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My twitter entries about the moves of Day 2 for 7th game of 50th Oui-sen

Here is the duplication of my twitter entries about the moves of Day 2 for 7th game of 50th Oui-sen between Kimura Kazuki(8 dan, Sente) and Oui Fukaura Koichi. You can replay the game here. Fukaura defended Oui-title from the desperate score of 0-3. The reversal of 4 conscutive wins after 3 losses in a row in a best of seven title match only occurred in the Ryuo-sen last year in the shogi history before this game. Congratulation on Fukaura for the great turning around.

1. Congratulation on Fukaura. The reversal from 0-3 in a title match is 2nd time in the shogi history following to the Ryuo-sen last year.about 2 hours ago from web
     
2. After the 125.L*5e, Kimura resigned the game. Fukaura has defended the oui title from the desperate score of 0-3.about 2 hours ago from web
3. 125.L*5e, Lance drop to be in threatmate such as Lx5c+ K-6a G*6b.about 2 hours ago from web
4. 124.K-5b, Kimura doesn't seem to

My twitter entries about the moves of Day 1 for 7th game of 50th Oui-sen

Here is the duplication of my twitter entries about the moves of Day 1 for 7th game of 50th Oui-sen between Kimura Kazuki(8 dan, Sente) and Oui Fukaura Koichi. You can replay the game here.

