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Boardlives today(Joryu Osho-sen)

There will be 3 boardlives of Joryu Osho-sen today.

Yauchi Rieko(Joryu Meijin, Queen) vs Satomi Kana(Kurashiki Tohka) to start at 10:00am

Iwane Shinobu(Joryu 2 dan) vs Kasai Yuki(ama) to start at 10:00am

The winners' match to start at 2:00pm

The allotted thinking time per player is 25 minutes and less than 40 seconds per move after consuming it.

My twitter entries about the moves of Day 1 for 5th game of 50th Oui-sen

Here is the duplication of my twitter entries about the moves of Day 1 for 4th game of 50th Oui-sen between Kimura Kazuki(8 dan, Sente) and Oui Fukaura Koichi. You can replay the game here.

1. They were the moves of the Day1. Day 2 already started at 9:00 am in Japan. The selaed move was B*7b reportedly.about 5 hours ago from web
     
2. 72. P*8e, Gote dropped a pawn on 8e to keep attacking.about 5 hours ago from web
3. 71. S-8g, Sente did not like the Silver floating so he pulled it back to 8g.about 5 hours ago from web
4. 70. P*7e, Sacrificing pawn drop to make the Sente's left Silver floating.. 23 minutes was consumed to make this move.about 5 hours ago from web
5. 69. P*8f, Preventing Gote's P*8h threatening to take the kNight on 8i to make Tokin(promoted Pawn).about 5 hours ago from web
6. 68.R-8a, 14 minutes was consumed to make this move. Gote pulled back his Rook to the bottom row.about 5 hours ago from web
7. 67. G-7g, 34 minutes was consumed to make this move. It increased the connection to the Silver on 7f threatening to take the Rook on 8f.about 5 hours ago from web
8. 66. Rx8f, 36 minutes was consumed to make this move. It aimed for Bx5h+ Sx5h Rx7f or Rx7f Sx7f Bx5h+about 5 hours ago from web
9. 65. S5f-6g, Sente protected the Gold on 5h with his right Silver.about 5 hours ago from web
10. 64. B*4i, Gote consumed 75 minutes to make this Bishop drop. It threatened to take the Gold on 5h pinning the Silver on 7f.about 5 hours ago from web
11. 63. Gx8h, Sente took it by the Gold consuming 70 minutes to make the move. N-7g and Kx8h would have been optional.about 5 hours ago from web
12. 62. P*8h, Gote dropped a sacrificing pawn on 8h to see Sente's response.about 5 hours ago from web
13. 61. Px8f, Sente took the sacrificing pawn. The 3rd, 7th and 8th files became pawn-droppable for Gote.about 5 hours ago from web
14. 60. P-8f, Gote tried to sacrifice anothe pawn on 8th file to make it pawn droppable.about 5 hours ago from web
15. 59. Sx7f, Sente took the sacrificing pawn by the Silver. Sente's left Silver became isolating and 7th file became pawn-droppable for Gote.about 5 hours ago from web
16. 58. P-7f, Gote started sacrificing his Pawns to make pawn-droppable files to utilize his pawns in hand effectively.about 5 hours ago from web
17. 57. Px3d, Sente took the pawn on 3d. He had a pawn in hand and he could drop it on the 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 7th file in need.about 5 hours ago from web
18. 56. Gx7d, Mandatory. Gote could not use his pawns in hand since there was no pawn-droppable file for Gote on the board.about 5 hours ago from web
19. 55. P*7d, Sente dropped a sacrificing pawn on 7d to invite Gote's right Gold apart from Gote's castle.about 5 hours ago from web
20. 54. G-6c, This prevented Sente's possible P*7d to kill the kNight on 7c. Gote had lots of pawns in hand while he could not use them.about 5 hours ago from web
21. 53. R-2f, Sente pulled back his Rook to 2f to protect the head of the kNight on the 3rd file.about 5 hours ago from web
22. 52. P*2c, Gote dropped a pawn on 2c to put away Sente's Rook.about 5 hours ago from web
23. 51. Px2d, Sente took the pawn on 2d with the Rook since it became floating with Gote's previous move of 50.S-4d.about 5 hours ago from web
24. Correction:49.P-3e 50.S-4dabout 5 hours ago from web
25. 49. S-4d, Gote did not take the 5th sacrificing pawn on the 3rd file and moved his left Silver to 4d to protect the pawn on 4e.about 5 hours ago from web
26. 48. P-3e Sente tried to sacrifice another pawn on the 3rd file.about 5 hours ago from web
27. 47. P-7e 48. Px7e, Sente made one more pawn sacrifice on the 7th file. Gote responded to take them naturally.about 5 hours ago from web
28. 45.P-1e 46.Px1e, Sente made another pawn sacrifice on the 1st file.about 5 hours ago from web
29. 43.P-2d 44.Px2d, Sente sacrificed the pawn on 2nd file, too.about 5 hours ago from web
30. 42. Px4e Gote took it.about 5 hours ago from web
