Takodori's Entrance to Shogi World

Boardlive to start at 2:00pm - Iwane vs Kiriyama

Iwane beat Kanki in the game which started at 10:00am today. She will play another match with Kiriyama Kiyozumi(9 dan) soon at 2:00pm.

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Boardlive now - Iwane vs Kanki

At the 10:00am, the following game started.

Asahi Trophy Shogi Open, Ama-Pro 10 games
Iwane Shinobu(Joryu 2 dan, Sente) vs Kanki Hiromitu(6 dan) --- The game was won by Iwane.

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The allotted thinking time per player is 40 minutes and less than 60 seconds per move after consuming it.

 

 

Boardlive today - Challenger Deciding Match of 50th Oui-sen

Today is the day for the challenger deciding match between Kimura Kazuki(8 dan) vs Hashimoto Takanori(7 dan). The winner of this game will challenge Oui Fukaura Koichi. You can watch and replay the either of the links below;

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The frequently updated webcamera live is also available to watch. Here are the links.

Webcamera for Kimura
Webcamera for Hashimoto
Webcamera for the board

As a result of Furigoma, Hashimoto became Sente player. As the allotted thinking time per player is 4 hours and less than 60 seconds per move after consuming it, I think the game will end around 7:00pm in this evening.

Boardlives today - 25th Ond-day tournament Tochinoki Cup

Here are the links to the boardlives today.

First Round(started at 10:50am)
Nakai Hiroe(Tenga) vs Takojima Akiko(5 dan) won by Nakai
Ishibasi Sachio(Oui) vs Nakakura Hiromi(2 dan) won by Ishibashi
Fujita Maiko(1 kyu) vs Ohba Miki(sho dan) won by Ohba
Kitao Madoka(sho dan) vs Funato Yoko(2 dan) won by Funato

Nakai vs Ishibashi(won by Ishibashi)
Funato vs Ohba (won by Funato)

Ishibashi vs Funato

Boardlive now - Nakamura Marika vs Nodasawa Ayano

The game strated just now at 14:00pm in Japan. This is a game of Ladies Holly Cup.

Lady-2-dan Nakamura Marika(Sente) vs Lady-1-kyu Nodasawa Ayano

Allotted thinking time per player is 30 minutes and less than 30 seconds per move.

Boardlives Today - 3rd NRS invitation Cup

Today is the day for the 1st and 2nd rounds of the 3rd NRS inviation Cup. Here are the links to the games.

1st round

1-1 Kanda Mayumi(2 dan) vs Kasai yuki(ama)
1-2 Fujita Maiko(1 kyu) vs Watanabe AiMana(Tour pro)
1-3 Fujimori Natsuko(3 dan) vs Nakakura Akiko(sho dan)
1-4 Ono Yukari(ama) vs Kano Tamao(sho dan)
1-5 Narita Miho(ama) vs Matsuo Kaori(sho dan)

2nd round(to start at 2:00pm in Japan)

Yamashita Kazuko(5 dan) vs Winner of 1-1
Ishibashi Sachio(Joryu Oui) vs Funato Yoko(cho dan)
Kitao Madoka(sho dan) vs Winner of 1-2
Ohba Miki(sho dan) vs Winner of 1-3
Takojima Akiko(5 dan) vs Winner of 1-4
Shimai Saori(sho dan) vs Winner of 1-5

Here is the link to LPSA's channel to broadcast the event on live.

lpsa on USTREAM: . Other Gaming

Boardlive now - 80th Kisei-sen challenger deciding match

Here is the link.

Sente:Inaba Akira(4 dan) vs Kimura Kazuki(8 dan)

The winner of this game will challenge Kisei Habu. The allotted thinking time per player is 4 hours and less than 60 seconds per move after consuming it.

The toppage of the 80th Kisei-sen broadcasting site is here (in Japanese).

Board & Photo live today - Nakamura Marika vs Iwane Shinobu, 2nd Mynavi Joshi Open, Final

Today is the day for a game of the final of 2nd Mynavi Joshi Open(Challenger deciding knockout tournament) between Nakamura Marika(Joryu 2 dan) and Iwane Shinobu(Joryu sho dan) at Tokyo Shogi Kaikan of JSA. It started at 10:00 am. As a result of Furigoma, Nakamura became Sente player.

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Frequently updated Photos of both players and board(Left = Nakamura)

Official Blog(in Japanese) | Mynavi Joshi Open Toppage(in Japanese)

The thinking time per player is 3 hours and less than 60 seconds per move after consuming it. The game is expected to end around 5:00pm today.

I will be putting my comments on this game at my twitter page.

Final standings of 67th A Juni-sen(Top 10 league to decide Challenger against Meijin)

Yesterday the final(9th) round of 67th A Juni-sen was held. Here is the final standing after that.

1. Goda Masataka (7-2) --- Challenger against Meijin Habu
2. Sato Yasumitsu(6-3)
3. Moriuchi Toshiyuki (5-4)
4. Maruyama Tadahisa(5-4)
5. Kimura Kazuki(5-4)
6. Fujii Takeshi(4-5)
7. Tanigawa Koji(4-5)
8. Miura Hiroyuki (3-6)
9. Suzuki Daisuke (3-6) --- to downgrade to B1
10. Fukaura Koichi (3-6) --- to downgrade to B1

Here are the results of yesterday.

1. Tanigawa beat Suzuki --- Tanigawa managed to survive in A class with this victory. Suzuki to downgrade to B1 with this defeat.
2. Moriuchi beat Miura --- Miura would have downgraded to B1 if Fukaura beat Maruyama.
3. Sato beat Fujii --- Sato would have a chance to challenger-deciding play-off but Goda's victory defeated his hope.
4. Goda beat Kimura --- Goda became the challenger against Meijin Habu. Kimura failed to have a chance of challenger-dciding play-off with this defeat.
5. Maruyama beat Fukaura --- Fukaura could not survive in A1 again to downgrade to B1.

Shogi boardlives today

Today is the day for LPSA's one day tournament called Kisaragi Cup.

Semifinal 1 - Kitao Madoka vs Fujimori Natsuko (started at 14:00)
Semifinal 2 - Funato Yoko vs Takojima Akiko(started at 14:00)

Final - Takojima vs Kitao(started at 16:00) | Ustream Live!(game won by Takojima) - My impressions, comments etc.., on this game can be found in my twitter.

Allotted thinking time is 30 minutes per player and less than 30 seconds per move after consuming it.

The quarter finals(1st round) were already done. Here are the links to the gamerecords. The first player is Sente.

Funato Yoko(winer) vs Ooba Miki
Kitao Madoka(winner) vs Kanda Mayumi
Yamashita Kazuko vs Takojima Akiko(winner)
Fujita Maiko vs Fujimori Natsuko(winner)