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Two shogi boardlives today - Semifinals, 5th Mynavi Joshi Open

Today is the day for the semi-finals of 5th Mynavi Joshi Open. The four players who have come to this stage are three crown Satomi Kana, lady 6-dan Shimizu Ichiyo, lady-5dan Saida Haruko, and rookie player Joryu shodan Hasegawa Yuki. The parings today are Satomi vs Shimizu and Saida vs Hasegawa. You can replay and watch these games on the official liveboards linked below;

• Shimizu(Sente) vs Satomi
• Saida(Sente) vs Hasegawa

The opening in the first game is Satomi's 4th file rook(shikenbisha) against Shimizu's static Rook as many expected. It surprized people a bit why Satomi did not choose Gokigen Nakabisha(central Rook).  The second game took the course of double-ranging Rook(Ai-furibisha). Since the games began at 10::00am(JST) and the allotted thinking time per player is three hours, I think they will end after 4:00pm(JST) today. Let's see who two of them wiil be the finalists.

Here is the official site of the 5th Mynavi Joshi open. You can also watch and replay the game of Satomi vs Shimizu at 81 dojo that has a chat window just under the slightly-deferred-liveboard to exchange views on the positions of the game or so.

Hirose vs Goda, Kio-sen Challenger Deciding final match - Shogi Boardlive Today

Today is the day for the 37th Kio-sen Challenger Deciding Final Match between 7-dan Hirose Akihito and 9-Dan Goda Masataka. As a result of Furigoma, Hirose became Sente. The game started at 10:00am at JSA building in Sendagaya, Tokyo. Since the allotted thinking time per player is four hours, I think it will end after 6:00pm(JST). You can replay and watch the game through the following link.

• Hirose vs Goda

Here is the official site of Kio-sen. A chat environment with watching a slightly deferred liveboard is ready at 81 dojo.

Shogi final boardlives in 2011 today - 5th Asahi Trophy Shogi Open

There are being three boardlives today.

• Two Crown Habu Yoshiharu vs 9-dan Fukaura Koichi
• Meijin Moriuchi Toshiyuki vs 4-dan Abe Kohru
• Winners' match (To be started at 2:00pm)

The first two games started at 10:00am(JST). The allotted thinking time per player is 40 minutes and each player will have to make a move less than 60 seconds per move after consuming it.

Four Shogi Boardlives Today

Today there are being four shogi boardlives.

• 8dan Kimura Kazuki vs 7dan Akutsu Chikara(won by Kimura)
• 7dan Hirose Akihito vs 4dan Ito Shingo(won by Hirose)
• Kimura vs  Hirose

These are 5th Asahi Trophy Shogi Open games. The allotted thinking time per player is 40 minutes and both players will have to make a move less than 60 seconds per move after consuming it.

Here is another one. This is a game of 5th Mynavi Joshi Open. The allotted thinking time per player is three hours. So it will end after 4:00om since it started at 10:00am(JST).

• Joryu Shodan Yamaguchi Eriko vs Joryu 4dan Saida Haruko

Shogi Man vs Machine match - Yonenaga to play against Bonkras(Machine) at 19:00(JST)

Prior to the Man vs Machine match between retired Yonenaga Kunio who is Permanent Kisei Bonkras who is the champion of World  Computer Shogi Championship 2011 to be scheduled on January 14, 2012, a preliminary match between the same players will be hold at 19:00(JST) at T-Room in Tokyo Dojo of SC24. I would recommend you to login fairy earlier than the match-starting time since it is highly likely to be overfilled if you would like to watch the live game there. The allotted thinking time would be one minutes and both players will have to make a move less than 60 seconds per move after consuming the alloted time.

Bankras is Sente and Yonenaga is White. This is the same as the coming match with three hour allotted thinking time per player next year. They say Yonenaga will make a weird move at the second move if Bonkras makes P-7f as the first move.

For Japanese-speaking people, a live commentary show of the game is available to watch at Nico Nico Douga.  The commentator is 9-dan Tanigawa Koji.

Satomi Kana vs Kato Momoko, a quarterfinal of 5th Mynavi Joshi Open - Boardlive Today

Today is the day for a game of quarterfinals of 5th Mynavi Joshi Open between three crown Satomi Kana and Joryu Oza Kato Momoko. Both are Shoreikai 1kyu as well. As a result of Furigoma, Satomi became Sente. The game started at 10:00am at JSA building in Sendagaya, Tokyo. The allotted thinking time per player is three hours so I think it will end after 4:00pm(JST) today.

You can replay and watch the game on the official liveboard linked below;

• Satomi vs Kato(Kifu for Java)
• Satomi vs Kato(Kifu for Flash)

Here is the official site of the fifth Mynavi Joshi Open. A chat environemnt with watching a slightly-deferred-liveboard is ready at 81dojo.

Interestingly, the game followed the developemnt of the game played on December 21, 1976, before they were born,   between Nakahara Makoto and Kato Hifumi up to the 36th move. Another precedent is Oyama Yasuharu vs Kato Hifumi, played on March 1968.

Shogi Boardlives today - Tanigawa vs Sawada, Murata vs Abe & Winners' match

The following shogi boardlives available to watch today. The first two started at 10:00am(JST). The third one is to start at 2:00pm(JST). Since the allotted thinking time per player is 40 minutes, the games will end in about two hours from the start time.

• 9-dan Tanigawa Koji vs 4-dan Sawada Shingo
• 4-dan Murata Akihiro vs 8-dan Abe Takashi
• Tanigawa vs Abe

Boardlives Today - Yamasaki vs Toyoshima, Sugai vs Hatakayama & winners' match

The following boardlives are available to watch and replay today. The first two started at 10:00am(JST). The allotted thinking time per player is forty munutes so it will end in about two hours from the start time.

• 7-dan Yamasaki Takayuki vs 6-dan Toyoshima Masayuki
• 5-dan Sugai Tatsuya vs 7-dan Hatakeyama Mamoru
• Yamasaki vs Sugai(to start at 2:00pm(JST))

6 Shogi Boardlives Today - 5th Asahi Trophy Shogi Open

The following six games are on board-live today. The first four started at 10:00am(JST). The last two will start at 2:00pm(JST). Each game will end in about two hours from the start time since the allotted thinking time per player is 40 minutes.

• 5-dan Nakamura Taichi vs 9-dan Fujii Takeshi
• 7-dan Nozuki Hirotaka vs 8-dan Namekata Hisashi
• 5-dan Toyama Yusuki vs 8-dan Suzuki Daisuke
• 4-dan Ito Shingo vs 7-dan Matsuo Ayumu
• Fujii vs Namekata
• Suzuki vs Ito

Nakai vs Shimizu, 5th Mynavi Joshi Open - Shogi Boardlive Today

Today a shogi game between Nakai Hiroe and Shimizu Ichiyo is on board-live. As a result of Furigoma, Nakai became Sente. Both players had 112 games with 68-44 led by Shimizu. The game started at 10:00am(JST).  Since the allotted thinking time per player is three hours, I think this will end after 4:00pm(JST) today. You can replay and watch the game through the link below;

• Nakai vs Shimizu

Here is the official site of Mynavi Joshi Open. A chat environment with watching a slightly-deferred-liveboard is ready at 81dojo.