1. I think whether Kimura will sleep well tonight or not will be the key to Day 2 to be a title holder for the first time in his career.about 17 hours ago from web
2. 54. Sealed move, Kimura spent 77 minutes and make the 54th move sealed. The Day 1 finished. Day 2 will start at 9:00am tomorrow.about 17 hours ago from web
3. 53. B*4f, Bishop drop which increase the pressure on the kNight on 7c and would enable N*2d in the future to limit mobility of Gote's Rook.about 17 hours ago from web
4. 52. R-1d, Natural move. Gote could not allow Sente to take the Rook for nothing.about 17 hours ago from web
5. 51. P-1f, Edge pawn advancement to threaten to take the Rook on 1e supported by the Lance on 1i.about 17 hours ago from web
6. 50. R-1e, Kimura spent 30 minutes to make this move. His Rook escaped to the edge file from the Silver on 8d.about 17 hours ago from web
7. 49. S*8d, Fukaura spent 16 minutes to drop a Silver on 8d to threaten to take the Rook on 7e, and take the kNight on 7c in need.about 17 hours ago from web
8. Kimura spent 12 minutes to make 48.Rx7e.about 17 hours ago from web
9. 48. Rx7e, Sente took the Pawn on 7e by his Rook reserving his Rook drop on 8i or 3i.about 17 hours ago from web
10. 47. P-7e, Sente advanced the Pawn on 7th file to 7e to try to attack the head of Gote's right kNight on 7c.about 17 hours ago from web
11. That's why I think Gote was already in favor of the position at 46th move.about 17 hours ago from web
12. Especially, Gote could drop a sacrificing pawn on 2g to make the kNight on 2i isolated which would be a vital attack with the Rook in hand.about 17 hours ago from web
13. Sente could not drop a pawn on any files while Gote could do that on the 2nd, 3rd and 8th files.about 17 hours ago from web
14. Sente had two Bishops, a Silver and a Pawn in hand while Gote had a Rook and two Pawns in hand.about 17 hours ago from web
15. 46. Rx5e, Natural move to take the Rook. As a result of these moves, the material balance was Gote's trade of Bishop for Silver.about 17 hours ago from web
16. 45. Rx5e, Fukaura spent 24 minutes to make this move.about 17 hours ago from web
17. 44. S*5e, Sente's King was killed with this Silver drop.about 17 hours ago from web
18. 43. Gx2h, It's natural move to take back the Horse.about 17 hours ago from web
19. 42. Bx2h+ Gote sacrificed his Bishop to take a Silver in hand.about 17 hours ago from web
20. 41. R-5f, Sente did accept the line for his Rook to be killed. Which one would be better?about 17 hours ago from web
21. 40. B*5e, Kimura spent 41 minutes to make this Bishop drop. It aimed at killing Sente's Rook such as R-5f Bx2h+ Gx2h S*5e.about 17 hours ago from web
22. 39. P-3f, Sente advanced the Pawn on 3rd file to 3f to develop his right Silver or kNight to 3g.about 17 hours ago from web
23. 38. N-7c, Gote jumped his right kNIght to 7c.about 17 hours ago from web
24. 37. S-2h Sente moved up his right Silver to 2h.about 17 hours ago from web
25. 36. K-5b Gote moved his King to 5b which is called Nakazumai.about 17 hours ago from web
26. Fukaura spent 60 minutes to make 35.S-6h.about 17 hours ago from web
27. It also made Sente's King possible to escape to his left side in need.about 17 hours ago from web
28. 35. S-6h Sente moved up his left Silver to 6h to protect the kNight on 7g and the head of the King..about 17 hours ago from web
29. I'm writing my comment on each moves played in the afternoon of Day 1 for 7th game of 50th Oui-sen between Oui Fukaura and 8dan Kimura.about 17 hours ago from web
30. Correction: 30. Why he did not move S-6b instead of G-6b was to prevent B*8b TO TAKE THE LANCE ON 9aabout 22 hours ago from web
31. These are all for the morning of Day 1. I will come back to the game in the evening.about 22 hours ago from web
32. 34. P-7d, Gote advanced the Pawn on 7th file to 7d which made his right kNight possible to jump to 7c.about 22 hours ago from web
33. 33. R-6f, Sente spent 11 minutes to deny Rook trade.about 22 hours ago from web
34. Gote spent 12 minutes to make 32.R-5d.about 22 hours ago from web
35. 32. R-5d, Gote offered Rook exchange.about 22 hours ago from web
36. 31. G-3h, Gote moved up his right Silver to increase the protection for the 2nd file where Gote's Rook were located now.about 22 hours ago from web
37. 30. G-6b, Gote prevent Sente's Rx5c+ with this Gold move. Why he did not move S-6b instead of G-6b was to prevent P*8b to kill the kNight.about 22 hours ago from web
