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My twitter entries about 1st game of 67th Meijin-sen

This is my twitter entries about the 1st game of 67th Meijin-sen between Meijin Habu Yoshiharu and Goda Masataka(9 dan). Habu won the game in 158 moves.

   1. 158. K-2c, After this move, Goda resigned the game. Habu won the 1st game.about 2 hours ago from web

   2. 155. S*5c 156 K-3c 157.+R-3a hmmn, How long Sente's checking moves continue?about 2 hours ago from web

   3. 151. S*4c 152. Sx4c 153.Nx4c+ 154.Bx4c Goda still continues checking the Gote's King.about 2 hours ago from web

   4. 148. Kx4c 149.N*3e 150.K-4b Goda still continues checking the Gote's King.about 2 hours ago from web

   5. 147. L*4c Goda continues checking.about 2 hours ago from web

   6. 143. Bx4b+ 144. Gx4b 145. Sx4b= 146.Kx4b Sente's final rash, but...about 3 hours ago from web

   7. 142. R-6i+ Threatmate with no defense(hisshi).about 3 hours ago from web

   8. 140. L*9f making a check. 141. P*9g Compulsory.about 3 hours ago from web

   9. 139. K-9h, Almost compulsory.about 3 hours ago from web

  10. 138. N*7f Check. Gote can add his pieces in hand to taking Gold on 4f or Silver on 1f.about 3 hours ago from web

  11. 137. Gx4f Taking a Silver. Looks like Habu is in the winning position.about 3 hours ago from web

  12. 136. P*7b Pawn sacrifice. If Sente does not take it, N*7f is waiting.about 3 hours ago from web

  13. 135. G-5f Threatening to take the Silver on 4f.about 3 hours ago from web

  14. 131. Gx3b 132.Sx3b 133.S*3a 134.K-3c, K-3c instead of K-2c means to protect the kNight on 4b.about 3 hours ago from web

  15. 130. S*3b Silver drop to protect the kNight on 2a.about 3 hours ago from web

  16. 129. G*3a the aim of this move is to take the kNight on 2a.about 3 hours ago from web

  17. 128. N*4b Keeping Sente from mating the King to begin with +R-3a.about 3 hours ago from web

  18. 127. R-7a+ It's a threatmate(+R-3a K-1b G*2b).about 3 hours ago from web

  19. 126. R*4i, Connecting with Silver on 4f and N*9f would be Gote's plan.about 3 hours ago from web

  20. 125.B*6d threatening to take the Silver on 4f. It seems to be a pity.about 3 hours ago from web

  21. 124. Sx4f taking the Lance on4f.about 3 hours ago from web

  22. 123. P*4e, Blocking the Bishop's diagonal line to Gold on 7h.about 3 hours ago from web

  23. 122. B*3d protecting the Gold on 4c and aiming at Bx7h+ in the future. It's both defensive and offensive move.about 3 hours ago from web

  24. 121. R*7c, threatening to take the Gold on 4c.about 3 hours ago from web

  25. 120. Gx4c It's almost compulsory.about 4 hours ago from web

  26. 119. Nx4c+ Taking a Gold. It's a natural move.about 4 hours ago from web

  27. 118. Px6b taking back the Bishop for a Rook.about 4 hours ago from web

  28. 117. Nx7g it's a natural move.about 4 hours ago from web

  29. 116. Lx7g+ It's important to take the Silver with check prior to taking back the Bishop on 6b.about 4 hours ago from web

  30. 115. +Bx6b taking the Rook on 6b.about 4 hours ago from web

  31. 114. L*7a Good lance drop to take Promoted Bishop on 7c or Silver on 7g.about 4 hours ago from web

  32. 113. N*5e, Threatening to take the Gold on 4c. In the endgame, reducing the Gold generals near the King is one of the basic Tesuji(tactics).about 4 hours ago from web

  33. 112. +Px3g It's a natural move.about 4 hours ago from web

  34. 111. Rx3g trading the Rook for a Bishop.about 4 hours ago from web

  35. 110. P*6a, Gote didn't put the Rook away.about 4 hours ago from web

  36. 109. R-3i, Escaping from the promoted Bishop on 3g and preparing to trade it for the Promoted Bishop on 3g.about 4 hours ago from web

