Takodori's Entrance to Shogi World

Boardlives today - Asahi Trophy Shogi Open

The following boardlive is in place now today.

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

This game started at 10:00am in Japan and it will end in an hour and a half or so.

Shogi blog in Spanish

Here is a link to a shogi blog in Spanish. If you are a Spanish reader, it will be good to visit the following blog;

Yori-sanjuu

1st Game of 49th Oui-sen between Oui Fukaura and Challenger Habu

Today and tomorrow are the days for the 1st game of 49th Oui-sen between Oui Fukaura and Challenger Habu. As a result of Furigoma, Habu became a Sente player. It is being in place at Hokuten No Oka in Hokkaido. You may watch and replay the game though either of the reblayable boards linked below;

Javascript window
Kifu for Flash window

In addition to the boardlinve, you can watch the frequently updated photoes of both players. They are being updated every 30 minites minute or so when both players are in play.

Photo of Oui Fukaura
Photo of Challenger Habu
Photo of the board
Photo of the playing room

The end of first day will be at 6:00pm. The start of the 2nd day will be at 9:00am.

Boardlives today - Asahi Trophy Shogi Open

The following boardlives are being in place today.

Segawa AkiraShouji(4 dan, Sente) vs Kai Tomomi(Joryu 2 dan) - Kifu for Flash | Kifu for Java

This game started at 10:00am and will be ending soon.

The winner of it will match Aono Teruichi 9 dan at 2:00 pm.

Winnter of the 1st game vs Aono Tetuichi(9 dan) - Kifu for Flash | Kifu for Java

Blog of San Francisco Shogi Club

I found a blog of San Francisco Shogi Club yesterday. Although the latest entry was written in Japanese only, the entry linked below is written in both English and Japanese.

SF Shogi Club

Please join the SF Shogi Club. The main acitivity is a meeting of playing Shogi with members once a month in Japan town. Beginners are welcome! We are happy to teach you.

If you are further interested, please click the link above.

Boardlive Today - 2nd Asahi Trophy Shogi Open

Today is the day for the 10 games between professional and amateur players in 2nd Asahi Trophy Shogi Open. These are officially recorded in Japan Shogi Association. Here are the links to the replayable boards which started at 9:00am in Japan. Since the thinking time per player is 40 minutes and less than 60 seconds per move after comsuming it, the games will end in one hour and a half or two hours from the starting time. 

Tobe Makoto(Sente) vs Shimizugami Toru - Kifu for Flash |  Kifu for Java

Kanai Kouta(Sente) vs Kato Yukio - Kifu for Flash | Kifu for Java

Ito Shingo(Sente) vs Akiyama Taro - Kifu for Flash | Kifu for Java

Oikawa Takuma vs Serita Osamu(Sente) - Kifu for Flash | Kifu for Java

Murata Akihiro(Sente) vs Nakano Yuta - Kifu for Flash | Kifu for Java

Here are the links of the replayable boards to start at 2:00pm in Japan.

Nakamura Taichi(Sente) vs Yoshida Ryohei - Kifu for Flash | Kifu for Java

Sato Amahiko vs Kaneuchi Tatsuaki(Sente) - Kifu for Flash | Kifu for Java

Tanaka Yuichi(Sente) vs Suzuki Mutsumi - Kifu for Flash | Kifu for Java

Toyoshima Masayuki(Sente) vs Nakagawa Toshikazu - Kifu for Flash | Kifu for Java

Inaba Akira(Sente) vs Nakano Hirofumi - Kifu for Flash | Kifu for Java

Video of putting square lines on a shogi/igo board in the traditional way

The square lines of Shogi/Igo board is marked by a Japanese sword in the traditional way. Real quality boards must be lined in such way. The method is called "Tachimemori". You may watch the video which shows how to do it linked below;

FLASH version　(It's now missing)
WMV version　(It's now missing)

Boardlive today - Itodani Tetsuro vs Masuda Yuji, 21st Ryuo-sen

Today is the day for the game between Itodani Tetsuro(5 dan) and Masuda Yuji(5 dan)..  As a result of Furigoma,  Itodani became a Sente player. You may replay the game through the pages linked below;

Itodani vs Masuda (Using Kifu for Flash) --- Left Photo is for Masuda.

Itodani vs Masuda (Using Kifu for Java) --- Left Photo is for Masuda

The thinking time per player is 5 hours. It will end tonight in Japan.

The winner of this game will compete with Habu in due course.

The 4th game of 79th Kisei-sen started this morning

The 4th game of 79th Kisei-sen between Kisei Sato and Challenger Habu started this morning. Sato is Sente player. It's a 3-win match. Before the game, the score was led by Sato in 2-1. The venue of the match is at Takaraso Hotel in Ehime Prefecture.

You may replay the game through the following page(The page says it's for Windows users.) clicking the upper button which appears there like below.

4th game of 79th Kisei-sen

Short-clips of J-Drama "81(Hachi-One) Diver"

Sound Track to 81 Diver is released by Warner Music Japan on July 2. You can listen to the short-clips of the 22 songs in the package though the following page.

Sound Track to 81 Diver - Warner Music Japan

Here are the list of the tune titles;

1. DIVE
2. 81DIVER
3. CHECKMATE
4. BISHOP
5. LANCE
6. END GAME
7. GOLD
8. MOVE
9. SILVER
10. KNIGHT
11. CHECKMATE(piano&strings version)
12. WHITE
13. PAWN
14. KING
15. ROOK
16. DROP
17. RANK
18. CASTLE
19. BLACK
20. FILE
21. GOLD(strings version)
22. All I want is you