Takodori's Entrance to Shogi World

Boardlive and Ustreamlive now - final of 2nd Joshi Ama Oui

Today is the day for the final of 2nd Joshi Ama Oui-sen. Hatanaka Sayuri and Ono Yukari become the finalists. As a result of Furigoma, Hatanaka became Sente.

You can watch and replay the shogi between the two through the link below;

Kifu for Flash

And you can watch it live on Ustream here. (Left = Hatanaka)

The allotted thinking time per player is 30 minutes and each player will have to make each move within 30 seconds after consuming it.

"Strip Shogi" between Shikamaru and Temari

I found the following image today.  It had been uploaded since October 6, 2008. Viewed more than 30,000 times and has over 460 comments already. Wow. Click the image then you can go to the creator's original page with lots of comments to read.

Strip Shogi by *RamaChan on deviantART

Boardlive now - 4th game of 20th Joryu Oui-sen best of five match

Today is the day for the 4th game of 20th Joryu Oui-sen best of five match between Joryu Oui Ishibashi Sachio and Challenger Joryu Meijin & Osho Shimizu Ichiyo. The score is in 2-1 led by Shimizu before the game.  The game started at 9:00am at Itate Hyouzu Shrine in Hyogo Prefecture.　Ishibashi  is Sente player for this game. You can watch and replay the game through the links below;

Official page in Japanese
Virtual Board

And frequently updating photos(almost a live) are available to look at.

Joryu Oui Ishibashi, Defender
Joryu Meijin & Osho Shimizu, Challenger

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

Boardlive now - Iwane vs Murota, 3rd Mynavi Joshi Open

Today is the day for the game of 3rd Mynavi Joshi Open between Iwane Shinobu(Joryu 2 dan) and Murota Io(Joryu sho dan). As a result of Furigoma, Iwane became Sente. It started at 10:00 am in Japan. The allotted thinking time per player is 3 hours and each player will have to make every move within 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 & tomorrow - 2nd game of 22nd Ryuo-sen best of seven match

Today and tomorrow are the days for the 2nd game of 22nd Ryuo-sen best of seven match between Ryuo Watanabe Akira and 9-dan Moriuchi Toshiyuki. The game will start at 9:00 am at Hotel New Otani Takaoka in Toyama prefecture. Before the game, the score is 1-0 led by Watanabe. Watanabe will be Sente player. You can replay and watch the game through the links below;

Official Page in Japanese
Official Blog in Japanese (full of photos and diagrams)
Kifu for Flash in Japanese
Kifu for Java in Japanese
Kifu for Flash in English(To be updated mainly for Day 2)

The allotted thinking time per player is 8 hours and each player will have to make every move within 60 seconds after consumoing it.

And gpsshogi_en and bonanza_shogi, which are computer shogi programs,  will be following this game to output their evaluation values and readings per every move after they start following it.

An article that a chess club learning shogi

Today I found a chess club is forcusing on learning Shogi in US.

Pleasant Hill Elementary chess club making all the right moves » The Commercial Appeal

Right now, the club is focusing on learning Shogi, also known as Japanese chess, to help the students improve their skills and further their enthusiasm.

At Stewart's invitation, members of the New York Shogi Club visited Memphis in September to teach the club more about Shogi and encourage the game's popularity in the region. The visitors played both exhibition games among themselves and played students three at a time.

If you are interested in the full story, please click the link above.

HIDETCHI released a video about "Let's Catch the Lion(Dobutsu Shogi)"

HIDETCHI just released a video about "Let's Catch the Lion(Dobutsu Shogi).

YouTube: Shogi Topics: Animal Shogi - どうぶつしょうぎ ("Let's catch the lion!")

Boardlive today - NRS invitation cup Final

Today is the day for the final match of 3rd NRS invitation cup between Joryu Oui Ishibashi Sachio and Joryu Ama Oui Narita Miho. As a result of Furigoma, Narita became Sente player. You can watch and replay the game through the virtual board linked below. The game started at 1:00pm on October 24 in Tokyo.

Kifu for Flash

The official page in Japanese is here. And Ustream live is available for this game. You can watch the live here. (Right = Ishibashi)

The allotted thinking time per player is 1 hour and a half and less than 60 seconds per move after consuming it.

Boardlive now - 3rd game of 20th Joryu Oui-sen best of five match

Today is the day for the 3rd game of 20th Joryu Oui-sen best of five match between Joryu Oui Ishibashi Sachio and Challenger Joryu Meijin & Osho Shimizu Ichiyo. The score is tied in 1-1 before the game. It draws people's attention if Ishibashi recovers from the loss of the second game due to her illegal move of Bishop which was the first time in the history of shogi title matches. The game started at 9:00am at Coal Mining Millionaire Ito Denemon's house in Fukuoka Prefecture which is famous for coal mining ealy in the 20th century. Shimizu is Sente player for this game. You can watch and replay the game through the links below;

Official page in Japanese
Virtual Board

And frequently updating photos(almost a live) are available to look at.

Joryu Oui Ishibashi, Defender
Joryu Meijin & Osho Shimizu, Challenger
Board from the ceiling

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

Boardlive now - Saida Haruko(Joryu 4 dan) vs Shimai Saori(Joryu sho dan)

Today is the day for the game of 3rd Mynavi Joshi Open between Saida Haruko(Joryu 4 dan) and Shimai Saori(Joryu sho dan). As a result of Furigoma, Shimai 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.