Takodori's Entrance to Shogi World

Boardlives today - 25th Ond-day tournament Tochinoki Cup

Here are the links to the boardlives today.

First Round(started at 10:50am)
Nakai Hiroe(Tenga) vs Takojima Akiko(5 dan) won by Nakai
Ishibasi Sachio(Oui) vs Nakakura Hiromi(2 dan) won by Ishibashi
Fujita Maiko(1 kyu) vs Ohba Miki(sho dan) won by Ohba
Kitao Madoka(sho dan) vs Funato Yoko(2 dan) won by Funato

Nakai vs Ishibashi(won by Ishibashi)
Funato vs Ohba (won by Funato)

Ishibashi vs Funato

Shogi boardlive today - 1st game of best of three match of 14th SC24-Meijin-sen

Today is the day for the 1st game of best of three match of 14th SC24 Meijin-sen. It will start at 9:00pm at Osaka Dojo of SC24. The pairing is like this; SC24-Meijin Shunaidar vs Kiss The Future. You do not need to be a member of SC24 and you can watch the game by logging in as a guest.

Shogi Club 24

Invitation to Shogi Group @ chess.com

Shogi Group started several days ago at chess.com which is one of the biggest chess SNS site. If you are a both chess and shogi fan, how about taking an user account of chess.com and taking part in the group. Chess.com offers lots of functions including team match so that the Shogi Group can have team chess match with other teams/groups on chess.com. I think it's one of the newest ways of exchange betwen shogi and chess players.

Shogi - Chess.com

Boardlive now - Nakamura Marika vs Nodasawa Ayano

The game strated just now at 14:00pm in Japan. This is a game of Ladies Holly Cup.

Lady-2-dan Nakamura Marika(Sente) vs Lady-1-kyu Nodasawa Ayano

Allotted thinking time per player is 30 minutes and less than 30 seconds per move.

My twitter entries on 1st game of 80th Kisei-sen best of five match

Habu beat Kimura in 142 moves. After the game, the score is 1-0 led by Habu. Here is the duplication of my twitter entries on the game.
You can replay the game here.

