Takodori's Entrance to Shogi World

1st Quarterly Internet Abstract Games Decathlon includes shogi

The 1st Quarterly Internet Abstract Games Decathlon will starts from November 1 and include shogi. It is a competition in which players play a series of ten abstract strategy games on the Internet. If you are interested, please read the link below;

1st Quarterly Internet Abstract Games Decathlon

A Letter from Dr. Gralla

Here is the scanned-shot of the article in a local German newspaper reported that Consul Tanaka took part in the 18th German Shogi Open Championship. It has been sent by Dr. Gralla, one of my German friends.

Along with this screen-shot, Dr. Gralla informed me as followings;

the 18th German Shogi Open at Paderborn on October 17th / October 18th, 2009 has been a milestone in the history of German Shogi since it has been the first time that the German Open has officially been opened by a representative of the Government of Japan.

Consul Kenichiro Tanaka from Japan's General Consulate of Dusseldorf, the inofficial "Capital of Japan's Expatriates in Germany", has opened the 18th German Open at Paderborn. And Consul Tanaka has competed in the first round of the German Open as weell - and he won easily, in amazing 15 minutes! The result of Consul Tanaka's training during his youth: He has attended a school of Shogi in Japan.

The local press has covered the event too, the "Westfalen-Blatt" has published a long feature about the event. In the annex I email the scan of that article to you.

Thanks a lot, Dr. Gralla. It's good to know that Consul Tanaka attended the tournament.

For those who are interested in the result of the championship, please refer to here.(in German) and click 18. Offenen Deutsche Meisterschaft.

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Dr. Gralla sent me an another article about the tournament as below;

The price of "Let's Catch the Lion(Dobutsu Shogi)" in Essen Spiel

I found the price of "Let's Catch the Lion(Dobutsu Shogi)" in Essen Spiel in the following page.

Japon Brand in SPIEL '09

According to the page above, the boot of "Let's Catch the Lion" will be at 4-227. The special price for the exihibition will be at Euro12 pre unit.

In addition, looking at the lowest photo of the linked page, some shogi sets seems to be sold there at Euro50.

Nhkradio is the winner - PlayOK Shogi Tournament #3826757

Nhkradio is the winner of the captioned on-line shogi tournament held on October 17, 2009. Here is the link to the result.

• PlayOK.com - tournament #3826757 (shogi)

   

You can replay the games by clicking each point in the table on the linked page. Since the page will disappear in 6 months from the tournament date, I'm uploading the screenshot of the tournament table for the top 10 players below;

Mikaus is the winner - PlayOK Shogi Tournament #3815453

Mikaus is the winner of the captioned on-line shogi tournament held on October 17, 2009. Here is the link to the result.

• PlayOK.com - tournament #3815453 (shogi)

You can replay the games by clicking each point in the table on the linked page. Since the page will disappear in 6 months from the tournament date, I'm uploading the screenshot of the tournament table below;

Karthum is the winner - PlayOK Shogi Tournament #3815427

Karthum is the winner of the captioned on-line shogi tournament held on October 14, 2009. Here is the link to the result.

• PlayOK.com - tournament #3815427 (shogi)

You can replay the games by clicking each point in the table on the linked page. Since the page will disappear in 6 months from the tournament date, I'm uploading the screenshot of the tournament table below;

Boardlive today & tomorrow - 1st game of 22nd Ryuo-sen best of seven match

Today and tomorrow are the days for the 1st game of 22nd Ryuo-sen best of seven match between Ryuo Watanabe Akira and 9-dan Moriuchi Toshiyuki. The game started at 9:00 am at the hall of Hieizan Enryakuji. As a result of Furigoma, Moriuchi became 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 less than 60 seconds per move after consuming it.

And gpsshogi_en and bonanza_shogi which are computer shogi programs are following this game to output their evaluation values and readings per every move.

Boardlive now - 2nd game of 20th Joryu Oui-sen best of five match

Today is the day for the 2nd game of 20th Joryu Oui-sen best of five match between Joryu Oui Ishibashi Sachio and Challenger Joryu Meijin & Osho Shimizu Ichiyo. Ishibashi led the score in 1-0 before the game. The game started at 9:00am at Renaissance Sapporo Hotel in Hakkaido. 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 are available to look at.

Joryu Oui Ishibashi, Defender
Joryu Meijin & Osho Shimizu, Challenger
Both players
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 - Nakamura Marika(Joryu 2 dan) vs Kagawa Manao(Joryu 1 kyu)

Today is the day for the game of 3rd Mynavi Joshi Open between Nakamura Marika(Joryu 2 dan) and Kagawa Manao(Joryu 2 kyu). As a result of Furigoma, Nakamura 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 - 2nd game of 40th King of Rookies-sen U-26 between Hirose and Nakamura

Today is the day for the second game of 40th King of Rookies-sen best of three match between Hirose Akihito(5 dan, 22 years old) and Nakamura Taichi(4 dan, 21 years old). The game started at 10:00am. Here are the links. Hirose is Sente in this game. The allotted thinking time per player is three hours and less than 60 seconds per move after consuming it.

Kifu for Flash
Kifu for Java

The official blog is in Japanese here. Both are professional players who are students of Waseda University. Nakamura is an AISEP member as well.

The King of Rookies-sen U-26(Shinjinoh-sen Under 26) is the tournament which is limited to the professional players who is under 5 dan and 26 years old, Shoreikai 3 dan players with good performance, and Joryu(Ladies) profesional players under 26 years old.