38. 29. R-5f, Sente transfered his Rook to 5th file to threaten to take the Pawn on 5c with its promotion.about 22 hours ago from web
39. 28. R-2d, Gote keep his Rook on the 2nd file.about 22 hours ago from web
40. 27. P*2f, This is a pawn drop to prevent Gote's Rook promotion supported by the Rook on 3f.about 22 hours ago from web
41. 26. R-2e, Kimura spent 32 minutes to let his Rook to escape to 2e which threatened to take the kNight on 2i.about 22 hours ago from web
42. 25. N-7g, Sente jumped his left kNight to threaten to take the Rook on 8e.about 22 hours ago from web
43. 24. Nx3c, Gote took the Horse by kNight.about 22 hours ago from web
44. I think it's not usual to bishop exchange before transferring his Rook to the 2nd file.about 23 hours ago from web
45. 23. Bx3c+ Sente tried Bishop exchange.about 23 hours ago from web
46. 22. R-8e, Gote pulled back his Rook to 8e, instead of 8d, which is called R-8e or Chuza-bisha strategy.about 23 hours ago from web
47. 21. R*8g, Sente dropped a Pawn to threaten to take the Rook on 8f to ask whether it will go back, 8e or 8d?about 23 hours ago from web
48. 20. K-4a, Kimura moves his King to 4a. He spent 12 minutes to make it.about 23 hours ago from web
49. Please refer to 3rd game of 57th Oza-sen played on Sept. 25 for New Yamasaki Style at http://bit.ly/qW9w7about 23 hours ago from web
50. 19. K-5h, Fukaura showed he would not choose New Yamasaki Style Countermeashre for Gote's R-8e strategy.about 23 hours ago from web
51. 18. S-2b, It prepared for Sente's Rook transfer to 2nd file again in advance to prevent Sente's Rook promotion like Rx2a+about 23 hours ago from web
52. 17. R-3f, Sente pulled back his Rook to 3f to protect the Pawn on 7f utilizing the horizontal line of it.about 23 hours ago from web
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55. 16. B-3c, It's a natural move. Instead, If Gote took the Side pawn by Rx7f, the he would lose the game by Bx2b+ Sx2b Rx3b+ losing a Gold.about 23 hours ago from web
56. 15. Rx3d, Sente took the Side Pawn.about 23 hours ago from web
57. Correction, 14. Rx8f.about 23 hours ago from web
58. 13. Rx8f Gote took back the pawn on 8f.about 23 hours ago from web
59. 13. PX8f, Mandatory.about 23 hours ago from web
60. 12. P-8f, Gote tried to trade his Rook pawns as Sente did.about 23 hours ago from web
61. 11. Rx2d, It's natural move to take back the pawn since Sente gave one to Gote just before.about 23 hours ago from web
62. 10. Px2d, Mandatory. You should not allow your opponent to break through his Rook file such as Px2c+ so easily.about 23 hours ago from web
63. 9. P-2d, Fukaura spent 11 minutes to make this natural move. I think he felt a little surprised Kumra did not choose Itteson-kakugawari.about 23 hours ago from web
64. 8. P-8e, To my surprise, Kimura advanced his Rook Pawn to 8e instead of bishop exchange. He gave up choosing Itteson-Kakugawari.about 23 hours ago from web
65. 7. P-2e, Sente advanced his Rook pawn again to 2e. What would Sente's next move be? whether P-8e or Bx8h+?about 23 hours ago from web
66. 6. P-8d, Kimura advanced his Rook pawn to 8d. Both players showed their intention to choose Ibisha(static Rook).about 23 hours ago from web
67. 5. G-7h, Fukaura moved up his Gold silver to 7h to protect the square of 8g which is the head of his Bishop.about 23 hours ago from web
68. 4. G-3b, Kimura moved up his left Gold to 3b to protect the head of his Bishop on 2c. He seemed to choose Itteson-Kakugawari opening.about 23 hours ago from web
69. 3. P-2f, Fukaura advanced his Rook pawn to 2f which showed he would intend to choose Ibisha(Static Rook) for this game.about 23 hours ago from web
70. 2. P-3d, Kimura did the same.about 23 hours ago from web
71. 1.P-7f, Fukaura opened the diagonal line of his Bishhop with this pawn advancement.about 23 hours ago from web
72. As a result of Furigoma(5 pawn toss before the game), Fukaura became Sente.about 23 hours ago from web
73. I'm writing my comment on each move in the morning of Day1 for the game.about 23 hours ago from web
74. The game started at 9:00am at Jinya inn in Kanagawa prefecture. It's around 0:20pm now in Japan.about 23 hours ago from web
75. Today and tomorrow are the days for the 7th(final game) of 50th Oui-sen best of seven match between Oui Fukaura and 8-dan Kimura.about 23 hours ago from web

