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Shogi Boardlive Schedule this week(November 26~)

Here is the schedule for this week.

This week(November 26 through December 2), the following free webcasting boardlives are available to watch.

For conversion of JST into your local time, here are search results of "world clock".

*Tuesday November 27, to start at 10:00am
Joryu 2-dan Furukawa Ayako vs Joryu 2-dan Hasegawa Yuki
A 6th Mynavi Joshi Open game
Boardlive - http://mynavi-open.jp/kifu/6/mynavi201211270101.html
Official site - http://mynavi-open.jp/
Expected end time - about 5:00pm

*Wednesday November 28 to start at 9:00am(JST)
9-dan Maruyama Tadahisa vs Ryuo Watanabe Akira
Day 1 of the fifth game of 25th Ryuo-sen best of seven match
Boardlive - http://live.shogi.or.jp/ryuou/kifu/25/r ... 80101.html
Official Site - http://live.shogi.or.jp/ryuou/
Nico Live Mirror - http://www.itmedia.co.jp/live/articles/ ... ws131.html
Nico Live - http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv108041039
Expected end time - 6:00pm(JST)

*Thursday November 29 to start at 9:00am(JST)
9-dan Maruyama Tadahisa vs Ryuo Watanabe Akira
Day 2 of the fifth game of 25th Ryuo-sen best of seven match
Boardlive - http://live.shogi.or.jp/ryuou/kifu/25/r ... 80101.html
Official Site - http://live.shogi.or.jp/ryuou/
Nicolive(mirror) - http://www.itmedia.co.jp/live/articles/ ... ws129.html
Nicolive - http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv108041141

to start at 10:00am(JST), Asahi Trophy Shogi Open
8-dan Kimura Kazuki vs 6-dan Anyoji Takanori
Liveboard - http://live.shogi.or.jp/asahi/kifu/6/as ... 90101.html

Liveboard - 7-dan Hatakeyama Naruyuki vs 7-dan Yamazaki Takayuki
http://live.shogi.or.jp/asahi/kifu/6/as ... 90201.html

Expected end time - 0:00pm(JST)

A game of the winners in the morning match(to start at 2:00pm(JST))
http://live.shogi.or.jp/asahi/kifu/6/as ... 90301.html
Expected end time - 4:00pm(JST)

*Sunday December 2 To start at 8:00pm(JST)
Joryu four crown Satomi Kana vs Joryu 4-dan Kai Tomomi
A first round game to decide which to be a quarter-finalist
Liveboard - http://live.shogi.or.jp/daiwa_joryu/kif ... 20101.html
Official Site - http://www.daiwashogi.net/index.html
Expected end time - around 9:30pm(JST)

 

Day2 of Watanabe vs Maruyama, 4th game of 25th Ryuo-sen - Shogi Boardlive and Webcast Today

Day 2 started at 9:00am(JST) today. Here is the information of boardlive and Nico Live.

*Wednesday November 21 to start at 9:00am(JST)
Ryuo Watanabe Akira vs 9-dan Maruyama Tadahisa
Day2 of the fourth game
Boardlive - http://live.shogi.or.jp/ryuou/kifu/25/r ... 00101.html
Official Site - http://live.shogi.or.jp/ryuou/
Nico Live(mirror) - http://www.itmedia.co.jp/live/articles/ ... ws121.html
Nico Live - http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv108040452

Watanabe vs Maruyama,Day 1 of 25th Ryuo-sen - Shogi Boardlive Today

The day1 started at 9:00am at Hotel New Omi in Shiga prefecture. Before the game, Watanabe takes the lead in 3-0. Maruyama will not able to lose any more game to survive since this is a best-of-seven match.

*Tuesday November 20 started at 9:00am

Ryuo Watanabe Akira vs 9-dan Maruyama Tadahisa

Day 1 of the fourth game

Boardlive - http://live.shogi.or.jp/ryuou/kifu/25/r ... 00101.html

Official Site - http://live.shogi.or.jp/ryuou/

Nicolive(mirror) - http://www.itmedia.co.jp/live/articles/ ... ws118.html

Nicolive - http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv108039810

Day 1 will be closed at 6:00pm(JST) today. Day 2 will start at 9:00am tomorrow.

