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Boardlive today - Habu vs Watanabe, 2nd day of 2nd game of 23rd Ryuo-sen best of seven match

Today is Day 2 for he second game of 23rd Ryuo-sen between Meijin Habu Yoshiharu and Ryuo Watanabe Akira. Habu is Sente. The game started at 9:00am yesterday and Habu sealed the 63rd move just after 18:00pm. It restarted at 9:00am today and the sealed move was N-1c+. The venue is Surikami-tei Ohtori in Fukushima prefecture. The allotted thinking time per player is eight hours. So it is expected to end after 18:00 today. You may watch and replay the game through the following link;

• Habu vs Watanabe

The official site for Ryuo-sen is here(in Japanese). You can see a lot of photos about this game in the official blog(in Japanese).

In 81-Dojo, you can chat about this game.

HIDETCHI's vew video - Oui Hirose vs Ryuo Watanabe

Hidetchi uploaded a new shogi video on YouTube. It's about very interesting game between oui Hirose and Ryuo Watanabe.

 

Hamshogi(Hamster Shogi) is moving to a new site

Hamshogi(Hamster Shogi) is moving to a new site. It's already available to play on the new site. Please change your bookmark and/or link to Hamshogi to the following;

• http://hozo.vs.land.to/shogi.html

The current site will be availble to the end of October. After that, you can still play it.

How to use Hamshogi in English can be found here.

• Playing Ham Shogi

 

Boardlive now - 4-dan Abe Kanjiro vs Ama Kaku Hakuyo, 3rd game of 41st Shinjino-sen

Today is the day for the third(final) game of 41st Shinjino-sen between 4-dan Abe Kenjiro and Ama Kaku Hakuyo. As a result of Furigoma, Abe became Sente. The game started at 10:00am at JSA building in Sendagaya, Tokyo. The allotted thinking time per player is three hours. You can replay and watch the game through the link below. I think the game will end around 5:00pm in Japan.

• Abe vs Kaku

The official site of Shinjino-sen is here(in Japanese). And the official blog is here(in Japanese, too).

Boardlive today - Tohka Satomi Kana vs Joryu 2-dan Iwane Shinobu, 18th Kurashiki Tohka-sen best of three match

Today is the day for the first game of Kurashiki Tohka-sen between Kurashiki Tohka Satomi Kana and chellenger Joryu 2-dan Iwane Shinobu. As a result of Furigoma, Iwane became Sente. The game started at 9:00am at the JSA building in Sendagaya, Tokyo.  The allotted thinking time per player is two hours so I think it will end around 2:00pm in Japan. You can watch and replay the game through the linke below;

• Iwane vs Satomi

The official site of this match is here(in Japanese).

Yauchi beat Nakamura Marika - 4th Mynavi Joshi Open

Today is the day for the game of 4th Mynavi Joshi Open between Joryu 4-dan Yauchi Rieko and Joryu 2-dan Nakamura Mariko.  As a result of Furigoma, Nakamura became Sente. Yauchi chose Ibisha Anaguma against Nakamura's forth file rook. The fierce battle started at the head of both Kings after Nakamura dared to comitt an early edge attack.  The game seemed to turn around several times, but Yauchi beat Nakamura at last in 170 moves. You can replay the game throught the link below;

• Nakamura vs Yauchi

The official blog of this game is here(in Japanese).

Japan Shogi Association released Shogi Live application for iPhone, iPod Touch & iPad

Yesterday I fhoud the following page. Japan Shogi Association released Shogi Live application for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.

• Shogi Live for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store

Boardlive today and tomorrow - Habu vs Watanabe, 1st game of 23rd Ryuoh-sen best of seven match

Today and tomorrow are the days for 1st game of 23rd Ryuoh-sen best of seven match between Challenger Meijin Habu and Ryuoh Watanabe. Day 1  started at 9:00pm at Nisshokan Bettei Koyotei  in Nagasaki Prefecture.  As a result of Furigoma, Ryuoh Watanabe became Sente. The allotted thinking time per player is eight hours. It will end tomorrow evening. You can watch and replay the game through the link below;

• Watanabe vs Habu

The official site of the 23rd Ryuoh-sen is here.  And lots of photos related to this game is being uploaded to the official blog.

Another two articles I found about Akara vs Shimizu

I fhoud two more articles about the match betwen Akara and Shimizu.

• Short Sharp Science: Computer beats human at Japanese chess for first time

• Top female 'shogi' pro falls to computer | The Japan Times Online

The Mainichi Daily News covered the game between Akara vs Shimizu yesterday

Here is the link.

• Shogi computer beats female champ Shimizu