Takodori's Entrance to Shogi World

Watanabe vs Toyoshima, 6th Daiwa Securities Cup - Shogi Boardlive Now

The following game started just now at 8:00pm(JST).

• Ryuo & Ouza Watanabe Akira vs 7-dan Toyoshima Masayuki(ended due to Sennichite)
• 7-dan Toyoshima Masayuki vs Ryuo & Ouza Watanabe Akira(rematch)

The given time per player is 30 minutes and after consuming it each will have to make a move less than 30 seconds per move. So the game is expected to end in about one hour and a half from the start.

Here is the official site of the 6th Daiwa Securities Cup.

Habu vs Nakamura, Challenger Deciding Match of 60th Ouza-sen - Shogi Boardlive Now

The following game started at 10:00am(JST) and is available to watch on webcasting board-live.

• Oui & Kisei Habu Yoshiharu vs 6-dan Nakamura Taichi

Furigoma(five Pawn toss before the game) made Habu play Sente. The winner will challenge against Ouza Watanabe Akira in the best of five match later days. Nakamura has lost four straight games against Habu including last Kisei-sen best of five match. Whether Habu becomes a stopper for Nakamura again draws people's attention. Habu is forty-one years old while Nakamura is twenty-four

The allotted thinking time per player is five hours so I think this game will end sometime after 9:00pm(JST).  Here are links to the official site of Ouza-sen and the official blog(both in Japanese).

Two Shogi boardlives now - 2nd Joryu Ouza-sen challenger deciding knockout

The following two shogi boardlives are available to watch now. They will end shortly.

• Joryu 2-dan Iwane Shinobu vs Queen Ueda Hatsumi
• Shoreikai 1-kyu Ito Sae vs Joryu 2-dan Honda Sayuri

In the morning today, the following game was played as an elimination game of 6th Asahi Trophy Shogi Open. 5-dan Kumasaka Manabu beat Joryu 6-dan Nakai Hiroe.

• Joryu 6-dan Nakai Hiroe vs 5-dan Kumasaka Manabu

Shogi Boardlives Today - Asahi Trophy Shogi Open and Ryuo-sen

The following three games started at 10:00am(JST) today. The first two are for Asahi Trophy Shogi Open games with the given time per player being 40 minutes. So they are expected to end in approximately one hour and a half from the start. The other one is a 25th Ryuo-sen challenger deciding knock-down tournament quarter-final game. The allotted thinking time per player is five hours so it is expected to end sometime after 9:00pm(JST) today.

• 5-dan Fujikura Yuuki vs Joryu 6-dan Shimizu Ichiyo
• Joryu 2-dan Hasegawa Yuuki vs 5-dan Yamamoto Shinya
• 7-dan Yamasaki Takayuki vs 7-dan Toyoshima Masayuki

Here are the links to the official sites and the official blog of them.

• 6th Asahi Trophy Shogi Open
• 25th Ryuo-sen official site | Official Blog

Four Shogi Boardlives in place Today

The following four shogi boardlives are in place today. The first three are for Joryu Ouza-sen challenger-deciding knock-down tournament game which started at 10:00am(JST) and are expected to end at around 5:00pm(JST). And the other one is a 25th Ryuo-sen challenger deciding knock-down tournament game.

• Joryu 2-dan Suzuki Kanna vs 4 joryu crown Satomi Kana 
• Joryu 4-dan Kai Tomomi vs Shoreikai 2-kyu Nishiyama Tomoka
• Joryu sho-dan Yamaguchi Eriko vs Jyoryu-2dan Shimai Saori
• 7-dan Iijima Eiji vs 7-dan Sato Amahiko

The links to the official sites and official blogs are like the followings;

• Ryuo-sen Official Site | Official Blog
• Ricoh Cup Joryu Ouza-sen Official Site | Official Blog

Another Shogi Boardlives today - 2nd Ricoh Cup Joryu Ouza-sen

The following two games started at 10:00am(JST). The given thinking time per player is three hours and each will have to make a move less than 60 seconds per move after consuming it. I think it will end at around 5:00pm(JST).

• Joryu 1-kyu Sadamasu Minami vs Joryu 6-dan Nakai Hiroe
• Joryu 2-dan Nakamura Marika vs Joryu 4-dan Ishibashi Sachio

Here are the official site of the 2nd Ricoh Cup Joryu Ouza-sen and the official blog.

Fukaura vs Sato, a game of 6th Daiwa Securities Cup - Shogi Boardlive Now

The following game started at 9:00pm(JST) and is available to watch on the on-line live-board.

• 9-dan Fukaura Koichi vs Osho Sato Yasumitsu

The given thinking time per player is 30 minutes and after consuming it each will have to make a move less than 30 seconds per move. So it will end in an hour or so.

Here is the official site of the Daiwa Securities Cup.

Shogi Boardlives Today - Asahi Trophy Shogi Open Games between Amas and Pros

The following five games are in place now.

• 5-dan Abe Kenjiro vs Akiyama Taro(ama)
• 4-dan Takami Taichi vs Hosokawa Daiichiro(ama)
  
• 4-dan Fujimori Tetsuya vs Endo Masaki(ama)
  
• 4-dan Makino Mitsunori vs Imaizumi Kenji(ama)
  
• 4-dan Sasaki Yuuki vs Igasaki Hiroshi(ama)

The following five games will start from 2:00pm(JST)

• 5-dan Funae Kohei vs Nakagawa Keigo(ama)
  
• 4-dan Saito Shintaro vs Inoue Teruhiko(ama)
• 5-dan Nagase Takuya vs Koyama Reo(ama)
  
• 4-dan Kadokura Keita vs Furuya Kosuke(ama) - postponed to a later day.
  
• 4-dan Yashiro Wataru vs Shimizugami Toru(ama)

Nakamura vs Shimizu & Fujii vs Toyoshima - Two Boardlives in place Today

The following two game are available to watch and replay.

• Joryu 1-kyu Nakamura Momoko vs Joryu 6-dan Shimizu Ichiyo
• 9-dan Fujii Takeshi vs 7-dan Toyoshima Masayuki

The first one is for a game of the 2nd Ricoh Cup Joryu Ouza-sen challenger deciding knock-out tournament. The given thinking time per player is three hours and it started at 10:00am(JST). I think it will end at around 4:00pm(JST). Here are the official site of Ricoh Cup Joryu Ouza-sen and the official blog(both in Japanese).

The second one is a game of the 25th Ryuo-sen challenger deciding knock-out tournament. The game began at 10:00am(JST) and the allotted thinking time per player is five hours. It is expected to end sometime after 9:00pm(JST). Here are the official site of Ryuo-sen and the official blog(both in Japanese).

Inaba vs Ohishi, a game of 25th Ryuo-sen challenger deciding tourney - Shogi Boardlive Today

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

• 6-dan Inaba Akira(Sente) vs 4-dan Ohishi Tadashi

Inaba is the winner of the Ryuo-sen 4th class. Ohishi, the winner of the 6th Class comes here by defeating 5-dan Nagase Takuya who is the winner of the 6th Class last week. The allotted thinking time per player is five hours so the game is expected to end sometime after 9:00pm(JST).

Here is the official site of the 25th Ryuo-sen and the official blog(both in Japanese). And the tree of the challenger deciding tourney is available to watch here.