  37. 108.+B-3g natural move of escaping from Rook on 5i and threatening to take the Roon 5i.about 4 hours ago from web

  38. 107. R-5i, Escaping from the Promoted Pawn on 4g and threatening to take the promoted Bishop on 1i.about 4 hours ago from web

  39. 106. +Px4g Taking a pawn with threatening to take the Rook on 5h.about 4 hours ago from web

  40. 105. +Bx7c, Taking the kNight with threatening to take the Rook on 6b.about 4 hours ago from web

  41. 104.P-3g+, Gote suceeded in making promoted Pawn.about 4 hours ago from web

  42. 103. Threatening to take the Knight on 7c with taking a pawn on 8d.about 4 hours ago from web

  43. 101.Px7c+ 102.Kx7c Natural moves.about 4 hours ago from web

  44. 100. P*4d blocking the Lance.about 4 hours ago from web

  45. 99. L*4f Blocking the promoted Bishop's diagonal line and threatening to take the Gold on 4c at the same time.about 4 hours ago from web

  46. 98.+Bx1i taking the Lance. Material balance is Gote for now due to gaining kNight.about 4 hours ago from web

  47. 97.P-7d, If Gote takes it, then Bx8d will not only taking a pawn but also threatening to take Rook on 6b.about 4 hours ago from web

  48. 96. P*5b protecting the possible P-5c+about 4 hours ago from web

  49. 95. R-5h, Escaping from the promoted Bishop on 2i and threatening to move P-5c+about 4 hours ago from web

  50. 94. +Bx2i Gote took the kNight to recover material loss before.about 4 hours ago from web

  51. *92 should read 93.about 4 hours ago from web

  52. 92. S-1f Escaping from the Pawn drop on 2f.about 4 hours ago from web

  53. 92. P*2d To pull away the Silver on 2e.about 4 hours ago from web

  54. 91.Px5d taking the Pawn on 5d.about 4 hours ago from web

  55. 90. +B-3i, threatening to take the kNight on 2i and escaping from possible L*5i in advance.about 5 hours ago from web

  56. 89. P-5e, this seems natural since the Gote's protection of the center became weaker due to last move of Sx3e.about 5 hours ago from web

  57. 88.Sx3e, taking a pawn by the Silver. I feel Habu judged that activating the Silver would be better than taking it by promoted Bishop.about 5 hours ago from web

  58. 87.Sx2e Taking the pawn on 2e. Since the Bishop switched from 4f to 5g, Gote would not be able to make promoted pawn alive on 3g.about 5 hours ago from web

  59. 86. +B-5g Gote did not take the pawn on 4g since L*4i is waiting.about 5 hours ago from web

  60. 85. P*4g, Pawn sacrifice in return to pawn sacrifice. If Gote takes it, L*4i is waiting.about 5 hours ago from web

  61. 88.P-2e, Pawn sacrificing advancement. if Sente takes it, then P-3g+ is Gote's plan.about 5 hours ago from web

  62. 87. R-1h, Rook escaped to the edge protecting the Lance on 1i.about 5 hours ago from web

  63. 86. +B-4f, threatening to take Rook on 2h and making it possible to drop a pawn on 4g against possible L*4i.about 5 hours ago from web

  64. Both players are having supper break for 30 minutes now.about 6 hours ago from web

  65. 81.S-2f, Many predicted 81.L*4i instead of this move.about 6 hours ago from web

  66. 80.P*3f Pawn drop with threatening to take the Silver on 3g.about 6 hours ago from web

  67. 79. Bx9d+ Taking a Lance with bishop promotion. Material balance is for Sente.now.about 6 hours ago from web

  68. 78. S-2c, This seemed strange but Gote's plan is to drop a pawn on 3f.about 6 hours ago from web

  69. 77.Px3e, This is a natural move.about 6 hours ago from web

  70. 76.P*3e, Instead of this, 76.B-5g+ would be better according to NHK BS TV.about 6 hours ago from web

  71. 75. P*3f, Keeping Sente from dropping a pawn on 3f.about 6 hours ago from web

  72. 74.+B-4g The aim of this move is to drop a pawn on 3f.about 6 hours ago from web

