Takodori's Entrance to Shogi World

Board & Photo live of 3rd game of 49th Oui-sen

Today and tomorrow are the days for the 3rd game of 49th Oui-sen between Oui Fukaura and Challenger Habu. The socer was tied in 1-1 before the game. The game started at 9:00am in Japan. The venue of the play is at Nakanobo Zui-en in Hyogo Prefecture. You can watch and replay the game through the following pages;

Javascript board

Frequently-updated-photo of Fukaura

Photo of Habu

Habu is Sente player in thie game. The thinking time per player is 8 hours and less than 60 seconds per move after consuming it. It will end tomorrow evening.

Boardlive today - Tanigawa Koji vs Kimura Kazuki, Final of 56th Ouza-sen

Today the final of 56th Ouza-sen started at 10:00am between Tanigawa Koji(9 dan) and Kimura Kazuki(8 dan) at Kansai Shogi Kaikan in Osaka. The winner of this game will be a challenger against Habu Ouza. As a result of Furigoma, Kimura became Sente player. The photos just before making the first move is here.(Upper = Kimura). You may watch and replay the game through either of the live boards linked below;

Kifu for Flash | Kifu for Java

The top page of Ouza-sen broadcasting site is here(in Japanese). The thinking time per player is 5 hours and less than 60 seconds per move after consuming it. The game will end in the evening today(Japan time)..

Boardlive now - Saita Haruko vs Ito Nou

The game of Asahi Trophy Shogi Open is available to watch and replay now. It started at 10:00am in Japan. Saita is Sente player. The thinking time per player is 40 minutes and less than 60 seconds per move after consuming it. It will end in one hour or so from now.

Saita Haruko vs Ito Nou - Kifu for Flash | Kifu for Java

More about Shotest on Xbox 360

Here are some more information about Shotest on Xbox 360 to visit.

Surprise!: Shotest Shogi Appears on Japan's XBLA | XBLArcade.com

I do not understand why it was released in advance only in the Japanese market. I hope it will become availble other regions soon.

shogi --- Video of Shotest in Japanese version

Boardlive today - Itodani Tetsuro vs Habu Yoshiharu, 21st Ryuo-sen

Today is the day for the Ryuo-sen game between Itodani Tetsuro(5 dan) and Habu Yoshiharu(4 crown). It started at 10:00 am. Itodani became Sente player as a result of Furigoma. The opening strategy is Gote's Itteson Kakugawari(Bishop exchange with Gote's one tempo delay). You can watch and replay the game through either of the pages linked below;

Kifu for Flash | Kifu for Java

The thinking time per player is 5 hours and less than 60 seconds pre move after comsuming it. The game will end in the evening today in Japan. The toppage of Ryuo-sen is linked below. You can see the photo of the players.

According to the comment of the 5th move, Itodani is the second teen-player who matches Habu after Habu became the 7 crown holder in 1996. The first teen-player was Watanabe Akira. It's difficult for lower aged player to meet Habu in a professional game since he needs to win lot of games to do that.

21st Ryuo-sen

Fukaura tied the score in 1-1 - 49th Oui-sen 4-win match

On July 23 and 24, the 2nd game of 49th Oui-sen 4-win match between Oui Fukaura and Challenger Yoshiharu Habu took place at Hotel Foresta in Toyota City of Aichi Prefecture. Fukaura was Sente player and won the game in 109 moves to tie the score in 1-1. They say Habu led the position in the middlegame but Fukaura turned it around sometime in the endgame.

