- Yauchi led the score in 2-0. She needs one more win to defend the title of Queen.about 20 hours ago from web
- After the resignation, Sx6g+ G*8c K-8e G*8d Rx8d Gx8d Kx8d R*8c(mate) or Kx7c +Rx6b K-7d S*8c(!) Kx8c G*7c K-8d +R-8b(mate)about 20 hours ago from web
- 125. K-5i, Sente's King went away. Iwane(Gote) resigned the game after it.about 20 hours ago from web
- 124. S*7h, check.about 20 hours ago from web
- 123. Nx7c+ Taking the Silver on 7c which was not checking the King.about 20 hours ago from web
- 122. K-8d, Compulsory.about 20 hours ago from web
- 121. N*8e, check.about 20 hours ago from web
- 120. Sx7c, Gote took the promoted Silver by the Silver to make a King's escaping route to the upper space. But there was a horse on 6f.about 20 hours ago from web
- 119. K-6i, Sente's King got away to the safer place.about 20 hours ago from web
- 118. G*8g Gote dropped a Gold checking the King.about 20 hours ago from web
- 117. K-7h, Sente did not take it.about 20 hours ago from web
- 116. S*8f(!), Sacrificing Silver drop.about 20 hours ago from web
- 111. Sx8g 112. Px8g 113. Gx8g 114. Bx8g 115. Kx8g, Sente's King became naked after the clearance on 8g.about 20 hours ago from web
- 110. S*8g, Gote dropped a Silver on 8g utilizing the Pawn on 8f and Bishop on 6i. How much effective would this attack be?about 20 hours ago from web
- 109. +Sx7c, Threatmate of dropping a Gold on 8c in the next move.about 20 hours ago from web
- 108. K-8c, Compulsory. If she took it by Kx7b, mate would exist such as +Rx6b K-8c G*8b K-7d Px7e Sx7e +Bx7e Kx7e P*7f K-8d S*7e K-9c G*8cabout 20 hours ago from web
- 107. Sx7b+ Taking the Gold with Silver promotion.about 20 hours ago from web
- 106. P*6b It does not make defense.about 20 hours ago from web
- 105. S*6a, It's a threatmate. I thihk Yauchi(Sente) is in winning position.about 20 hours ago from web
- 104. R-6d, Gote would like to trade it for the promoted Bishop on 6f.about 20 hours ago from web
- 103. +Rx5b Taking the Gold.about 20 hours ago from web
- 102. B*6i, Gote neglected it and gave a pressure on the head of the King.about 20 hours ago from web
- 101. +R-6a, Threatening to take the Gold on 5b.about 20 hours ago from web
- 100. G-5b, Gote's Gold had to be apart from the castle. Sente's usage of pawns were brilliant these moves.about 20 hours ago from web
- 99. P*6c, Another pawn drop on 6c threatening to take the Gold on 6b.about 20 hours ago from web
- 98. G7ax7b, almost compulsory.about 20 hours ago from web
- 97. P-6b+ Sente sacrifieced the Pawn on 6c with promotion. If Gote took it by G7bx6b, then S*8c would be painful.about 20 hours ago from web
- 96. G-7a, Gote could not allow the Gold to be captured.about 20 hours ago from web
- 95. Rx2a+ Gote's Rook got promoted with keeping initiative of threatening to take the Gold on 6a thanks to 91.N*5e and 93.P*6cabout 20 hours ago from web
- 94. G-6a, Mandatory. But it's a pity.about 20 hours ago from web
- 93. P*6c, It's a painful pawn drop for Gote.about 20 hours ago from web
- 92. G6c-6b, Gote could not allow the Gold to be captured by the kNight.about 20 hours ago from web
- 91.N*5e, kNight drop threatening to take the Gold on 6c. Reducing the generals near the King is basic tactics in the endgame of shogi.about 20 hours ago from web
- It meant the Silver could take the pawn on 5f if Sente responded by Sx6f.about 20 hours ago from web