  73. 73. S-3g, Protecting the Silver threatening to take the promoted Bishop.about 6 hours ago from web

  74. 72.B-3f+ Taking a pawn with Bishop promotion.about 7 hours ago from web

  75. 71.R-2h Protecting the kNight on 2i.about 7 hours ago from web

  76. 69.Sx4f 70.B*4g The bishop drop was enabled due to Pawn sacrifice on 3h before.about 7 hours ago from web

  77. 68.P-4f, Pawn sacrificing advancement to invite the Silver to 4f which is floating.about 7 hours ago from web

  78. 67.Rx3h Goda took the Pawn.about 7 hours ago from web

  79. 66.P*3h Habu dropped a pawn on 3h.about 8 hours ago from web

  80. 62.Px9e 63.P*9d 64.Px9d 65.B*8c, Gote's lance cannot be saved. Gote will have to start counter-attacking now.about 8 hours ago from web

  81. Sente has a hole for Gote to drop a Bishop or a Silver on 5g forking G and R.about 8 hours ago from web

  82. My prediction after 61.P-9e is like this. Px9e P*9d Lx9d B*8c N-9c Bx9d+ N-8e. Gote lost a Lance but the kNight worked well.about 8 hours ago from web

  83. 61.P-9e, This means P*9d Px9e B*8c if Gote takes it with 62.Px9e. Goda has a Bishop and a Pawn in hand now.about 8 hours ago from web

  84. 59.Bx2d 60.Px2d Bishops were traded.about 8 hours ago from web

  85. One variation after 58.B-2d is like this. Bx2d Px2d B*5a R-5b Bx2d+ P*3e. Sente could making promoted Bishop but it would be hard to use.about 10 hours ago from web

  86. 58. B-2d, Habu offers Bishop exchange.about 10 hours ago from web

  87. The board seems to be all right again. http://tinyurl.com/cve9gnabout 10 hours ago from web

  88. Looks like something is wrong with the Board at http://tinyurl.com/cve9gn The 55th P*6e is missing now.about 10 hours ago from web

  89. 55. P*6e, 56. B-4b 57.P-7eabout 10 hours ago from web

  90. 54.R-6b, Transferring the Rook to the 6th file. It's one of basic Shogi Tesuji to transfer a Rook to the file where a battle started.about 10 hours ago from web

  91. Attacking the head of a Bishop is one of the basic Tesuji(standard tactics) in shogi which is applicable in almost all games.about 12 hours ago from web

  92. 53. G-6f, Giving a pressure to the head of the Bishop on 6d. The head of the Bishop is a weak point.about 12 hours ago from web

  93. 52. Bx6d It's a natural move, too, taking back the pawn.about 12 hours ago from web

  94. 51. Px6d, It's a natural move.about 12 hours ago from web

  95. 50. P-6d, Gote counterattacked from the 6th file.about 12 hours ago from web

  96. 49. S-3g, I cannot understand why Goda did not offer Silver trade with S-3e. It's a mysterious pulling back.about 12 hours ago from web

  97. 48. P*4e It's a natural move.about 12 hours ago from web

  98. 47. Sx4f It's a natural move.about 12 hours ago from web

  99. 46. Px4f, But Hobu took the pawn in this timing.about 12 hours ago from web

100. Both sides want their opponents to take the pawn on the 4th file.about 13 hours ago from web

101. 45. P-6e, Sente advanced vanguard pawn on 6th file. From which side will take the pawn on 4th file is a focal point.about 13 hours ago from web

102. 44. L-9c Habu meijin advanced the Lance to 9c instead of kNight.about 13 hours ago from web

103. 43.P-9e Sente would like Gote to take the pawn on 4f from Gote's side since he want his Right silver to advance.about 14 hours ago from web

104. After 42.P-9d, Sente has a measure to activate his right kNight such as N-9c and N-8e to threaten to take the Silver on 7g.about 14 hours ago from web

105. 42.P-9d Gote would not like to let Sente's Silver on 3g work well. That's why he did not take the Pawn on 4f.about 14 hours ago from web

