Takodori's Entrance to Shogi World

A video review about Shotest Shogi uploaded on YouTube

I was noticed by one of my twitter friends that she has uploaded a video review about Shotest Shogi. Here is the link.

YouTube: Shotest Shogi Review

Twitter entries about the moves of 5th game of 80th Kisei-sen

Here is the duplciate of my twitter entries about the move of 5th game of 80th Kisei-sen played yesterday.. Habu beat Kimura in 3-2 to defend the Kisei-title.

1. Photo of the winner Habu after the game. http://bit.ly/3J6TQabout 8 hours ago from web
     
2. Congratulation to Habu.about 8 hours ago from web
3. After resignation , Sente's King would be mated. (1) Kx4h G*5g K-3i G*4h(mate), (2) K-3f B*5h K-3e Bx2e+ Kx2e G*3d K-1f G*2e(mate).about 8 hours ago from web
4. 104. +Rx4h, Gote took the Gold by the promoted Rook. After the move, Kimura resigned the game. Habu defended the title in 3-2.about 8 hours ago from web
5. 103. G*2e, This was threatmeting Sente's King to drop a Silver on 3d, but..,about 8 hours ago from web
6. 103. K-2c, Gote's King escaped to the square ahead of the kNight.about 8 hours ago from web
7. 103. N*2d Check.about 8 hours ago from web
8. 102. Kx3b, Gote took it by the King.about 8 hours ago from web
9. 101. Nx3b+ Sente took the Gold on 3b.about 8 hours ago from web
10. 100. +Rx6h, Gote took the Silver on 6h.about 8 hours ago from web
11. 99. K-4g, Almost compulsory.about 8 hours ago from web
12. 98. Lx6g+ Gote took the pawn on 6g with checking.about 8 hours ago from web
13. 97. N:*2d, Sente dropped a kNight on 2d threatening to take the Gold on 3b.about 8 hours ago from web
14. 96. L*6d, This intended to take the pawn on 6g such as Lx6g and blocked the promoted Bishop so that it could not go to 5e or 4f.about 9 hours ago from web
15. 94. Sx6h 95. Sx6h, Gote took the Bishop and Sente took the Silver back.about 9 hours ago from web
16. 93. S*7i, Sente keeps resisting to be defeated.about 9 hours ago from web
17. 92. S*7g, Sente could not take it by Bx7g due to the horizontal line of the promoted Rook on 7h.about 9 hours ago from web
18. 91. Bx6h, Compulsory move.about 9 hours ago from web
19. 90. +Nx6h, Gote took the Lance on 6h.about 9 hours ago from web
20. 89. +Bx7c, Sente took the Silver to have it in hand.about 9 hours ago from web
21. 88. N-7g+ This intended to take the panw on 6g to approach the King with gaining materials.about 9 hours ago from web
22. 87.L*6h, Sente dropped a lance blocking the promoted Rook's horizontal line. It's supported by the Bishop dropped previously.about 9 hours ago from web
23. 86. +R-7h, check.about 9 hours ago from web
24. 85. B*4f, Sente dropped a Bishop on 4f. Would it be a good defensive move? Let's see what's happening.about 9 hours ago from web
25. 84. +Rx7g Gote took the Gold on 7g..about 9 hours ago from web
26. 83. Px4e, Sente took the kNight on 4e.about 9 hours ago from web
27. 82. Rx7i, Gote too the Silver on 7i with Rook promotion.about 9 hours ago from web
28. 81. P-4f, Sente advanced the pawn on 4th file to 4f to kill the kNight on 4e. This had another meaning to open escaping path of the King.about 9 hours ago from web
29. *80. G-3am > 80.G-3a.about 9 hours ago from web
30. 80. G-3am Gote moved his Gold to 3a to be connected by the three pieces such as K on 2a, S on 2b and G on 3b.about 9 hours ago from web
31. 79. R*7a Sente dropped his Rook on 4a neglecting 78.R*8iabout 9 hours ago from web
32. It's balanced very well:-).about 10 hours ago from web
33. At the position of 78.R-8i, the consumption of the allotted thinking time for Kimura is 3H and 7 minutes and 3H and 6 minutes for Habu.about 10 hours ago from web
34. 78. R*8i, Gote did not take the Gold on 7g and dropped a Rook on 8i threatening to take the Silver on 7i.about 10 hours ago from web
35. Many professional including Morishita Taku 9 dan, "Material advantage never betray you". How about this game is in question now.about 10 hours ago from web
36. 77. Px5f, Sente took the Bishop on 5f. In this moment, Sente had big material advantage by a Bihsop and a Lance.about 10 hours ago from web
37. *Is't in the endgame > It's in the endgame.about 10 hours ago from web
38. *threating > threateningabout 10 hours ago from web
39. 76. N*6e, Gote did not mind losing his Bishop to drop a kNight on 6e threating to take the Gold on 7g. Is't in the endgame.about 10 hours ago from web
40. 75. G-4h, Sente did not take the Bishop on 5f and increase the protection on 5g for possible kNight drop on 63 in advance.about 11 hours ago from web
41. 74. Bx5f, Gote took the Rook without thinking according to the commentary below the virtual board.about 11 hours ago from web
42. 73. +Bx7b Sente took the Rook after thinking for everal minutes.about 11 hours ago from web
43. 72. B*7d(!) Wow! That's Habu's answer. Sente could gain a Bishop if it went like +Bx7b Bx5f Px5f. But it's no good for Sente due to N on 4e.about 11 hours ago from web
44. 71. +Bx8c, forking the Rook on 7a and Silver on 7c. Gote seemed in trouble. but,,,about 11 hours ago from web
45. 70. Sx7c, Gote took it by the Silver. If he took it by the Rook. +Bx7c Sx7c R*7a would be a painful forking drop.about 11 hours ago from web
46. 69. P-7c+ Sente sacrificed the pawn with promotion.about 11 hours ago from web
47. 68. N-4e, Gote jumped his left kNight to 4e. What would happen if Sente killed it by P-4f? My guess is like this; P-4f N*6e Px4e Nx7g+about 11 hours ago from web
48. Photos of sweets served to both players at 3:00pmhttp://bit.ly/1VSc8Labout 11 hours ago from web
49. 67. Nx9a+ Natural move to take the Lance. Sente has materal advantage by a lance.about 13 hours ago from web
50. 66. R-7b , Gote chose preventing Tokin to give up a Lance.about 13 hours ago from web
51. 65. N*8c, kNight drop forking the Rook on 7a and Lance on 9a. If Gote's Rook went away from the 7th file, then Sente could make Tokin on 7c.about 13 hours ago from web
52. 64. G-4a, Sente let the Gold on 5a escaping from the promoted Bishop though it's connected horizontally with the Rook on 7a.about 13 hours ago from web
53. 63. Gx7g mandatory.about 13 hours ago from web
54. 62. Nx7g+ Taking the kNight on 7g escaping from the promoted Bishop on 8d. It's a natural move.about 13 hours ago from web
55. 61. +Bx8d, Taking a pawn threatening the kNight on 8e.about 13 hours ago from web
56. 60. N-8e, Natural escape.about 13 hours ago from web
57. 59. P-7d, Sente tried to take the kNight with this pawn advancement.about 13 hours ago from web
58. 58. P-8d, It intended to save the kNight to jump to 8e for possible P-7d.about 13 hours ago from web
59. 57. P-7e, This intended to kill the kNight on 7c advancing the pawn to 7d in the next move.about 13 hours ago from web
60. 56. N-7c, Natural escape. Sente did not allow it to be captured by the dropped pawn on 8b.about 13 hours ago from web
61. 55. P*8b, Soon after making the 8th file pawn-droppable, Sente dropped a pawn to taki the kNight on 8a.about 13 hours ago from web
62. 54. Px8c, Natural move.about 13 hours ago from web
63. 53. P-8c+ Sente sacrificed a pawn with promotion. This made the 8th file pawn-droppable for Sente.about 13 hours ago from web
64. 52. S-6d, Gote moved up his right Silver to prevent Gote's Rx5c+about 13 hours ago from web
65. Correction: 52. R-5f, Sente transferred his Rook to the central file threatening to capture the Pawn on 5c.about 14 hours ago from web
66. Correction 51.K-2a, Gote moved his King to 2nd file.about 14 hours ago from web
