Takodori's Entrance to Shogi World

NY Shogi Club has notified US shogi championship to be held from April 10

According to the top page of NY Shogi Club in English, 2009 US shogi championship will be held from April 10 to 12 in San Francisco. Application deadline is March 27. For more details, please visit the following page;

Welcome to NY Shogi Club - English                       

 

Participant list for 19th World Computer Shogi Championship

The list were posted to Shogi-l. Here is the list.

WCSC19 Participant List - SHOGI-L | Google Group

wwwshogipl is the winner - PlayOK tournament #2923301

Wwwshogipl is the winner of the captioned on-line shogi tournament held on February, 2009. Here is the link to the result. You can replay the games by clicking each point in the table on the linked page. Since the page will disappear in 6 months from the tournament date, I'm uploading the screenshot of the result below;

PlayOK.com - tournament #2923301 (shogi)

Hipotenusa is the winner - PlayOK tournament #2895412

Hipotenusa  is the winner of the captioned on-line shogi tournament held on January 31, 2009. Here is the link to the result. You can replay the games by clicking each point in the table on the linked page. Since the page will disappear in 6 months from the tournament date, I'm uploading the screenshot of the result below;

PlayOK.com - tournament #2895438 (shogi)

Klimasowy is the winner - PlayOK tournament #2895412

Klimasowy is the winner of the captioned on-line shogi tournament held on January 28, 2009. Here is the link to the result. You can replay the games by clicking each point in the table on the linked page. Since the page will disappear in 6 months from the tournament date, I'm uploading the screenshot of the result below;

PlayOK.com - tournament #2895412 (shogi)

Japan launches English NHK World TV

Broadcasting English programs for 24 hours x 365 days from Japan started on February 2.

Japan launches English NHK World TV
Japan's NHK opens 24-hour English channel
NHK begins 24-hour English TV service for overseas viewers+
NHK bows 'Japanese CNN' newsie
NHK Revamps International Channel
JAPAN: NHK World TV - New Kid on Broadcast Block

Though any shogi program has not started yet, I think this is a good news to all the shogi fans on the earth since NHK has and are airing thousands of shogi contents in Japanese such as weekly NHK trophy tournament, lives of Meijin-sen and Ryuo-sen title matches, Yearly Shogi Day by NHK, Special Program of Ryuo Watanabe vs Bonanza, Year beginning holiday shogi variety called "Daigyakuten Shogi(Shogi Big Turnaround)", Feature on the final day of Juni-sen A league called "Shogi Kai no Ichiban Nagai Hi(The Longest Day in the Shogi World)" and so on. I hope they will start to release their shogi programs with English subtitle or dubbing sooner or later. In order for them to do so earlier, I think your long term efforts will be needed to watch NHK world TV programs by yourself, to send them your requests to ask for shogi programs, and increase the number of views of HIDETCHI's How to Play Shogi on YouTube which clearly shows how many non-Japanese shogi fans who like to watch shogi videos in English there are in the world.

Spanish subbed Hachi-One Diver

It seems available through the following link. The main character of this J-Drama is a shogi player who failed to exit Shoreikai to become a professional player based on the original manga with the same title created by Shibata Yokusaru.

D-Addicts :: View topic - [Japan Service] Hachi-One Diver cap.01 spanish subs

Shimizu tied the score in 1-1, 2nd game of 35th Joryu Meijini-sen three-win match

On February 1, the 2nd game of 35th Joryu-Meijini-sen 3-win match between Joryu Meijin Yauchi and Challenger Joryu Osho Shimizu was held at Sekine Meijin Memorial House in Noda City, Chiba prefecture. Yauchi was Sente player. The opening strategy was Yagura. Shimizu didn't take normal yagura but adopted Koshikake-gin. I think both had chances to win, but Shimizu won it at lasgt.

The diagram below is the resignation one where Gote took the Rook on 6h by Rx6h+ After the position in the diagram, Sente's king would be mated immediately.

Kx6h G*6g K-7i G*6h(mate)

K-8g Bx7f+ Kx7f R-6f K-8e L*8a K-7d G*8c K-6d Rx6e Kx5c G*4c K-6b Rx6c K-7a R-6a K-7b G-8b(mate)

K-8g Bx7f+ Kx7f R-6f K-8e L*8a L*8d Rx8f K-7d Rx8d K-7c R-8c K-7b G*8b K-7a G*6a(!) Kx6a Rx6c G*6b S*7b K-5a G*6a Gx6a Rx6a(mate)

K-8g Bx7f+ Kx7f R-6f K-8e L*8a L*8d Rx8f K-7d Rx8d K-7c R-8c K-6b Rx6c Kx6c +Rx6e P*6d S*5b K-7b G*8b K-7a G*6a(mate)

K-8g Bx7f+ Kx7f R-6f K-8e L*8a L*8d Rx8f Kx8f Lx8f P*8e G*7f(!) Kx8f G*6f K-8g L*8f Kx8f +Rx8h G*8g G*7f(mate, replayable by clicking the arrow in the right direction)

Fukaura Tied the score in 1-1, the second game of 58th Osho-sen 4-win match

On January 28 & 29, the 2nd game of 58th Osho-sen 4-win match between Osho Habu and Challenger Oui Fukaura was held at Koganoi Bayhotel in Nankishirahama town, Wakayama prefecture. Habu was Sente player this game. The opening strategy was B-3c at the 4th move and Gote transferred his Rook to 4th file first and then to 2nd file. Fukaura won it in 106 moves. After the game, the score is tied in 1-1.

The diagram below is the resignation one where Gote dropped his Lance on 6d.. After the position in the diagram, there would be no immediate mate for Sente. But Gote's promoted and unpromoted Bishops were located on the so vital squares to control the game and Sente had no hope to win. Here is one possbile example after the diagram.

R-1i N-6h+ R-1a+ Nx7h Lx7h +Bx8h(!) Kx8h S*7i K-7g B-6h+(mate)

R-1i N-6h+ Gx6h Lx6h+ N*8f +Lx7i N*7d Px7d Nx7d K-9b R*9b K-9c Rx8a+ +Bx8h Kx8h G*7h K-9i S*8h(mate)

S*6e +Bx8h+ Gx8h N-6h+ R-1i Lx6e R-1a+ +Nx7i R*3b S*7h Rx5b+ +Nx8i Gx8i Sx8i+ Kx8i S*7h Kx7h B-6h+ K-8i G*7h K-9i +B-7g(mate)

S*6e +Bx8h+ Kx8h S*6h R-1i Lx6e R-1a+ Sx7i+ Gx7i Bx7i+ Kx7e N-6h+ K-8h G*7h K-9i S*8h(mate, replayable by clicking the arrow in the right direction)

Another boardlives today - 1st round of 1st Tenga-sen

The following boardlives are available to watch now. They started at 10:00am. The alloted thinking time per player is 40 minutes and less than 60 seconds per move after consuming it.

Kitao Madoka vs Ishibashi Sachio
Narita Miho vs Nakakura Akiko
Matsuo Kaori vs Shimai Saori