106. 38 should read 41.about 14 hours ago from web

107. Gote's inteintion should read Sente's intention.about 14 hours ago from web

108. 38. P-4f Gote's intention is to activate the Silver on 3g trading the pawns on 4th file. The middlegame started.about 14 hours ago from web

109. 37. G5h-6g 38.K-3a 39.K-7h 40.K-2b Both Kings entered into Yagura Castle.about 14 hours ago from web

110. 36. B-5c, The sealed move was revealed. It adds the protection to the possible contact point of 3e.about 14 hours ago from web

111. The day2 of 1st shogi game of 67th Meijin-sen started. http://tinyurl.com/cve9gnabout 14 hours ago from web

112. @sorik Is it far from Caffe Nero where London Shogi Club meeting will be held on 25th April? http://www.kittywompus.com/...11:09 PM Apr 9th from web in reply to sorik

113. The Day 2 will start at 9:00am tomorrow.6:06 PM Apr 9th from web

114. The Day 1 seems to be ending. Habu is making a sealed move.6:06 PM Apr 9th from web

115. 35.P*3f, This kept Gote from dropping a vanguard pawn on 3e. And trading pawns on 4f by Silver to offer Silver trade with S-3e is his plan.5:46 PM Apr 9th from web

116. 34.S-3d Adding another piece to secure the vanguard pawn on 4e.5:43 PM Apr 9th from web

117. 33.P-4h This is the preparation for counter-attack against the vanguard pawn.5:35 PM Apr 9th from web

118. 32. G5b-3c, This seems a natural move.5:33 PM Apr 9th from web

119. 31. K-7i Goda made his King safer.5:33 PM Apr 9th from web

120. 30. S5c-4d, securing the vanguard pawn with his right Silver.5:32 PM Apr 9th from web

121. 29. S-3g Goda advanced his right Silver to 3g. This is a natural move.5:31 PM Apr 9th from web

122. 28. P-4e, Gote advanced vanguard pawn on the 4th file.5:31 PM Apr 9th from web

123. 27. B-6h Gota made this move after thinking about for more than 2 hours.5:30 PM Apr 9th from web

124. Goda seems still thinking about the next 26th move for more than 2hours!2:51 PM Apr 9th from web

125. 25. S-5c This intent to use Gote's right silver to his left side. I think Gote will advance his pawn on 4th file to 4e.11:52 AM Apr 9th from web

126. 24.Px3e 15.Bx3e These were natural moves after 23.P-3e. Pawns were traded on the 3rd file.11:50 AM Apr 9th from web

127. 23. P-3e(!) Wow, Goda tried to trade the pawns on 3rd file early by his Bishop.11:49 AM Apr 9th from web

128. 21.P-3f 22. P-4d Seems natural moves.11:48 AM Apr 9th from web

129. 19.B-7i 20.B-3a, In Yagura opening, you must be at home with how to develop your Bishop effectively. This is the first step to use them.11:46 AM Apr 9th from web

130. 16 G-5b 17.S-7g 18.S-3c These were natural development in Yagura opening.11:45 AM Apr 9th from web

131. One important thing in Yagura opening is not to locate your Golds on your Bishop's path in order to develop your Bishop freely later.11:43 AM Apr 9th from web

132. 11. G4i-5h, 12.G-3b, 13.G-7h, 14. K-4a 15. K-6i, These are standard sequence.11:42 AM Apr 9th from web

133. 10. S-4b, This is a natural move in Yagura Opening.11:40 AM Apr 9th from web

134. 9.S-4h, Goda showed his intention to choose Yagura opening.11:39 AM Apr 9th from web

135. 8 P-5d, Habu advanced the central pawn.11:39 AM Apr 9th from web

136. 7. P-5f, Goda did not show whether he would choose Yagura or Furibisha yet.11:38 AM Apr 9th from web

137. 6. S-6b, Habu advanced his right Silver.11:37 AM Apr 9th from web

138. 5. P-6f, Goda blocked his Bishop's diagonal line by his own pawn. It's the start of Yagura or Furibisha opening.11:37 AM Apr 9th from web

139. 4.P-3d, Habu opened his Bishop's diagonal line, too.11:36 AM Apr 9th from web

140. 3. S-6h Goda did not advanced Rooked pawn at the 3rd move. No possibility to go to Kakugawari(Bishop exchange) openings.11:35 AM Apr 9th from web

141. 2. P-8d, Habu showed his intention to choose Ibisha(static Rook).11:34 AM Apr 9th from web

142. 1. P-7f, Goda opened his Bishop's diagonal line.11:30 AM Apr 9th from web

36th Shogi Award for Fiscal year 2008

According to JSA's annoucement on April 1, the following players have been awarded.

