Takodori's Entrance to Shogi World

Boardlive now - Shimizugami Toru(ama) vs Matsuo Ayumu, Asahi Trophy Shogi Open

Today is the day for the game between Shimizugami Toru(ama) vs Matsuo Ayumu(7 dan) in 2nd Asahi Trophy Shogi Open. The game started at 2:00pm in Japan. As a result of furigoma, Shimizugami became Sente player. You can replay and watch the game through iether of the following board pages;

Kifu for Flash | Kifu for Java

The thinking time per player is 40 minutes and less than 60 seconds per move after consuming it. It will end soon.

Episode 291 of Naruto had shogi scene

Episode 288 of Naruto(Episode 71 of Naruto Shippuuden) aired in Japan last Thursday. There was a shogi scene between Asuma and Shikamaru for almost 2 minutes. The filler story seems to end in this episode and it went back to the manga story in the end.

Boardlive now - Anyoji Takanori(5 dan) vs Nakagawa Toshikazu(ama), Asahi Trophy Shogi Open

Today is the day for the game between Nakagawa Toshikazu(ama) vs Anyoji Takanori(5 dan) in 2nd Asahi Trophy Shogi Open. The game started at 10:00am in Japan. As a result of furigoma, Anyoji became Sente player. You can replay and watch the game through either of the following board pages;

Kifu for Flash | Kifu for Java

The thinking time per player is 40 minutes and less than 60 seconds per move after consuming it. It will end in an hour or so.

Sergeant Keroro Shogi

I found a blog in Japanese with photos of Sergeant Keroro Shogi. It seems created by Kadokawa Shoten, the publisher of  Sergeant Keroro, as a supplement of one of its Keroro magazines.

Photo 1 | Photo 2 | Photo 3 | Photo 4 | Photo 5 | the blog entry(in Japanese)

I think this shows that shogi is a popular boardgame in Japan.

Boardlive today - Fukaura Koichi vs Habu Yoshiharu, 21st Ryuo-sen

Today is the day for the Ryuo-sen game between Fukaura Koichi(Oui) and Habu Yoshiharu (4 crowns). It started at 10:00 am. Fukaura became Sente player as a result of Furigoma. The opening strategy is Gote's Shikenbisha after bishop exchange with Gote's one tempo delay. Gote transfered his Rook to the 2nd from 4th file again. 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 per 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

Ustream and board live now - Ishibashi Sachio vs Nakakura Hiromi

The game between Ishibashi Sachio(Joryu Oui) and Nakakura Hiromi(Joryu Shodan) in NRS invitation Cup is now on Ustream live and boardlive. It started at 6:00om. Ishibashi is Sente player.

Ustream(Live) | Pre-Recorded video

Kifu for Flash | Kifu for Java

The thinking time per player is 40 minutes and less than 60 seconds per move after consuming it. It will end in a few hours.

Contact with Japan Club - A Malaysian case

Here is an blog entry written by an author who recently get to know shogi to play some games.

Me and Shogi « Waq’s Words and World

I only know two Malaysians who play Shogi, one is named Voon a.k.a Xinwen, another is surnamed Voon a.k.a Ryou Takehito. But you can get a lot of opponents in Malaysia if you come to Japan Club, and play against the Japanese club members there.

This is an Malaysian case. I think this suggests that there are Japanese communities near your residence in your country and some of the members there can be your shogi opponents. It may be a good way to contact local Japanese communities in your hometown to find a real shogi opponent.

Fukaura won the 4th game - 49th Oui-sen 4-win match

On August 6 and 7, the 4th game of 49th Oui-sen 4-win match between Oui Fukaura and Challenger Yoshiharu Habu took place at Banshoro in Nagasaki prefecture. Fukaura was Sente player and won the game in 123 moves. After the game, Fukaura leads the score in 3-1. From my point of view, this was a very unusual and strange game since Habu dropped a pawn only once in the game and Fukaura did not made any pawn move after 65th move and did not take any pawn after 55th move.

The diagram below is the resignation one when Sente dropped Lance on 4c. The mating lines after that would be as followings;

K-5b G*6b(mate)

P*4b Lx4b+ Kx4b S*4c K-3a G*3b(mate)

K-3a G*3b K-2b +L-1b(mate, replayable by clicking the arrow to the right direction)

In any case, Gote''s King would be mated

Boardlive today - Kato Yukio(ama) vs Hashimoto Takanori, Asahi Trophy Shogi Open

Today is the day for the game between Kato Yukio(ama) vs Hashimoto Takanori(7 dan) in 2nd Asahi Trophy Shogi Open. The game started at 2:00pm in Japan. As a result of furigoma, Kato became Sente player. You can replay and watch the game through iether of the following board pages;

Kifu for Flash | Kifu for Java

The thinking time per player is 40 minutes and less than 60 seconds per move after consuming it. It will end in a few hours.

Articles about "ManyChessDS"

ManyChessDS seems Nintendo DS homebrew of many chess variants including shogi and minishogi. Here are some link collection about the articles about it.

ManyChessDS v0.7 - GBAtemp.net
Nintendo DS Homebrew News � Blog Archive � ManyChessDS 0.8
[NDS/Jeu] ManyChessDS - Projets - Dev-fr(in French)