Boardlive today and tomorrow - 7th final game of 50th Oui-sen between Oui Fukaura Koichi and 8-dan Kimura Kazuki

Today and tomorrow are the days for the 6th game of 50th Oui-sen best of seven match between Oui Fukaura Koichi and 8-dan Kimura Kazuki. As a result of Furigoma, Fukaura became Sente. The game started at 9:00 am today at Jinya in Kanagawa prefecture. The score before the game is tied in 3-3 which means the winner of this game will become the next Oui title holder. You can watch and replay the game through the links below;

Kifu for Flash

Kifu for Java

Here are links to the frequently updating photos.

Fukaura | Kimura | Playing Room | Board
 

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.

Boardlive now - Sekine Kiyoko(Joryu 5 dan) vs Ueda Hatsumi(Joryu 2-dan)

Today is the day for the game of 3rd Mynavi Joshi Open between Sekine Kiyoko(Joryu 5 dan) vs Ueda Hatsumi(Joryu 2-dan). As a result of Furigoma, Sekine became Sente. It started at 10:00 am in Japan. The allotted thinking time per player is 3 hours and less than 60 seconds per move(Ippun Shogi) after consuming it. Here are the links to the live boards.

Kifu for Flash
Kifu for Java

The official blog of 3rd Mynavi Joshi Open(In Japanese) which is uploading many photos is here.

Boardlive today - 7 dan Yamasaki Takayuki vs Oza Habu Yoshiharu, 3rd game of 57th Oza-sen best of five match

The 2nd game of 57th Oza-sen best of five match between Oza Habu Yoshiharu and 7-dan Yamasaki Takayuki started at 9:00 at Azuma-ou in Tendo. Yamasaki is Sente for this game. Here are the links of the virtual boards for you to watch or replay.

Kifu for Flash (Japanese)|  Kifu for Flash (English Version, slightly delayed updates)
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 57th Oza-sen is here.

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

Subtitles Project for "How to play Shogi"

HIDETCHI-san posted how to proceed the Subtitles Project for "How to play Shogi".

<<< Subtitles Project for "How to play Shogi" >>>

In order to promote shogi more to the world, I'm working on making subtitles for my "How to play Shogi" series, as to which, I would like to ask you for your cooperation. If you can translate my English subtitles into any other language, please help me by doing that. :-)

Here's how it works:

1. Check the table here to see which subtitles are not available yet....

There are several volunteers who have raised their hands for the translation into Polish, Chinese, Spanish, Italian and Poruguese, but I think more people will be preferable to take part. I wish I could join but the linguistic requirement is beyond my ability. If you are of ability and interested, please click the link above to read the project in details.

Chirdren's opportunity of experiencing shogi in Vietnam

I found the following article today.

Japan’s mid-autumn culture on show

Games and competitions will take place on Saturday and Sunday, including stilt walking, spinning tops, tug-of-war, shogi (Japanese chess), taketombo (bamboo helicopter) and otedama (beanbags).

To prepare for the event, 200 Japanese and Vietnamese volunteers have joined in a training programme, giving them background on and experiencing playing all the games.

I hope many children will get to know shogi through the event.

Boardlive now - Nagasawa Chikako(Joryu 4 dan) vs Hisatsu Tomoko(Joryu Sho-dan)

Today is the day for the game of 3rd Mynavi Joshi Open between Nagasawa Chikako(Joryu 4 dan) and Hisatsu Tomoko(Joryu sho-dan). As a result of Furigoma, Nagasawa became Sente. It started at 10:00 am in Japan. The allotted thinking time per player is 3 hours and less than 60 seconds per move(Ippun Shogi) after consuming it. Here are the links to the live boards.

Kifu for Flash
Kifu for Java

The official blog of 3rd Mynavi Joshi Open(In Japanese) which is uploading many photos is here.

Boardlive now - Matsumoto Yoshiyuki(6 dan) vs Shimizugami Toru(ama)

It is a game of 3rd Asahi Trophy Shogi Open. The game started at 10:00am. The allotted thinking time per player is 40 minutes and less than 60 seconds per move after consuming it. So it will end soon. Ishibashi became Sente.

Kifu for Flash
Kifu for Java

The official Asahi Trophy Shogi Open broadcasting site is here(in Japanese).

Boardlive today - 7 dan Yamasaki Takayuki vs Oza Habu Yoshiharu, 2nd game of 57th Oza-sen best of five match

The 2nd game of 57th Oza-sen best of five match between Oza Habu Yoshiharu and 7-dan Yamasaki Takayuki started at 9:00am at WestinTokyo. Habu is Sente for this game. Here are the links of the virtual boards for you to watch or replay.

Kifu for Flash (Japanese)|  Kifu for Flash (English Version, slightly delayed updates)
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 57th Oza-sen is here.

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