67. 51. R-5f, Sente transferred his Rook to the central file threatening to capture the Pawn on 5c. I guess this was preparation for P-3f later.about 15 hours ago from web
68. RT @sancya_ai あ、同じような感想をもったのですが、先に書かれてしまった。 http://bit.ly/HnKdrabout 15 hours ago from web
69. 49. +B-6f, Protecting the floating pawn on 8d.about 15 hours ago from web
70. That's what happened in the 47th and 48th moves.about 15 hours ago from web
71. Sente would like to sacrifice a pawn on 8d in order to make the 8th file "pawn-droppable", but Gote would not like it.about 16 hours ago from web
72. 48. P*8b, That's why Gote did not take the Pawn on 8d and drop a pawn to prevent P-8c+.about 16 hours ago from web
73. 47. P-8d, Sente advanced pawn. If Gote took it, +B-8c S-7c P*8b would be expected for Gote to lose a kNight.about 16 hours ago from web
74. 46. K-3a, Gote moved his King to his left side. Since he allowed Sente to have made promoted Bishop, he seemed to decide to renew his castleabout 16 hours ago from web
75. Boardlives Today - 4th game of 80th Kisei-sen best of five match and a Ryuo-sen game http://ff.im/-5khNaabout 16 hours ago from FriendFeed
76. Instead of 45.P-8e, What would happen if Sente played 45. +B-8c? then P*7d would be a good move to kill it in the next move of P*8b.about 16 hours ago from web
77. 45.P-8e, Gote advanced the pawn on 8e. It's one of shogi basic tactics to advance pawn on the file where an opponent's pawn goes away.about 16 hours ago from web
78. Therefore, it's difficult to say which leads the position.about 16 hours ago from web
79. The formation of Sente's right generals were not in good shape since the King cannot escape to the right side.about 16 hours ago from web
80. On the other hand, Gote has three pawns and a Bishop in hand. And he can drop a pawn on four files such as 2nd, 3rd, 7th and 8th ones.about 16 hours ago from web
81. At the moment, Sente has material advantage by a pawn and succeeded in making promoted Bishop. But there is no file for him to drop a pawn.about 16 hours ago from web
82. 44. S-7c, Giving a pressure on the promoted BIshop on 7c.about 16 hours ago from web
83. 43. B-6e+ Sente's Bihsop got promoted to 6e.about 16 hours ago from web
84. 42. R-7a, Sente kept his Rook on the 7th file. It proved that he would not like Sente's Bishop to get promoted to 7b.about 17 hours ago from web
85. 41. P*7f, It prevented Sente's P*7f.about 17 hours ago from web
86. 40. R-7e, Gote kept his Rook on 7th file. He seemed he would not like Gote's Bishop to get promoted on 7b threatening to take the kNight.about 17 hours ago from web
87. 39. B*8c, Sente dropped a Bishop to let it promoted.about 17 hours ago from web
88. 37. Px7d 38. Rx7d natural moves.about 17 hours ago from web
89. 36. P-7d, Gote would like to activate his right kNight on 8a. This was to offer pawn trade on 7d to make it possible to jump to 7c.about 17 hours ago from web
90. 35. P*2g Sente dropped a pawn on 2g.about 17 hours ago from web
91. 34. R-2d, Gote transferred his Rook to the 2nd file again.about 17 hours ago from web
92. 33. P-8f, Sente advanced the pawn on 8g. This meant to advance it to 8e supported by the kNight on 7g to enable his Rook to go to 8th file.about 17 hours ago from web
93. The name derived from the fact that 16th permanent Meijin Nakahara often used this castle such as S-2b, G-3b, K-4a, G-5a and S-6b.about 17 hours ago from web
94. 32. S-3b, Gote moved up his right Silver to 2b. Gote's completed building his castle which is called Nakahara Gakoi.about 17 hours ago from web
95. 31. N-7g, Sente activated his left kNihgt to 7g.about 17 hours ago from web
96. 30. Nx3c, This was a key move to activate Gote's left kNight.about 17 hours ago from web
97. 29. Bx3c+ However, the real game went with Bishop trade.about 17 hours ago from web
98. According to Miura 8 dan, Rook trade woul not be inevitable. There were cases of P*8e after 29. R-8f.about 17 hours ago from web
99. 28. R-8d, Gote moved his Rook back to 8th file to prevent Sente's Rook 8f. Sente still could play R-8f. But Rook trade would be inevitable.about 17 hours ago from web
100. 27. P-7e, This meant to make a Room to transfer Sente's Rook to 8f horizontally.about 17 hours ago from web
101. 26. G-5a, Gote slided his right Gold to 5a. Keeping the Gold on the bottom row would be more resistant to Rook drop in the future.about 17 hours ago from web
102. 25. S-2h, Gote saved a pawn to prevent Gote's Rook invasion by moving his right Silver to 2h.about 17 hours ago from web
103. 24. R-2d, Gote transferred his Rook to 2d threatening to take the floating kNight on 2i.about 17 hours ago from web
104. 23.P*8g, Sente dropped a pawn on 8g.about 17 hours ago from web
105. 22. R-8d, Gote pulled back his Rook to 8d, not 8e.about 17 hours ago from web
106. 21. G-3h, Sente moved up his right Gold to 3h. There are 434 cases of the same position in the past. The score of Sente vs Gote is 212-222.about 17 hours ago from web
107. 20. K-4a Habu moved his King to 4a.about 17 hours ago from web
108. According to the commentary below the virtual board, there were 154 cases with the same position of 19.K-5h. The score was 78(Sente)-76.about 17 hours ago from web
109. 19. K-5h, Kimura reserved dropping a pawn on 8g and moved his King to 5h.about 17 hours ago from web
110. 18. S-2b, Gote advanced his left Silver to 2b which made a room for his King to possible to move to 3rd file.about 17 hours ago from web
111. Correction: 17. R-3f, not R-2f.about 17 hours ago from web
112. 17. R-2f, Sente pulled back the Rook to 3f to keep Sente from taking the pawn on 7f.about 17 hours ago from web
113. 16. B-3c, That's why Gote stopped imitating Sente's moves.about 17 hours ago from web
114. If he did such as 16.Rx7f, then the game would be suddenly end by Sente's Bx2b+. Gote would lose one of the generals on the 3rd file.about 17 hours ago from web
115. 15. Rx3d, Sente took the pawn on 3d. The opening strategy was fixed as Yokofutori. Gote did not imitate Sente's move anymore.about 18 hours ago from web
116. 12. P-8f 13. Px8f 14. Rx8f Gote traded his Rook pawn on 8f, too.about 18 hours ago from web
117. 9.P-2d 10. Px2d 11. Rx2d, Sente traded his Rook pawn on 2d.about 18 hours ago from web
118. 7. G-7h 8.G-3b Both protected the head of the Bishops by their left Golds.about 18 hours ago from web
119. 6. P-8e, Habu did not trade Bishop and advanced Rook pawn again. The opening strategy was going to Yokofutori.about 18 hours ago from web
120. 5. P-2e, Sente advanced Rook pawn again.about 18 hours ago from web
121. 4. P-8d, Gote advanced Rook pawn, too.about 18 hours ago from web
122. 3.P-2f Sente advanced Rook Pawn.about 18 hours ago from web
123. If he intended to choose Yagura, the second move should have been P-8d instead of 2.P-3d.about 18 hours ago from web
124. 2. P-3d, Wow, This was a normal move itself. But this showed Habu would not choose normal Yagura opening.about 18 hours ago from web
125. 1.P-7f Kimura opened the diagonal line of his Bishop to give mobility to it.about 18 hours ago from web
126. As a result of Furigoma(5 pawn toss), Kimura became Sente player.about 18 hours ago from web
127. You can replay and watch the game on the virtual #shogi board here.http://bit.ly/fACn2about 18 hours ago from web
128. The 5th game of 80th Kisei-sen between Kisei Habu and Challenger 8 dan Kimura started.d at 9:00am.about 18 hours ago from web

