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Naito Kunio vs Tanigawa Koji, Tatsujin-sen - Shogi Boardlive Now

You can watch the game between Naiito Kunio(9-dan) and Tanigawa Koji(9-dan) now. It's a first round game of the 20th Tatsujin-sen knock-out tournament. It's a kind of senior tourney where the selected ten players at the age of forty or older compete.

Naito is seventy-two years old. He got various titles including Kisei and Oui. He became a professional player in 1958. His score to yesterday is 1122 - 943. Tanigawa turned fifty this April. He is entitled to be the 17th Permanent Meijin since he took Meijin-title for more than five terms in total. Also he held the other six major titles at least once.

The game started at 9:00am(JST).  The allotted thinking time per player is three hours and there will be lunch with time-off between 0:00pm and 1:00pm(JST). So I think the game will end after 4:00pm(JST). You can watch and replay the game through the following link.

• Naito vs Tanigawa

Naito is playing Sente and he chose Yokofutori(Side Pawn) opening. Unlike current popular development, he showed his intention to move his Rook to the 8th file with pushing his 7th file pawn to 7e, but Tanigawa did not like it by pushing his pawn on that file to 7d at the 26th move. I'm looking forward to seeing Naito's response to the resistance.

22nd World Computer Shogi Championship Results and Kifu

From May 3 to 5, the 22nd World Computer Shogi Championship was held in Tokyo.  The followings are the tables of the tournaments.

• Day 1
• Day 2
• Day 3 

The top five software such as GPS Shogi,  Tsutsukana, Puella α, ponanza and Shuso will compete with professional players in Dennou-sen later this year or early next year.

I posted the links to the Kifus of Day 3 here.

Sato vs Ohishi, Openig game of 6th Daiwa Secirities Cup - Boardlive Now

The following game is available to watch now. The allotted thinking time per player is 30 minutes and each player will have to make a move less than 30 seconds per move after consuming it.

• Sato Yasumitsu(9 dan) vs Ohishi Tadashi(4 dan)

The game will end within one and a half from the start time.

Kato vs Takahashi, 1st round game of 20th Tatsujin-sen - Shogi Boardlive Today

The following game is available to watch and replay on a webcasting board on live today.

• 9-dan Kato Hifumi vs 9-dan Takahashi Michio

Kato became Sente due to Furigoma. The game started at 10:00am at JSA building in Sendagaya, Tokyo. The allotted thinking time per player is three hours. Lunch break with time-off is from 0:10(pm) to 1:00(pm). The opening they choose is Yokofutori(Side Pawn). Takhashi drew back his Rook to the fifth row after exchanging Rook pawn.