1. After that, Gx6f Bx6f+ would be expected and Sente's King would be in Hisshi(brinkmate).31 minutes ago from web
     
2. 142. B4hx6f+, Kimura resigned the game after this move.32 minutes ago from web
3. 141. K-8f Compulsory.42 minutes ago from web
4. 140. N*8d check.42 minutes ago from web
5. 139. S-4f, Sente denied the Silver trade.43 minutes ago from web
6. 138. S-4d, Offering Silver trade. Gote would like to have a Silver in hand.43 minutes ago from web
7. 137. N*6f Blocking the diagonal lines of both Bishops.44 minutes ago from web
8. And it's a threatmating move such as +B-7e in the next move.44 minutes ago from web
9. 136. B*9i Threatening to take the Silver on 5e.about 1 hour ago from web
10. 135. Sx5e, almost compulsory.about 1 hour ago from web
11. 134. P*5e, Sacrificing pawn drop on the head of the Silver to disconnect it with the Gold on 6g.about 1 hour ago from web
12. 133. Kx7f, Sente took it by King. if he took it by Gold such as Gx7f, then P-7e would be painful.about 1 hour ago from web
13. 132. Nx7f, The kNight sacrifice. Which made the Rook on 8a work better.about 1 hour ago from web
14. 131. K-8f, Sente's King slipped to the 8f instead of going down to 9g.about 1 hour ago from web
15. 130. N*8d, check.about 1 hour ago from web
16. 129. Kx9f Taking the sacrificing pawn on 9f.about 1 hour ago from web
17. 128. P*9f Sacrificing a pawn on the head of the King.about 1 hour ago from web
18. 127. G-6g, The Gold escaped from the Bishop on 4h.about 1 hour ago from web
19. 126. B*4h, Threatening to take the Gold on 6f.about 1 hour ago from web
20. 125. Px9e Sente took the Lance on 9e.about 1 hour ago from web
21. 124. R-8a, It's a natural move.about 1 hour ago from web
22. 123. S*9d Sente tried to drop a Silver threatening to take the Rook to live longer.about 1 hour ago from web
23. 122. R-8c, Cool move. Gote did not need to be in a hurry since his King was safe.about 1 hour ago from web
24. 121. Nx8e, Sente took the Silver on 8e to live longer.about 1 hour ago from web
25. 120. Lx9e, Gote took the Bishop on 9e.about 1 hour ago from web
26. 119. N*7g Threatening to capture the Silver on 8e which was the key piece of attack.about 1 hour ago from web
27. 118. Rx7c Taking the Bishop on 7c. Sente could now take it by Bx7c since Lx9f would give mate for Sente's King.about 1 hour ago from web
28. 117. P*9f, Sente dropped the pawn to support the Bishop on 9e.about 1 hour ago from web
29. 116.Lx9c, Taking the promoted Knight by the Lance which pinned the Bishop.about 1 hour ago from web
30. 115. K-9g Compulsory.about 1 hour ago from web
31. 114. S*8e, With his Silver drop, I came to believe Gote was in the winning position.about 1 hour ago from web
32. 113. Nx9c, Sente took the kNight on 9c, But S*8e would be a painful drop.about 1 hour ago from web
33. 112. L*9b Increase the pressure on the head of Bishop and King on the edge file.about 1 hour ago from web
34. 111. Gx6f, If this was compulsory, the position seemed to favorable for Gote.about 1 hour ago from web
35. 110. Sx6f, Gote at last took the Silver.about 1 hour ago from web
36. 109. N*8e, kNight drop connecting to the Bishop on 7c and threatening to take the Lance on 9c.about 1 hour ago from web
37. 108. R-8c, Gote let the Rook escaped from the Bishop on 7c to take it.about 1 hour ago from web
38. 107. B*7c, Bishop drop to threaten to take the Rook and take the possible Lx9e by it with promotion.about 1 hour ago from web
39. 106. Lx9c, Natural move to pin the King.about 1 hour ago from web
40. 105. Bx9e Sente took the BIshop by Bishop.about 1 hour ago from web
41. 104. Bx9e(!) Gote took the Lance on 9e. I don't see how to approach Sente's King.about 2 hours ago from web
42. 103. Px9c+, Sente neglected the Silver on 5e and took the kNight on 9c. I don't know why he did not take the Silveron 5e.about 2 hours ago from web
43. 102. Sx5e(!) Gote would like to have a silver in hand regardless of material loss.about 2 hours ago from web
44. The question is if there is a good way to approach Sente's King. If yes, Gote will win the game. If not, it will be Sente's game.about 2 hours ago from web
45. 101. S-5f, Sente did not accept Silver trade since it would be dangerous to let Gote have a Silver in hand.about 2 hours ago from web