Boardlives Today - 5th game of 80th Kisei-sen best of five match

Today is the day for the final(fifth) game of 80th Kisei-sen best of five match between Kisei Habu Yoshiharu and 8-dan Kimura Kazuki. As a result of Furigoma(5 pawn toss), Habu became Sente. The venue is Takaraso in Ehime prefecture. The game started at 9:00am

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The allotted thinking time is 4 hours and less than 60 seconds per move after consuming it.

Boardlive now - Ito Hirobumi vs Satomi Kana

At the 10:00am, the following game started.

Asahi Trophy Shogi Open
Ito Hirobumi(6-dan, Sente) vs Satomi Kana(Kurashiki Tohka)

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The allotted thinking time per player is 40 minutes and less than 60 seconds per move after consuming it.

My twitter entries about the moves of 3rd game of Mynavi Joshi Open.

Here is the duplication of my twitter entries about the moves of the 3rd game of 2nd Mynavi Joshi open best of five match between Queen Yauchi Rieko and Joryu 2 dan Iwane Shinobu.. Yauchi took three games in a row to defend the title of Queen. Congratulation.

1. In any case, Sente's King would be hopeless.about 16 hours ago from web
     
2. (3) G5h-4h +Bx3h(!) Gx3h G*5i K-3i S*2h Gx2h Lx2h+(mate) (4)G5h-4h +Bx3h(!) K-5h +Bx4h K-6g G*7f K-7h R-8i+(mate)about 16 hours ago from web
3. After the 158.+Bx2g, (1) Gx2g S*3h(mate) (2)G5h-4h +Bx3h(!) Gx3h G*5i Sx5i Gx5i Kx5i Rx6i+ K-5h +R-6i(mate)about 16 hours ago from web
4. Congratulation on Yauchi's defending the title with the socre of 3-0.about 16 hours ago from web
5. 155. G-3h, 156.G*6i 157.K-4i. 158. +Bx2g, Finally, Sente's King was in brikmate(Hisshi) at 158. +Bx2g.. Iwane resigned the game.about 16 hours ago from web
6. 149. B*4b 150. K-5d 151. G*6d 152. K-4c, 153. G-5c 154. K-3d. Sente continued checking moves until consuming all the pieces in hand.about 16 hours ago from web
7. 148. N*7g, Threatmante to drop a Gold on 6i in the next move.about 16 hours ago from web
8. 147. N*7i Dropping a kNghit on 7i to block the Rook on 9i. But again, It's too painful to use a kNight since she had no pawn in this moment.about 16 hours ago from web
9. 143. G*5d 144. +B3bx5d 145. Nx5d 146. R*9i Sente did not seem to lose fighting spirit yet.about 17 hours ago from web
10. 141. K-5i 142. +Bx3b, Gote's King got much safer to get rid of the promoted Rook.about 17 hours ago from web
11. 137. S*6h 138. G*6i(!) 139. Kx6i 140. +B-8g(!). Gote sacrificed a Gold to make this fork to King and the promoted Rook on 3b!about 17 hours ago from web
12. 136. +B-7g, At last, another promoted Bishop started to work well to approach Sente's King. Now, Gote was clearly in the winning position.about 17 hours ago from web
13. 134. Sx3g+ 135. K-5i, If Sente took the promoted Silver on 3g, then mating line existed to begin with +Bx2g.about 17 hours ago from web
14. Correction: 130. N*2g 131.Sx2g 132. S*2h 133. K-4h,about 17 hours ago from web
15. 124. N*2g 125.Sx2g 128. S*2h 129. K-4h, Gote's promoted Bishop on 4e was too powerful piece for Sente to take the Silver dropped on 2h.about 17 hours ago from web
16. Instead of 123. +R-2b, G*2c would give mate to Gote's King..about 17 hours ago from web
17. 121. Sx3b+ 122.Sx3b 123.+R-2b 124.K-4b 125.G*5c 126.Gx5c 127.Px5c+ 128. Kx5c 129. +Rx3b Sente kept attacking and attacking.about 17 hours ago from web
18. 120. S-2c, Gote took the kNight on 2c.about 17 hours ago from web
19. Correction 117. N*2c 118. S-2b 19. S*4a, Did Sente succeeded in approaching Gote's King with this Silver Drop?about 17 hours ago from web
20. 116. N*2c, Sente had to keep attacking.about 17 hours ago from web
21. 115. +R-2a, 116.P*1b Promoted Rook had to escape. P*1b was to invite the promoted Pawn to 1b which became less workable.about 17 hours ago from web
22. And threatening to take the Promoted Rook with the promoted Bishop on 4e.about 17 hours ago from web
23. 114.P-3e, Advancing pawn to sacrifice it to P-3f later.about 17 hours ago from web
24. 112.L*2f 113.K-3i, Since Sente had no pawn in hand. The check Lance drop on 2f was painful.about 17 hours ago from web
25. Correction 111.L-1c+about 17 hours ago from web
26. 110. L-1c+, Sente increased the pressure to Gote's King with this Lance promotion.about 17 hours ago from web
27. 109. P-2d 110. Px2d Pawn sacrifice to approach Gote's King.about 17 hours ago from web
28. 106. +B-4e, 107. P*5d 108. G-4c, Gote responded to Sente's move naturally since she was leading the position with material advantage.about 17 hours ago from web
29. 105. N*4f, Sente dropped a kNight on 5f threatening to take the Promoted Bishop invited to 5d.about 17 hours ago from web
30. 104. Bx5d+ Gote was pleased to take the pawn with Bishop promotion.about 17 hours ago from web
31. 103. P*5d, Pawn sacrifice on 5d threatening to take the Gold on 5c.about 17 hours ago from web
32. 102. Sx2e, natural move.about 17 hours ago from web
33. 100. N*2e 101.Lx2e, Gote chose to let Sente have a kight instead of a Silver in hand.about 17 hours ago from web
34. 97.P-2d 98.Sx2d 99. L*2g Sente had to keep attacking since losing materials.about 17 hours ago from web
35. 96. S-3e, Gote's Silver escaped to 2e.about 17 hours ago from web
36. 95. P-2e, Advancing the pawn to take the Silver on 2d.about 17 hours ago from web
37. P-4d had another meaning to make a room for B-4c+.about 17 hours ago from web
38. 94. P-4d, Preventing Sente's kNight drop on 4e forking the Gold on 5c and the King on 3c.about 17 hours ago from web
39. 91. Nx1g 92.Nx1g+ 93.Lx1g, Sente seemed to want to leave a lance instead of the kNight on the edge file.about 17 hours ago from web
40. 90. P*1g, Dropping a pawn to take the Lance on 1h. That's why Gote sacrificed a pawn on 1h at 84.L*1h.about 17 hours ago from web
41. 89. P-2f, Pawn advancement threatening to take the kNight on 2e.about 17 hours ago from web
42. 88. Gx5c, Taking the promoted Pawn. Now Gote's King had another escaping path to 4b.about 17 hours ago from web
43. 87. P-5c+ Almost Compulsory to take the lance back for the promoted kNight.about 17 hours ago from web
44. 86. Lx5c, Taking the promoted kNight to have a kNight in hand.about 17 hours ago from web
45. 85. Lx1h, Almost compulsory.about 17 hours ago from web
46. 84. P*1h, Sacrificing pawn drop on 1h. I'm not sure what this meant right now.about 17 hours ago from web
47. 83. +R-1b, I'm not sure which was the better square to go, +R-1b like this or +R-1a.about 17 hours ago from web
48. 82. S*2d, Dropping a Silver threatening to take the promoted Rook on 1c. The safety of Gote's King was increased with this Silver drop.about 17 hours ago from web
49. 81. Rx1c+ Sente's Rook got promoted.about 17 hours ago from web
50. 80. Px1c, Gote took it since she had material advantage. Gote seemed to judge it's not necessary to attack Sente's King right now.about 17 hours ago from web
51. 79. P-1c+ Sente suceeded in breaking through the edge file. But losing material seemed a headache.about 17 hours ago from web
52. 78. N-2e, Gote's kNight escaped to 2e.about 17 hours ago from web
53. 77. P*1d, Sente dropped a pawn on 1d without taking the Gold on 4b.about 17 hours ago from web
54. 76. Px6b, Natural move. Gote's Rook's horizontal line was blocked.about 17 hours ago from web
55. 75. P-6b, Pawn sacrifice with promotion to block Gote's Rook's horizontal line.about 17 hours ago from web
56. 74. L*5a, Gote would like Sente to take the Gold on 4b to have a kNight in hand.about 17 hours ago from web
57. 73. P*5d, Sente dropped a pawn to support the promoted kNight on 5c.about 17 hours ago from web
58. 72. P*5e, Gote blocked the Lance on 5g with this pawn drop supported by the promoted Bishop on 9i.about 17 hours ago from web
59. But the combination of Lance on 5g and promoted kNight on 5c was woking much better than Gote's right Lance and kNight.about 17 hours ago from web
60. 71. N-5c+ Sente's kNight got promoted on 5c threatening to take the Gold on 4b. At the moment, Sent lost her Bishop.about 17 hours ago from web
61. 70. Bx9i+ Gote took the lance on 9i with Bishop promotion.about 17 hours ago from web
62. 69. L*5g, Wow! Sente did not protect the floating kNight on 6e and drop a lance on 5g threatening to take the bishop on 5e.about 17 hours ago from web
63. 68. Bx5e, Natural move to take back the Silver.about 17 hours ago from web
64. 67. Sx5e, Sente took the Silver on 5e. After Bx5e, how would Sente protect the kNight on 6e which became floating?about 17 hours ago from web
