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Boardlive Now - Fukaura Koichi vs Sato Amahiko, final of 82nd Kisei-sen

Today is the day for the final of 82nd Kisei-sen challenger deciding tournament between Fukaura Koichi(9 dan) and Sato Amahiko(6 dan).  The winner will challenge against Habu Yoshiharu, the current Kisei title holder. As a reslt of Furigoma, Sato became Sente(corrected). The game started at 10:00am at JSR building in Sendagaya, Tokyo. The allotted thinking time per player is four hours so I think it will end after 6:00pm(JST) today. You can watch and replay the game through the following link;

• Sato vs Fukaura

If Sato beats Fukaura today, he will be entitled to be the title challenger for the first time of his career. Here are the official website of 82nd Kisei-sen(in Japanese) and the official blog.

The chat environment with watching the slightly deferred liveboard is available on 81-dojo. Please watch the game of Famous-Game-Black and Famous-Game-White.

Shogi Boardlive today - Joryu Oui Kai Tomomi vs Challenger Joryu 6-dan Shimizu Ichiyo

Today is the day for the 1st game of 22nd Joryu Oui-sen best of five match between Joryu Oui Kai Tomomi and Challenger Joryu 6-dan Shimizu Ichiyo. The game started at 9:00am at Keio Plaza Hotel in Sapporo, Hokkaido.　The allotted thinking time per player is four hours. As a result of Furigoma, Shimizu became Sente. You may watch and replay the game through the following link.

• Shimizu(Sente) vs Kai

Here is the link to the official site of 22nd Joryu Oui-sen(in Japanese).  And here is the photos of both players to be updated approximately every one minute. Furthermore, the official blog is here.

The chat environment with watching the slighlty defered live board is ready on 81-dojo.

Boardlive Now - Queen Kai Tomomi vs Ueda Hatsumi, 2nd game of 4th Mynavi Joshi Open

The following game is available to watch and replay on boardlive now.

• Queen Kai Tomomi vs Joryu 2-dan Ueda Hatsumi

It started at 10:00am at JSA building in Sendagaya, Tokyo. Before the game, Ueda leads the score in 1-0. The allotted thinking time per player is three hours. So I think it will end after 3:00pm.icia

The official site of 4th Mynavi joshi open is here. Lots of photos related to this game are being uploaded in the official blog.

The chat environment is ready on 81-Dojo.

Shogi at California Community College April 11

The captioned shogi teaching event will be held on April 11. Here is the copy of the noticice that the organizer posted on Shogi-l.

Hello all,
This Monday afternoon April 11, from 4:30-6:00 PM, I will be teaching the
students at Mira Costa Community College (in Oceanside, CA) the game of
Shogi for the third year in a row. Hosted by the Japanese Club at the
Student Center, the event will be open to all members of the community
interested in Shogi, not just enrolled students. I'm enclosing a photo from
last year; as you can see, everyone was very interested, not least by
Messrs. Herman and Pietz's wonderful documentary on the game, which they
were kind enough to make available to me. To all who give the game a try and
are interested in pursuing the game further, I will continue to give the
bilingual cardboard sets made available to me by Mr. Nomura of the Japanese
Shogi Assocaition. Thanks, and I'd appreciate it if the various other Shogi
websites might announce it also.
Eric Kuniholm

Here is the link to the map of MiraCost College Oceanside Campus.

Boardlive now - Satomi vs Shimizu, Challenger deciding match of 22nd Joryu Oui-sen

Today is the day for the challenger deciding match of 22nd Joryu Oui-sen between Joryu trible crown Satomi Kana and Joryu 6-dan Shimizu Ichiyo. The winner of this game will be the challenger against Joryu Oui Kai Tomomi. As a result of Furigoma, Satomi became Sente. You may watch and replay the game through the following link. Since the allotted thinking time per player is three hours and it started at 10:00am(JST), I think the game will end around 5:00pm(JST) in consideration of one-hour lunch break when the game clock is to be suspended.

• Satomi vs Shimizu

Here is the official site of Joryu Oui-sen (in Japanese). You will be able to see lots of photos related to this game in the official blog(in Japanese). The chat environment is ready at 81-Dojo. I will be there when the game enter in the endgame.