The diagram below is the resignation one when Sente's King escaped to 8f from 7g. Sente's King will be mated while Gote's King is in threatmate at the diagram. The possible variations after that position would be as followings;

S*7e Kx9e G-8d K-9f P*9d(P*9e is illegal move due to mate with a dropping pawn) S*5c K-4a Lx4b+ Gx4b Rx4b+(mate)

S*7e Kx9e g-8d K-9f +Rx3i S*5c K-4a Lx4b+ Gx4b Rx4b+(mate, replayable by clicking the arrow in the right direction under the diagram)

K-4a +B-5c S*5a N*5d K-3a Nx4b+ K-2b +Nx3b Kx3b L-4c+ K-2c S*3b K-1d S*1e Kx1e P-1f K-2d G*1e(mate)

K-4a +B-5c S*5a N*5d K-3a Nx4b+ K-2b +Nx3b Kx3b L-4c+ K-2b +B-3a K-2c +B-3b K-2d S*3c Nx3c +Bx3c K-1d G*1e(mate)

K-4a +B-5c S*5a N*5d K-3a Nx4b+ Gx4b Lx4b+ Sx4b Rx4b+(mate)

K-4a +B-5c S*5a N*5d K-3a Nx4b+ Gx4b Lx4b+ K-2b +L-3b Kx3b R-4c+ K-2b G*2c(mate)

K-4a +B-5c S*5a N*5d K-3a Nx4b+ Gx4b Lx4b+ K-2b +L-3b K-2c R-4c+ N*3c  +Lx3c Nx3c S*3b K-2d +Rx3c Kx3c G*2c(mate)

 

In any case, Gote was hopeless.

Boardlive Today - 57th Ouza-sen, Joryu vs Male Pro

The follwoing games started at 10:am today and are available to watch and replay. The thinking time per player is 5 hours and less than 60 seconds per move after consuming it. They will end in the evening today.

Yauchi Rieko(Joryu 2 crowns, Sente) vs Oikawa Takuma(4 dan) - Kifu for Flash | Kifu for Java

Shimizu Ichiyo(Joryu 2 crowns, Sente) vs Inaba Akira(4 dan) - Kifu for Flash | Kifu for Java

Kanai Kouta(4 dan, Sente) vs Ishibashi Sachio(Joryu Oui) - Kifu for Flash | Kifu for Java  (The game ended with Sennichite. Another game is here Kifu for Flash | Kifu for Java)

Kai Satomi(Joryu 2 dan) vs Sakaguchi Satoru(4 dan) - Kifu for Flash | Kifu for Java

Boardlive today - Akutsu Chikara vs Kimura Kazuki, 21st Ryupo-sen

Today is the day for the Ryuo-sen game between Akutsu Chikara(6 dan) and Kimura Kazuki(8 dan). It started at 10:00 am. Akutsu became Sente player as a result of Furigoma. You can watch and replay the game through either of the pages linked below;

Kifu for Flash | Kifu for Java

The thinking time per player is 5 hours and less than 60 seconds pre move after comsuming it. The game will end in the evening today in Japan. The toppage of Ryuo-sen is linked below. You can see the photo of the players.

21st Ryuo-sen

"Hayazashi Shogi Sandan" was released by Nintendo for WiiWare in Japan

Nintendo itself released new WiiWare software called "Hayazashi Shogi Sandan" which is shogi specific software based on TACOS as shogi engine on July 23. It supports Nintendo Wi-Fi connection as well. For more information, please read the articles linked below;

WiiWare: Shogi coming | WiiNintendo
IGN: Nintendo Brings Shogi to WiiWare
Hayazashi Shogi Sandan (Official Page in Japanese)

Shogi Ustreamlive today

Today a 2nd-round match of NRS invitation trophy between Nakai Hiroe(Joryu 6 dan) and Fujita Maiko(Joryu 1 kyu) will be on live from 6:00pm(Japan Time). The thinking time per player is 40 minutes and less than 60 seconds per move after consuming it. You should be able to watch the live through the channel linked below;

2008nrs, Ustream.TV: . News,Events (Live is over)

Pre-Recorded Video(Linked on July 24, Left = Nakai)

The boardlives using Kifu for Flash and Kifu for Java should be available through the official site linked below;

http://joshi-shogi.com/nrs/ (In Japanese)

Kifu for Flash | Kifu for Java (Linked on July 24, Sente = Fujita)

I will be away from the Net soon and not be back before the game will be over. So please get to the boardlive window through the page above if you are interested to watch the boardlive and the live on Ustream at the same time.