Takodori's Entrance to Shogi World

Escape from Free Class - Segawa(4 dan) will go to C2

According to plural sources, Segawa Shoji(4 dan) beat Chuza Makoto(7 dan) today and he will take part in C2 Juni-sen from 69th term onward since the winning percentage of the recent 35 games exceeds .650. Congratulation! He has escaped from the danger of the free class that he would have to quit his professional career automatically in 10 years from his start date of the class due to the regulation.

Ningen Shogi(Human Japanese Chess) in NY?

Here is the link to an artilce titled on asahi.com.

asahi.com：With samurai spirit, 'shogi' bound for Big Apple - English

Ogihara, from a New York-based club of shogi (Japanese chess) enthusiasts, is hoping to recreate a shogi match with a set of human "pieces" dressed in samurai-style armor on a giant playing board in the heart of New York. The match would be modeled on the famed annual event that draws vast crowds to this city.

For the whole story, please click the link above.

An interesting article by Prof. Ishikura

You will know something interesting is happening to shogi diffision from Japan through the article linked below.

Yoko Ishikura’s Blog » Blog Archive » Shogi, Japanese Chess and IT

The Mainichi Daily News's article about Nakai's 500 victories

Here is the link to the article. Congratulation on Nakai's great achievement.

Nakai becomes first female shogi player to rack up 500 victories - The Mainichi Daily News

JAPAN TODAY selected a Ningen Shogi Photo as The Picture of the Day

JAPAN TODAY selected a Ninge Shogi Photo as The Picture of The Day of April 28.

Human chess › Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

16 comments were written by readers on the photo article when I wrote this entry. Click the link above to read them as well as the article.

An Interesting article including shogi on NY Times

Especially if you are both a shogi and chess fan, the following article on NY Times is a must-see.

Chess - At Foxwoods Open, Moriuchi Takes a Break From Shogi - NYTimes.com

 

Link to The Mainichi Daily News article about Ningen Shogi(Human Japanese chess) in Tendo

The Mainichi Daily News reported the Ningen Shogi held in Tendo city last weekend with many photos. Here is the link to it.

Pro shogi players square off using high schoolers as pieces - The Mainichi Daily News

 

Recent blog entries I would like to recommend you to read related shogi

I would like to reccomend the following two blog entries related to shogi. Please click the links to read all the stories.

Ryou's Shogi World: Killing Two Birds with One Stone

Maybe it's not really killing two birds with one stone. It seems that there are more and more players in Japan Club Kuala Lumpur that are interested in playing Shogi (although they're not considering being an active player). I'm quite happy that there are players (non-Japanese) that I can actually teach and play Shogi. There are a few players who wanted to play against me so I decided to play two games of Shogi at the same time, with a handicapped of two lances, bishop and rook!

tohu va-bohu: An American Nerd in Tokyo

In spite of being possibly the world’s worst chess player I’m very interested in regional variants of chess, and Shogi not only seemed like an intriguing mutation of the game (captured pieces can be put back into play by the capturer), but a great aesthetic creation, combining carved wood and evocative calligraphy in that special Japanese way.

Shogi.se launched a turn-based shogi playing application

Shogi.se launched a turn-based shogi playing application based on Katsuda Shogi. The tournament using the application is ongoing and the game between Carl-Johan Nilsson and myself is available to replay at the bottom there. For those who are interested in the application, please read the manual for playing linked on the left bottom of the page below and make registration of yourself;

Shogi.se

Japanese-Games-Shop.com announced the price reduction of some shogi sets

Japanese-Games-Shop.com announced the price reduction of some shogi sets in its blog. Please click the following link to read if you are interested.

Japanese-Games-Shop.com News: Cheap Shogi Sets: Shogi Price Reductions

Its shop site can be fined here.

Japanese Shop