31. 41.P-4e, Sente started attacking with pawn sacrifice on 4th file.about 5 hours ago from web
32. The both formations are completely symmetric at the 40th move.about 5 hours ago from web
33. 38. P-2e, 40.S-3c Sente advanced the Rook pawn to 2e and Gote prevented Sente's Rook pawn exchange such as P-2d.about 5 hours ago from web
34. 37. N-3g 38. K-7c, Both jumped theri right kNight to add them to their attacking forces.about 5 hours ago from web
35. 35. K-7i 36. K-3a, Both moved their Kings further to the opposite side of their Rooks.about 5 hours ago from web
36. 33. P-3f 34. P-7d, Both advanced the pawn to activate their right kNights.about 5 hours ago from web
37. 32. P-4d, Gote did the same on the 4th file.about 5 hours ago from web
38. 31. P-6f, Sente advanced the pawn on the 6th file to prevent Gote's possible S-6e offering Silver exchange.2:43 AM Oct 26th, 2008 from web
39. 30. S-5d, Gote moved up his Silver to 5d which is called ai-Koshikake-Gin(Double Reclining Silver).about 5 hours ago from web
40. 29. G-5h, Sente moved up his right Gold to 5h to add it to his castle.about 6 hours ago from web
41. 28. G-3b, Gote move his Gold back to 3b to make it no more floating.about 6 hours ago from web
42. 27. S-5f, Sente advanced his right Silver to 5f.about 6 hours ago from web
43. 25.P-1f 26.P-1d, Both advanced the right edge pawn on the board.about 6 hours ago from web
44. 24. K-4a, Gote also started moving his King to the opposite side of his Rook on 8b.about 6 hours ago from web
45. 23. K-6h, Sente started moving his King to the opposite side of his Rook on 2h.about 6 hours ago from web
46. 22. G-5b, Gote moved up his right Gold to 5b to add it to his castle.about 6 hours ago from web
47. 20. P-9d 21. P-9f, Both advanced the left edge pawn on the board.about 6 hours ago from web
48. 19. S-4g, Sente developed his right Silver to 4g.about 6 hours ago from web
49. 18. S-6c, Gote advanced his right Silver to 6c following to the previous 16.P-6d.about 6 hours ago from web
50. 17. P-4f, Sente did not drop a Bishop on 5e(Forking Gold on 2b and Pawn on 6d) and advanced the Pawn on 4th file.about 6 hours ago from web
51. 16. P-6d, Gote advanced the Pawn on 6th file to advance his right Silver to 6c in the future.about 6 hours ago from web
52. 15. S-3h, Sente moved up his Silver to 3h to develop it to the front line as well. The room to take Bogin was left with this Silver move.about 6 hours ago from web
53. 14. S-6b, Gote moved up his right Silver to develop it to the front line.about 6 hours ago from web
54. 13. S-7g, Sente prevented Gote's Rook pawn exchange on 8f with this Silver move.about 6 hours ago from web
55. 12. Gx2b, Mandatory to take back the Bishop. Gote's left Gold was in bad shape for a while since it's floating.about 6 hours ago from web
56. 11. Bx2b+ Sente traded Bishops from his side to make Gote's left Gold isolated.about 6 hours ago from web
57. 10. S-4b, Gote moved up his left Silver to 4b.about 6 hours ago from web
58. 9. S-8h, This was the important move to prepare for Sente's Bx7g+. Gote would be able to take it by the Silver like Sx7g.about 6 hours ago from web
59. 8. P-3d, Gote opened the diagonal line of his Bishop. Both Bihsops were facing each other.about 6 hours ago from web
60. 7. B-7g, Sente denied Gote's Rook pawn exchange on 8f with this Bishop move.about 6 hours ago from web
61. 6.P-8e, This showed Kimura's intention to choose normal Kakugawari(Bishop exchange) opening.about 6 hours ago from web
62. 5. G-7h, Sente moved up his left Gold to 7h to protect the head of the Bishop on 8g.about 6 hours ago from web
63. 3. P-7f 4. G-3b, Sente reserved to advance his Rook pawn again and opened the diagonal line of this Bishop. Gote moved his Left Gold to 3b.about 6 hours ago from web
64. 1.P-2f 2.P-8d Fukaura advanced his Rook pawn and Kimura responded to it by doing the same.about 6 hours ago from web
65. The frequently updating photo of the current board and piece tables from the top is here. http://www3.topics.or.jp/50...about 6 hours ago from web
66. Frequently updating photos of the playing room is here.http://www3.topics.or.jp/50...about 6 hours ago from web
67. You can replay the moves of Day1 here. Sente is Oui Fukaura while Gote is 8-dan Kimura. http://www3.topics.or.jp/50...about 6 hours ago from web
68. I'm writing my impression and feelings about the moves of 5th game of 50th Oui-sen yesterday.about 6 hours ago from web