Shogi Boardlives Today(November 20)

Three boardlives are in place and will be.

*Thursday November 20 to start at 10:00am(JST), Asahi Trophy Shogi Open

9-dan Inoue Keita vs 4-dan Oishi Tadashi
Liveboard - http://live.shogi.or.jp/asahi/kifu/6/as ... 00101.html

Liveboard - 9-dan Kubo Toshiaki vs 4-dan Sawada Shingo
http://live.shogi.or.jp/asahi/kifu/6/as ... 00201.html

Expected end time - 0:00pm(JST)

A game of the winners in the morning match(to start at 2:00pm(JST))
http://live.shogi.or.jp/asahi/kifu/6/as ... 00301.html

Expected end time - 4:00pm(JST)

Shogi Boardlive Schedule this week(November 19~)

Here is the schedule for this week.

This week(November 19 through 25), the following free webcasting boardlives are available to watch.

For conversion of JST into your local time, here are search results of "world clock".

*Monday November 19 to start at 10:00am(JST), Asahi Trophy Shogi Open
9-dan Takahashi Michio vs 5-dan Nagase Takuya
Liveboard - http://live.shogi.or.jp/asahi/kifu/6/as ... 90101.html

6-dan Murayama Yasuaki vs 4-dan Abe Koru
Liveboard - http://live.shogi.or.jp/asahi/kifu/6/as ... 90201.html

Expected end time - 0:00pm(JST)

A game of the winners in the morning match(to start at 2:00pm(JST))
http://live.shogi.or.jp/asahi/kifu/6/as ... 90301.html

Expected end time - 4:00pm(JST)

*Tuesday November 20 started at 9:00am
Ryuo Watanabe Akira vs 9-dan Maruyama Tadahisa
Day 1 of the fourth game
Boardlive - http://live.shogi.or.jp/ryuou/kifu/25/r ... 00101.html
Official Site - http://live.shogi.or.jp/ryuou/
Nicolive(mirror) - http://www.itmedia.co.jp/live/articles/ ... ws118.html
Nicolive - http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv108039810

to start at 10:00am(JST), Asahi Trophy Shogi Open

9-dan Inoue Keita vs 4-dan Oishi Tadashi
Liveboard - http://live.shogi.or.jp/asahi/kifu/6/as ... 00101.html

Liveboard - 9-dan Kubo Toshiaki vs 4-dan Sawada Shingo
http://live.shogi.or.jp/asahi/kifu/6/as ... 00201.html

Expected end time - 0:00pm(JST)

A game of the winners in the morning match(to start at 2:00pm(JST))
http://live.shogi.or.jp/asahi/kifu/6/as ... 00301.html

Expected end time - 4:00pm(JST)

*Wednesday November 21 to start at 9:00am(JST)
Ryuo Watanabe Akira vs 9-dan Maruyama Tadahisa
Day2 of the fourth game
Boardlive - http://live.shogi.or.jp/ryuou/kifu/25/r ... 00101.html
Official Site - http://live.shogi.or.jp/ryuou/
Nico Live(mirror) - http://www.itmedia.co.jp/live/articles/ ... ws121.html
Nico Live - http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv108040452

*Friday November 23 to start at 10:00am(JST)
Joryu 4-dan Yauchi Rieko vs Kurashiki-Tohka Satomi Kana
2nd game of 20th Kurashiki Tohka-sen
Boardlive - http://tohka.kusa.ac.jp/20/kifu/flash/tohka20-2.html
Expected end time - sometime after 3:00pm(JST)

*Saturday November 24 to start at 10:00am(JST) in case of Yauchi's win on Friday
Joryu 4-dan Yauchi Rieko vs Kurashiki-Tohka Satomi Kana
2nd game of 20th Kurashiki Tohka-sen
Boardlive - http://tohka.kusa.ac.jp/20/kifu/flash/tohka20-3.html
Expected end time - sometime after 3:00pm(JST)

*Sunday November 25 To start at 8:00pm(JST)
Joryu 2-dan Nakamura Marika vs Joryu 1-kyu Nakamura Momoko 
A first round game to decide which to be a quarter-finalist
Liveboard - http://live.shogi.or.jp/daiwa_joryu/kif ... 50101.html
Official Site - http://www.daiwashogi.net/index.html
Expected end time - around 9:30pm(JST)

Muroya vs Ueda, 1st round game of 5th Daiwa Serurities Cup Joryu Saikyo-sen - Shogi Boardlive Now

The following game is are available to watch and replay now. It's expected to end in 30 minutes or so.