46. Correction: 99. Kx9f 100. S-4d.about 2 hours ago from web
47. 98. S-4d, Gote would like to have a Silver in hand. This was offering Silver trade.about 2 hours ago from web
48. 97. Kx9f, Sente took the kNight on 9f by King.about 2 hours ago from web
49. 98. Px8i+ Gote neglected the pawn on 9d and took the kNight on 8i making Tokin.about 2 hours ago from web
50. 97. P*9d Sente seemed to intend to enter the King into the Gote's camp.about 3 hours ago from web
51. 96. Nx9c, Gote took the Tokin on 9c by kNight. The Bishop on 7c became floating.about 3 hours ago from web
52. 95. P-9c+ Pawn promotion to Tokin. I'm not sure what was the meaning of this move.about 3 hours ago from web
53. 94. P*8h Pawn drop threatening to take the kNight on 8i supported by the kNight on 9f.about 3 hours ago from web
54. 93. K-9g Sente's King moved up to the head of the kNight on 9f.about 3 hours ago from web
55. 92. N-9f, Check. After the King moves somewhere, P*8h will be a way of continual attacking.about 3 hours ago from web
56. 91. L-9e, The lance escaped from the kNight dropped on 8d.about 3 hours ago from web
57. 90. N*8d Dropping a nNight threatening to take the Lance on 9f.about 3 hours ago from web
58. 89. Lx9f Compulsory.about 3 hours ago from web
59. 88. P*9f, Gote still inveted the Lance to upper space to drop a kNight on 8d to threaten to take it.about 3 hours ago from web
60. According to the commentary of the boardlive, the meaning of P-9d is to make a room of L-9e against the possible P*9f and N*8d.about 3 hours ago from web
61. 87. P-9d, I think nobody predicted this move.about 3 hours ago from web
62. 86. R-8b, This intended to drop a pawn on 9f and drop a kNight on 8d to capture the lance invited to upper space with check.about 3 hours ago from web
63. 85. Lx9g Almost compulsory.about 3 hours ago from web
64. 84. P*9g,, Pawn sacrifice drop again to invite the Lance to upper space.about 3 hours ago from web
65. 83. Lx9h Almost compulsory.about 3 hours ago from web
66. 82. P*9h Pawn sacrifice to invite the Lance to upper square.about 3 hours ago from web
67. 81. Px9e Sente took the edge pawn.about 3 hours ago from web
68. 80. Gote started counter attack from the edge. I would like to see severe attacking race in the endgame.about 4 hours ago from web
69. 79. S-4e, Sente made the right Silver closer to Gote's King. He seemed to seek for the timing to trade the Bishop for a Silver on 3e.about 4 hours ago from web
70. 78. G3a-2b, Gote amended Anaguma castle. This increased the protection of the squares from 1c to 3c.about 4 hours ago from web
71. 77. B-6h, Sente pulled back his Bishop to 6h escaping from the Silver on 5e after kNight trade. Many say why he didn't trade it for S.about 4 hours ago from web
72. 76. Sx2b, Gote took it by the Silver. Sente succeeded in reducing the defensive pieces which protected the edge file.about 4 hours ago from web
73. 75. Nx3c+ Sente took the kNight.about 4 hours ago from web
74. 74. Nx3c Gote took the pawn on 3c by the kNight.about 4 hours ago from web
75. 73. P*3c, Sente neglected Sx3e to drop a pawn on 3c which was threatened to take the Gold on 3b.about 4 hours ago from web
76. 72. Sx3e, I'm not sure but Sente would play P*3d if Gote took it by the pawn like Px3e instead. Sx3e threatened to take the Bishop on 4f.about 4 hours ago from web
77. 71. P-3e, Sente entered into hostilities. No more fear of repetition at the moment.about 5 hours ago from web
78. 69. P*8g 70. R-8d, Sente passed one move from 66. P*8f to 70.R-8f. If Sente dropped a pawn on 2d, then repetition will be very likely.about 5 hours ago from web
79. 66. P*8f 67. Px8f 68. Rx8f, Looked like no attack from Gote's side. Unless Sente entered into hostilities, repetition is likely occur.about 5 hours ago from web
80. 65.P-1e, Advancing vanguard pawn on the right edge to give pressure to the King in Anaguma.about 5 hours ago from web
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82. 64. G-3a, Gote put his right Silver closer to the King.about 5 hours ago from web
83. I think Sente slightly leads the position since he has lots of moves to play while Gote does not have an effective move.about 5 hours ago from web
84. 63. P-1f, Sente do not need to be in a hurry. This intended to advance vanguard pawn on the 1st file in the next move.about 5 hours ago from web
