Takodori's Entrance to Shogi World

Photo report of "Japan Night" in Nancy on October 25

Shogi Association in Alsas published a photo report on "Japan Night" held in Nancy where the four poeple from the association presented shogi to the visitors. The report is available to read not only in French but also in English with many phots. Très bien!

• Japan Night - Nancy - 25th October 200  (In English)

• Nuit du Japon - Nancy - 25 Octobre 2008 (In French)              

Good article to read - Tiny Works of Shogi Art : Tendo Satoh Takashi Shouten

I think this is a good article to read, especially if you are interested in quality shogi pieces(Koma).

PingMag MAKE - The Japan-based interview magazine about “Making things” » Archive » Tiny Works of Shogi Art : Tendo Satoh Takashi Shouten

Do you feel sympathy?

No explanation needed. Here it is.

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Shogi meetup info for New Yokers and a related good reading material

Here is meet-up information for New Yokers who are interetsted in shogi. The meetup will be held at 8:30pm on October 29.

Mission #14: Search out the Shogi Master at Naniwa!!! - Nippon Food Club of NYC (New York, NY) - Meetup.com

And here is the link to an artilcle which seems to be written by a New Yoker who was recently fascinated by shogi including the information of regular meetups of New York Shogi Club.

SHOGI CHOPSTICKS NEW YORK

Sato(6 dan) & Hayamizu(Lady 2 dan) helped to promote Shogi in Alsace, France

After the 1st game of 21st Ryuo-sen between Ryuo Watanabe and Meijin Habu held in Paris, Sato (6 dan) and Hayamizu (Lady 2 dan) did not return to Japan together with the tournament players and staffs and stayed in France for a few more days to promote shogi there. They went to Colmar in Alsace from Paris. Association Shogi  d'Alsace published the reports in two languages such as French and English with many photos on their website. Here are the likns to them.

• Visit of Sato Sinya and Hayamizu Chisa - Colmar - 21st of October 2008 (In English)

• Visite de Sato Sinya et Hayamizu Chisa - Colmar - 21 Octobre 2008 (In French)

I'm impressed that the shogi community in Alsace has a hand-made big shogi board for presentation which turned out through some of the photos in the linked pages above.

Game Timer for iPhone, iPod Touch

I found some pieces of information about Game Timer for iPhone and iPod Touch yesterday. Here are the links to related articles;

1. Trivial Technology, LLC -

2. AppShopper: Game Timer (Games)

Would this timer become popular in shogi tournment scenes? I don't know now. But the price($1.99) seems fascinating for owners of iPhone and/or iPod Touch.

Update of Basic shogi information in English available on Internet(2)

Today I added the following link to the page of Basic shogi information in English available on Internet(2) which is liked from the top entry of this blog.

HIDETCHI's video series - Lessons of How to play Shogi

Interesting discussion to read

I think this might be an interesting discussion about the comparizon of various chess games and Go to visit. I'm taking part.

ChessPub Forum - Chess, GO, Shogi or Xiangqi?

Shogi has been included in IAGO's Hall of Fame Initial Inductees

International Abstract Games Organization(IAGO) revealed their Hall of Fame Initial Inductees. They are now the ten classic abstract games including shogi selected by their standards committee. If you are more interested, please visit the following pages linked below;

IAGO News: Initial Inductees into the IAGO Hall of Fame revealed.

The IAGO Hall of Fame

Photos of exchange between Fans in France and Pro Players

Here are some links to the photos of the exchange between shogi fans in France and the professional players who visited Paris due to the 1st game of 21st Ryuo-sen. I think they were taken between October 17 and 18.

Le RyuO sen à Paris! | 21e RyuO sen: une première journée bien remplie!

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