Takodori's Entrance to Shogi World

Habu took the 2nd game, too - 68th Meijin-sen

On April 20 & 21, the second game of 68th Meijin-sen best of seven game was held at Aeria Tohno in Iwate Prefecture. Meijin Habu was Sente in this game and he beat Miura following to the first game. After the game, the score became 2-0 led by Habu. You can replay the game through the linke below;

• Habu vs Miura 

The third game will take place on May 6 & 7.

Kai became Queen beating Yauchi - 3rd Mynavi Joshi Open

On April 19, Kai beat Yauchi and she took Queen title from her with the score of 3-0 in the 3rd mynavi Joshi Open. It is her first title during her professional career. She challenged Yauchi in the same title match two years ago but was defeated in 1-3, But she at last obtained her first title this year.

The third game was held at Tokyo Shogi Hall of JSA  in Tokyo. You can replay the game through the following link. Kai was Sente.

• Kai vs Yauchi

Habu took the 1st game - 68th Meijin-sen

On April 8 and 9, the 1st game of 68th Meijin-sen took place at Chinzanso in Tokyo. Meijin Habu Yorhihasu beat Challenger 8-dan Miura Hiroyuki in 102 moves. Miura was Sente in this game as a result of Furigoma. You can replay the game through the link below;

• Miura vs Habu

After the resigned position, Miura's King would be mated. Here are some of the variations.

1. ▲K-7g △+Rx7e ▲Sx7e △L*7f ▲K-8f △P*8e ▲K-9g △+Rx9i ▲G*9h △+Rx9h ▲Kx9h △Lx7h+ ▲P*8g △G*8h ▲K-9g △Bx8g+(mate)
2. ▲K-8f △L*8e ▲K-9g △+Rx9i(mate)
3. ▲K-8f △L*8e ▲Gx8e △+Rx8e ▲K-7g △P*7f ▲K-6h △G*5h(mate)
4. ▲G*6e △Bx6e▲Sx6e △G*8e ▲K-8g  △L*8f ▲K-7g △+Rx7e ▲P*7f △Gx7f ▲Sx7f△N-8e ▲K-6h △G*5h(mate)
5. ▲G*6e △Bx6e▲Sx6e △G*8e ▲K-8g  △L*8f ▲K-9h △+R-8i ▲K-9g △+Rx9i ▲B*9h △+Rx9h ▲B*9h △Gx9f ▲Kx9f △+Rx9h ▲Kx8f △B*9e ▲K-7f △+R9f(mate)
6. ▲G*6e △Bx6e▲Sx6e △G*8e ▲K-8g  △L*8f ▲K-9h △+R-8i ▲K-9g △+Rx9i ▲B*9h △+Rx9h ▲B*9h △Gx9f ▲Kx9f △+Rx9h▲P*8g △B*8g ▲Gx8g △+Rx8g(mate)
7. ▲G*6e △Bx6e▲Sx6e △G*8e ▲K-8g  △L*8f ▲K-9h △+R-8i ▲K-9g △+Rx9i ▲B*9h △+Rx9h ▲B*9h △Gx9f ▲Kx9f △+Rx9h▲P*8g △B*8g ▲Kx8f △L*8e▲Gx8e △+Rx8e ▲K-7g △+Rx7h ▲K-6f △Bx6e+(mate)

The second game will be played on April 20 and 21.

Boardlive now - Ishibashi vs Kai, Challenger Deciding Match of 21st Joryu Oui-sen

The challenger deciding match of 21st Joryu Oui-sen between Joryu 4-dan Ishibashi Sachio and Joryu 2-dan Kai Tomomi started at 10:00am. You can watch and replay the game through the link below. As a result of Furigoma, Kai became Sente. The allotted thinking time per player is three hours.

• Kai vs Ishibashi

A match of human vs machine will be held in this autumn

According to plural sources, a public match between Joryu Osho & Oui Shimizu Ichiyo and a shogi program which I guess the next winner of WCSC will be held in this autumn.

Link collection of the articles about a new shogi application on iPad

Morita Shogi is becoming available on iPad. Here are some link collection of the articles on it.

• Morita Shogi HD Live for iPad - iPad News at IGN
• Square Enix Announces First iPad Game (It’s Shogi) // Siliconera

• Taito Launches MORITA SHOGI HD App for iPad

• Taito and Square Enix bring ‘Japanese chess’ to iPad | The Loop

HIDETCHI uploaded the video about the sixth game of 59th Osho-sen

As you may be already aware, Kubo took the Osho title from Habu with the score of 4-2 on March 16 & 17.  HIDETCHI uploaded the commentary video about the 6th game of 59th Osho-sen which was memorable to Kubo on YouTube. Here is the link.

And here is the virtual board of this game to replay on the official site of the series.

• 6th game of 59th Osho-sen(Habu Yoshiharu, Sente vs Kubo Toshiaki(Challenger, Kio)

The arricle I found yesterday

I found the following article yesterday.

• Shogi, The Game of Generals « YomoYama Magazine

The author is Matthew Dowd. He seems to live in Toyama prefecture, Japan. He spoke some words about shogi like this;

What I found was the game was actually much more complicated and rewarding than I had expected it to be, and what was an initial curiosity has turned into a pastime.

Please click the link ab bove if you would like to read all his article.