85. Gote's Anaguma Castle is robust. However, if Sente has three pawns, then P*2d Px2d P*2e Px2e P*2d will be a set of good attacking moves.about 5 hours ago from web
86. 62. G-4a, Seems like no attack from Gote. He seemed to have to wait for Sente's action.about 5 hours ago from web
87. Correction 60. P*2c 61. R-2iabout 5 hours ago from web
88. 60. R-2i, Sente pulled back his Rook to the bottom rank.about 5 hours ago from web
89. 59. P*2c, Gote dropped a pawn on 2c to let the Rook go away.about 5 hours ago from web
90. 58. Px2d 59. Rx2d, Sente succeeded in trading Rook pawn.about 5 hours ago from web
91. 57. P-2d, It seemd Sente tried to trade Rook pawn.about 5 hours ago from web
92. 56. S-2b, Natural move to escape from the kNight on 4e.about 5 hours ago from web
93. 55. N-4e, Jumping the kNight on 4e to take Silver on 3c. If Gote responded by S-2b, then he would play P-5d, wouldn't he?about 6 hours ago from web
94. 53. K-8h, Sente entered his King into the Yagura Castle. But it is not so robust since Gote's Rook pawn was traded already.about 6 hours ago from web
95. 52. R-8d, Sente pulled back the Rook to 8d which protect the head of the Bishop on 7d horizontally.about 6 hours ago from web
96. 51.P*8g At last Sente dropped a pawn on 8g to let Gote's Rook go away.about 6 hours ago from web
97. Without 50.K-1a, N-4e would kill the Silver on 3c. After K-1a, Gote could pull the Silver back to 2b against N-4e.about 6 hours ago from web
98. 50. K-1a, Gote put the King behind the Lance to build Anaguma castle.about 6 hours ago from web
99. 49. N-3g, This is the move following to the previous 47.P-3f.about 6 hours ago from web
100. 48. L-1b, Gote showed his intention to build Anaguma castle.about 6 hours ago from web
101. 47.P-3f, It's a preparation for activating Sente's right kNight to 3g.about 6 hours ago from web
102. 46. S5c-4d, This seemed to be why Gote reserved pawn advancement on the 4th file. If he played P-4d, S5c-4d would be impossible.about 6 hours ago from web
103. 45. K-7i, Sente reserved dropping a pawn on 8g and protect the kNight on 8i by his King.about 7 hours ago from web
104. 43. Px8f 44.Rx8f Natural moves. Gote succeeded in trading Rook pawn.about 7 hours ago from web
105. 42. P-8f Gote tried to trade Rook pawns.about 7 hours ago from web
106. 41. P*5e, Sente did not accept Bishop trade offered by Gote. I guess this is because Sente's Bishop location is better than Gote's.about 7 hours ago from web
107. 40. B-7c, Gote offered Bishop trade.about 7 hours ago from web
108. 39. B-4f, Good development. Threatening to take the Rook on 8h.about 8 hours ago from web
109. 38. K-2b Gote entered his King into the Castle.about 8 hours ago from web
110. 37. B-7i, Sente started to develop his Bishop to his right side. His intention to move it to 4f which is a very good location.about 8 hours ago from web
111. Gote became to able to transfer his Rook to the 5th file again with 36.G5b-4b.about 8 hours ago from web
112. 36. G5b-4b, Gote reserved advancing the Pawn on 4th file and got the right Gold nearer to the King.about 8 hours ago from web
113. 35. S-5f, Sente put the Silvers in line on the 6th rank to increase pressure to the central area.about 9 hours ago from web
114. 34. G-5b, Connecting it with the Silver on 5c. On the other hand, Gote's Rook could not go to the central file with this move.about 9 hours ago from web
115. 33. P-9f, Advancing edge pawn. It prevents Gote from moving his Bishop to 9e and make a room to move Sente's Bishop to 9g in need.about 9 hours ago from web
116. 32. K-3a, Gote moved the King to the safer place since the possible battle field would be 5th through 7th files in the near future.about 9 hours ago from web
117. [Shogi] This week in Shukan Shogi (no. 1300, May 13th 2009) - SHOGI-L | Google Groups http://bit.ly/2fQmXabout 9 hours ago from twitterfeed
118. 31. S-5g made Sente's Rook work better.about 9 hours ago from web
119. 31. S-5g, Sente activated the right Silver by moving up to the 5g. The horizontal line of Sente's Rook extended to the seventh file.about 10 hours ago from web
120. 30.B-8d, Gote did not allow Sente's pawn trade on 7e using the Silver on 6f.about 10 hours ago from web
