Takodori's Entrance to Shogi World

Take & Drop #27 - 3 move tsume practice

You can see the answer by clicking the arrow in the right direction under the board in order to replay the answer line. (Popup diagram to be saved as an image file for printing) Click the exclamation marks which appear below the diagram for further comments on the problem. If you click the marks again, the comment windows go away.

Access data of Kifu by Opening Strategy up to November 2007

The image below is the monthly pageviews and visitors of Kifu by Opening Strategy which is a llink collection to shogi games in Kifu Database with tags of opening strategy. Total pagevies increased 19.0% in November comparing with October.

Number of shogi players decreased to 127 in Brainking.com at End of November

According to the ratings page of provisional BKR players in Brainking.com, the number of shogi players who has provisional BKR decreased to 127 at the end of November(JST). The site has added shogi to its wide variety of game line since August 12, 2005(JST). Comparing with the end of September, 2007, the number of shogi players increased by 4. Please refer to the definition of BKR(BrainKing Rating) if you like to know. .

The number of minishogi players who has provisional BKR is 83 at the end of November.

Access data of Kifu by Opening Strategy up to October 2007

The image below is the monthly pageviews and visitors of Kifu by Opening Strategy which is a llink collection to shogi games in Kifu Database with tags of opening strategy. I think the down of total pageviews in October comparing with September is caused by browser usage. In September, there may be many readers who don't open a new window/tab when they click the links to the shogi gamerecoreds in the database. In October, the readers who open a new window/tab when they click the links to the gamerecords may be increasing. I think the blog more or less meets shogi fans outside Japan to some degree since the total visitors are still increasing last month.

Number of shogi players increased to 139 in Brainking.com at End of October

According to the ratings page of provisional BKR players in Brainking.com, the number of shogi players who has provisional BKR decreased to 139 at the end of October(JST). The site has added shogi to its wide variety of game line since August 12, 2005(JST). Comparing with the end of September, 2007, the number of shogi players increased by 4. Please refer to the definition of BKR(BrainKing Rating) if you like to know. .

The number of minishogi players who has provisional BKR is 92 at the end of October.

Access data of Kifu by Opening Strategy up to September 2007

The image below is the monthly pageviews and visitors of Kifu by Opening Strategy which is a llink collection to shogi games in Kifu Database with tags of opening strategy. There seems many English-reading people who like to replay shogi games on the virtual shogi board on the earth.

Number of shogi players decreased to 135 in Brainking.com at End of September

According to the ratings page of provisional BKR players in Brainking.com, the number of shogi players who has provisional BKR decreased to 135 at the end of September(JST). The site has added shogi to its wide variety of game line since August 12, 2005(JST). Comparing with the end of August, 2007, the number of shogi players decreased by 1. Please refer to the definition of BKR(BrainKing Rating) if you like to know. .

The number of minishogi players who has provisional BKR is 101 at the end of September.

Number of shogi players decreased to 136 in Brainking.com at End of August

According to the ratings page of provisional BKR players in Brainking.com, the number of shogi players who has provisional BKR decreased to 136 at the end of August(JST). The site has added shogi to its wide variety of game line since August 12, 2005(JST). Comparing with the end of June, 2007, the number of shogi players increased by 4. Please refer to the definition of BKR(BrainKing Rating) if you like to know. .

The number of minishogi players who has provisional BKR is 106 at the end of August.

Number of shogi players increased to 148 in Brainking.com at End of July

According to the ratings page of provisional BKR players in Brainking.com, the number of shogi players who has provisional BKR decreased to 148 at the end of July(JST). The site has added shogi to its wide variety of game line since August 12, 2005(JST). Comparing with the end of June, 2007, the number of shogi players increased by 4. Please refer to the definition of BKR(BrainKing Rating) if you like to know. .

The number of minishogi players who has provisional BKR is 107 at the end of July.

Number of shogi players decreased to 144 in Brainking.com at End of Junw

According to the ratings page of provisional BKR players in Brainking.com, the number of shogi players who has provisional BKR decreased to 144 at the end of June(JST). The site has added shogi to its wide variety of game line since August 12, 2005(JST). Comparing with the end of May, 2007, the number of shogi players decreased by 11. Please refer to the definition of BKR(BrainKing Rating) if you like to know. .

The number of minishogi players who has provisional BKR is 113 at the end of May.