Takodori's Entrance to Shogi World

Three shogi boardlives today

There are three boardlives today.

• Nakakura Akiko vs Takojima Akiko

It's a game of NRS Cup. The allotted thinking time per player is 40 minutes. So this game will end earliest.

• Yauchi Rieko vs Oyamada Yuki

It's a game of the 1st Ricoh Cup Joryu Ouza-sen. The allotted thinkint time per player is three hours.

• Habu Yoshiharu vs Aono Teruichi

It's a game of the 19th Tatsujin-sen. The allotted thinking time per player is three hours.

Shogi Boardlive now - Kai vs Shimizu, 5th game of 22nd Joryu Oui-sen

Today is the day for the fifth(final) game of the 22nd Joryu Oui-sen best-of-five match. Before the game, the score is tied in 2-2. The winner of this game will become the 22nd Joru Oui title holder. The venue is at JSA building in Sendagaya, Tokyo. As a result of Furigoma, Shimizu became Sente. The game started at 9:00am(JST). Since the allotted thinking time per player is four hours, I think the game will end around 7:00pm today. You may replay and watch the game through the following link.

• Shimizu vs Kai

Here is the link to the official site of the 22nd Joryu Oui-sen. And this is the page of the photos of the players to be updated approximately every one minute.

A chat environment with watching a slightly-deferred liveboard is ready at 81Dojo.

Shogi Boardlive today - Habu vs Fukaura, 2nd game of 82nd Kisei-sen

Today is the day for the second game of the 82nd Kisei-sen best of five match between Habu and Fukaura. The game started at 9:00am(JST) at Hotel Foresta in Aichi prefecture. Habu is Sente. The allotted thinking time per player is four hours, so I think it will end after 5:00pm today. You can replay and watch the game through the following link;

• Habu vs Fukaura(Ended in 59 moves due to repetition)
• Fukaura vs Habu

Here is the official site of the 82nd Kisei-sen. Lots of photos related to this game are being uploaded on the official blog.

A chat environment with watching a slightly-deferred board is ready at 81Dojo.

Moriuchi gained the Meijin Title again

Moriuchi beat Habu in 4-3 in the 70th Meijin-sen best of seven match. The Mainichi Daily News reported it.

• Moriuchi defeats shogi champ Habu to claim 6th Meijin title - The Mainichi Daily News

KOFU -- Shogi player Toshiyuki Moriuchi claimed his sixth Meijin title on June 22 after recovering from three straight losses to defeat champ Yoshiharu Habu in game seven of the 69th Meijin match.

Moriuchi, 40, won the final game of the best-of-seven match in Kofu in 123 moves. It was the first time for a player to win the Meijin title after having three straight wins followed by three straight losses. Habu and Moriuchi both had three minutes left on the clock at the end of the game.

"From the fourth game on, no good chances appeared for me, but I thought I'd put all my effort into game seven," Moriuchi said. "It was tough shogi, but I managed to hold out. I'm surprised that I won."

Habu attributed his loss to mistakes in the game.

"I had three straight wins after three losses, but all I could do was play one game at a time. Nothing special happened. I think I lost because I made many mistakes," he said.

It was the second time for Moriuchi to win the title back from Habu. Moriuchi ranks fifth in the overall number of Meijin titles, after Yasuharu Oyama (18 titles), Makoto Nakahara (15 titles), Yoshio Kimura (eight titles) and Habu (seven titles).

Habu is now left with two separate titles: Oza and Kisei.

The 69th Meijin match was sponsored by The Mainichi Newspapers Co. and The Asahi Shimbun Co., with cooperation from Daiwa Securities Group.

Shogi Boardlive now - Nakakura Hiromi vs Funato Yoko, 5th NRS Cup

The shogi boardlive between Nakakura Hiromi and Funato Yoko of 5th NRS Cup is available to watch now. Since the allotted thinking time per player is 40 minutes, it will end soon.

• Nakakura vs Funato

Shogi Boardlive today - Kai Tomomi vs Shimizu Ichiyo, 4th game of 22nd Joryu Oui-sen

Today is the day for the 4th game of the 22nd Joryu Oui-sen between Joryu Oui Kai Tomomi and Challenger Joryu 6-dan Shimizu Ichiyo. The game started at 9:00am at Hotel Clement Tokushima in Tokushima prefecture. The allotted thinking time per player is four hours so I think it will end after 5:00pm(JST) today. You can watch and replay the game through the following link;

• Kai(Sente) vs Shimizu

The official site of the 22nd Joryu Oui-sen is here. You can see the frequently-updating-shots of the both players(the upper is for Kai).