121. 29. S-6f, Giving pressure on the head of the Bishop on 7c. It still followed the course of the 7th game of Ryuo-sen last year.about 10 hours ago from web
122. 28. B-7c Gote's Bishop escaped to 7c in advance.about 10 hours ago from web
123. 27.P-6e Sente advancing vanguard pawn on the 6th file to develop his Silver or Gold to advance to 6f.about 10 hours ago from web
124. Correction, The other is here.Kobayashi Hiroshi vs Sato Amahiko(win)about 10 hours ago from web
125. The other is here. Sato Amahiko vs Kobayashi Hiroshi(win)http://bit.ly/waCa9about 10 hours ago from web
126. Here is the one. Inoue Keita vs Morishita Taku(win) http://bit.ly/fcwXwabout 10 hours ago from web
127. According to Kifu Database, there were two games with the same position after the Ryuo-sen game.about 10 hours ago from web
128. You can replay that game here. http://bit.ly/10RcaHabout 10 hours ago from web
129. The position of 26.S-3c is identical to that of 7th game of 21st Ryuo-sen between Habu and Watanabe.about 10 hours ago from web
130. 26. S-3c, Gote denied the pawn trade on 2d.about 10 hours ago from web
131. 25. P-2e, Sente advanced Rook pawn to 2e to trade it on 2d.about 10 hours ago from web
132. 23. Px5e 24. Bx5e, Natural moves. The next question is where Gote would pull back the Bishop, his right side or left.about 10 hours ago from web
133. 22. P-5e, After inviting Sente's Silver to the 7th file, Gote tried to trade the central pawns by utilizing the Bishop on 2b.about 10 hours ago from web
134. Correction. 20.P-8e 21.S-7g, Gote advanced Rook pawn to invite Sente's silver to the 7gh file.about 10 hours ago from web
135. 20. P-5e, Gote tried to tade the Pawns on the center of the board by utilizing the Bishop on 2b.about 11 hours ago from web
136. 19. P-2f, Sente advanced his Rook pawn responding to 18.S6b-5c. The aim of this move to trade the Rook pawn on 2d in the future.about 11 hours ago from web
137. Minor correction. *18. S6b-5c.about 11 hours ago from web
138. 18. S-5c(!) Gote showed he would try to choose Rapid attack with this move. He would use his Bishop from 2b without B-3a & B-4b/B-6d.about 11 hours ago from web
139. 17. G-6g, Sente moved up the right Gold first instead of S-7g.about 11 hours ago from web
140. If Gote played 16.B-3a of P-4d instead of P-7d, the possibility of Rapid attack would disappear due to no instant menace from the Bishop.about 11 hours ago from web
141. 16. P-7d, Gote advanced the pawn on 7th file. Whether he will choose rapid attack or not is in question now.about 11 hours ago from web
142. 14. K-4a 15. K-6i Natural moves.about 11 hours ago from web
143. 13. G-7h, Sente gave up the possibility of early castling. It's going to normal Yagura.about 11 hours ago from web
144. 12. G-3b, In contrast, Gote gave up the possibility of early castling such as G6a-5b, G-4c, S-3c, K-4b and K-3b.about 11 hours ago from web
145. 11. G-5h, Sente moved up right Gold first instead of 11. G-7h. It left a room to choose early castling like G-6g, S-7g, K-6h and K-7h.about 11 hours ago from web
146. 9.S-4h, 10. S-4b, Both moved up their Silvers.about 11 hours ago from web
147. 7. P-5f 8.p-5d, Both advanced the central pawns. In Yagura Opening,, securing Bishop's development is the key.about 11 hours ago from web
148. 6. S-6b, It's a natural move, Gote seemed to agree it would go to Yagura.about 11 hours ago from web
149. 5. P-6f, Sente blocked his Bishop's diagonal line by himself. Since Kimura rarely chooses Furibisha, it will go to Yagura opening.about 11 hours ago from web
150. 4. P-3d, Gote opened his Bishop's diagonal line as well.about 11 hours ago from web
151. 3. S-6h, Sente moved his left Silver to 6h which offered Yagura Opening. If he liked to take Yokofutori or Itteson, he should play 3. P-2f.about 11 hours ago from web
152. 2. P-8d, Habu showed he would choose Ibisha. According to recent Shukan Shogi, 2. P-3d has higher winning percentage for FY2008.about 11 hours ago from web
153. 1.P-7f, Kimura opened his Bishop's diagonal line. It's the most common as the first move.about 11 hours ago from web
154. As a result of Furigoma, 8-dan Kimura became Sente while Habu was Gote.about 11 hours ago from web
155. 1st game of 80th Kisei-sen best of five match started.http://bit.ly/3hCo2about 11 hours ago from web