- According to Hatakeyama 7-dan, Px6f instead of 86.Sx6f would have been better.about 20 hours ago from web
- But What would have happen to drop a pawn on 6e instead of 90.P-7e? If +Bx8d, B*4d seemed a good counterattack. But S*5e or P-5e then,,,.about 20 hours ago from web
- 90.P-7e, Blocking the diagonal line of the promoted Bihsop and utilizing the Rook's horizontal line to connect with the Silver on 8d.about 21 hours ago from web
- The promoted Bishop was threatening to take the Silver on 8d. hmmn, It looked like Sente was leading the position again? It's interesting.about 21 hours ago from web
- 89. Bx6f+ Sente took the Silver with making a promoted Bishop on the good location.about 21 hours ago from web
- 86. Sx6f 87. Sx8f 88. Px6f, Gote offered Silver exchange by taking the pawn on 6f.about 21 hours ago from web
- 85. P*5f, Sente dropped a pawn threatening to take the Silver on 5e.about 21 hours ago from web
- 84. Sx8d, Almost mandatory.about 21 hours ago from web
- 83. P*8d, Sente dropped a sacrificing pawn on the head of the Silver crown to weaken the castle. The head of the Silver is vital point.about 21 hours ago from web
- 82. P-6e, I change my mind. Gote was leading the position. All the pieces seemed working better than Sente's.about 21 hours ago from web
- 81. S-8h, It's a bitter drawback.. If she took it, then B*5i was probably a Gote's next move.about 21 hours ago from web
- 80. Px8f, Gote took the pawn on the head of the Silver.about 21 hours ago from web
- 79. K-8h, Nobody predicted this move.about 21 hours ago from web
- 78. Lx1c, Gote took the promoted kNight back. But I was at a loss why she sacrificed two pawns then.about 21 hours ago from web
- 77. Nx1c+ Sente neglected the 8th file in order to make Sente's double pawn sacrifice useless.about 21 hours ago from web
- 76. P-8e, Wow, Gote started a battle on the 8th file as well.about 21 hours ago from web
- 73.Rx2g 74. P*2f 75.Rx2f, Gote sacrificed another pawn on the head of the Rook to invite it to 2f.about 21 hours ago from web
- 72. P*2g, Gote sacrificed a pawn on the head of the Rook.about 21 hours ago from web
- 71. Nx2e, Sente finally took the pawn on 2e. I think Sente was leading the position here. Though I'm not sure, but 60.P-2e might be not goodabout 21 hours ago from web
- 70. R-5d, Mandatory to protect the Silver on 5e escaping from the Bishop.about 21 hours ago from web
- 69. B*3c, Forking Rook on 2d and Silver on 5e as an effect of the sacrificing 65.P-5e. Gote's lance escaped early at 46.L-1b.about 21 hours ago from web
- 68. Rx2d, Mandatory.about 21 hours ago from web
- 67. Bx2d, After making the Silver floating, Sente accepted the Bishop exchange offered by Gote.about 21 hours ago from web
- 66. Sx5e, Gote took it. Whether she took it or pulled back to 4c, the silver went floating.about 21 hours ago from web
- 65. P-5e, Pawn sacrifice to make Gote's left Silver floating.about 21 hours ago from web
- 64. B-2d, Gote offered Bishop exchange. Bishop trade would be inevitable.about 21 hours ago from web
- 63. N-1g, Sente would like to take the pawn on 2e.about 21 hours ago from web
- 62. N-1c, protecting the pawn on 2e.about 21 hours ago from web
- 61. R-2h, Threatening to take the floating pawn on 2e.about 21 hours ago from web
- 60. P-2e, Gote advanced the pawn on the second file since Sente's Rook were not there.about 21 hours ago from web
- 59. R-3h, Sente transfered the Rook to 3rd file. I don't know what this meant.about 21 hours ago from web