A chat environment with watching the slightly-deferred board is ready at 81Dojo.

Shogi Boardlive today - Chiba Ryoko vs Muroya Saki(ama), 1st Ricoh Cup Joryu Ouza-sen

Today is the day for the game between Joryu-3 dan Chiba Ryoko and Muroya Saki(ama) of the 1st Ricoh Cup Joryu Ouza-sen. The game started at 10:00am. The allotted thinking time per player is three hours per player. But the game will likely to end earlier than 4:00 pm since both players look quick-move makers. You may replay and watch the game through the link below;

• Chiba vs Muroya

Here is the link to the official site of Ricoh Cup Joryu Ouza-sen.

Shogi Boardlive now - Takebe Sayuri vs Inagawa Manaka, 1st Ricoh Cup Joryu Ouza-sen

The following game is available to watch now.

• Takebe vs Inagawa

Shogi has been introduced in German TV

According to Dr. Rene Gralla,  the German edition of music-channel MTV plus the German-language music channel VIVA have aired a feature on Shogi! Here is the video on YouTube. The length of it is three minutes and 46 seconds.

 

There you will see the Hamburg-based author Dr. Rene Gralla who makes
the case for Shogi by outlining the historical background of that great
strategic game - the BATTLE OF SEKIGAHRA that has marked a watershed in
the history of Japan on October 21st, 1600 - and by demonstrating the
rules of Shogi on a three-colored big board that is crowded by figurine
pieces in 3D. That innovative set has been hand-made by Dr. Rene Gralla
himself; you can watch some close-up views of board and chessmen
Japanese style after 2:04 minutes running time of the Shogi-clip on
Youtube.

The creator of that prototype of SHOGI IN 3D is convinced that his
version of Shogi with eye-catching figurine pieces complies with the
viewing patterns of the Manga- and MTV-Generation. "Figurine SHOGI IN 3D
is the perfect tool to get modern kids to turn to Shogi - be it in Japan
or outside of Japan", says Dr. Rene Gralla.

At least that set of SHOGI IN 3D has been very helpful for the purpose
of convincing SIMON and BUDI - the popular presenters of that very
TV-magazine GAME ONE that has featured Shogi on MTV and VIVA - that they
should produce a TV-reportage on Shogi. And BUDI gets that thrilled by
Shogi that he even sits down at the board of SHOGI IN 3D and battles out
a match against Dr. Rene Gralla.

That feature on MTV and VIVA is a QUANTUM LEAP with regard to the
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION of Shogi, since GAME ONE - that TV-magazine that
has now featured Shogi - normally covers EGames only but NO BOARD GAMES.
Therefore the very fact that Shogi, the board game par excellence, has
been featured by GAME ONE, that is a real media sensation: Shogi has
succeeded in getting accepted by the young and modern community of
EGamers!

Now SHOGI has become POP itself - by having been covered by music
channels MTV and VIVA!

And that is the perfect prelude for the ESC/WOSC 2011, this year's
second big event of Shogi in Europe from July 14th, 2011 to July 17th,
2011, at Ludwigshafen/Germany!

According to shogi.de , this was aired as a part of the show called GAME ONE in its Friday edition No 170 of 13.05.2011. The full program of the edition can be seen though the link below;

• Folge 170 vom 13.05.2011 | Tv | MTV Game One

Shogi Boardlive today - Ito Sae vs Nagawasa Chikako, Ricoh Cup Joryu Ouza-sen

Today is the day for the game between Shoreikai 2kyu Ito Sae and Joryu 4-dan Nagasawa Chikako. The game started at 10:00am. As a result of forigoma, Ito became Sente. Since the allotted thinking time per player is three hours, I think it will end after 4:00pm(JST).  You can replay and watch the game through the following link;

• Ito vs Nagasawa

Here is the official site of 1st Ricoh Cup Joryu Oza-sen.

A chat environment with watching the slightly-deferred board is ready at 81Dojo.