• Most Excellent Player --- Habu Yoshiharu
• Excellent Player --- Watanabe Akira
• Fighting Spirit Award --- Kubo Toshiaki
• New Face Award --- Sato Amahiko
• Special Award --- Nakahara Makoto
• Played most games Award --- Kubo Toshiaki(73 games)
• Winningest player --- Kubo Toshiaki(49 wins)
• Highest winning percentage --- Miyata Atsushi (0.757)
• Longest consecutive win --- Kanai Kouta (11 consective win)
• Most excellent female player --- Shimizu Ichiyo
• Female player award --- Satomi Kana
• Tokyo shogi jounalist award --- Ouchi Nobuyuki
• Masuda Kozo Award --- Kubo Aoshiaki, (R-7e at the 11th move of 2nd game of 34th Kio-sen)
• Masuda Kozo Special Award --- None
• Splendid game Award --- 7th game of 21st Ryuo-sen between Ryuo Watamabe and Meijin Habu
• Splendie game special Award --- None

1st game of 67th Meijin-sen started today

Today is Day 1. As a result  of Furigoma, Challenger Goda(9 dan) became Sente player. The game will end tomorrow evening since the allotted thinking time per player is the longest(9 nours).

The game seems to be available to watch here unofficially.

"Japanese Chess:The Game of Shogi " by Trevor Leggett is revived

The book titled "Japanese Chess:The Game of Shogi" is revived on April 10(It seems available to buy already). It's apparetly a revival edition of "Shogi Japan's Game of Strategy" published in 1993.

Product Details: Japanese Chess --- This page is the publisher(Tuttle Publishing)'s site                                            
Japanese Chess: The Game of Shogi --- By Yellow Mountain Imports                                            

Amazon.com: Japanese Chess: The Game of Shogi: Trevor Leggett, Alan Baker: Books

 

 

Kifus(Gamerecords) of Oblique Climbing Silver

Recenlty HIDETCHI has been releasing videos about Oblique Climbing Silver against Shikenbisha(4th file Rook) in his Shogi Openings. So I'm picking up some professional kifus with that opening for your reference as below. You can choose Kifu for Java or KiFLA for replaying the games.

Here are the list.