- 58. B-3c, Gote protected the pawn on 2d.about 21 hours ago from web
- 57. P*3f, It seemed strange. Something must have been wrong with Sente. I thought it's the time to dare to take the pawn on 2d such as Rx2d.about 21 hours ago from web
- 56. R-3d, Natural response threatening back to take the Bishop on 3e.about 21 hours ago from web
- 55. Bx3e, Threatening to take the Rook on 4d as a effect of 53.B-1g.about 21 hours ago from web
- 54. R-4d, Gote protect the pawn on 2d by floating the Rook to 4d.about 21 hours ago from web
- 53. B-1g,(!) Sente seemed like Gote to move B-3c or B-1c before she would took the pawn on 3e.about 21 hours ago from web
- 52. Px2d, Gote responded naturally.about 21 hours ago from web
- 51. P-2d, Sente sacrificed the Pawn on the Rook's head since it could take the Gote's pawn on 2d afterwards.about 21 hours ago from web
- 50. Px3e, Natural move.about 21 hours ago from web
- 49. P-3e, Sente entered into hostilities to trying to trade pawns on 3e.about 21 hours ago from web
- 48. B-2b, Gote still seemed to wait for Sente's Action.about 21 hours ago from web
- 47. B-2f, Sente moved her Bishop to 2f.about 21 hours ago from web
- 46. L-1b, Gote seemed to wait for Sente's action.about 21 hours ago from web
- 45. G6h-6g, Sente advanced te right Gold to 6g to defend the square of 5f, 6f and 7f.about 21 hours ago from web
- 44. S-5d, Gote secured the vanguard pawn on 4e and this enabled to trade pawns on 6e.about 21 hours ago from web
- 43. P-6f, Sente advanced the pawn on the 6th file after moving her Bishop to the right side by way of 5e.about 21 hours ago from web
- 42. P-1d, Gote advanced Rookside edge pawn since the left Silver already moved to 4c.about 21 hours ago from web
- 41. P-1f, If Gote did not advance the Rookside edge pawn, then Sente could offer Bishop exchange by B-1e.about 21 hours ago from web
- 40. S-4c, Gote advanced her left Silver to 4c from 3b to secure the vanguard pawn on 4e.about 21 hours ago from web
- 39. B-3g, Sente denied Bishop exchange and developed it to the right side as she planned before.about 21 hours ago from web
- 38. P-4e(!), Gote offered Bishop exchange.about 21 hours ago from web
- Here are the moves after lunch break. Yauchi vs Iwane.about 21 hours ago from web
- Yauchi vs Iwane is on streaming as well. http://bit.ly/HTbtlhttp://ff.im/-4Hscpabout 22 hours ago from FriendFeed
- YouTube - Sakurai Masaru, Vocal of Asfee is a Shogi Basist as well.http://ff.im/-4HdOOabout 24 hours ago from FriendFeed
- @Lisa_Kyoko RT Mr Sakurai with Shogi guitar.(Japanese chess on TV show, http://bit.ly/S6dZY1:47 PM Jul 2nd from web in reply to Lisa_Kyoko
- Everything on one screen. Yauchi vs Iwane. #shogi http://bit.ly/CN2ym1:37 PM Jul 2nd from web
- 52. Px2d, Gote responded naturally.about 21 hours ago from web
- 51. P-2d, Sente sacrificed the Pawn on the Rook's head since it could take the Gote's pawn on 2d afterwards.about 21 hours ago from web
- 50. Px3e, Natural move.about 21 hours ago from web
- 49. P-3e, Sente entered into hostilities to trying to trade pawns on 3e.about 21 hours ago from web
- 48. B-2b, Gote still seemed to wait for Sente's Action.about 21 hours ago from web
- 47. B-2f, Sente moved her Bishop to 2f.about 21 hours ago from web
- 46. L-1b, Gote seemed to wait for Sente's action.about 21 hours ago from web
