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Shogi Boardlives Today - 5th Asahi Trophy Shogi Open

The following two games are now on board-live. They started at 10:00am(JST). The alltted thinking time per player is 40 minutes. So it will end within two hours.

• 9-dan Takahashi Michio vs 6-dan Nishio Akira
• 8-dan Nakata Hiroki vs 4-dan Oishi Tadashi

The winners will compete at 2:00pm today in the same condition of time control.

• 4-dan Oishi vs 9-dan Takahashi

9-dan Maruyama Tadahisa vs 4-dan Abe Kohru, 5th Asahi Trophy Shogi Open

The game between 9-dan Maruyama Tadahisa and 4-dan Abe Kohru will be soon played from 2:00pm(Japan Time). Abe just became 4-dan this year. He defeated 8-dan Miura Hiroyuki in the previous game this morning to come here. Let's enjoy the fresh pairing between Ryuo Challenger and the newbie. The allotted thinking time per player is 40 minutes.

• Abe vs Maruyama

This morning Maruyama beat 4-dan Abe Kenjiro as well.

Here is the official site of the 5th Asahi Trophy Shogi Open.

Shogi Boardlives Today

Today the following games are available to watch on board-live.

• Miyamoto Hiroshi(Shoreikai 3-dan)  vs Funae kohei(4-dan) --- started at 9:00am(JST)
• Funae vs Miyamoto --- started at 2:00pm(JST)
• Hasegawa Yuki vs Kai Tomomi(Joryu Oui) --- to be started at 10:00am(JST)

The first one is the second game of best of three match of the first Kakogawa Seiryuu-sen. Miyamoto is Sente. He led the score in 1-0. If Funae wins the game, the third game will be competed from 2:00pm today. The lower one is a game of 5th Mynavi Joshi Open. Who will play first is to be decided by Furigoma just before the start of the game.

Funae Kouhei vs Miyamoto Hiroshi - Shogi Boardlive Today - 1st Kakogawa Seiryu Sen

Today is the day for the fist game of the first Kakogowa Seiyuu-sen best of three match. It's a new tourney that has started since this year. Only 4-dan and Shoreikai 3-dan, and selected two female players are qualified to enter the tournament which gives a spotlight on relatively young players. Surprisingly, there have been lots of cases that Shoreikai 3-dan beat 4-dan players! The finalists are 4-dan Funae Kouhei and Shoreikai 3-dan Miyamoto Hiroshi. Both of them defeated three oponents to come to the final stage in the knock-down tree.

As a result of Furigoma, Funae became Sente. The venue is at JSA buiding in Osaka. Since the allotted thinking time per player is one hour and it started at 10:00am(JST). I think it will end around 0:00pm(JST). You can replay or watch the game on the official live-board at

• Funae vs Miyamoto

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

Toyoshima Masayuki vs Sato Amahiko - Shogi Boardlive Today - Final of 42nd Rookie of the Year

Today is the day when the fianl (third) game of the forty second Rookie of the Year tourney is being held between 6-dan Toyoshima Masayuki and 6-dan Sato Amahiko. The venue is at Japan Shogi Association's building in Sendagaya, Tokyo. Before the game, the score is tied in 1-1. The winner of this game will be the Rookie of the year. Since this is the last chance for the both players to be the best Rookie since they will lose the permission to enter it in the next term due to promoting to 6-dan already. So they must want to be the winner to graduate it with honor. Let's see who will be the one.

The opening was likely to go to Yokofutori.  But Toyoshima, who got Sente as a result of Furigoma, did not pick up the Side Pawn and retrieve his Rook back to 2f. Sato drew his Rook back to its original square of 8b. It surprized me that Toyoshima moved his Rook to 3f to threaten to take the Pawn on 3d vertically after he dropped a defensive pawn on his Bishop's head of 8g. It is different from Hineribisha(Twisting Rook) where Sente moved his Rook to the 3rd, and then 7th or 8th files without dropping a Pawn on 8g.  In fact, there is no precedent at the position of the 26th move of K-4b. It seems that they are trying to decide which will be a instinctively tougher fighter in an untapped field on this particular opportunity, rather than following to one of the paved roads of Joseki which they can study in advance at home to fairly deep extent.

You can replay and watch the game through the official live-board at

•  Toyoshima vs Sato

Since the allotted thinking time is three hours per player and it started at 10:00am(JST), the game will end after 4:00pm(JST). Here is the official site of the Rookie of the Year Tourney. And a chat environment is with watching a slightly-deferred-live-board is ready at 81dojo.

