Takodori's Entrance to Shogi World

A Korean Female Go Professional Player Mentioned to "Shion no ou "

Cho Hye Yeon, a Korean female professional  Go player,  watched the Anime "Shion no ou" recently and wrote her comments about it in her blog. She expressed sympathy with Yasuoka Shion, who is the main character and a mute girl professional player since she is also a female professional player and she is still young(University Student). She felt not so happy to see Hikaru no Go since female players were defeated by male players in that anime.  If you are interested, visit the entry by her linked below to read it through.

Full of Surprises - Shion No Oh (しおんの王)

In the actual shogi world, the first win for a female pro to beat a male pro officially occured in 1993. Shimizu Ichiyo won the game against Ikeda Shuichi. The winning percentage of female against male professional players has been approximately 20% since then. I think it will get higher in the future since the current Internet circumstances allow girls to enter into shogi without being conscious about whether a male or a female.

 

"Take & Drop - 3 move tsume practice " has been added to "Basic Shogi Information in English available on Internet(2)

Take & Drop - 3 move tsume practice which contains 40 tsume practice problems has been added to Basic shogi information in English available on Internet(2) in this blog. Also, it has been added to the entry titled Tsume problems to improve your endgame skill.

Tsumeshogi on a telegraph pole in Tendo

An interesting photo has been added to Shogi Page at boardgamegeek. You can find it through the following link.

Tsumeshogi on a telegraph pole in Tendo

Shogi [email protected]

The link below is the map which shows you the locations of the shogi players worldwide who registered frapper.com. It may be interesting for you to indicate where you are there.

Shogi [email protected]

1st International Online Shogi Team Tournament is under contemplation now

The discussion is ongoing. If you are interested, please visit the thread of Shogi Prospect below;

Post subject: idea

Papercraft shogi, Print & Play shogi

Shogi set(board and pieces) made of paper is the most reasonable or almost free shogi set where you can play a face-to-face game with your shogi friend. Here are some information of obtaining such ones. If you don't have a shogi set, how about owing it on this opportunity?

　パズルランド(Puzzleland) has PDF files for papercrafting shogi board and pieces by yourselves.

Papercraft shogi borad and pieces

shogi_sheet_1.pdf (Print, cut, bend and apply an adhesive)
shogi_sheet_2.pdf ( -ditto-)
shogi_sheet_3.pdf ( -ditto-)
shogi_board_1.pdf (Print twice)
shogi_board_2.pdf (-ditto-)

Gene Davis offers a board and 5 types of Print & Play shogi pieces.

Shogi - Japanese Chess - Boards

Shogi Board(No pieces)
Shogi Board and Blank Pieces
Traditional Style Board and Pieces
Western Style Board and Pieces
Davis Style Board and Pieces
Davis Style Board and Pieces(Black and White)

Shogi France offers Print & Play minishogi.

Print & Play minishogi

Shogakukan(Publisher of manga "Masaru no Itte") offers paper shogi board and pieces with the character of Masaru.

"Masaru no Itte" - paper board and pieces

Kousaku offers paper sohgi board and pieces.

Shogi Set(This link was added on September 1, 2008)

The Japan Times archives seem available to everyone - It used to be for members only

As a result, the articles related to shogi can be read by everyone. It is a good news. Here are some I'm picking up.

< About Ryuo Watanabe(human) vs Bonanza(computer) >

'Shogi' software, Ryuo champ to face off | The Japan Times Online

Computer no match for the king of 'shogi' | The Japan Times Online

< About Yoshiharu Habu >

'Shogi' icon claims landmark victory | The Japan Times Online

Japan's king of the board | The Japan Times Online

< About Brain Study >

Researchers study 'shogi' players in bid to unravel brain's mysteries | The Japan Times Online

For other articles related to shogi, you will find through shogi seach result of The Japan Times.

Photos of 1st Mynavi Joshi Open participants

Here is the link.Mynavi Joshi Open is a new tournament, succeeding to Lady Open Tournament, sponsored by Mainichi Communications, who is the publisher of Shukan shogi magazine, for lady professional and top ama players which just started last October.

Photos of 1st Mynavi Joshi Open participants (from LPPG and ama)

From the top, there are Yauchi Rieko(Joryu Meijin), Satomi Kana(Joryu shodan),  Kumi  Yamada(Joryu 3 dan), Chiho Murata(Joryu sho-dan), Ichiyo Shimizu(Jyoryu Osho),Haruko Saida(Joryu 4dan), Ryoko Chiba(Joryu 3 dan), Tomomi Kai(Joryu 2 dan), Chisa Hayamizu(Jyoryu 2 dan),Hatsumi Ueda(Joryu shodan),Shinobu Iwane(Joryu Shodan), Sayuri Honda(Jyoryu 2 dan),Marika Nakamura(Joryu shodan),Kiyoko Sekine(Joryu 4 dan),Chikako Nagasawa(Jyoryu 4 dan),Taeko Moriyasu(Joryu 3 dan),Sachiko Takamure(Joryu 3 dan),Mari Uemura(Joryu 3 dan),Sayuri Takebe(Joryu 3 dan), Mayumi Hayashi(Joryu 2 dan),Sumie Ishitaka(Joryu 2 dan),Yoko Funato(Joryu 2 dan), Ayako Furukawa(Joryu 2 dan), Tomoko Hisatsu(Joryu shodan), Aya Fujita(Joryu shodan), Fusako Ajiki(Jyoryu Shodan), Akemi Yamada(Jyoryu Shodan), Kanna Suzuki(Joryu shodan), Ayano Nodasawa(Joryu 1 kyu), Asuka Ito(Jyoryu 1 kyu), Chihiro Ido(Joryu 1 kyu), Io Murota(Joryu 1 kyu), Minami Sadamasu(Joryu 1 kyu), Kanako Bando(Joryu 2 kyu), Manaka Inagawa(Joru 2 kyu), Shino Kumakura(Joryu 2 kyu), Momoko Nakamura(Joryu 2 kyu), Yuki Kasai(ama), Yukari Ono(ama)

Photos of 1st Mynavi Joshi Open participants (from LPSA)

From the top, there are Sachio Ishibashi(Joryu Oui), Hiroe Nakai(Joryu 6 dan), Hiromi Nakakura(Joryu shodan), Akiko Takojima(Joryu 5 dan), Kazuko Yamashita(Joryu 5 dan), Natsko Fujimori(Joryu shodan), Mayumi Kanda(Joryu shodan), Tamao Kano(Joryu shodan), Akiko Nakakura(Joryu shodan), Saori Shimai(Joryu shodan), Kaori Matsuo(Joryu shodan), Madoka Kitao(Joryu shodan), Miki Ohba(Jorhyu shodan), Maiko Fujita(Joryu 1 kyu)

Click each photo on the linked pages, then you can see enlarged one.

A Shogi website in Poland

If you can read Polish and are interested in shogi, it may be interesting to visit the following shogi site.

www.shogi.pl

It has not only Polish pages but also English ones.

Episode 11 of Three-piece Story was released

You can read not only Episode 10 but also the former ones through the page linked below;

Three-Piece Story | Tokyo Tales | Trends in Japan | Web Japan