- 45. G6h-6g, Sente advanced te right Gold to 6g to defend the square of 5f, 6f and 7f.about 21 hours ago from web
- 44. S-5d, Gote secured the vanguard pawn on 4e and this enabled to trade pawns on 6e.about 21 hours ago from web
- 43. P-6f, Sente advanced the pawn on the 6th file after moving her Bishop to the right side by way of 5e.about 21 hours ago from web
- 42. P-1d, Gote advanced Rookside edge pawn since the left Silver already moved to 4c.about 21 hours ago from web
- 41. P-1f, If Gote did not advance the Rookside edge pawn, then Sente could offer Bishop exchange by B-1e.about 21 hours ago from web
- 40. S-4c, Gote advanced her left Silver to 4c from 3b to secure the vanguard pawn on 4e.about 21 hours ago from web
- 39. B-3g, Sente denied Bishop exchange and developed it to the right side as she planned before.about 21 hours ago from web
- 38. P-4e(!), Gote offered Bishop exchange.about 21 hours ago from web
- Here are the moves after lunch break. Yauchi vs Iwane.about 21 hours ago from web
- Yauchi vs Iwane is on streaming as well. http://bit.ly/HTbtlhttp://ff.im/-4Hscpabout 22 hours ago from FriendFeed
- YouTube - Sakurai Masaru, Vocal of Asfee is a Shogi Basist as well.http://ff.im/-4HdOOabout 24 hours ago from FriendFeed
- @Lisa_Kyoko RT Mr Sakurai with Shogi guitar.(Japanese chess on TV show, http://bit.ly/S6dZY1:47 PM Jul 2nd from web in reply to Lisa_Kyoko
- Everything on one screen. Yauchi vs Iwane. #shogi http://bit.ly/CN2ym1:37 PM Jul 2nd from web
- Rules for a shogi tournament - SHOGI-L | Google Groups http://ff.im/-4H9ag1:12 PM Jul 2nd from FriendFeed
- http://mynavi-open.jp/09070...12:29 PM Jul 2nd from web
- These were the moved in the morning. Both players are taking lunch break now.12:29 PM Jul 2nd from web
- 37. B-5e, Sente develop to her Bishop to the central area. Her aim seemed to move it to the right side on the board.12:29 PM Jul 2nd from web
- 36. G-7b, Gote completed building Silver Crown Castle.12:28 PM Jul 2nd from web
- 35. P-3f, Sente advanced the pawn on 3rd file to give pressure on the head of Gote's Bishop.12:27 PM Jul 2nd from web
- 34. S-8c, Gote was building Silver Crown, too. In this moment, Gote's Gold on 6a was floating.12:27 PM Jul 2nd from web
- 33. P-2e, Sente advanced her Rook pawn.12:26 PM Jul 2nd from web
- 32. B-3c, Bishop move in advance to prepare for Sente's Rook pawn advancement.12:25 PM Jul 2nd from web
- 31. G5h-6h, Sente seemd to keep the diagonal line of her Bishop open with this Gold movement.12:25 PM Jul 2nd from web
- 30. G-6c, Natural Gold development to 6c to defend the head of the kNight on 7c.12:24 PM Jul 2nd from web
- 29. G-7h, Natural move to make Silver Crown castle.12:23 PM Jul 2nd from web
- 28. K-8b, Gote moved her King to the 8th file since 7th file would be closer to the possible battlefield.12:23 PM Jul 2nd from web
- 27. S-8g, Sente moved her left Silver to 8g to increase the defense of the head of the King.12:22 PM Jul 2nd from web
- 26. P-8d, Pawn advancement to enable the activation of her right kNight in the future such as P-8e Px8e Nx8e.12:21 PM Jul 2nd from web
- 25. K-9h, Sente moved her King to the 9th file which would be the most far file from the possible battlefield.12:20 PM Jul 2nd from web
- 24. N-7c, Gote jumpled her right kNight to 7c to give pressure on the head of Sente's King.12:18 PM Jul 2nd from web
- 23. S-7h, Sente built Hidari(left) Mino castle. Both Kings' safety was balanced.12:17 PM Jul 2nd from web
