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Shogi Boardlive Today - Nakamura Marika vs Nakai Hiroe, 1st Ricoh Cup Joryu Ouza-sen

The following game is available to watch today. It is between Nakamura Marika(Joryu 2-dan) and Nakai Hiroe(Joryu 6-dan) as a quarterfinal of the 1st Ricoh Joryu Ouza-sen. The game started at 10:00am at JSA building in Sendagaya, Tokyo. Since the allotted thinking  time per player is three hours, I think it will end after 4:00pm.

• Nakamura(sente) vs Nakai

Here is the official site of the 1st Ricoh Cup Joryu Ouza-sen.

Another Shogi Boardlive today - Shimizu Ichiyo vs Matsuo Kaori, quaterfinal, 1st Ricoh Cup Joryu Ouza-sen

Another shogi boardlive is available to watch and replay today. It is the game between Shimizu Ichiyo (Joryu 6-dan) and Matsuo Kaori(Joryu 2-dan) as the 1st Ricoh Cup Joryu Ouza-sen. Shimizu is Sente as a result of Furigoma. As many predicted, Matsuo transferred her Rook to her left side while Shimizu chose Ibisha(Static Rook). Since the allotted thinking time per player is three hours and it started at 10:00am(JST), I think it will end after 4:00pm(JST).

• Shimizu vs Matsuo

Here is the official site of the 1st Ricoh Cup Joryu Ouza-sen(in Japanese). Here is the official blog(in Japanese).

A chat environment with watching a slightly-deferred-liveboard is ready at 81Dojo.

Shogi Boardlive Now - Fujikura Yuki vs Kai Tomomi, 5th Asahi Trophy Shogi Open

The following 5th Asahi Trophy Shogi Open game is available to watch and replay on boardlive now. Fujikura is Sente as a result of Furigoma. The allotted thinking time per player is 4o minutes, so I think this game will end within two hours from now.

• Fujikura Yuki(4-dan) vs Kai Tomomi(Joryu Oui)

The opening is Ai-Furibisha(double ranging Rook).

A chat environemt is ready with watching a slightly-deferred-liveboard is ready at 81Dojo.

Shogi boardlives today

In addition to Day2 of the second game of the 52nd Oui-sen best -of-seven match between Oui Hirose and double crown Habu, there are many shogi boardlives today. They started at 10:00am(JST) today. The allotted thinking times per player for them are five hours for the first one, 40 minutes for the second and the thrid ones and three hours for the rest.

• Watanabe Akira vs Kubo Toshiyuki (Final of Challenger Deciding Knock-out of  the 59th Ouza-sen)
• Kumasaka Manabu vs Iwane Shinobu (5th Asahi Trophy Shogi Open)
• Nakai Hiroe vs Nakao Toshiyuki (ditto)
•  Yauchi Rieeko vs Takebe Sayuri (1st Joryu Oza-sen)

Another Shogi Boardlive today - Fukaura vs Sato, quarterfinal, 24th Ryuo-sen

Another Shogi Boardlive today. A quarterfinal game of 24th Ryuo-sen between Fukaura Koichi and Sato Yasumitsu is available to wach on boardlive now. As a result of Furigoma, Fukaura becomes Sente. It started at 10:00am today and the allotted thinking time per player is five hours. So I think the game will end around 10:00pm(JST) today.

• Fukaura vs Sato

Here are the official site of the 24th Ryuo-sen. (in Japanese).

Shogi Boardlive today - Ito vs Shimizu, 5th Asahi Trophy Shogi Open

The 5th Asahi Trophy Shogi Open game is available to watch and replay now. The game started at 10:00am(JST) and I think it will end within two hours from the start since the allotted thinking time per player is forty minutes. As a result of Furigoma, Ito Shingo(4-dan) becomes Sente while Shimizu Ichiyo(Joryu 6-dan) is Gote.

• Ito vs Shimizu

Here is the official site of the 5th Asahi Trophy Shogi Open. A chat environment with watching a slightly-deferred-liveboard is ready at 81Dojo.

Another Shogi Boardlive today - Nagase vs Kubo, 24th Ryuo-sen

There is another shogi boardlive today. It's the game between Nagase Takuya(4-dan) and Sato Yasumitsu(9-dan) of the  24th Ryuo-sen challenger deciding tourney. Nagase is born in 1992 and became a professional player since 2009. However, his performance in this fiscal year before this game is 14-2. He is thought to be one of the most promising teen players. As a result of Furigoma, Nagase became Sente. The game started at 10:00am at JSA building at Sendagaya, Tokyo. Since the allotted thinking time per player is five hours, I think the game will end around 10:00pm(JST).

• Nagase vs Sato

Here is the official site of the 24th Ryuo-sen. A chat environment with watching a slightly deferred board is ready at 81Dojo.

Shogi Boardlive Today - Ito Sae vs Ishibashi Sachio, 1st Ricoh Cup Joryu Ouza-sen

Today is the day for the game between Ito Sae(Shoreikai 2kyu) and Ishibashi Sachio(Joryu 4-dan) of the first Ricoh Cup Joryu Ouza-sen. As a result of Furigoma, Ishibashi became Sente. The game started at 10:00am at JSA building in Sendagaya, Tokyo. Since the allotted thinking time per player is three hours, I think the game will end around 5:00pm today.

• Ishibashi vs Ito

Here is the official site(in Japanese). A chat environment with watching a slightly-deferred-liveboard is ready at 81Dojo.

Shogi Boardlives today - Kubo vs Hashimoto, semi-final, 24th Ryuo-sen challenger deciding tourney

The semi-final game of the 24th Ryuo-sen challenger deciding tourney between two crown Kubo Toshiaki and 7-dan Hashimoto Takanori started at 10:00am(JST). As a result of Furigoma, Hashimoto became Sente. As many predicted, Hashimoto chose Ibisha(static Rook) and Kubo adopted Gokigen Nakabisha. Kubo surprized us to allow Hashimoto to gain the vanguard Pawn on the fifth file at the 32nd move of G-5c. After that, Hashimoto is taking long time to make the next move.

The allotted thinking time per player is five hours. So I think it will end after 10:00pm(JST). You can replay and watch the game through the following link;

• Hashimoto vs Kubo

Here is the official site of the 24th Ryuo-sen(in Japanese). And here is the official blog where lots of photos related to this game are being uploaded.

A chat environment with watching a slightly-deferred-liveboard is ready at 81Dojo.

Shogi Boardlives today - 24th Ryuo-sen

Two 24th Ryuo-sen games are available to watch and replay today. They started at 10:00am and the allotted thinking time per player is five hours. So they will end around 9:00pm(JST) today.

• Yamasaki Takayuki(7-dan) vs Kubo Toshiaki(Osho & Kio)
• Sato Shuji(7-dan) vs Nagase Takuya(4-dan)

Here is the official site of the 24th Ryuo-sen.