Takodori's Entrance to Shogi World

Nakai won LPSA's 1 Day Tournament on April 29

Yesterday LPSA's one day tournament took place. LPSA is short for The Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan. It was a knock-out tournament with the 8 participants. Nakai(Lady 6 dan) beat Joryu Oui Ishibashi in the final match to become the winner. You can replay the final game. You can watch the videos of the game through the official page.

Sato Yasumitsu won NHK(TV) trophy tournament

Sato Yasumitsu won NHK(TV) trophy tournament following to last year. The final was aired on March 16 in Japan. Here is the link to the replayable gameboard in Kifu Database. The tournament is knock-out one.

Sato Yasumitsu(NHK Winner for last year) vs Suzuki Daisuke(8 dan)

Habu became Challenger against Meijin Moriuchi - Final round of A Juni-sen

Yesterday the final(9th) round of 66th A Juni-sen took place. The following was the result.

Habu beat Tanigawa.
Maruyama beat Fujii
Goda beat Namekata
Sato beat Kimura
Miura beat Kubo (rematch due to Sennichite)

The performance after the final round is as followings;

1 - Habu(8-1)
2 - Miura(7-2)
3 - Goda(6-3)
4 - Maruyama(6-3)
5 - Kimura(5-4)
6 - Fujii(4-5)
7 - Tanigawa (3-6)
8 - Sato (3-6)
9 - Kubo(2-7)
10 - Namekata (1-8)

Habu became Challenger against Meijin Moriuchi. The 1st game of 66th Meijin-sen will be held on April 8. Kubo and Namekata will downgrade to B1 class for 67th Juni-sen.

Kai beat Yamada to be a fianlist in 1st MyNavi Joshi Open

Yesterday Kai(Joryu 2 dan) beat Yamada(Joryu 3 dan) to be a finalist in the 1st MyNavi Joshi Open. The other finalist is Joryu Meijin Yauchi who beat Suzuki(Joryu sho dan) in the semifinal a few days ago. The final match will be in 3-win match. The first game will take place on April 3. The schedule of the rest games are not fixed yet. The winner of the final will earn 5 million yen as prize money.

Webcamera-and-Board-live today - Yamada Kumi vs Kai Tomomi, a semifinal of 1st Mynavi Joshi Open

Today is the day for the semifinal game of 1st Mynavi Joshi Open between Yamada kumi (Joryu 3 dan) and Kai Tomomi (Joryu 2 dan) . You can watch and replay the game through the linked page below(Java-capable browser required);

Yamada Kumi vs Kai Tomomi

As a result of Furigoma, Yamada became Sente(black). The game started at 10:00am(Japan Time). The thinking time per player is 3 hours and 60 second byoyomi after consuming it, so I think it will end before evening in Japan today.

You can watch live pictures by the webcameras beside the players and many photos related to this game to be uploaded frequently through the following page.

Live pictures by the webcameras (Left = Yamada)

1st Mynavi Joshi Open Broadcasting Blog

Namekata became the winner of 1st Asahi Trophy Shogi Open to gain 10 million yen

Namekata Hisashi(8 dan) became the winner of the 1st Asahi Trophy Shogi Open on Fenruary 9. He earned 10 million yen as the prize money with this victory.

Webcamera Live today - Semifinal and final of Asahi Trophy Shogi Open

Semifinals at 10:30 and the final at 14:30 today. You can watch webcamera live through the link below;

http://www2.shogidojo.net/asahi/webcamera.html

The pairing of semifinals are as followings,

Habu Yoshiharu vs  Maruyama Tadahisa
Namekata Hisashi vs Akutsu Chikara

Thinking time per player is 40 minutes and 1minute byoyomi after consuming it.
Have fun.

 

Webcamera-and-Board-live today - Yauchi Rieko vs Suzuki Kanna, a semifinal of 1st Mynavi Joshi Open

Today is the day for the semifinal game of 1st Mynavi Joshi Open between Yauchi Rieko (Joryu Meijin) and Suzuki Kanna(Joryu shodan) . You can watch and replay the game through the linked page below(Java-capable browser required);

Yauchi Rieko vs Suzuki Kanna

As a result of Furigoma, Yauchi became Sente(black). The game started at 10:00am(Japan Time). The thinking time per player is 3 hours and 60 second byoyomi after consuming it, so I think it will end before evening in Japan today.

You can watch live pictures by the web cameras by the players and many photos related to this game to be uploaded frequently through the following page.

Live pictures by the webcameras (Left = Yauchi)

1st Mynavi Joshi Open Broadcasting Blog

Webcamera-and-Board-live today - Kai Tomomi vs Satomi Kana, a quarterfinal of 1st Mynavi Joshi Open

Today is the day for the quarterfinal game of 1st Mynavi Joshi Open between Kai Tomomi (Joryu 2 dan) and Satomi Kana(Joryu sho dan) . You can watch and replay the game through the linked page below(Java-capable browser required);

Kai Tomomi vs Satomi Kana

As a result of Furigoma, Satomi became Sente(black). The game started at 9:00am(Japan Time). The thinking time per player is 3 hours and 60 second byoyomi after consuming it, so I think it will end before evening in Japan today.

You can watch live pictures by the web cameras by the players and many photos related to this game to be uploaded frequently through the following page.

Live pictures by the webcameras (Left = Kai)

1st Mynavi Joshi Open Broadcasting Blog

Shimai became the winner of 8th LPSA 1-day tournament

Shimai Saori(Joryu Shodan) beat Kitao Madoka(Joryu Shodan) in the final of the 8th LPSA 1-day tournament today. It was a knock-down tournament competed among the 6 players who belongs to LPSA. Shimai was exempted from 1st round and won semifinal and final matches. Thinking time per player is 20 minutes and 30 second byoyomi after consuming it. You can see the photos below;

Final match The winner is Shimai (Top and the bottom ones are Shimai)

You can replay the game blow;

Shimai vs Kitao