• Joryu Shodan Muroya Yuki vs Queen Ueda Hatsumi

Kubo vs Habu, Final of JT Nihon Series 2012 - Shogi Boardlive Now

The final game of JT Nihon Series 2012 between 9-dan Kubo Toshiaki and last year's winner Habu Yoshiharu just started at 5:15pm(JST) You can watch and replay the game through the link below;

• Kubo vs Habu

The game is expected to end in about one hour from the start.

Saida vs Yauchi, a 6th Mynavi Joshi Open game - Shogi Boardlive Today

The following game started at 10:00am(JST) today and  available to watch at

• Joryu 5-dan Saida Haruko vs Joryu 4-dan Yauchi Rieko

The position before lunch break seems better for Yauchi. It could finish earlier than the expected end time of around 5:00pm(JST)

Here is the official site and the official blog(in Japanese).

Honda Sayuri vs Kato Momoko, 3rd game of Ricoh Cup Joryu Ouza-sen - Shogi Boardlive Today

Today is the day for the third game between Joryu 3-dan Honda Sayuri and Joryu Ouza Kato Momoko. Kato took the two games in a row before this game. Honda cannot to lose any more game to survive since this is a best-of-five match. The venue of this game is a bit unusual, at Junior High and High School of Fujieda Meisei in Fujieda City, Shizuoka prefecture. The game started at 10:00am(JST) with Honda's Sente. It is expected to end sometime after 5:00pm(JST) today. You can replay and watch the game at

• Honda vs Kato

The official site of Joryu Ouza-sen is here, and here is the official blog(both in Japanese)

Nico Nico Live will be covering this game from 3:00pm(JST).

• Nico Nico Live of this game

Shogi Boardlives Today(November 9) - Ryuo-sen & Asahi Trophy Shogi Open games

Today the following games are available to replay or watch.

*Friday November 9 to start at 9:00am
9-dan Maruyama Tadahisa vs Ryuo Watanabe Akira
Day 2, 3rd game of 25th Ryuo-sen best of seven match
Expected end time of Day 2 - around 7:00pm(JST)
Liveboard - http://live.shogi.or.jp/ryuou/kifu/25/r ... 80101.html
Official Site - http://live.shogi.or.jp/ryuou/
Nico Live Mirror - http://www.itmedia.co.jp/live/articles/ ... ws146.html
Nico Live - http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv108036977


to start at 10:00am(JST), Asahi Trophy Shogi Open
(1) 8-dan Miura Hiroyuki vs 6-dan Kubota Yoshiyuki
Liveboard - http://live.shogi.or.jp/asahi/kifu/6/as ... 90101.html

(2) 8-dan Suzuki Daisuke vs 5-dan Nakamura Ryosuke
Liveboard - http://live.shogi.or.jp/asahi/kifu/6/as ... 90201.html

(3) 8-dan Namekata Hisashi vs 5-dan Yokoyama Hiroaki
Liveboard - http://live.shogi.or.jp/asahi/kifu/6/as ... 90301.html

(4) 7-dan Akutsu Chikara vs 5-dan Murata Akihiro
Liveboard - http://live.shogi.or.jp/asahi/kifu/6/as ... 90401.html
Expected end time of (1)-(4) - around 0:00pm(JST)

(5) Miura vs Nakamura
Liveboard - http://live.shogi.or.jp/asahi/kifu/6/as ... 90501.html

(6) Namekata vs Akutsu
Liveboard - http://live.shogi.or.jp/asahi/kifu/6/as ... 90601.html

Expected end time of (5)&(6) - around 4:00pm(JST)