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Another boardlive today - Takahashi Michio vs Naito Kunio

 Here is another shogi boardlive today. It's between 9-dan Takahashi Michio and 9-dan Naito Knio in the 19th Tatsujin-sen which is a senior knock-out tournament among the selected professional players who are forty years old and older.

• Takahashi vs Naito

The allotted thinking time is three hours per player so I think it will end around 5:00pm since it started at 10:00am and there is one hour lunch break.

The official website of Tatsujin-sen is here.

Boradlives today - Final round of 52nd Oui-sen league

Today is the day for the final round of 52nd Oui-sen league. The following three games are available to replay and watch on Boardlive.

• 9-dan Tanigawa Koji(Sente) vs 9-dan Fujii Takeshi
• 6-dan Toyoshima Masayuki vs 6-dan Tobe Makoto
• Meijin Habu Yoshiharu vs 5-dan Murayama Yasuaki

The upper two games are for Red league and the lower one is for White league. Before today's games, the score for those players are like this;4-0 for Murayama, 3-1 for Fujii, Tobe and Habu, 2-2 for Toyoshima,  1-3 for Tanigawa. So Murayama, Fujii, Tobe and Habu can become the winner of Red/White league with the possible play-off later days. The allotted thinking time per player is four hours. Sinte they started at 10:00am, I think they will end after 7:00pm today. The venue of them is at JSA building in Sendagaya.

Here is the official site of Oui-sen. The official blog is here.

The chat environment for one of these games is ready at 81-dojo.

Boardlive now - Furukawa Ayako vs 張天天

Today is the first preliminary matches of 1st Ricoh trophy Joryu Oza-sen. Joryu Oza-sen is open to all female players in Japan and one selected foreign player is invited to participate this year. She is 張天天 , from Beijing China.

The game started at 10:00am. As a result of Furigoma, Joryu 2-dan Furukawa Ayako became Sente. The allotted thinking time per player is 40 minutes using a chess-clock. After consuming it, each player will have to make a move less than 60 second. You can watch and replay the game at

• Furukawa vs 張 天天

The chat environment is ready at 81-dojo.

Shogi Boardlive today - Mori Keiji vs Habu Yoshiharu, 19th Tatsujin-sen

Tatsusjin-sen is an on-official knock-out tournament of the selected profesional players who are 40 years old or older. Today is the day for 9-dan  Mori Keiji vs Habu Yoshiharu. Mori had hold Oui and Kisei for 0ne year both. Mori was born in 1946 while Habu was in 1970. The two players competed each other in the Oza title match in 1995. At that time,  Habu defended Ouza title with the score of 3-0.

As a result of Furigoma, Mori became Sente. You can replay and watch the game on liveboard through the following link;

• Mori vs Habu

The allotted thinking time per player is three hours so I think it will end after 3:00pm(JST). Here is the official site of Tatsujin-sen(in Japanese).

The chat environment with watching the slightly-deferred liveboard is ready at 81-dojo.

Boardlive now - Satomi vs Shimizu, Challenger deciding match of 22nd Joryu Oui-sen

Today is the day for the challenger deciding match of 22nd Joryu Oui-sen between Joryu trible crown Satomi Kana and Joryu 6-dan Shimizu Ichiyo. The winner of this game will be the challenger against Joryu Oui Kai Tomomi. As a result of Furigoma, Satomi became Sente. You may watch and replay the game through the following link. Since the allotted thinking time per player is three hours and it started at 10:00am(JST), I think the game will end around 5:00pm(JST) in consideration of one-hour lunch break when the game clock is to be suspended.

• Satomi vs Shimizu

Here is the official site of Joryu Oui-sen (in Japanese). You will be able to see lots of photos related to this game in the official blog(in Japanese). The chat environment is ready at 81-Dojo. I will be there when the game enter in the endgame.

Boardlive now - Ueda Hatsumi vs Ishibashi Sachio, 4th Mynavi Joshi Shogi Open

The following game is available to watch and replay now.

• Ueda vs Ishibashi

The game started at 10:00am in Japan. Since the allotted thinking time per player is three hours, it is expected to end around 5:00pm. The winner of this game will be the challenger against Queen Yauchi.

Here is the official site of Mynavi Joshi Open(in Japanese).  And you can see lots of photos in the official blog.

Board & Ustream live now - Nakai vs Matsuo

Today is the day for the challenger deciding match of the 3rd Tenga-sen  between Matsuo Joryu 2-dan and Nakai Joryu 6-dan. As a result of Furigoma, Nakai becacme Sente. You can watch the game board and Ustream live video through the link below;

• Nakai vs Matsuo

The allotted thinking time per player is 2 hours. Since the game started at 10:00am, the game will end around 3:00pm. The winner will become the challenger against Tenga Ishibashi.

Shogi Boardlive today - Saida Haruko vs Ishibashi Sachio, semi-final, 4th Mynavi Joshi Open

Today is the day for the semi-final game of 4th Mynavi Joshi Open between Joryu 4-dan Saida Haruko and Joryu 4-dan Ishibashi Sachio. It is being played at JSA building in Sendagaya, Tokyo from 10:00am. As a resiult of Furigoma, Ishibashi became Sente. The allotted thinking time is three hours per player so I think it will end after 5:00pm(Japan Time). You may watch and replay the game throught the link below;

• Ishibashi(Sente) vs Saida

And here are the links to the official website and blog of 4th Mynavi Joshi Open(in Japanese). Many photos related to this game will be uploaded on the blog.

A chat environment watching the virtual board of this game will be ready at 81-Dojo. I would be there from time to time, especially after 5:00pm. Please login there to watch it.

Boardlives today - three games of 4th Asahi Trophy Shogi open

The following games are on boardlive now.

• Ryuoh Watanabe Akira(Sente) vs 7-dan Hatakeyama Mamoru

• 2 crown Kubo Toshiaki vs 4-dan Murata Akihiro

The allotted thinking time per these games are 40 minutes per player. So it is expected to end within two hours from now.

The winners will compete each other from 2:00pm(in Japan).

• Winners' game

The chat envioronment is ready for some of these games today at 81-Dojo.

Boardlive today - Ueda Hatsumi vs Yauchi Rieko, semi-final, 4th Mynavi Ladies open

Today is the day for the game of 4th Mynavi Ladies open between Joryu 4-dan Yauchi Rieko and Joryu 2-dan Ueda Hatsumi. It's a semi-final game of the knock down tournament to decide the challenger against Queen Kai Tomomi. As a result of Furigoma, Ueda became Sente. The allotted thinking time per player is three hours and it started at 10:00am(Japan Time) at JSA building in Sendagaya, Tokyo. So it will end around 5:00pm today. You can watch and replay the game through the following link;

• Ueda vs Yauchi

The official site of Mynavi Ladies Open is here(in Japanese).  The official blog with lots of photos to be uploaded is here.

The chat with watching the board is available in 81-Dojo. Please login there and watch the game betwen bot_Adam and bot_Eve.