65. 66. B*8g, This was planning to take the kNight on 6e such as Sx5f Rx5f Bx6e+.about 17 hours ago from web
66. 65. N-6e, Sente jumped her left kNight to 6e.about 17 hours ago from web
67. 64. R-7b , Gote would not like to accept the Silver exchange to invite Sente's Rook to the central file. Rook's early escape from S-6e.about 17 hours ago from web
68. 63. S-5f, Sente tried to offer exchanging her idling left Silver with Gote's right Silver which controlled the central area well.about 18 hours ago from web
69. 62. K-3c, Early escape to the 3rd file.about 18 hours ago from web
70. 61. R-1f, Sente pulled back her Rook to 1f to make a room to drop a pawn to 1d to break through the edge file.about 18 hours ago from web
71. 60. P*1b , Gote dropped a pawn to support the kNight on 1c to prevent Rx1c+about 18 hours ago from web
72. 59. Rx1c, Taking the pawn on 1d by Rook supported by the Lance on 1i.about 18 hours ago from web
73. 58. Nx1c, Almost compulsory.about 18 hours ago from web
74. 57. Bx1c+ Wow! Sente tried to trade Bishop for a Lance. It's a strong attack to break through the edge file.about 18 hours ago from web
75. 55. P*1c 56. Lx1c Sente dropped a pawn on 1c. This pawn drop can be often found in case of attacking on the edge file.about 18 hours ago from web
76. 54. Px1d, Natural response.about 18 hours ago from web
77. 53. P-1d, Sente started attacking the edge.about 18 hours ago from web
78. 52. R-7d, Gote started to try to attack the head of Sente's kNight on 7g.about 18 hours ago from web
79. 51. R-1f, It seemed a good Rook transfer thanks to advancing vanguard pawn on the Kinside edge file in the opening.about 18 hours ago from web
80. 50. Sx5e, Taking the pawn on 5e threatening to take the Rook on 6f.about 18 hours ago from web
81. 49. Px5e, Sente took the pawn on 5e.about 18 hours ago from web
82. 48. P*6a, Gote dropped a pawn just for preventing Sente from making promoted Pawn on 6b.about 18 hours ago from web
83. 47. P*6c, Sente dropped a pawn on 6c to make promoted Pawn.about 18 hours ago from web
84. 46. P-5e, Hmmn, I wonder if this was a good move since it started to take action to the idling Silver on 6g..about 18 hours ago from web
85. 45. R-6f, Compulsory move. The Bishop on 6d was not floating but supported by the Rook on 8d.about 18 hours ago from web
86. 44. P-7e, Threatening to take the Rook on 7f supported by the Bishop on 6d.about 18 hours ago from web
87. 43. N-7g, Sente let her left kNight participate in the battle.about 18 hours ago from web
88. 42. G5a-4b, Gote attached the floating right Gold to her castle.about 18 hours ago from web
89. 41. Px8f Sente took it by pawn.about 18 hours ago from web
90. 40. P-8f, Rook pawn sacrifice. It's one of the standard tactics to sacrifice a Rook pawn early in the middlegame to run the Rook if possibleabout 18 hours ago from web
91. 39. P-5f, Sente would like to activate the sleeping Bishop on 6h. This is the preparation for that so that it could go to 4f later.about 18 hours ago from web
92. 38. Bx6d, Natural move. Gote could not allow P-6c+about 18 hours ago from web
93. 37. Px6d, After pawn sacrifice on the Rook file, Sente took the pawn on 6d.about 18 hours ago from web
94. 36. Px7d I guess why Gote did not take this by the Rook was to allow Sent to drop the Rook first and no escaping path to the edge.about 18 hours ago from web
95. 35. P-7d, Iwane responded sacrificing a pawn on 7th file.about 18 hours ago from web
96. 34. P-6d, Yauchi entered into hostilities from the 6th file. I'm not sure, but they say Yauchi never chose Ibisha Anaguma Castle.about 18 hours ago from web
97. Live video streaming is available to watch here. http://bit.ly/2mM1Ji(Left = Yauchi)about 18 hours ago from web
98. You can watch and replay the game on the virtual board here.http://mynavi-open.jp/09071...about 18 hours ago from web
99. I'm writing my comments on the moves in the afternoon for the game between Queen Yauchi and Challenger Joryu 2-dan Iwane.about 18 hours ago from web
100. These were the moves in the morning. I will come back to the game in due course.about 21 hours ago from web
101. 33. R-7f, Sente moved up her Rook to 7f to enable her kNight jump to 7g. After the jump, the Rook on 7f prevents Gote's pawn trade on 8f.about 21 hours ago from web
102. 32. R-8d, Gote prevented the pawn exchange on 7d.about 21 hours ago from web
103. 31. B-6h, Sente aimed at pawn exchange on 7d bu the Rook with this Bishop move.about 21 hours ago from web
104. 30. G-5a, Gote made her right Gold closer to her King.about 21 hours ago from web
105. 29. P-1e, Sente advanced vanguard pawn on the Kingside edge file.about 21 hours ago from web
106. 28. G-3b, Gote moved up her left Gold closer to her King.about 21 hours ago from web
107. 27. K-2h, Sente complete building Mino castle.about 21 hours ago from web
108. 26. P-9d, This prevented Sente's possible B-9e in the future.about 21 hours ago from web
109. 25.P-7e, Sente advanced vanguard pawn on the 7th file. Gote could not take it by Bx7e since she would lose a silver such as Bx4d Px4d Rx7e.about 21 hours ago from web
110. 24. K-2b, Gote moved her King to the 2nd file.about 22 hours ago from web
111. 23. P-6e, Sente advanced vanguard pawn on the 6th file. This meant R-8h P*8e B-6f were ready if Sente traded Rook pawn on 8f(P-8f Px8f Bx8f)about 22 hours ago from web
112. 22. B-4b, This meant open a path for the Silver on 4d to go back to 3c.about 22 hours ago from web
113. 21.S-6g, Sente advanced her left Silver to 6g. It could advance to 5f.about 22 hours ago from web
114. 20.S-4d, Gote did not advance Kingside edge pawn. It suggested she would choose Ibisha Anaguma castle.about 22 hours ago from web
115. 19. Kingside edge pawn advancement.about 22 hours ago from web
116. 18. B-3c, Gote moved up her Bishop to 3c to enable her King to move to 2nd file.about 22 hours ago from web
117. 17. G6i-5h, Sente built Mino-kakoi.about 22 hours ago from web
118. 16. S-5c, Gote moved up her right Silver to 5c following to the previous 14.P-5d.about 22 hours ago from web
119. 15. K-3i, Sente moved her King again.about 22 hours ago from web
120. 14. P-5d, Gote advanced the central pawn to open the path for her right Silver to 5c.about 22 hours ago from web
121. 13. S-3h, Sente built the formation of generals of Mino-kakoi.about 22 hours ago from web
122. 12. K-3b, Gote moved her King again.about 22 hours ago from web
123. 11. K-4h, Sente strated as well to move her King to the opposite side of her Rook.about 22 hours ago from web
124. 10. K-4b, Gote started to move her King to the opposite side of her Rook.about 22 hours ago from web
125. Frequently updated webcamera shots are available to watch here.http://bit.ly/K70ENabout 22 hours ago from web
126. Video live streaming is available to watch for this game.http://bit.ly/2mM1Jiabout 22 hours ago from web
127. 9. S-6h, Sente's natural left Silver development, tooabout 22 hours ago from web
128. 8. S-6b, Gote's natural right silver development.about 22 hours ago from web
129. 7.B-7g, Preventing Gote's pawn trade on 8f. It's important to prevent it in case of blocking the diagonal line of Bishop in ranging Rook.about 22 hours ago from web
130. 6. P-8e, Sente advanced Rook pawn again to invite Sente's Bishop to 7g. Then Sente's Rook's vertical line would become weaker slightly.about 22 hours ago from web
131. 6. "Third file" of "Third file rook" means third file from the left end.about 22 hours ago from web
132. 5. R-7h, Sente transferred her Rook to 7h which is called Sangenbisha"Third file Rook". In case of Sente, we don't call "seventh file Rook"about 22 hours ago from web
133. 4. P-3d, Gote opened the diagonal line of her Bishop.about 22 hours ago from web
134. 3. P-6f, Sente blocked the diagonal line of her Bishop with this move, though ranging Rook without blocking it is popular recently.about 22 hours ago from web
135. 2.P-8d, Yauchi advanced her Rook pawn to 8d. She showed her intention to choose Ibisha(static Rook) already.about 22 hours ago from web
136. Iwane is Sente player in this game. 1.P-7f, She opened the diagonal line of her Bishop.about 22 hours ago from web
137. You can watch and replay the game on the virtual board here.http://mynavi-open.jp/09071...about 22 hours ago from web
138. I'm writing my comments on the moves of 3rd game of 2nd Mynavi Joshi open between Queen Yauchi and Joryu 2-dan Iwane Shinobu.about 22 hours ago from web