Saida vs Chiba, Shogi boardlive today, 5th Mynavi Joshi Open

Today is the day for the game between Saida Haruko and Chiba Ryoko of the 5th Mynavi Joshi Open. The winner of this game will be the last semi-finalist following to Kai Tomomi, Hasegawa Yuki, Yamaguchi Eriko, Satomi Kana, Kato Momoko, Nakai Hiroe and Shimizu Ichiyo. As a result of Furigoma, Saida became Sente. As many predicted, the opening is Saida's central Rook and Chiba's static Rook. The game started at 10:00am and the allotted thinking time per player is three hours. So I think this will end after 4:00pm today. You can replay and watch the game  at

• Saida vs Chiba

Here is the official site of the 5th Mynavi Joshi Open. A chat environment with watching a slightly-deferred-liveboard is ready at 81dojo.

Shogi Boardlive Today - Toyoshima Masayuki vs Sato Amahiko, 42nd Rookie of the year tournamnet

Today is the day when the second game of the best of three match of the 42nd Rookie of the year tournament between 6-dan Toyoshima Masayuki and 6-dan Sato Amahiko. Toyoshima took the first game so if he won this game, he would be a new Rookie of the year. So Sato would like to take back it to tie the score into 1-1. Toyoshima is Sente for this game. The game started at 10:00am(JST) today and they chose Yokofutori as the Opening. Sato started into hostilities on the right edge before lunch time. Since the allotted thinking time per player is three hours, I think the game will end after 4:00pm. You can replay and watch it on the official live-board at;

• Toyoshima vs Sato

Here is the official site of the 42nd Rookie of the year tournament. A chat environment with watching a slightly-deferred-live-board  is ready at 81dojo.

Another Shogi Boardlive today - Kato Momoko vs Shimai Saori, 5th Mynavi Shogi Open

Today is the day when a 5th Mynavi Joshi Open game is held between Shoreikai 1kyu Kato Momoko and Joryu Shodan Shimai Saori. The game started at 10:00am(JST) at JSA building in Sendagaya, Tokyo. As a result of Furigoma, Kato became Sente. The opening Shimai chose was Shikenbisha blocking the Bishop's diagonal which becomes rare these days. Kato exchanged the pawns on the 3rd file with he Bishop in an early stage before completing her castle. The allotted thinking time per player is three hours so it will end after 4:00pm, I think. You can watch and replay the game through the official live-board at

• Kato vs Shimai

Here is the link to the official 5th Mynavi Joshi Open site.  A chat ennvronment with watching a slightly-deferred-live-board is ready at 81dojo.

Shogi Boardlive Today - Sato Amahiko vs Toyoshima Masayuki, Final, best of three match of 42nd Rookie of the year Tournament

Today is the day for the first game of the final best of three match of the 42nd Rookie of the Tourament. The tourney is a knock-down to be competed among the players who are 4-dan or 5-dan and under 27 at the time of Octorber 1 last year. In addition, Some of the top shoreikai-3 dan league players takes part. Both players beat four players to come to the final. This term is their final entry as they became 6-dan after it started.

The game started at 10:05, 5 minutes later than the regular start time due to Sato's delay in coming to the venue, JSA building in Sendagaya, Tokyo. As a result of Furigoma, Sato became Sente. 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 at the official live-board through the link below;

• Sato vs Toyoshima

Here is the official website of the Rookie of the year tournament called "Shinjin Oh-sen". A chat environment with watching a slightly-deferred-live-board is also ready at 81dojo.

Shogi Boardlive today - Shimizu Ichiyo vs Muroya Yuki, Challenger Deciding Match, 19th Kurashiki Tohka-sen

Today is the day for the challenger deciding match between Joryu 6-dan Shimizu Ichiyo and Joryu Shodan Muroya Yuki. Muroya has become a Joryu professional player since 2009 and this is the first time for her to have a big chance to challenge a major title. Her lifetime winning percentage to date was .667, (24-12). She is thought to be a title holder in the near future. Shimizu's lifetime performance to date was .727, (500-188). Although she does not have any title at present, she is doing very well this fiscal year with .852(23-4). Let's see who will be the challenger against Tohka Satomi Kana.

The game started at 10:00am at JSA building in Sendagaya, Tokyo. The allotted thinking time per player is two hours, so I think it will end after 2:00pm(Japan time). The opening is Shimizu's Ibisha and Muroya's Gokigen Nakbisha as many expected. You can watch and replay it at the official live-board through the following link;

• Shimizu vs Muroya

Here is the official site of the 19th Kurashiki Tohka-sen. A chat environment with watching its live-baord is ready at 81dojo.