Boardlive now - 1st game of 80th Kisei-sen best of five match

Here is the link.

Sente:Challenger 8-dan Kimura Kazuki vs Kisei Habu Yoshiharu

The winner of this game will challenge Kisei Habu. The allotted thinking time per player is 4 hours and less than 60 seconds per move after consuming it. The venue is at Takashimaya in Niigata prefecture.

The toppage of the 80th Kisei-sen broadcasting site is here (in Japanese).

My twitter entries on 3rd game of 32nd Asahi-ama-meijin-sen

Here is the duplication of my twitter entries on the 3rd game of the best of three match of 32nd Asahi-Ama-Meijin-sen. you can replay the game here(Sente = Shimizugami, Gote = Kaneuchi). Shimizugami beat Kaneuchi in 2-1 to obtainin Asahi-Ama-Meijin-Title. Congratulation!

1. It's a very thrilling game from the start to the end which deserves the final of the Asahi-ama-Meijin-sen.about 18 hours ago from web
2. There may be other variations, but Gote's King cannot help being mate in any cases.about 18 hours ago from web
3. Variation 3. K-5a S-6b+ Kx6b Rx3b+ K-7c B-5a K-7d G*7e K-8c G-8d(mate)about 18 hours ago from web
4. Variation 2 : K-5a S-6b+ Kx6b Rx3b+ P-5b +Rx5b(!) Kx5b P-5c+ K-4a G*4b(mate)about 18 hours ago from web
5. Variation 1: K-4a B*5b K-5a Rx2a+ R*3a +Rx3a Gx3a R*4a Gx4a Bx4a+ K-6a Sx6b+ Kx6b G*6c K-7a G*7b(mate)about 18 hours ago from web
6. After the resignation, Gote's King would be mated since Lance on 5h exists(!).about 18 hours ago from web
7. 152. B*2b 153. G*4b, 154. Sx4b 155. +Rx4b 156. Kx4b 157. Rx2b+ 158. G*3b 159. S*5c, After the move of 153. S*5c, Gote resigned the game.about 18 hours ago from web
8. 151. R*1b, This prevents Gote's King from escaping to upper space from the edge.about 18 hours ago from web
9. 147. B*3a(!) 148. Kx3a 149.G*3b(!) 150. Kx3b Sente has good sacrificing moves like you see.about 18 hours ago from web
10. 146. L*4h, But at last no more effective check. It's a threatmate but,,,about 18 hours ago from web
11. 140. Bx3g+ 141. Kx3g 142. Sx3f 143. K-4h 144. S-4g+ 145. K-3i Gote continues checking.about 18 hours ago from web
12. Correction: 137. L*3g 138 +B-2e 139. P*3f.about 18 hours ago from web
13. 137. +B-1e 138. P*3f Check and Blocking the promoted Bishop's diagonal line.about 18 hours ago from web
14. 136. L*3g, Escaping from the threatmate explained in the previous entry.about 18 hours ago from web
15. 135. N*3h 136. S-4e Threatmating move. If Sente takes it by Px4e, then mate exists such as G*4f K-4h B-3g+ K-3i +B-1g K-2i +B1g-2h.about 18 hours ago from web
16. 132. S*2h 133. K-4g 134. B-3e+ Threatmating Sente's king such as Bx4f K-4h B03g+ K-3i G*2h.about 18 hours ago from web
17. 129. P*6g 130. +Rx7f 131. Sx7f Gote traded the Promoted Rook for a idling Bishop on 7f.about 18 hours ago from web
18. 124. R-6h+ 125. L*5h 126. Nx3g+ 127 Kx3g 128. +R-7g Gote tries to keep checking by using promoted Rook tactfully.about 18 hours ago from web
19. Correction, 122 Lx3g+ 123. Gx3gabout 18 hours ago from web
20. Correction. 120. Lx3g+ 120 Gx3g.about 18 hours ago from web
21. 119. Lx3g 120. Gx3g, Gote continues attacking.about 18 hours ago from web
22. 118. B*1g 119. K-3h 120. L*3d 121. G-4h, Looks that Gote's attack is running out.about 18 hours ago from web
23. 117. K-2h, Sente's answer is escaping lower following to S-4i several moves ago.about 18 hours ago from web
24. 116. N*2e, Checki. Which to escape, upper or lower.about 18 hours ago from web
25. 109. Px1g 110. Px1g+ 111. Nx1g 112.Lx1g+ 113. Lx1g+ 114. Nx1g+ 115. Kx1g. Almost compulsory.about 18 hours ago from web
26. Correction: 99. G*3i 100. Gx3i 101. Gx3i 102. Px1f 103. P*1c 104. Lx1c 105. P*1h 106. N*2e 107. S-4i. 108. G*1gabout 18 hours ago from web
27. 103. G*1g, Both plaeyers in Byoyomi. Once dropping a Gold here, Gote will have to trap the Sente's King to win.about 18 hours ago from web
28. 102. S-4i, Making a Kings space to escape.about 18 hours ago from web
     