Board and video live today - 3rd game of 2nd mynavi Open best of five match

Today is the day for the 3rd game of the 2nd Mynavi Open best of five match between Jyooh Yauchi Rieko and Joryu 2-dan Iwane Shinobu. It started at 10:00am. Iwane is Sente player. The venue of the play is at Tokyo Shogi Kaikan of JSA in Sendagaya, Tokhyo. You can replay and watch the game through either of the links below;

Kifu for Flash
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The allotted thinking time per player is 3 hours and less than 60 seconds per move(Ippunn Shogi) after consuming it. It will end around 17:00(Japan time).

Frequently updating webcamera live is available to watch here. And video live in the playing room is here.

My twitter entries about the moves of Day2 of 50th Oui-sen.

Here is the duplication of my twitter entries about the moves of Day2 of the 1st game of 50th Oui-sen best of seven match between Oui Fukaura Koichi and 8-dan Kimura Kazuki.. The first game ended with Sennichite(repetition) early in the mornigng yesterday and rematch was played according to the rules replacing turn to play.

(3) Gx2c Px2c Kx2c Rx2a+ P*2b P*2d K-3c G*2c Px2c Px2c+(mate). In any case, Gote's king could not help be mated.about 15 hours ago from web

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2. After 113. S*2c, (1) K-3c +Bx3d(mate), (2) Gx2c Px2c+ Kx2c Rx2a+ P*2b P*2d Kx2d +Rx2b P*2c G*2e(mate)about 15 hours ago from web
3. 111. R*4a 112.K-2b 113. S*2c, I think Gote resined the game here.about 15 hours ago from web
4. 110. Bx6g+ Gote also made a threatmating move.about 15 hours ago from web
5. 109. Px2d, But this would be a hisshi(brinkmate).about 15 hours ago from web
6. 108. Sx2d Taking the kNight since it's a threatmate.about 15 hours ago from web
7. 107. N*2d, Threatmating knight drop such as R*4a K-2b Nx3b+ Kx3b R-4b+ K-2c +B-4a K-1b G*2c(mate)about 15 hours ago from web
8. 106. S*6i(!) It's not a threatmate. The next Bx6g+ would be severe, but...,about 16 hours ago from web
9. 105. Bx5b+ mandatory.about 16 hours ago from web
10. 104. Rx5b, Gote took the Silver to keep initiative.about 16 hours ago from web
11. You can watch and replay the game on unofficial flash board as well.http://bit.ly/M4grJabout 16 hours ago from web
12. No, I was wrong in my prediction. G-5c would not be possible since Sente could take the promoted Rook on 1h! by Bx1h+!about 16 hours ago from web
13. 103. P:7g, Natural move to defend the Lance by dropping a pawn here.about 16 hours ago from web
14. 102. L*7f, Gote dropped a lance on 7f neglecting 101.S*5b.about 16 hours ago from web
15. I predict Fukaura's next move would be G-5c.about 16 hours ago from web
16. 101. S*5b, Silver drop threatening to take the Rook. If the Rook escaped, Sente could take the Gold for nothing.about 16 hours ago from web
17. 100. R-5a, Almost mandatory to connect with the Gold on 5d.about 16 hours ago from web
18. 99. B*6c, Seemed a painful Bishop drop forking Rook on 8a and Gold on 5d. I think Kimura led the position.about 16 hours ago from web
19. 98. Gx5d, Almost mandatory. While the Gold became apart, Gote had a pawn in hand in return.about 16 hours ago from web
20. 97. +Px5d, Sente sacrificed the promoted pawn to let the Gold apart from the King.about 16 hours ago from web
21. L*7f would be useless since P*7g would exist in this position.about 16 hours ago from web
22. Oh, Maybe I was wrong. The piece Gote would like to have in hand was a kNghit, not a Lance. If he had it, N*7f would be a very good.about 16 hours ago from web
23. Gote seemed to succeed in making Sente's 55.L-1h a bad move with this capture.about 16 hours ago from web
24. 96. Rx1h+, Gote would like to drop the lance he captured just now on 7f supported by Bishop on 4i such as L*7f following 94.P*7e sacrifice.about 16 hours ago from web
25. 95. Sx7e, almost mandatory.about 16 hours ago from web
26. 94. P*7e, Gote dropped a sacrificing pawn on the head of the Silver on 7f. He had nothing in hand with this move. Could he keep the attack?about 16 hours ago from web
27. 93. S*7h, Thus, this Silver drop was almost mandatory.about 16 hours ago from web
28. 92. R*2h, Good Rook drop. If the next move was Gote's turn, Bx6g+ would be decisive since the Gold on 6h would be floating to be taken.about 16 hours ago from web
29. 91. G7hx6h, It's mandatory. If he took it by G6gx6h, then Sente would lose the Silver on 7f by Bx7f+about 16 hours ago from web
30. 90. Bx6h+ Gote took the Rook.about 16 hours ago from web
31. 89. G*7h, It seemed a very nice Gold drop to secure King's safety.about 16 hours ago from web
32. 88. B*5i, Gote dropped a Bishop on 5i threatening to take the Rook on 6h.about 16 hours ago from web
33. 87. Sx7f, That's the move Sente would like to play to get rid of the dangerous pawn on 7f to sacrificing the promoted bishop for the Gold.about 16 hours ago from web
34. 86. Lx9d, Natural move to take the promoted Bishop.about 16 hours ago from web
35. 85. +Bx9d So, he would sacrifice the promoted Bishop for the Gold from his side.about 16 hours ago from web
36. 84. G*9d(!) Wow. That Gold drop existed. If Sente took it by Sx9d, then Sente would lose his promoted Bishop by Rx8d since it'd be floating.about 16 hours ago from web
37. 83. Gx6g, It seemd natural to take it by Gold since it would be more risky to take it by the Rook to be captured by the Bishop on 4i.about 16 hours ago from web
38. 82. Sx6g+ Natural move to take the Gold on 6g.about 16 hours ago from web
39. 81. +Px6d, Sente neclected 80.S*5h to take the Silver on 6d.about 16 hours ago from web
40. 80. S*5h, Gote dropped a Silver on 5h threatening to take the Gold on 6g. Trying to take a Gold near King is a basic tactics in the endgameabout 16 hours ago from web
41. 79. +P-6d, Threatening to take the Silver on 6d.about 16 hours ago from web