Boardlive yesterday and today - 5th game of 50th Oui-sen between Oui Fukaura Koichi and 8-dan Kimura Kazuki

Yesterday and today are the days for the 5th game of 50th Oui-sen best of seven match between Oui Fukaura Koichi and 8-dan Kimura Kazuki. The game started at 9:00 am yesterday at Isuien. The score before the game is 3-1 led by Kimura.. You can watch and replay the game through the links below;

Boardlive(Official)

Kifu for Flash(Unofficial)

Here are links to the frequently updating photos.

Playing Room

Board and piece tables from the ceiling

The official page in Japanese is here.

gpsshogi_en is following this game here.

The allotted thinking time per player is 8 hours and less than 60 seconds per move(Ippun Shogi) after consuming it.

Meijin Habu Yoshiharu seemed to take chess GM Hikaru Nakamura to an eel restaurant for dinner in Japan

This is according to the recent entry of GM Nakamura's blog.

Blog - Japan Recap

Day 2: "Let's Try This Game Instead"

On the second day, my mother and I, along with Mr. Ozaki headed over to go see a shogi festival where the legendary Habu Yoshiharu played a rapid game. It was here, that I had the pleasure of meeting one of Habu and GM Joel Lautier's friends, Jacques Pineau. Although this was nice, it led to me ending up playing several games of shogi in which I got absolutely destroyed...sigh. I guess you can't be good at all games, eh? After this somewhat enjoyable, somewhat traumatic experience, we all went out and had a nice dinner at an eel restaurant as Habu put it.

Articles related to shogi in German written by Dr. Gralla

I'm notified that Dr. Gralla has succeeded in  publishin the following articles in an Austrian game magazine called "SpielxPress". The articles are written in German.

Shogi in Japan (1) - http://www.spielxpress.com/download/A2008/A18_12-13.pdf (PDF File)

Shogi in Japan (2) - http://www.spielxpress.com/download/A2009/A19_16-17.pdf (PDF File)

Makruk in Thailand (2) - http://www.spielxpress.com/download/A2008/A17_10-11.pdf (PDF File, including an interview with Japanese Girl Band "Shonen Knife" on Shogi) 

Boardlive today - Oui Fukaura Koichi vs 9 dan Moriuchi Toshiyuki, 22nd Ryuo-sen Challenger Deciding best of three match

The 1st game of 22nd Ryuo-sen challenger deciding best of three match between Oui Fukaura Koichi and 9-dan Moriuchi Toshiaki started at 10:00am at Tokyo Shogi Kaikan of JSA, Sendagaya, Tokyo. As a result of Furigoma, Moriuchi became Sente. Here are the links of the virtual board for you to watch or replay.

Kifu for Flash
Kifu for Java

The allotted thinking time is 5 hours per player and less than 60 seconds per move(ippun shogi) after consuming it. The official page of 22nd Ryuo-sen is here.

gosshogi_en is following this game. You can read its evaluation of the each position and readings here on Twitter from 20th move on.

Shogi Kakugen(Proverb) video #2

Hirohiigo released the video #2 - "Don't put your King and Rook close together."

YouTube: Shogi Proverbs #2: Don't put your King and Rook close together

Link to the Interview with Umeda Mochio who is the author of "Yoshiharu Habu and Modern Shogi"

Here is the link to the interiew with Umeda Mochio who is the author of "Yoshiharu Habu and Modern Shogi("Silicon Valley kara Shogi wo Miru" in Japanese).

JAPAN ECHO - EXAMINING JAPAN’S OPPOSITION Vol. 36, No. 4 - Watching Shôgi from Silicon Valley

 

Boardlive now - Tsukada Yasuaki(9 dan) vs Ishibashi Sachio(Joryu Oui) of 58th Ouza-sen

The game started at 10:00am. You can watch and replay the game through the links below;

Kifu for Flash
Kifu for Java

The allotted thinking time per player is 5 hours and 60 seconds per move after consuming it. As a result of Furigoma, Tsukada became Sente.

The official site of Ouza-sen is here(In Japanese).

Shogi Kakugen(Proverb) video

Today I found the following video has been uploaded on YouTube. It's produced by Hirohiigo who is the site owner of Louisiana Shogi utilizing Shogi Kakugen translated by Takako Noda.

YouTube: Shogi Proverbs #1: Avoid a Sitting King

It explains a pitfall which almost every experienced player used to fall into when he/she was a beginner.