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Shogi Boardlive today & tomorrow - Watanabe vs Maruyama, 3rd game of 24th Ryuo-sen

Today and tomorrow are the days for the third game of the 24th Ryuo-sen best of seven match. Before the game, Watanabe took two games in a row to lead the score in 2-0. The venue is Unazuki Kokusai Hotel in Toyama prefecture. Day 1 strarted at 9:00am this morning and will close around 6:00pm. The player who has turn to make a move then will make a sealed move to finish Day 1. Day 2 will start at 9:00am tomorrow. Maruyama chose Bishop exchange with losing a tempo again. He did the same in the first game where he was Gote as well. The allotted thinking time per player is eight hours, so I think it will end around 7:00 or 8:00PM on Day 2. You can watch and replay it on the official liveboard.

• Watanabe vs Maruyama

Here is the official site of the 24th Ryuo-sen. And a chat environment with watching a slightly-deferred-liveboard is ready at 81dojo.

A shogi match of Human vs Machine to be played on January 14, 2012

Japan Times covered the information.

• Shōgi showdown for supercomputer | The Japan Times Online

The commentary show using a big board will be on live at Nico Nico Douga. Watanabe Akira, who defeated Bonanza in 2007, will make comments on the game between permanent Kisei Yonenaga and Bonkras. Though the show is in Japanese, I would recommend you to become a member of Nico NIco Douga to see the show on live since Watanabe would show a lot of variation on the board.

Satomi vs Shimizu, 1st game of 19th Kurashiki Tohka-sen - Shogi Boardlive now

Today is the day for the 1st game of 19th Oyama Cup Kurashiki Tohka-sen best of three match. Shimizu is the challenger against the title holder Satomi Kana. The venue of this game is at Tamamine Sanso in Shimane prefecture. As a result of Furigoma, Satomi became Sente. The allotted thinking time per player is two hours so it will end around 3:00pm(JST).

• Satomi vs Shimizu(Live-board)
  

Here is the official site of the 19th Oyama Cup Kurashiki Tohka-sen.  A chat environment with watching a slightly-deferred-liveboard is ready at 81dojo.

9-dan Maruyama Tadahisa vs 4-dan Abe Kohru, 5th Asahi Trophy Shogi Open

The game between 9-dan Maruyama Tadahisa and 4-dan Abe Kohru will be soon played from 2:00pm(Japan Time). Abe just became 4-dan this year. He defeated 8-dan Miura Hiroyuki in the previous game this morning to come here. Let's enjoy the fresh pairing between Ryuo Challenger and the newbie. The allotted thinking time per player is 40 minutes.

• Abe vs Maruyama

This morning Maruyama beat 4-dan Abe Kenjiro as well.

Here is the official site of the 5th Asahi Trophy Shogi Open.

Shogi Boardlive now - Kato Momoko vs Shimizu Ichiyo, 2nd game of 1st Ricoh Cup Joryu Ouza-sen

Today the following game started at 10:00am and it's availale to watch on board-live.

• Kato Momoko(Shoreikai 3-dan) vs Shimizu Ichiyo(Lady 6-dan)

The allotted thinking time per pla yer is three hours. So it will end soon.

Here is the official site of Ricoh Cup Joryu Ouza-sen. A chat environment is ready at 81dojo watching a slightly-deferred-live-board.