42. 78. R-8a, Gote transferred his Rook to 8th file to take the promoted Bishop in need.about 16 hours ago from web
43. 77. Px7c+ Gote made promoted Pawn to give pressure Gote's Rook on 6a.about 16 hours ago from web
44. 76. S-3e, Gote's Silver escaped to 2e. If he took the pawn on 2e by Sx2em then it would let Sente drop a pawn on 2nd file in need later.about 16 hours ago from web
45. 75. Sx8e, Sente took the kNight on 8e since allowing S*7g with support of the kNight would be too dangerous.about 16 hours ago from web
46. 74. Sx2d, Gote took the Silver on 2d to drop it on 7g if Sente replied by Px2d.about 16 hours ago from web
47. 73. Bx8d+ Sente's Bishop got promoted with taking pawn on 8d threatening to take the kNight on 8e.about 16 hours ago from web
48. 72. R-6a The Rook escaped to 6a threatening to take the Bishop on 5a.about 16 hours ago from web
49. 71. B*5a, Sente dropped a Bishop on 5a aiming at the floating Rook as an effect of 69.P*7dabout 16 hours ago from web
50. 70. S-6d, Gote did not take the pawn on 7d. I guess he would not like Sente to drop a Bishop on 7c forking Rook and Lance.about 16 hours ago from web
51. 69. P*7d, Sente made a sacrificing pawn drop on the head of the Silver on 7c. It intended to make Gote's Rook on 6h floating.about 16 hours ago from web
52. 68. Px7f, Gote's took the pawn on 7f. His next plan seemed to drop a Silver on 7g after taking the Silver he invited to 2d.about 16 hours ago from web
53. 67. Px2d narural Silver move to advance with taking a pawn.about 16 hours ago from web
54. correction: 65 Sx3e was missing. followed by 66.P*3d not P-3dabout 17 hours ago from web
55. Then, Gote prevented Sente's N*3e in advance by inviting Sente's attacking Silver to 2d in these several moves.about 17 hours ago from web
56. 65. P-3d, Gote invited Sente's Silver to take the pawn on 2d. Sooner or later, Gote's kNight on 8e would be Sente's piece in hand.about 17 hours ago from web
57. 64. P*3e, Wow, Gote invited Sente's attacking Silver closer to his camp by himself! Gote prevented Sente's N*3e in the future with this moveabout 17 hours ago from web
58. 63. P-2e, It's an natural move to follow the previous advancement of 57.P-2f.about 17 hours ago from web
59. 62. P-7e, It seemed a vital sacrificing pawn advancement to fully activate the kNight on 8e.about 17 hours ago from web
60. 61. R-6h, Gote's Rook escaped to the 6th file to face Gote's Rook indirectly on the same file.about 17 hours ago from web
61. 60. B*4i, Wherever Sente's Rook escaped, the dropped Bishop could get promoted with taking the pawn on 1f due to 57.P-2f.about 17 hours ago from web
62. 59. Px4f, Compulsory.about 17 hours ago from web
63. 58. Finally, Gote took the Bishop on 4f from the Gote's side. He would try to make 57.P-2f a bad move.about 17 hours ago from web
64. 57. P-2f, Gote still did not take the Bihsop and this pawn advancement was to activate the kNight on 1g such as P-2e Px2e Nx2eabout 17 hours ago from web
65. 56. K-3a, Gote would like Sente to take the Bishop on 6d, too. So he tried to enter the King in the Yagura castle.about 17 hours ago from web
66. 55. L-1h, I'm not sure if this move was good or not. But anyway, Sente would like Gote to take the Bishop on 4f.about 17 hours ago from web
67. 54. P-2d, Gote still did not take the BIshop on 4f either. Instead, he prevented Sente's kNight jump to 2e with this pawn advancement.about 17 hours ago from web
68. 53. N-1g, Sente jumped his right kNight to 1g to aim at Gote's Silver on 3c by jumping again to 2e without taking the Bishop on 6d.about 17 hours ago from web
69. 52. R-6b , On the other hand, Gote would like to advance his right Silver to 6d saving moves. That's why both Bishops faced for a while.about 17 hours ago from web
70. 51. P*6f, Sente would not like Gote's Silver on 7c to advance to 6d.about 17 hours ago from web
71. 50. Bx6d, Gote dared to offer Bishop trade. I'm surprised to see this move since Gote's King was still out of Yagura castle.about 17 hours ago from web
72. 49. Px6d, It seemed mandatory since Sente might not allow Gote's Px6e.about 17 hours ago from web
73. 48. R-6c, I guess this meant to connect with the Silver on 7c and prepared for taking the Pawn on 6e by Px6e.about 17 hours ago from web
74. 47. R-3h, I guess Sente's rook could work vertically best on the 3rd file since both pawns were away.about 17 hours ago from web
75. back to #shogi 50th Oui-sen.about 17 hours ago from web
76. It's 3:22 now. I will come back here in several hours.about 19 hours ago from web
77. 46. R-6b Increasing Gote's forces on the 6th file.about 20 hours ago from web
78. 45. S-3f, Silver advancement to 3f due to the effect of pawn trading on 3e.about 20 hours ago from web
79. 44. P-6d, Blocking the diagonal line of Sente's Bishop on 4f and tried counter-attacking from the 6th file.about 20 hours ago from web
80. 43. B-4f, This was threatening to take the Silver on 7c which was floating.about 20 hours ago from web
81. 42. S-7c, So, Gote pulled back his Silver to 7c to open the diagonal line of his Bishop on 3a.about 20 hours ago from web
82. 41.P-6e, If Gote took it by Sx6e, then it would be killed by P*6f. This was the effect of having a pawn in hand trading pawns on 3e before.about 20 hours ago from web
83. 40. N-8e Gote jumped his right kNight to 8e regardless of Sente's early silver escape to 8f.about 20 hours ago from web
84. Kimura consumed 10 minutes for that move.about 20 hours ago from web
85. 39. S-8f Sente's Silver escaped in advance from possible kNight jump to 8e.about 20 hours ago from web
86. 38. S-6d, Gote advanced his right Silver to 6d. The aim is pawn and Silver exchange on 7e after kNight's jump to 8e.about 20 hours ago from web
87. 37. Bx3e, Almost mandatory to take the pawn back.about 20 hours ago from web
88. 36. Px3e Eleven minutes were consumed for this move though it seemed a very natural move.about 20 hours ago from web
