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Boardlive today - Habu vs Kubo, 2nd game of 23rd Ryuo-sen challenger deciding match

Today is the day for the 2nd game of 23rd Ryuo-sen challenger deciding best of three match between Meijin Habu and 2 crown Kubo. Before the game, Habu leads the match in 1-0. Habu is Sente for this game. The allotted thinking time per player is five hours so it will end late evening today. You can watch and replay the game through the following link.

• Habu vs Kubo

The official site of 23rd Ryuo-sen is here. 

Chinese boy qualifies to train to become professional shogi player

This is according to Kyodo News.

• ◆Chinese boy qualifies to train to become professional shogi player
  TOKYO, Aug. 25 KYODO

    A 14-year-old Chinese boy on Wednesday qualified to train to become a professional player of shogi, a traditional Japanese board game similar to chess, becoming the first foreign national living abroad to do so.

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• Chinese boy qualifies to train to become professional shogi player › Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

• Chinese boy qualifies to train to become professional shogi player+

Boardlive today - Hirose vs Fukaura, 5th game of 51st Oui-sen

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The 5th game ended with repetition in 149 moves. Now rematch stated. You can watch and replay it here.

• Fukaura vs Hirose

It will end in four or five hours from now.

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Today is Day 2 for the 5th game of 51st Oui-sen best of seven match between 6-dan Hirose Akihiko and Oui Fukaura Koichi. The game started at 9:00am yesterday at Isuien in Tokushima City, Tokushima prefecture. Hirose transferred his Rook to the 6th file and build Anaguma. Fukaura was expected to build Anaguma, too. But he suddenly advanced the vanguard pawn on the central file and trade his defensive kNight for Hirose's left Silver on Day 1. Fukaura sealed the 50th move. Before the game, the score is tied in 2-2.  The allotted thinking time per player is 8 hours.  So it will end early evening today. You can watch and replay the game through the link below;

• Hirose vs Fukaura 

The official site of 51st Oui-sen is here. And you can watch photos of the both players which is updated every one minute. Gpsshogi_en, a computer program, is following this game and tweeting its evaluation and reading line.

An US YouTube user's shogi video about Mukaibisha(Opposing Rook)

I found it yesterday.

Little Golem added shogi to its playable abstract games

Little Golem, a turn-based abstract game server in Slovakia, added shogi to its playable game lines recently. Here are the links to announcements;

• Shogi on Little Golem - SHOGI-L | Google Groups
• The 81-Square Universe • View topic - Play Shogi on Little Golem

The default pieces are HIDETCHi's international ones but you can choose Japanese traditional Ryoko or Kinki font if you are Google Chrome user to install the following Chrome extension.

• Bigger Golem - Google Chrome Extension Gallery

Boardlive today - Habu vs Kubo, 1st game of Challenger Deciding Best of Three Match

Today is the day for the first game of 23rd Ryuo-sen challenger deciding best of three match between Meijin Habu Yoshiharu and 2 crown Kubo Toshiaki. In the final Ryuo-knock-out tournament, Habu beat  9-dan Fujii Takeshi and 7-dan Akutsu Chikara while Kubo defeated 9-dan Goda Masataka and 9-dan Maruyama Tadahisa to compete the best of three match with each other. As a result of Furigoma, Kubo became Sente player. The allotted thinking time per player is 5 hours so it will end late evening. The venue is at JSA building in Sendagaya, Tokyo. It started at 10:00am. Kubo transferred his Rook to 7th file and advanced vanguard pawn there to form Ishida-ryu. You may replay and watch the game through the link below;

• Kubo vs Habu

The official blog seems to become available from this game for 23rt term. Here is the link. Though it's written in Japanese, it will be getting full of photos and diagrams.

Rematch of Akutsu vs Habu, 23rd Ryuo-sen

The game which started at 10:00am ended due to repetition. So they started rematch after exchanging Sente and Gote, namely, Akutsu is Sente for this game. You may replay and watch the game through the link below. It will end in three hours or so from now.

• Akutsu vs Habu

Boardlive today - Habu vs Akutsu, 23rd Ryuo-sen

Along with the 4th game of 51st Oui-sen best of seven match, here is another boardlive today. It's for the game between Meijin Habu Yoshihasu and 7-dan Akutsu Chikara. As a result of Furigoma, Habu became Sente. It started at 10:00am and the allotted thinking time per player is five hours. So it will be likely to end late evening, probably later than the 4th game of Oui-sen.

You can replay and watch the game through the link below;

• Habu vs Akutsu

The official site of Ryuo-sen is here(in Japanese).

The winner of this game will compete in the challenger deciding best of three match with 2 crown Kubo Toshiaki.

Boardlive today and tomorrow - Fukaura vs Hirose, 4th game of 51st Oui-sen

Today and tomorrow are the days for the 4th game of 51st Oui-sen best of seven match between Oui Fukaura Koichi and Challenger 6-dan Hirose Akihito. The game started at 9:00am today at Hotel Banshoro in Sasebo City, Nagasaki. Sente is Fukaura. Before the game, Hirose leads the score in 2-1. The position at the 44th move was the  same as the game played by the two players on June 13, 2010. Fukaura changed the 45th move such as ▲Px3d which took the Pawn on 3d, while he moved his right Gold to 7i in the game of June 13. Whether this correction will be successful or not is the key in this game. The allotted thinking time per player is eight hours. So it will end in the evening tomorrow. You can watch and replay the game through the link below;

• Fukaura vs Hirose

Besides, the official site of 51st Oui-sen is here (in Japanese). The official blog can be found here. gpsshogi_en follows the game and output its reading and evaluation value per move.

Boardlive today, Maruyama Tadahisa vs Kubo Toshiaki, 23rd Ryuo-sen

Today is the day for the game of 23rd Ryuo-sen between 9-dan Maruyama and 2 crown Kubo. It started at 10:00am in Tokyo. As a result of Furigoma, Maruyama became Sente. You can replay and watch the game through the linke below. Since the allotted thinking time per player is five hours, the game will end in the late evening today.

• Maruyama vs Kubo

The official site of 23rd Ryuo-sen is here(in Japanese).