29. 101. N*2e, Adding pressure on the square of 1g, I'm not sure this is a threatmate or not.about 18 hours ago from web
30. 100. P*1h, Escaping from the threatmate wo begin with P-1g+about 18 hours ago from web
31. 99. P*1c 100. Lx1c Sente drops a sacrificing pawn. Gote takes it. Now the escaping path of Gote's King is blocked by his own lance on 1c..about 18 hours ago from web
32. 98. Px1f, It seems in threatmate to begin with P-1g+about 18 hours ago from web
33. 97. G*3i 98. Gx3i 99. Gx3i Sente does not take either of the generals by Rook and drop a defensive Gold on 3i not to give a deciseve move.about 18 hours ago from web
34. 98. G*4h, Gote contunue attacking the King without defending.about 18 hours ago from web
35. 93. +Px6b 94. Gx6b 95. Bx4a+ 96. Sx4a 97. Rx5a+ Sente cunducts planned attack.about 19 hours ago from web
36. 92. P-1e, Gote starts attacking on the edge file.about 19 hours ago from web
37. 91. B*7d, This intends the following attack; +Px6b Gx6b Bx4a+(!) Sx4a Rx5a+ which forks Silver on 4a and Gold on 6b.about 19 hours ago from web
38. 90. P*5a, Blocking the horizontal line of the Rook on 8a.about 19 hours ago from web
39. 89. P-7c+, Making Tokin(promoted Bisohp).about 19 hours ago from web
40. 87. P-6b+ 88. Px6b Pawn sacrifice with promotion. This is to intend to activate the Rook better.about 19 hours ago from web
41. 85. R*8a 86. R*6i, Both drop their Rooks on the opponents' camp to approach the Kings.about 19 hours ago from web
42. 84. Nx7h+ Natural move.about 19 hours ago from web
43. 83. Bx7f Taking a pawn on 7f escaping from the kNight on 6f.about 19 hours ago from web
44. 82. N*6f, Forking Bishop on 5h and Gold on 7h.about 19 hours ago from web
45. Correction. 77. B-5h 78.Bx7d 79. Px7d 80. Rx6e 81. Sx6eabout 19 hours ago from web
46. 77. Bx7d, 78.Px7d 79.Rx6e 80. Sx6e, Gote decided to trade a Bishop for a kNight to enable Rook trade as well.about 19 hours ago from web
47. 76. B-5h, Sente intends to take the pawn on 7f.about 19 hours ago from web
48. 75. P:6c 76. P*6a, Dropping a pawn on 6c to make Tokin and Gote defends it.about 19 hours ago from web
49. 74. S-4d, Gote's Silver moves closer to Sente's King to 4d from 6b.about 19 hours ago from web
50. 73. P*5d, Threatening to take the Silver on 5c.about 19 hours ago from web
51. 72. S-5c, Escaping from the kNight on 7d.about 19 hours ago from web
52. 71. N*7d, Blocking the Bishop's diagonal line.about 19 hours ago from web
53. 70. B-8c, Threatening to take the Rook on 6e.about 19 hours ago from web
54. 69. P*7e, Sente cannot trade Rooks since due to the difference of Kings' Safety.about 19 hours ago from web
55. 68. R-8e, Seems good since it prevents Sente from dropping a forking kNight on 7d.about 19 hours ago from web
56. 66. Nx6e 67. Rx6e, kNight trade is done.about 19 hours ago from web
57. 64. Px7f 65. N-6e Natural moves.about 19 hours ago from web
58. 63. Sx6f, natural move.about 19 hours ago from web
59. 62. P-6f, Pawn sacrificing advancement.about 19 hours ago from web
60. I could not update since I seemed to hit the limit of twitter :-).about 19 hours ago from web
61. testabout 19 hours ago from web
62. At the position of 61. R-5e, I think Sente leads it since Sente's kNight will not be killed and Sente's Rook and Bishop worlks better.about 21 hours ago from web
63. 61. R-5e, Sente's move is R-5e, This means Nx6e if Gote takes the pawn on 7f by Px7f.about 21 hours ago from web
64. I think Sente is thinking about how effective the R-7d is.about 21 hours ago from web
65. For examle, R-5f which protects the head of the kNight seems bad since Px7f Sx7f P*5e would be painful after that.about 21 hours ago from web
66. At the position of 60. R-8b, Sente seems to think about the next move for a long time.about 21 hours ago from web
67. The meaning of 55.R-5e is, I guess now, that if Gote did like P-7e Px7e P:7f, then the Knight take the Pawn on 6e supported by the Rook.about 21 hours ago from web
68. 60. R-8b, Preventing Sente from doing Rx5b+about 21 hours ago from web
69. 59. B*3f, Bishop drop which plans Rx5b+(!) Gx5b Bx8a+.about 21 hours ago from web
70. I can't decide which is better now.about 21 hours ago from web
71. Gote's points here are safer King guarded with three generals and keep attacking on the head of the kNight.about 21 hours ago from web
72. Sente's points here are gaining a pawn and having a Bishop in hand.about 21 hours ago from web
73. 58. P-7e, Gote's intention of this move is like this; Px7e P*7f to kill the kNight on 7g.about 21 hours ago from web
74. 57. Rx5d, Sente takes the sacrificing pawn.about 21 hours ago from web
75. 56. P*5d Gote drops a sacrificing pawn to change the location of Sente's Rook.about 21 hours ago from web
76. 55. R-5e, I'm not sure what this mean.about 21 hours ago from web
77. 54. B*9d(!) It's beyond my expectation. This prevents Sente from dropping a Bishop on 7b and plans to attack the head of the kNight on 7g.about 21 hours ago from web
78. 52. Bx4f 53. Px4f, Bishop trade is made. What does Gote have for Sente's B*7b?about 21 hours ago from web
79. Correction. 49. P*8g 50. R-8a 51. B-4fabout 21 hours ago from web
80. 49. B-4f, Sente would like to punish the previous R-8a. After bishop trade, there is a hole of B*7b in the Gote's formation.about 21 hours ago from web
81. 48. R-8a, Gote pulls his Rook to the bottom as well.about 21 hours ago from web
82. 47. P*8g, Threatening to take the Rook on 8f.about 21 hours ago from web
83. 46. P-8f 47. Px8f 48. Rx8f Before Sente transfers his Rook to the 8th file, Gote trades his Rook pawn on 8f.about 21 hours ago from web
84. 45. N-7g, Sente jumpes his left kNight to 7g. His Rook can move up to 8th file horizontally now..about 21 hours ago from web