89. 35. P-3e, Sente tried to exchange pawn on 3e by Bishop to have a pawn in hand.about 20 hours ago from web
90. Fukaura consumed 40 minutes to have made 34th move. It's the first notable poundering in the rematch between the two.about 20 hours ago from web
91. 34. S-5c, Sente gave up quick edge attack since this silver advancement blocked the diaglnal line of the Bishop on 3a.about 20 hours ago from web
92. 33. S-3g, Gote advanced his right Silver to 3g. With this move, Sente's Rook started working well horizontally to protect the King on 8h.about 20 hours ago from web
93. 32. N-7c, Gote was preparing for edge attack by jumping his right kNight to 7c. This could jump to 8e to aim at 9g.about 20 hours ago from web
94. 31. P-1f, Sente advanced edge pawn on the 1st file.about 20 hours ago from web
95. 31. If a battle occurs on the 9th file, Sente's guard of generals on 7th and 6th file would be not working very well.about 20 hours ago from web
96. 30. P-9e, Gote advanced vanguard pawn on the 9th file to give pressure to Sente's King.about 20 hours ago from web
97. 29. K-8h, Sente 's king entered in Yagura Castle.about 20 hours ago from web
98. 28. P-9d, Gote advanced edge pawn on the 9th file instead of moving his King.about 20 hours ago from web
99. 27. K-7i, Sente tried to move his King to enter in Yagura castle.about 20 hours ago from web
100. 26. G5b-4c, Gote finished building the outer wall of Yagura castle, too.about 20 hours ago from web
101. 25. B-6h, It's called Morishita System. Oh, yes, Fukaura's master is Morishita(9 dan). Every professional player has his/her master.about 20 hours ago from web
102. 24. P-7d, It had 4 aims like Sente's 21.P-3f.about 20 hours ago from web
103. 23. G5h-6g, Gote completed the outer wall of Yagura castle.about 20 hours ago from web
104. 22. P-4d, Pawn advancement enabling his right Gold to move up to 4c to increase the protection on the 3rd and 4th file.about 20 hours ago from web
105. three, pawn trade by Bishop on 3e. four, Bishop's escaping path such as B-4f & B-3g.about 20 hours ago from web
106. 21. P-3f, Sente advanced the pawn on 3rd file with 4 aims. one; path for right Silver to 3g. two;path for right kNight to 3g, and,about 20 hours ago from web
107. 20. B-3a, Gote also tried to develop his Bishop to his right side.about 20 hours ago from web
108. 19. B-7i, Sente pulled back his Bishop to 7i to activate the idling Bishop.about 20 hours ago from web
109. 18. S-3c, Gote blocked the diagonal line of his Bishop by this Silver's move.about 20 hours ago from web
110. 17. S-7g, Looking at no possibility of R-5b for a while, Sente moved up his left Silver to 7g. from 6th file.about 20 hours ago from web
111. 16. Gote moved up his right Gold to 5b. There were no longer room to transfer his Rook to 5b in the early stage of this opening.about 20 hours ago from web
112. 15. K-6i, Sente moved his King to 6i preparing for building Yagura castle.about 20 hours ago from web
113. 14. K-4a, Gote reserved moving his right Gold and transferred his King to 4a. It left him a Room to transfer his Rook to the central file.about 20 hours ago from web
114. 13. G-7h, This showed Sente had no intention to choose early castling such as G-6g, S-7g K-6h & K-7h instead.about 20 hours ago from web
115. 12. G-3b, Gote moved his left Gold to 3b to protect the square of 2c.about 20 hours ago from web
116. 11. G4i-5h, Sente moved his right Gold to 5h to prepare for building Yagura castle.about 20 hours ago from web
117. 9. S-4h, 10 S-4b. Both players moved up their silvers from 3rd to 4th file.about 20 hours ago from web
118. 8. P-5d, Gote also advanced the central pawn. Since the diagonal line of Gote's bishop was not blocked yet, he could trade pawns on 5e.about 20 hours ago from web
119. 7. P-5f, Sente advanced the central pawn. This was to open the diagonal line of his Bishop when Sente pulled it back to 7i from 8h later.about 20 hours ago from web
120. 6. S-6b, Gote moved up his right Silver to 6b to have option to develop it to 5th thourogh 7th file in the future.about 20 hours ago from web
121. 5. P-6f, Sente blocked the diagonal line of his Bishop to avoid Bishop exchange for a while to proceed Yagura opening.about 20 hours ago from web
122. 4. P-3d, Gote opened the diagonal line of his Bishop, too.about 20 hours ago from web
123. 3. S-6h Sente moved his left Silver to 6h with the intention to choose Yagura opening.about 20 hours ago from web
124. He avoided Yagura when he was in Sente turn but aimed at it when he is in Gote. Interesting.about 20 hours ago from web
125. 2. P-8d, Fukaura showed his intention to choose Ibisha and it was most likely to go to Yagura opening.about 20 hours ago from web
126. 1.P-7f, Kimura opened the diagonal line of his Bishop. It's the most frequently played mve as the first move in shogi.about 20 hours ago from web
127. Here are the moves of the rematch. Sente is Kimura(8 dan) while Gote is Oui Fukaura.about 21 hours ago from web
128. Thus rematch started in several minutes after Sennichite was made in the morning.about 21 hours ago from web
129. In case of Sennichite, it's not a draw. The players replaces their turn and play again another game to decide which to win.about 21 hours ago from web
130. The positions at the 43th, 47th, 51st and 55th move were identical. The rules say the same positions four times generate Sennichite.about 21 hours ago from web
131. 46.G-4d 47.R-3f 48.G-4e 49.R-3d 50.G-4d 51.R-3f 52.G-4e 53.R-3d 54.G-4e 55.R-3f. then it ended due to Sennichite(repetition).about 21 hours ago from web
132. 45.R-3d, Fukaura repeated his Rook's vertical move again.about 21 hours ago from web
133. 44.G-4e, It's Kimura's sealed move.about 21 hours ago from web
134. I'm writing my comments about the moves of the 1st #shogi game of 50th Oui-sen. It ended due to Sennichite(repetition) in 55 moves.about 21 hours ago from web

