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Boardlive now - Hirose vs Watanabe, 36th Kio Challenger Deciding Match

Today is the day for 36th Kio Challenger Deciding Match between Ryuo Watanabe Akira and Oui Hirose Akihito. Watanabe took the first game. Since Hirose needs to win only one game to become the challenger as he did not lose any game in the preliminary tournament, the winner of this game will become the challenger against Kio Kubo Toshiaki. As a result of Furigoma, Hirose became Sente. The allotted thinking time per player is four hours so it will end after 7:00pm(Japan Time) since it started at 10:00am at JSA building in Sendagaya, Tokyo. You can replay and watch the game through the link below;

• Hirose vs Watanabe

The official site of 36th Kio-sen is here.  You may see lots of photos of this game uploading in the official blog.

The chat environment is ready in 81-Dojo. Please login there and watch there. I think I will be threre to chat about the game around 6:00pm when the position is expected to be critical. And hirohiigo will comment on the game as well in his Ustream Channel. I think he will  comment on the endgame.

Let's enjoy watching which young star will be entitled to compete with Kio Kubo Toshiaki.

Boardlive today - Watanabe vs Hirose, 36th Kio Challenger deciding match

Today is the day for the challenger deciding match between Ryuo Watanabe Akira and Oui Hirose Akihito. The winner of this game will be the challenger against Kio Kubo Toshiaki. Whichever wins, the next Kio challenger will be in his twenties. The game just started at 10:00am at JSA building in Sendagaya. As a result of Furigoma, Hirose became Sente. The allotted thinking time per player is four hours so it will end around 7:00pm(Japan Time).  You can replay and watch the game through the following link;

• Hirose vs Watanabe

 The official site of 36th Kio-sen is here. The official blog can be found here.

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Watanabe beat Hirose in 94 moves. One correction, Watanabe needs one more win to become the challenger since he lost onece in the Kio tournament while Hirose did not until today. The next game will be held on January 6, 2011.

Boardlives today - 4th Asahi Trophy Shogi Open

The following two games are available to watch on boardlive now.

• 9-dan Tanigawa Koji(Sente) vs 9-dan Maruyama Tadahisa
• 9-dan Fukaura Koichi(Sente) vs 8-dan Kimura Kazuki

These games started at 10:00am today. 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. The winners will compete each other at 2:00pm.

• The winners' match

Here is the official site of 4th Asahi Trophy Shogi Open.

Shogi Boardlives today - 24th Ryuo-sen 6th class ranking tournament

The following games are on boardlive today. They started at 9:00am(Japan time). The allotted thinking time per player is five hours. So they will end after 6:00pm(Japan time).

• Lady 3 crown Satomi Kana(Sente) vs 4-dan Yoshida Masakazu
• Lady 2 crown Kai Tomomi(Sente) vs 4-dan Nagase Takuya
• Lady 6-dan Shimizu Ichiyo vs 4-dan Ito Shingo
• 4-dan Oishi Tadashi(Sente) vs Lady 4-dan Yauchi Rieko

Boardlives now and today - 4th Asahi Trophy Shogi Open

 The following two games are in place and available to watch now.

• 9-dan Goda Masataka(Sente) vs 9-dan Moriuchi Toshiyuki
• 9-dan Sato Yasumitsu(Sente) vs 5-dan Sato Kazutoshi 

The allotted thinking time per player is 40 minutes. The winners will compete each other from 2:00pm in Japan.

• 5-dan Sato(Sente) vs 9-dan Goda

Boardlives today - Habu vs Akutsu, Ishibashi vs Muroya

Habu vs Akutsu will start at 2:00pm in Japan as a game of 4th  Asahi Trophy Shogi Open.

• Habu vs Akutsu(Sente)

The allotted thinking time per player is 40 minutes and after consuming it, each player will have to make a move less than 60 seconds per move.

And  4th Mynavi Joshi Open game is now on boardlive.

• Ishibashi(Sente) vs Muroya
• Official blog of Mynavi Joshi Open

This game started at 10:00am in Japan. It will end after the abovementioned game since the allotted thinking time per player is three hours.

This morning the following Asahi Trophy games were played. The winners will have another match at 2:00pm.

• Habu(Sente, Winner) vs Miura
• Akutsu(Sente Winner) vs Namekata

For me, Akutsu vs Namekata was a very exciting game especially in the endgame. I recommend you would replay it.

hirohiigo's Shogi Commentary

Hirohiigo is broadcasting his Shogi Commentary show about today's Osho-sen final round game of 9-dan Sato vs 5-dan Toyoshima. Please give it a try. He said he would broadcast it to the end unless he had any technical problem which means nine hour marathon since the allotted thinking time per player is four hours.

 

Watch live streaming video from shogicommentary at livestream.com

Boardlives toady - Final round, 60th Osho-sen chellenger deciding league

These three games will start at 10:00am today. The allotted thinking time per player is four hours. So I think it will end around 7:00 - 8:00pm(Japan time).

• 9-dan Sato Yasumitsu vs 5-dan Toyoshima Masayuki
• Meijin Habu Yoshiharu vs 9-dan Fukaura Koichi
• 9-dan Moriuchi Toshiyuki vs Ryuo Watanabe Akira

 The league consists of the seven players. The lowest three cannot survive to remain in the league for the next term and will have to participate in the preliminary tournament. After the 6th round finished, each player's score is as following;

1. 9-dan Sato Yasumitsu 4-1 (Former rank = 2)
2. 5-dan Toyoshima Masayuki 4-1 (5)
3. Ryuo Watanabe Akira 3-2 (5)
4. 8-dan Miura Hiroyuki 3-3 (5)
5. Meijin Habu Yoshiharu 2-3 (1)
6. 9-dan Fukaura Koichi 2-3 (3)
7. 9-dan Moriuci Toshiyuki 0-5 (4)

The winner of the game of Sato vs Toyoshima will be the challenger against Osho Kubo Toshiaki. It's very clear. On the other hand, survival race is a bit confusing. Though only Moriuchi is fixed to fall from the league, the other four will be at stake whether to survive or not in this final round. The winner of Habu and Moriuchi will survive and the loser will fall. Watanabe will survive if he beat Moriuchi today, but he must compete a supplemental survival match with Miura on a later day if Moriuchi defeats him since both with 3-3 with the same former rank of fifth place. So all the games are must-see.

The official page of Osho-sen is here(in Japanese).

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

The following two games are available to watch now. They started at 10:00am today. The allotted thinking time per player is 40 minutes.

• 8-dan Senzaki Manabu vs 9-dan Sato Yasumitsu
• 4-dan Tanaka Yuichi vs 8-dan Suzuki Daisuke

The winners of the above will compete each other from 2:00pm.

• Senzaki or Sato vs Tanaka or Suzuki

Shogi boardlives today - six games of 4th Asahi Trophy Shogi Open

The following four games started at 10:00am today.

• Oui Hirose vs 9-dan Fujii

• 7-dan Horiguchi vs 9-dan Yashiki
• 6-dan Katagami vs 8-dan Miura
• 7-dan Urano vs 8-dan Namekata

From 2:00pm, the winners of the above will compete.

• Hirose or Fujii vs Namekata or Urano
• Yashiki or Horiguchi vs Katagami or Miura