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Webcamera-and-Board-live today - Kumi Yamada vs Ryoko Chiba, a quarterfinal of 1st Mynavi Joshi Open

Today is the day for the quaterfinal game of 1st Mynavi Joshi Open between Kumi Yamada (Joryu 3 dan) and Ryoko Chiba(Joryu 3 dan) . You can watch and replay the game through the linked page below(Java-capable browser required);

Kumi Yamada vs Ryoko Chiba

As a result of Furigoma, Chiba became Sente. The thinking time per player is 3 hours and 60 second byoyomi after comsuming 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

1st Mynavi Joshi Open Broadcasting Blog

The schedule of the rest quarterfinals of 1st Mynavi Joshi open

Here is the schedule. Webcamera-and-Board-live will be expected on those days. The games will start at 10:00am in Japan.

January 23 - Kumi Yamada(Joryu 3 dan) vs Ryoko Chiba(Joryu 3 dan)
January 30 - Tomomi Kai(Joryu 2 dan) vs  Satomi Kana(Joryu  shodan)

Webcamera-and-Board-live today - Saida vs Suzuki, a quarterfinal of 1st Mynavi Joshi Open

 Today is the day for the quaterfinal game of 1st Mynavi Joshi Open between Haruko Saida (Joryu 4 dan) and Suzuki Kanna(Joryu shodan) . You can watch and replay the game through the linked page below(Java-capable browser required);

Haruko Saida vs Kanna Suzuki

As a result of Furigoma, Saida became Sente. The thinking time per player is 3 hours and 60 second byoyomi after comsuming 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

1st Mynavi Joshi Open Broadcasting Blog

Boardlive today - Nakamura vs Yauchi, 1st Mynavi Joshi Open

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

Marika Nakamura vs Rieko Yauchi

As a result of Furigoma, Nakamura became Sente. The thinking time per player is 3 hours and 60 second byoyomi after comsuming it, so I think it will end before evening in Japan today.

You can watch many photos related to this game to be uploaded frequently through the following page.

1st Mynavi Joshi Open Broadcasting Blog

Habu beat Abe.

Habu(2 crowns) beat Abe(8 dan) yesterday. As a result, He is the challenger of the 33rd Kio-sen 3-wins match against Kio Sato. The first game of the Kio title match will take place in February next year.

Boardlive today - Kio-sen Challenger Deciding Match

Today is the day for Kio-sen Challenger Deciding Match between Habu(2 crowns) and Abe(8 dan). You can watch and replay the game through this page to click the following button there.
As a result of Furigoma, Abe is Sente(who moves first).

Boardlives Today - 7 round of 57th Osho league

There are three games of 57th Osho league today as below; (left=Sente)

Toshiaki Kubo(8 dan) vs Koichi Fukaura(Oui)

Koji Tanigawa(9 dan) vs Yasumitsu Sato(2 crowns)

Toshiyuki Moriuchi(Meijin) vs Takeshi Fujii(9 dan)

Before the game, here are the scores of the players;

Kubo（4-1), Sato,Moriuchi,Fukaura(3-2), Tanigawa(2-3), Fujii(0-5)

Since Osho league consists of 7 players in total. Every player does not have a game in a round. If Kubo win, he will be the challenger against Osho Habu. If he lost, there will be play-off match among the players with 4-2. Yes, Sato, Moriuchi and Fukaura seek for the possibility.The rest player is Maruyama(9 dan) who ended all the games with 3-3.

The games above are expected to end this evening(Japan time). I'm socially-bookimarking the photos of these games for your reference.

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Kubo beat Fukaura to be the challenger against Osho Habu. Sato and Moriuchi won the games.

Ryuo-sen boardlive today(September 19)

The third game of The 20th Ryuo-sen challenger deciding 2-wins match between Yasumitsu Sato(2 crowns) and Kazuki Kimura(8 dan) is now on boardlive. As a result of Furigoma, Sato is Sente player. You can watch it through this page. Click the following button in the page.

Then you can watch or replay the game. The browser which can allow Kifu for Java is required. I think the game will end in the evening of today(Japan time).

The left side of the picture  in the page is Sato while the right side is Kimura. Before the game, the score is 1-1. The winner of this game will be the challenger against Ryuo Watanabe.

You can replay other games by clicking the button to begins with the image of Osho pieces in this page.

Boardlive now

Today is the day for the game of 1st Asahi Cup Shogi Open tournament between Ichiyo Shimizu(Lady 2 crowns) and Tomohiro Murata(5 dan). As a result of Furigoma, Shimizu became Sente player. Here is the boadlive. Thinking time per player is 40 minutes and they must make a move less than 60 seconds after consuming it. The opening strategy is Itteson Kakugawari(Bishop exchange with Gote's one tempo delay). I think it will end whithin an hour

Ryuo-sen boardlive today(September 14)

The first second game of The 20th Ryuo-sen challenger deciding 2-wins match between Yasumitsu Sato(2 crowns) and Kazuki Kimura(8 dan) is now on boardlive. Sato is Sente player. You can watch it through this page. Click the following button in the page.

Then you can watch or replay the game. The browser which can allow Kifu for Java is required. I thin the game will end in the evening of today(Japan time).

The left side of the picture  in the page is Sato while the right side is Kimura. Before the game, the score is 1-0 led by Sato. If he Sato wins today, he will be the challenger against Ryuo Watanabe following to last year.

You can replay other games by clicking the button to begins with the image of Osho pieces in this page.