Another boardlive today - Tanaka Torahiko(9 dan) vs Toyoshima Masayuki(5 dan), Ryuoh-sen

You can watch and replay another boardlive today in addition to the 1st game of 50th Oui-sen. The venue of this game is at Tokyo Shogi Kaikan of JSA in Sendagaya, Tokyo.

Tanaka Torahiko(9 dan, Sente) vs Toyoshima Masayuki(5 dan)
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Official site in Japanese.

The allotted thinking time per player is 5 hours and less than 60 seconds per move(Ippunn Shogi) after consuming it.

My twitter entries about the moves of Day1 of 1st game of 50th Oui-sen

The duplicate of my twitter entries about the moves of Day 1 of 1st game of 50th Oui-sen best of seven match between Oui Fukaura Koichi and 8-dan Kimura Kazuki is below. You can replay the moves of Day 1 and watch the moves of Day 2 here.

1. Well, It's not confirmed yet. But Kimura seemed to make a sealed move after 43.B-6h since it's 18:14 already. Day 1 was to finish at 18:00.about 13 hours ago from web
2. 43. B-6h, Sente's Bishop escaped to 6h in advance against possible N-6e and/or P-7e.about 13 hours ago from web
3. 42. N-7c, Amazing, Gote changed the move from his side. I was quite curious why Kimura avoided repetition(Sennichite)..about 13 hours ago from web
4. 35.R-3d, 36.G-4d,37.R-3f,38.G-4e,39.R-3d 40.G-4d 41.R-3f Wow, was it going to be repetition?about 13 hours ago from web
5. 34. G-4e, Gote aimed at repetition..about 13 hours ago from web
6. 33. R-3f, It's mandatory.about 13 hours ago from web
7. 32. G-4d, Gote moved his dropped Gold back to 4d threatening to take the Rook on 3d.about 13 hours ago from web
8. 31. R-3d, Sente kept his Rook on the 3rd file.about 13 hours ago from web
9. 30. G*4e, Gote dropped a Gold to try to put away the Rook to other file than 3rd one.about 13 hours ago from web
10. 29. R-3f, Pinning the Bishop and the King with the Rook transfer. Sente's aim seemed to open the diagonal line of his Bishop with P-5d.about 13 hours ago from web
11. 28. Bx3c, Gote took the Gold back. It's a natural move.about 13 hours ago from web
12. 27. Gx3c, Sente took the Silver by the Gold.about 13 hours ago from web
13. 26.S-3c, Offering Silver exchange for the Gold on 3d. He could not allow Sente to transfer his Rook to 2f.about 13 hours ago from web
14. 25. Gx3d, Natural move to take the floating pawn. If he didn't, Gote could protect it by S-3c.about 13 hours ago from web
15. 24. S-4b, Gote must have prevent Sente's attack such as Gx3d, R-2f and Rx2c+. So he moved up his left Silver to do that.about 13 hours ago from web
16. 23.Px8f, Sente took the sacrificing pawn by the Pawn. If he took it by Bishop, Gote could trade the Rook for the Bishop in need.about 13 hours ago from web
17. 15 minutes was consumed to make 22.P-8f.about 13 hours ago from web
18. 22. P-8f, Gote sacrificed Rook pawn since the fierce battle were likely to start.about 13 hours ago from web
19. 21. R-5f 27 minutes were consumed to make this move. The aim of this move was break the square on 2c such as Gx3d, R-2f and Rx2c+about 13 hours ago from web
20. 20. S-6d, Sente did not protect the pawn on 3d and advanced his right Silver to 6d for attacking and protecting the square of 5c.about 14 hours ago from web
21. Correction. 42.G-4e should read 19. G-4e.about 14 hours ago from web
22. 42. G-4e, 39 minutes were consumed to make this move. It's threatening to take the Pawn on 3d and trade Rook pawn on 5d.about 14 hours ago from web
23. Correction, 41 minutes was consumed, instead of 18 minutes.about 14 hours ago from web
24. 18. S-7c, 18 minutes were consumed to make this move. Gote showed his intention to make a quick attack with this Silver.about 14 hours ago from web
25. 17. G-5f, 54 minutes were consumed to make this move. Sente felt the possibility for Gote to make a quick attack. So he was deliberate.about 14 hours ago from web
26. 16. P-7d, Gote opened the path for his right Silver or kNight to advance to 7c with this pawn advancement.about 14 hours ago from web
27. 15. B-7g, Sente denied Gote's Rook pawn exchange with this move.about 14 hours ago from web
28. 14. P-8e, 18 minutes were consumed to make this move. Gote advanced Rook pawn again to try to trade Rook pawn on 8f.about 14 hours ago from web
29. 13. G-5g, Natural development to follow 11.G-6h.about 14 hours ago from web
30. 12. G6a-5b, 23 minutes were consumed to make this move. Kimura seemed not to expect Fukaura's 11.G-6h.about 14 hours ago from web
31. 11. G-6h, 26 minutes was consumed to make this move. Sente decided to advance his left Gold to the front line.about 14 hours ago from web
32. 10. K-3b, Gote moved his King again to his left side.about 14 hours ago from web
33. 9. K-4f, Sente started moving his King to his right side, too.about 14 hours ago from web
34. 8. K-4b, Gote started to move his King to the opposite side of his Rook. It's a standard theory in shogi.about 14 hours ago from web
35. 7. R-5h, Sente transferred his Rook to the central file.about 14 hours ago from web
36. 6. S-6b, Gote moved up his right Silver to protect the square on 5c to prepare for Sente's central Rook in the near future.about 14 hours ago from web
37. 5. P-5e, Sente advanced vanguard pawn on the central file to deny Bishop exchange. It was likely for him to transfer his Rook to the center.about 14 hours ago from web
38. 4. P-3d, This was a very natural move. But Kimura made it in 10 minutes after 3.P-5f. I guess he did not expect Fukaura's 3.P-5f, either.about 14 hours ago from web
39. 3. P-5f, Fukaura advanced the central pawn against many expectation. Was he going to take Furibisha8Ranging Rook) strategy?about 14 hours ago from web
40. 2.P-8d, Kimura advanced his Rook pawn. He already shoewed his intention to choose Static Rook(Ibisha) strategy with this move.about 14 hours ago from web
41. 1. P-7f, As a result of the Furigoma, Oui Fukaura became Sente. His first move was to open the diagonal line of his Bishop.about 14 hours ago from web
42. It's 5:20 pm in Japan. Day 1 will finish soon. Here are the moves of the day 1 so far now. #shogiabout 14 hours ago from web
43. The game is being played in an upper-class inn in Gifu Prefecture.http://www.suimeikan.co.jp/...about 14 hours ago from web
44. The left player is Kimura while the right player is Fukaura.http://bit.ly/jt3Euabout 14 hours ago from web
45. The shots are updated every 30 seconds or so. #shogiabout 14 hours ago from web
46. And you can watch the frequently updated webcamera shots here.http://bit.ly/jt3Eu #shogiabout 14 hours ago from web
47. You can watch and replay the game on the virtual board here.http://bit.ly/1aC9Tr #shogiabout 14 hours ago from web
48. The official site in Japanese is here. http://bit.ly/18Jp6v #shogiabout 14 hours ago from web
49. Today and tomorrow are the days for 1st game of 50th Oui-sen best of seven match between Oui Fukaura and 8-dan Kimura. #shogiabout 14 hours ago from web

Boardlive today and tomorrow - 1st game of 50th Oui-sen best of seven match

Today and tomorrow are the days for the 1st game of 50th Oui-sen best of seven match between Oui Fukaura Koichi and Challenger 8-dan Kimura Kazuki. As a result of Furigoma, Fukaura became Sente. It started at 9:00 am today at Suimeikan in Gifu prefecture. The official site of the match is here.

Official Site

You can watch and replay the game on the virtual board here.

Virtual Board (The 1st game ended due to Sennichite(repetition) in 55 moves in the morning of July 14 and another game is being played again with replacing Sente by Gote).

And you can watch the frequently updated webcamera shots in the playing room here.

Webcamera shots (left = Kimura)

The Day 1 will finish soon. The day 2 will start at 9:00 am tomorrow(Japan Time).