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Boardlives today - 3rd Asahi Trophy Shogi Open

Here are the links to the boardlives of 3rd Asahi Trophy Shogi Open.

• 9-dan Maruyama Tadahisa vs Oui Fukaura Koichi
• 5-dan Sato Kazutoshi vs 8-dan Kimura kazuki
• Kimura vs Sato(Another game due to repetition)

They started at 10:00am. 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 play another game this afternoon at 2:00pm.

• Fukaura vs Sato

The official toppage of 3rd Asahi Trophy Shogi Open is here(in Japanese).

Boardlives today - 3rd Asahi Trophy Shogi Open

Here are the links to the boardlives of 3rd Asahi Trophy Shogi Open.

• 9-dan Tanigawa Koji vs 7-dan Akutsu Chikara
• 9-dan Moriuchi Toshiyuki vs 9-dan Yashiki Nobuyuki

They started at 10:00am. 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 play another game this afternoon at 2:00pm.

• Tanigawa vs Moriuchi
  

The official toppage of 3rd Asahi Trophy Shogi Open is here(in Japanese).

Boardlive now - 35th Kio-sen Challenber-Deciding match

Today is the day of the 1st game of 35th Kio-sen Challenger-Deciding match between 9-dan Sato Yasumitsu and 7-dan Yamasaki Takayuki. It started at 10:00am.  As a result of Furigoma, Sato became Sente(Black). You can watch and replay the game through the following page at

• Sato vs Yamasaki

The allotted thinking time per player is 4 hours and each player will have to make a move within 60 seconds per move after consuming it.  The toppage of the 35th Kio-sen site is here. And the official blog is here so that you can look at lots of photos of this game.

If Sato wins this game, he will be the challenger against Kio Kubo. If Yamasaki wins this game, another challenger-deciding match will occur on January 4, 2010 since Yamasaki came here through consolation tournament.

Boardlive now - Kai Tomomi vs Nagasawa Chikako, 3rd Mynavi Joshi Open

Today is the day for the game of 3rd Mynavi Joshi Open between Nagasawa Chikako(Joryu 4-dan) and Kai Tomomi(Joryu 2-dan). As a result of Furigoma, Kai became Sente. It started at 10:00 am in Japan. The allotted thinking time per player is 3 hours and each player will have to make every move within 60 seconds(Ippun Shogi) after consuming it. Here are the links to the live boards.

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The official blog of 3rd Mynavi Joshi Open(In Japanese) which is uploading many photos is here

Boardlives now - Final Round of Joryu Meijini-sen

It's not announced officially at the time of last weekend, but the following two games are available to watch now.

• Joryu-3 dan Chiba Ryoko(sente) vs Joryu sho-dan Honda Sayuri
• Queen Yauchi Rieko(sente) vs Joryu 6-dan Nakai Hiroe

Chiba will be the challenger if she beats Honda and the loser of the socond game will go down to B-League. The allotted thinking time per player is 2 hours and each player will have to make a move less than 60 seconds per move.

Boardlive now - Ishibashi Sachio vs Nakamura Marika, 3rd Mynavi Joshi Open

Today is the day for the game of 3rd Mynavi Joshi Open between Ishibashi Sachio(Joryu 4-dan) and Nakamura  Marika(Joryu 2 dan).  As a result of Furigoma, Ishibashi became Sente.  It started at 10:00 am in Japan. The allotted thinking time per player is 3 hours and each player will have to make every move within 60 seconds(Ippun Shogi) after consuming it. Here are the links to the live boards.

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The official blog of 3rd Mynavi Joshi Open(In Japanese) which is uploading many photos is here. And Ustreamlive is available for this game - Nakamura vs Ishibashi(right) | Board

Today is the day for the game of 3rd Mynavi Joshi Open between Ishibashi Sachio(Joryu 4-dan) and Nakamura  Marika(Joryu 2 dan).  As a result of Furigoma, Ishibashi became Sente.  It started at 10:00 am in Japan. The allotted thinking time per player is 3 hours and each player will have to make every move within 60 seconds(Ippun Shogi) after consuming it. Here are the links to the live boards.

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The official blog of 3rd Mynavi Joshi Open(In Japanese) which is uploading many photos is here. And Ustreamlive is available for this game - Nakamura vs Ishibashi(right) | Board

Today is the day for the game of 3rd Mynavi Joshi Open between Iwane Shinobu(Joryu 2-dan) and Ueda Hatsumi(Joryu 2 dan).  As a result of Furigoma, Iwane became Sente.  It started at 10:00 am in Japan. The allotted thinking time per player is 3 hours and each player will have to make every move within 60 seconds(Ippun Shogi) after consuming it. Here are the links to the live boards.

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The official blog of 3rd Mynavi Joshi Open(In Japanese) which is uploading many photos is here.

Today is the day for the game of 3rd Mynavi Joshi Open between Nakai Hiroe(Joryu 6-dan) and Saida Haruko(Joryu 4-dan). As a result of Furigoma, Nakai became Sente. It started at 10:00 am in Japan. The allotted thinking time per player is 3 hours and each player will have to make every move within 60 seconds(Ippun Shogi) after consuming it. Here are the links to the live boards.

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The official blog of 3rd Mynavi Joshi Open(In Japanese) which is uploading many photos is here.

And it's being broadcasted live on Usteram.

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Boardlives today(11/10) - 3rd Asahi Torphy Shogi Open

Again today is the day for the following games of 3rd Asahi Trophy Shogi Open. The allotted thinking time per player is 40 minutes and each player will have to make every move within 1 minutes after consuming it. The official site in Japanese is here.

Started at 10:00 pm, 6-dan Muranaka Shuji(Sente) vs 9-dan Goda Masataka

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Started at 10:00 am,   7-dan Sato Shuji(Sente) vs 8-dan Namekata Hisashi

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To Start at 2:00 pm, the winners' match among the winners

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Boardlives today(11/09) - 3rd Asahi Trophy Shogi Open

Again today is the day for the following games of 3rd Asahi Trophy Shogi Open. The allotted thinking time per player is 40 minutes and each player will have to make every move within 1 minutes after consuming it. The official site in Japanese is here.

Started at 10:00 pm, 9-dan Takahashi Michio(Sente) vs 6-dan Kubota Yoshiyuki

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Started at 10:00 am,   7-dan Hatakeyama Mamoru(Sente) vs 4-dan Tanaka Yuichi

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To Start at 2:00 pm, the winners' match among the winners

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