Takodori's Entrance to Shogi World

Links to the news about Shotest Shogi in French, German and Italian

I found the following articles which mention to Shotest Shogi for Xbox360 in the captioned three languages as below;

In French

• Un autre triplé sur Xbox Live Arcade　Game-Focus.com
• Les nouveautés XBLA de mercredi jXp.ca
• La Games Convention 08 pour la Xbox 360 c'était : Xboxygen
• XLA : les nouveautés du mercredi INpact Virtuel
• 3 jeux et des téléchargements sur le XLA demain Xbox Live France
• Un triplé de plus ce mercredi sur le XBLA LIVE360
• Nouvelle fournée annoncée pour le Live Arcade Gamers.fr

In German

• Drei neue Spiele am Arcade Wednesday　AreaGames
• Xbox Live Arcade Morgen gibt es Nachschub　OnlineWelten.com
• SAMURAI SHOWDOWN 2, SHOTEST SHOGI und ROCKET BOWL　Verivox (Pressemitteilung)
• Xbox Live Arcade: Morgen drei neue Spiele　GBase
• Drei neue Spiele stehen ab morgen bereit　gameswelt.de  

In Italian

• Nuovo aggiornamento Xbox Live Arcade　NextPlay.it
•  XBLA: Samurai Showdown II, Rocket Bowl e Shotest Shogi questo ...　gamesblog.it

2nd NRS invitation cup - Semi-final

Today the semi-fainal matches of 2nd NRS invitation cup were held. You can replay the game through the links below;

Nakai Hiroe(Win, Sente) vs Kitao Madoka - Kifu for Flash | Kifu for Java | Recorded Video

Oba Miki(Sente) vs Nakakura Hiromi(Win) - Kifu for Flash | Kifu for Java| Recorded Video (Left = Oba)

Habu took the 1st game - 56th Ouza-sen 3-win match

On September 5, the 1st game of 56th Ouza-sen 3-win match between Ouza Habu and Challenger Kimura Kazuki(8 dan) took place at Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka in Tokyo. Habu was Sente player as a result of Furigoma and won the game in 89 moves. The 77th move of Sente's Bishop drop on 4d was reportedly a very good move to defend Gote's attack completely.

The diagram below is the resignation one when Sente dropped a Silver on 6d. There were no immediate mate for Gote's King but Gote had no effective way of defense and offense. The variation after the diagram would be as followings; 

P*6f Bx6f P*6e B-3c+ K-6b Sx5c+(!) Kx5c +B3c-4d K-6c P*6d Kx6d S-5e(!) Sx5e G*5d(mate)

P*6f Bx6f P*6e B-3c+ K-6b Sx5c+(!) Kx5c +B3c-4d K-6c P*6d Kx6d S-5e(!) K-6c +Bx5d K-6b S*6c K-5a G*5b Rx5b +Bx5b(mate, replayable by clicking the arrow in the right direction)

P*6f Bx6f P*6e B-3c+ G*4b Sx5c+(!) Gx3c +Px3c N*5b +Sx5b Rx5b +Bx5b Kx5b R*3b K-5c Rx4b+ K-6c P*6d Kx6d G*5e Sx5e Sx5e Kx5e +Rx4e K-6d G*5d(mate)

P*6f Bx6f P*6e B-3c+ G*4b Sx5c+(!) Gx3c +Px3c N*5b +Sx5b Rx5b +Bx5b Kx5b R*3b K-6c P*6d Kx6d G*5e Sx5e Sx5e Kx5e R-5b+ Kx4f +R-5f K-3g N*4i K-2f S*3e K-2e G*2d(mate)

There would be more variation, but in any case, Gote was hopeless. The second game will be held on September 17.

Board & Photo live of 6th game of 49th Oui-sen

Today and tomorrow are the days for the 6th game of 49th Oui-sen between Oui Fukaura and Challenger Habu. The score was led by Fukaura in 3-2 before the game. The game started at 9:00am in Japan. The venue of the play is at Jinya(in Japanese) in Kanagawa prefecture. You can watch and replay the game through the following pages;

Javascript board(Official) | Kifu for Flash(Unofficial Mirror)　

Frequently-updated-photos of both players and board(Left = Oui Fukaurra)

Fukaura 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. And the first day will be posed at 6:00pm when the sealed move is made.