1. Wakamatsu Masakazu vs Kawaguchi Toshihiko(1971-07-21) - Kifu for Java | KiFLA
2. Katsuura Osamu vs Moriyasu Hidemitsu(1973-08-31) - Kifu for Java | KiFLA
3. Ishida Kazuo vs Oyama Yasuharu(1981-05-19) - Kifu for Java | KiFLA
4. Tanigawa Koji vs Yonenaga Kunio(1982-10-12)- Kifu for Java | KiFLA
5. Habu Yoshiharu vs Yamaguchi Chimine(1986-07-23) - Kifu for Java | KiFLA
6. Sekine Shigeru vs Ogura Hisashi(1990-07-13) - Kifu for Java | KiFLA
7. Yashiki Nobuyuki vs Kobayashi Kenji(1991-09-18) - Kifu for Java | KiFLA
8. Fujiwara Naoya vs Sugimoto Masataka(1992-12-17) - Kifu for Java | KiFLA
9. Moriuchi Toshiyuki vs Tachi Masamitsu(1993-03-08) - Kifu for Java | KiFLA
10. Kodama Koichi vs Murayama Satoshi(1993-04-23) - Kifu for Java fa | KiFLA
11. Kodama Koichi vs Sugimoto Masataka(1993-06-10) - Kifu for Java | KiFLA
12. Kikuchi Tsuneo vs Manabe Kazuo(1993-09-09) - Kifu for Java | KiFLA
13. Naganuma Hiroshi vs Noda Keizo(1993-10-06) - Kifu for Java | KiFLA
14. Nakai Hiroe vs Kawakami Takeshi(1994-03-07) - Kifu for Java | KiFLA
15. Noda Kaizo vs Kubo Toshiaki(1994-03-11) - Kifu for Java | KiFLA
16. Kodama Koichi vs Urano Masahiko(1994-10-14) - Kifu for Java | KiFLA
17. Matsuura Ryuichi vs Ishikawa Akio(1995-02-20) - Kifu for Java | KiFLA
18. Sato Yoshinori vs Kubo Toshiaki(1996-05-14) - Kifu for Java | KiFLA
19. Katsumata Kiyokazu vs Ouchi Nobuyuki(1996-06-25) - Kifu for Java | KiFLA
20. Tosa Koji vs Fujii Takeshi(1996-10-11) - Kifu for Java | KiFLA
21. Murayama Satoshi vs Fujii Takeshi(1996-10-18) - Kifu for Java | KiFLA
22. Tsubouchi Toshiyuki vs Kubota Yoshiyuki(1997-03-11) - Kifu for Java | KiFLA
23. Masuda Yuji vs Yamamoto Shinya(1997-11-07) - Kifu for Java | KiFLA
24. Kato Hifumi vs Tanigawa Koji(1998-05-11) - Kifu for Java | KiFLA
25. Kamiya Hiroshi vs Saida Haruko(1998-07-28) - Kifu for Java | KiFLA
26. Toyokawa Takahiro vs Kubota Yoshiyuki(1998-12-09) - Kifu for Java | KiFLA
27. Maruyama Tadahisa vs Tanigawa Koji(2000-12-08) - Kifu for Java| KiFLA
28. Kodama Koichi vs Sugimoto Masataka(2001-07-17) - Kifu for Java | KiFLA
29. Fukaura Koichi vs Fujii Takeshi(2002-05-02) - Kifu for Java | KiFLA
30. Kodama Koichi vs Nagaoka Yuya(2007-11-27) - Kifu for Java | KiFLA

"Universal Shogi Format" proposed by BCMShogi developer

I found today the following message has been posted to shogi-l.

USF - Universal Shogi Format - SHOGI-L | Google Group

almost every year, there is a discussion about a replacement of the
stupid PSN-Format.
Every year, there is no result.

I always told, that PSN is not up-to-date and we need a better format,
but it's stupid to simply define any new one, while nobody likes to
use it.
There must be AT LEAST ONE program supporting it.

Now the time is ready - with BCMShogi.

I still implemented a lot of functionality into BCMShogi, which can't
be saved in any format.

So finally, I have created a new one: USF - Universal Shogi Format

The specification can be read here:
http://home.arcor.de/Bernhard.Maerz/BCMShogi/USF.htm

Anyone that are interested in it, please click the link just above.

Here is the link to the toppage of BCMShogi.

BCMShogi

 

Kubo took the Kio title from Sato with the score of 3-2 - 5th game of 34th Kio-sen

The 5th game of 34th Kio-sen between Kio Sato Yasumitsu and Kubo Toshiaki(8 dan) was held at Tokyo Shogi Kaikan in Sendagaya, Tokyo, on March 30, 2009. Sato became Sente player as a result of Furigoma. Kubo chose Gokigen Nakabisha. Sato's opening was castling his King with 4 generals which seemed too defensive for me in consideration that he was Sente.. According to post-game discussion, Sato said N*9d at 85th move was the cause of defeat since he had no effective approach to Kubo's King after it went up to 8c. Here is the resignation diagram when Kubo moved back his King from 8d to 8c. There would be no effective approach to Gote's King and Sente had no defense. The possible variations after the diagram would be;

• B*8a R*9i B*9h Lx7h+ Bx7b+ Kx7b N-8d K-6a S-5c+ Rx9h+ Kx9h L*9f R*9g +Rx8i(mate, Replayable by clicking the arrow in the right direction under the diagram)
• B*8a R*9i B*9h Lx7h+ Bx7b+ Kx7b G*7c K-6a S-6c= Rx9h+ Kx9h +Rx8i K-9g +R-8h(mate)

Kubo obtained the major title for the first time in his life with this victory. Congratulation! Sato failed to keep the position of one of the title holders. I hope he would come back to be a challenger against them soon.