Here is the link to the boardlive.
The game started at 9:00am. As a result of Furigoma(Five Pawn toss), Kubo became Sente. Osho-sen is the best of seven match. The allotted thinking time per player is 8 hours and each will have to make a move less than 60 seconds per move after consuming it. Today is Day 1 and the sealed move will be made around 6:00 pm. Day2 will start at 9:00am tomorrow. The venue is at Otsuka Museum of Art in Naruto city, Tokushima prefecture.
The official blog about this series is here. Don't miss to watch the photos of the Sistine hall as the playing room which is very different from ordinary playing rooms. It's found at
The opening strategy is going to Ishida Style Sangenbisha(third file rook). Good English articles about third file rook are available to read in Shogipedia linked below for your reference.
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