Links to the news about Shotest Shogi on Xbox 360

Here are the links to the news about Shotest Shogi on Xbox 360 obtained from shotest - Google News.

• Xbox Live Arcade Games this week

• Xbox Live Arcade Receives Samurai Shodown 2, RocketBowl and Shotest Shogi on Wednesday - Shacknews - PC Games, PlayStation, Xbox 360 and Wii video game news, previews and downloads

• Three Games Arrive on Xbox Live Arcade this Wednesday - Xbox

• Video Games Reloaded - XBLA - NEWS: Triple XBLA Week

• Xboxic » Another threesome coming to XBLA this Wednesday

• Shogi, Rocket Bowl, Samurai Shodown II for XBLA - Xbox 360 News - Australia's PAL Gaming Network

• Xbox Live Arcade Weekly: Sho Nuff!

The page of Xbox.com about Shotest Shogi release

Shotest Shogi for Xbox360 will be released on September 10. Here is the link of the page of Xbox.com about the release.

Xbox.com | Shotest Shogi - Game Detail Page

Shogi events in the near future in various areas

* Göteborg Open 2008 is to be held in Sweden on September 20 & 21. For more information, please click the link below;

                                       

                        

                                  Reminder Göteborg Open 20-21st of September 2008

* Thems Festival Japanese Jamboree in London, UK on September 13 and a regular meeting of London Shogi Club on September 27. For more information, please visit the link below;

Shogi London: September 2008 event and meeting

* 14th Colmar Open to be held on September 27 & 28 in France. For more information, please visit the link below;

Reminder: 14th Colmar Open (France) on the 27+28 September 2008

* Shogi in Warsaw, Poland will be held on November 8. For more information, please visit the link below;

Shogi in Warsaw 08.11.08

* Mind Sports Oulu, Finland is to be held on October 11 through 19. For more information, please visit the link below;

Mind Sports Festival Oulu 2008 -- shogi tournament included -

 

Ustream and board live today - Elementary School Girls Meijin-sen

Today is the last day for the 2nd elementary school girls Meijin-sen. Semifinal and final games are scheduled. The thinking time per player is 30 minutes and less than 30 seconds per move after consuming it.

Ustream Live (10:30am for Semifinal, 1:15pm for Final, Japan time) Recorded video-1 | Recorded Video-2 | Recorded video-3

Semifinal Game 1 - Kifu for Flash | Kifu for Java (Sente = Yamane-san Gote = Naka-san)

Semifinal Game 2 - Kifu for Flash | Kifu for Java (Sente = Setokawa-sen Gote = Shindo-san)

Final Game  - Kifu for Flash | Kifu for Java

3rd palce deciding match - Kifu for Flash | Kifu for Java

Shogi Lesson Videos presented by HIDETCHI on Youtube

Today I found the two shogi lesson videos on Youtube presented by HIDETCHI.

YouTube - How to play Shogi - Lesson#1 - Introduction

YouTube - How to play Shogi - Lesson#2 - How the pieces move

You comments on the comment field will encourage him to keep going.

Results of PlayOK(former Kurnik) Official Shogi tournaments held last August

PlayOK(former Kurnik) is an on-line gamesite where you can play shogi in various time control. Here is the list of the captioned tournaments held there last month. First column is the tournament number, Second is the date. The third is the winner. You can go to the page of the tournament table by clicking each link of tournament number.

• 2433377     2008-08-30 (sat.) 14:15     (cancelled)
  2433351     2008-08-27 (wed.) 20:15 ---  rex15
  2413866     2008-08-23 (sat.) 14:15      (cancelled)
  2413840     2008-08-20 (wed.) 20:15 --- wwwshogipl
  2394279     2008-08-16 (sat.) 14:15      (cancelled)
  2394253     2008-08-13 (wed.) 20:15 --- rex15
  2374924     2008-08-09 (sat.) 14:15  --- antyshock
  2374898     2008-08-06 (wed.) 20:15 --- linkuei
  2356132     2008-08-02 (sat.) 14:15 --- mugen9x9

PlayOK shogi official tournaments take place every Wednesday and Saturday. The more detailed schedule of the coming tournaments can be found in the page of upcoming tournaments.