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Fujimori vs Nagase - Third(Final) game of Rookie King

Another boardlive today. It is the third(final) game of 43rd Rookie King-sen between 5-dan Nagase Takuya and 4-dan Fujimori Tetsuya. Both are tied in 1-1 before the game. Furigoma made Fujimori play as Sente. You can replay and watch the game at

• Fujimori vs Nagase

Here are the links to the official site and official blog. It is expected to end around 5:30pm since the allotted thinking time per player is three hours and it started at 10:00am(JST).

Watanabe vs Maruyama, 2nd game of 25th Ryuo-sen - Shogi Boardlive Today & Tomorrow

Today is Day 1 of the second game of the 25th Ryuo-sen best of seven match between Ryuo Watanabe Akira and 9-dan Maruyama Tadahisa. The game started at 9:00am at Kanzawa Excel Hotel Tokyu in Kanazawa city, Ishikawa prefecture. You can watch and replay the game at

• Watanabe vs Maruyama

Here are the links to the official site and official blog(in Japanese).

And Nico Live covers the game from the start to the end.

• Nico Live Mirror(No user registration required)  - http://www.itmedia.co.jp/live/articles/1210/16/news145.html
  
  Nico Live(User registration required) - http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv108027479

Funny videos - Shogi vs Go

It's funny to watch if you know the Rules of Go.

This week's schedule of webcasting boardlives(October 29 through November 4)

I posted the captioned schedule in the 81 Sqaure Universe Forum. This week, there will be the second game of 25th Ryuo-sen, the final of the Rookie King, and the second game of the second Ricoh Cup Joryu Ouza-sen.

• http://forum.81squareuniverse.com/viewtopic.php?p=10300#p10300

Nagase Takuya vs Ito Shingo, 2nd game of Kakogawa Seiryu-sen - Shogi Boardlive Now

The following game is on boardlive now. It is the second game of 2nd Kakogawa Seiryu-sen best of three match. It will end in an hour or so.

• 4-dan Ito Shingo vs 5-dan Nagase Takuya
• 5-dan Nagase Takuya vs 4-dan Ito Shingo(rematch because of repetition)

Habu vs Sato, Semi-Final of JT Nihon Series 2012

Yesterday the captioned game was held. Osho Sato Yasumitsu became Sente as a result of Furigoma. Habu beat Sato in 134 moves to be a finalist. The other finalist is 9-dan Kubo Toshiaski defeating 9-dan Maruyama Tadahisa in the semi-final on October 13.

You can replay the game through the link below;

• Sato vs Habu

Ito Shingo vs Nagase Takuya, 1st game of Kakogawa Seiryu - Shogi Boardlive Now

The first game of the 2nd Kakogawa Seiryu-sen best of three match started at 1:00pm(JST) at a public facility of Kakogawa City in Hyogo prefecture. You can replay and watch the game through the link below;

• 5-dan Nagase Takuya vs 4-dan Ito Shingo

 

 

 

 

Fujimori vs Nagase, 2nd game of 43rd King of Rookies - Shogi Boardlive Now

The following game is available to watch and replay. It is the second game of the 43rd King of Rookies(Shinjin-ou-sen) best of three match. Nagase takes the lead in 1-0 before the game.

• 4-dan Fujimori Tetsuya vs 5-dan Nagase Takuya

The allotted thinking time per player is three hours and the game started at 10:00am(JST). So the expected end time is around 6:00pm(JST) today.

Here are the links to the official site and the official blog(in Japanese).

Minishogi Tsume Exercises

I've started providing minishogi tsume exercises taken from actual games in Little Golem that is a turn-based boardgame site. The default pieces are using HIDETCHI's international set there. If you are a Google Chrome user, you can use traditional Kanji pieces by adding this "Bigger Golem" extension to your Chrome browser.

• Mini Shogi Mate(tsume) exercises from actual games in LG

Kato Momoko vs Honda Sayuri, 1st game of Joryu Ouza-sen - Shogi Boardlive Today

Today is the day for the first game of the second Ricoh Cup Joryu Ouza-sen best of five match. Honda became Sente as a result of Furigoma. The venue is JSA building in Sendagaya, Tokyo. Here is the information of the boardlive and live webcast(in Japanese).

*Friday October 19, to start at 10:00(JST)
Joryu Ouza Kato Momoko vs Joryu 2-dan Honda Sayuri
1st game of 2nd Joryu Ouza-sen best of five match
Expected end time - sometime around 6:00pm(JST)

Liveboard - http://live.shogi.or.jp/joryu_ouza/kifu/2/joryu_ouza201210190101.html
Official Site - http://live.shogi.or.jp/joryu_ouza/
Nico Live(mirror) from 3:00pm(JST) - http://www.itmedia.co.jp/live/articles/1210/12/news145.html
Nico Live from 3:00pm(JST) - http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv108050266
(Nico Live needs user registration to watch. The mirror site does not require it. So I think it's easier to watch the mirror.)