- 22. P-7d, Gote advanced the Pawn on 7th file to allow her kNight to jump to 7c in the future.12:16 PM Jul 2nd from web
- 21. K-8g, Sente moved her King to 8th file.12:15 PM Jul 2nd from web
- 20 P-6d, Natural pawn advancement. Sente's Gold on 5b or Silver on 7b would be able to move to 6c.12:15 PM Jul 2nd from web
- 19. P-8f, Sente seemed to move her King to 8th file.12:14 PM Jul 2nd from web
- 18. P-9d, Gote responded by advancing her Kingside edge pawn to keep the balance on that file.12:13 PM Jul 2nd from web
- 17. P-9f, Sente advanced Kingside edge pawn. With this advancement, there would be less possibility for her to choose Ibisha Anaguma.12:12 PM Jul 2nd from web
- 16. G4a-5b, Gote was building Mino castle.12:11 PM Jul 2nd from web
- 15. S-5g, Natural development. It would be able to go to 4f for quick attack and to make it closer her King for slow opening.12:11 PM Jul 2nd from web
- 14. K-7a, Gote moved her King to the safer place since the possible battlefield would be on the files both Rooks existed.12:09 PM Jul 2nd from web
- 13. G4i-5h, Sente moved her right Gold closer to the King.12:08 PM Jul 2nd from web
- 12. S-7b, This showed Gote had no intention to choose Anaguma castle. She adopted Mino castle.12:07 PM Jul 2nd from web
- 11. P-5f, Sente advanced the central pawn to 5f. It would allow her right Silver to move to 5g.12:06 PM Jul 2nd from web
- 10. K-6b, It's a bit early. But Iwane seems to know Yauchi's playing style. She seldom chooses Ibisha Anaguma.12:06 PM Jul 2nd from web
- 9. K-7h, Natural move of the King transfer.12:04 PM Jul 2nd from web
- 8. S-3b, Gote advanced her left Silver.12:04 PM Jul 2nd from web
- 7. K-6h, Confirming Gote's Strategi is Shikenbisha, Sente started to move her King to the left side.12:03 PM Jul 2nd from web
- 6. R-4b, Gote transfered the Rook to the 3th file. It's called Shikenbisha(4th File Rook).12:02 PM Jul 2nd from web
- 5. S-4h, Sente moved her right Silver to 6b. It can be used to develop to central area.12:02 PM Jul 2nd from web
- 4. P-4d, Gote blocked the diagonal line of her Bishop. The cases of blocking it in Furibisha(ranging Rook) is decreasing these days.12:01 PM Jul 2nd from web
- 3. P-2f, Sente showed her intention to choose Ibisha(static Rook) with this move.11:59 AM Jul 2nd from web
- 2. P-3d, Iwane opened the diagonal line of the Bishop, too.11:58 AM Jul 2nd from web
- 1.P-7f, Yauchi opened the diagonal line of her Bishop.11:58 AM Jul 2nd from web
- I'm watching the moves of Yauchi vs Iwane in the morning now. #shogi11:57 AM Jul 2nd from web
- Boardlive today - 1st game of 2nd mynavi Open best of five matchhttp://ff.im/-4GUpz10:54 AM Jul 2nd from FriendFeed
- #shogi Left = Yauchi Rieko Right = Iwane Shinobu http://ff.im/-4GUpA10:54 AM Jul 2nd from FriendFeed
- So, I think it will end around 5:00pm today.10:17 AM Jul 2nd from web
- The allotted thinking time per player is 3 hours and less than 60 seconds per move after consuming it.10:17 AM Jul 2nd from web
- Kifu for Flash - http://mynavi-open.jp/09070... Kifu for Java -http://mynavi-open.jp/09070...10:17 AM Jul 2nd from web
- 2nd game of 2nd Mynavi Joshi Open best of five match started at 10:00am. You can watch and replay the game. The URL is in the next entry.10:15 AM Jul 2nd from web
- Sente Yauchi Rieko vs Gote Iwane Shinobu. http://ff.im/4GPGw10:13 AM Jul 2nd from FriendFeed
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