game of the 25th Ryuo-sen challenger deciding best of three match. Maruyama took the first game. The game is expected to end sometime after 9:30pm(JST).

Here are the official site and the official blog(both in Japanese) of the 25th Ryuo-sen.

Satomi vs Honda, Challenger Deciding Match of 2nd Ricoh Cup Joryu Ouza-sen - Shogi Boardlive Now

The following game started at 9:00am(JST) and are available to watch.

• Joryu 4 crown Satomi Kana vs Joryu 2-dan Honda Sayuri

As a result of Furigoma, Satomi became Sente. Surprisingly, Satomi's first move was P-2f, advancing her Rook Pawn which showed her intention to choose Static Rook. I heard she is studying double Static Rook, but I did not expect her to adopt it in this important stage. The game is expected to end sometime after 5:00pm(JST).

Here are the links to the official site and the official blog(in Japanese).