According to the article written by Hirohiko Suzuki in August Edition of Kindai Shogi, the winning percentage by turn to play regarding professional games for fiscal year 2006(April 1 2006 through March 31 2007) are as followings;
Sente(Black) --- .520
Gote(White) --- .480
Gote's winning percentage is the highest for these five years. And it is the fifth highest for these 20 years. The number of the games ended with Jishogi and Sennichite is excluded for this calculation. According to the article, the winning percentage of Sente are as followings from fiscal year 2002.
FY2002 --- .539
FY2003 --- .536
FY2004 --- .554
FY2005 --- .531
Fy2006 --- .520
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