85. 44. Bx6d, Taking back the pawn by the Bishop. The location of the Gote's Bishop is very good now.about 21 hours ago from web
86. 43. B-5g, Gote develop his Bishop to the right responding to Gote's attack.about 21 hours ago from web
87. 42. P:6e, Threatening to take the Bishop on 6f. Gote would like to punish the previous B-6f made by Sente.about 21 hours ago from web
88. 41. Px6d, It's a natural move.about 21 hours ago from web
89. 40. P*6d, Gote starts counter-attacking the head of the Sente's Bishop.about 21 hours ago from web
90. 39. B-6e, Sente would like to jump his left kNight to 7g in the next move or later.about 21 hours ago from web
91. 37.P*6e 38.B-4b Sente drop a vanguard pawn on 6e threatening to take the Bishop. Gote pulls it back again to 4b.about 21 hours ago from web
92. 35. Px6d 36.Bx6d Pawn trade by Bihsop is completed.about 22 hours ago from web
93. 34. P-6d, Gote tries to trada pawns on 6th file by Bishop.about 22 hours ago from web
94. 33. P-6e, Gote cannot take it by Nx6e since it will be killed by the following line; Nx6e B-5e R-8a P*6f.about 22 hours ago from web
95. 32. B-4b, Gote pulls back his Bishop to 4b. Whth this move, he can advance the pawn to 6d in the next move or later.about 22 hours ago from web
96. 31.S-6g Sente moves up his left Silver to 6g which protects the head of the Bishop on 7f.about 22 hours ago from web
97. 30. N-7c Gote intends to let his right kNight take part in the middlegame in the near future.about 22 hours ago from web
98. 29. P-6f, It's a preparation of protecting the head of the Bishop to enable S-6g or G-6g.about 22 hours ago from web
99. 28. P-7d, Giving pressure on the head of Sente's Bishop on 7g.about 22 hours ago from web
100. 27. G-7h, With this Gold move, Sente's Rook has been enabled to move to 6th and 7th file horizontally.about 22 hours ago from web
101. 26. S-6b, Gate has the same intention to utilize his right Silver.about 22 hours ago from web
102. 25. S-6h Intending to let the left Silver to take part in the battle to occur in the central area.about 22 hours ago from web
103. Correction. 14.G6a-5b 15.K-3h 16.B-6d 17.R-5i 18.K-4b 19.K-2h 20.K-3a 21.S-3h 22.K-2b 23.P-1f, 24. P-1dabout 22 hours ago from web
104. 21. P-1f 22. P-1d, Advancing the Kingside edge pawn each other. It may be an escaping path of the King in the endgame.about 22 hours ago from web
105. 20. K-2b, Gote completes making Hidari(left)-Mino castle.about 22 hours ago from web
106. 19. S-3h, Sente's castle is Mino-gakoi and he shows he does not have an intention to choose Anaguma castle.about 22 hours ago from web
107. 18. K-3a, a natural move for castling.about 22 hours ago from web
108. 17. K-2h, Sente moves his King to the 2nd file.about 22 hours ago from web
109. 16. K-4b, Gote starts castling,, too.about 22 hours ago from web
110. 15. R-5i, Sente pulls the Rook to the bottom. In Central Rook(Nakabisha) strategy, pulling back the Rook to the bottom is often seen.about 22 hours ago from web
111. 14.B-6d, Threatening to take the Rook on 5e.about 22 hours ago from web
112. 13.K-3h, After the pawn trade by the Rook, Sente mones his King to safer space.about 22 hours ago from web
113. 12. G6a-5b, Gote blocked the Rook by his right Gold. Sente cannot drop a pawn on 5c since the square is protected by the 2 pieces(G & B).about 22 hours ago from web
114. 11.P-5e, 12.Px5e 13.Rx5e, Sente trades his Rook's pawn with check.about 22 hours ago from web
115. 10. B-3a, It's a natural move following to the previous S-3b.about 22 hours ago from web
116. 9. K-4h, Sente starts castling his King.about 22 hours ago from web
117. 8. S-3b, This shows Gote will use his Bishop by way of 3a without opening the diagonal line by P-3d.about 22 hours ago from web
118. 7. R-5h, Sente transfers his Rook to the Central file which is called Nakabisha.about 22 hours ago from web
119. 6.P-5d, Gote does not allow Sente to advance vanguard pawn on the central file.about 22 hours ago from web
120. 5.B-7g, Preventing Gote from trading his Rook pawn on 8f.about 22 hours ago from web
121. 3.P-5f 4.P-8e Sente shows he will choose Nakabisha while Gote advances the rook Pawn again.about 22 hours ago from web
122. 1.P-7f 2.P-8d Gote shows he will choose Ibisha(static Rook).about 22 hours ago from web
123. Sente is Shimizugami. Gote is Ama-Meijin Kaneuchi. Before the game, the score is 1-1. This is best of three match.about 22 hours ago from web
124. 3rd shogi game of 32nd Asahi Ama Meijin-sen started.http://bit.ly/cS5YAabout 22 hours ago from web

Linkuei is the winner - PlayOK tournament #3377363

Linkuei is the winner of the captioned on-line shogi tournament held on June 6, 2009. Here is the link to the result.

PlayOK.com - tournament #3377363 (shogi)

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 tournament table below;

32th Asahi Ama Meijin-sen best of three match

The third game of the best of three match of 32nd Asahi Ama Meijin-sen is now on boardlive.

Shimizugami(Sente) vs Asahi Ama-Meijin Kaneuchi

The allotted thinking time per player is 90 minutes and less than 60 seconds per move after consuming it. The winner of this game will become the next Asahi-Ama-Meijin.

Here is the links to the 1st and 2nd game. The former was played yesterday and the latter was done in the morning of today.

1st game - Asahi-Ama-Meijin Kaneuchi vs Shimizugami (won by Kaneuchi)

2nd game - Shimizugami vs Asahi-Ama-Meijin Kaneuchi (won by Shimizugami)

A manzai anime which deals with shogi including Habu Yoshiharu

Today I found a following manzai anime video with English subtitles on YouTube which deals a little with shogi including Habu Yoshiharu in it.

YouTube: Third Touhou M-1 Grand Prix 【Wind Girl】 English subtitles