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Nico Nico Live - Day 1 of 3rd game of 70th Meijin-sen

The third game of the 70th Meijin-sen between Meijin Moriuchi and two crown Habu started at 9:00am(JST) in Spa Resort Hawaians in Iwaki city, Fukushima prefecture(Yes!  That Fukushima.  I assume it's now the most famous prefecture to people outside Japan). Here is the links to the Nico Nico Live.

• http://www.itmedia.co.jp/live/articles/1205/01/news084.html (No login required, click the red narrow button below the Japanese description in the box)
• http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv88127204 (login required)

Nico Nico Douga seems to have banned mirror streaming users last time. So it's highly likely for only paid users to be able to watch the program till the end.

Schedule of Webcasting Boardlives(5/7~)

I posted the schedule on 81 square universe forum. Please make a plan to watch them referring to the following link.

• The 81-Square Universe • View topic - Schedule of webcasting boardlives

Boarldives today - 1st game of Joryu Oui-sen and 83rd Kisei-sen Challenger deciding game

The following two boardlives are available to watch today. The first one is the first game of the 23rd Joryu Oui-sen between Joryu Oui Kai Tomomi and challenger three crown Satomi Kana. As a result of Furigoma, Kai became Sente in this game and third game while Satomi will play as Sente in the second and forth games. The game started at 9:00am(JST) at Yumenoi in Himeji City, Hyogo prefecture. The allotted thinking time per player is four hours, so I think this game will end after 5:00pm. You can watch and replay the game through the link below;

• Kai vs Satomi
  

Here is the official site of the 23rd Joryu Oui-sen and official blog(both in Japanese). Though written in Japanese, lots of photos of both players have been and will be uploaded in the blog.

The other game is a challenger-deciding game between 9-dan Fukaura Koichi and 5-dan Nakamura Taichi. 5-dan Nakamura is the highest winning percentage player last business year and he beat nine contenders in a row in the Kisei-sen first and second preliminary knock-down tournament and final knock-down tourney including many strong players like Meijin Moriuchi, 9-dan Sato Yasumitsu. Fukaura took part in from the final knock-down due to, I guess, his last term's performance in this series. So he needed to defeat only three but ex-or-current title holder opponents such as 8-dan Miura Hiroyuki, Ryuo &  Ouza Watanabe Akira and Kio Goda Masataka to come to today's stage. If Nakamura wins, he will be a challenger for one of major titles for the first time in his career. The game started at 10:00am at JSA building in Sendagaya, Tokyo. Furigoma made Nakamura Sente. The allotted thinking time per player is four hours. So I think this game will end after 6:00pm(JST).

• Nakamura vs Fukaura

Here is the official site of the 83rd Kisei-sen and the official blog(both in Japanese). Lots of photos related to this game have been and will be uploaded in the blog as well.

You can have a chat about one of these games and other stuff with watchin it at 81dojo.

Replayable web-boards of 1st & 2nd game of Meijin-sen

You can replay the 1st and the second game of 70th Meijin-sen through the following links;

• 1st game, Sente = Moriuchi, Gote = Habu, won by Moriuchi, played on April 10 & 11
  
• 2nd game, Sente = Habu, Gote = Moriuchi, won by Habu, played on April 24 & 25

Nico Nico Live Day 2 of 2nd game of 70th Meijin-sen

Here is the link. Click the image below. When it's too crowded, paid members of Nico Nico Douga will be prioritized to watch the live. Mirror broadcasting may take place today. I will try to keep you posted about the mirrors as much as possible.

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This is the results of searching Meijin + Mirror in Japanese. Please try any of the upper links of the results with an icon on the left side to watch a mirror broadcast.

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Nico Nico Live Day 1 of 2nd game of 70th Meijin-sen

Today is Day 1 for the second game of 70th Meijin-sen best of seven match between Meijin Moriuchi and Challenger two crown Habu. Moriuchi took the first game and led the score in 1-0 before the game. Habu is Sente for this game. Day 1 will finish around 6:00pm and the player who has turn to play then will make a sealed move. The Day 2 will start at 9:00am(JST) tomorrow.

This game is being broadcasted by Nico Nico Live. 9-san Sato Yasumitsu plays a part of commentator and Joryu shodan  Yamaguchi Eriko plays a role of MC. You  may watch the live through the following link.

 

Hasegaya vs Ueda - Boardlive today, 2nd game of 5th Mynavi Joshi Open

Today is the day for the second game of the 5th Mynavi Joshi Open best of five match between Hasegawa Yuuki(Photo link) and Ueda Hatsumi(Photo link). The game started at 10:00am(JST) today at Takinoyu in Tendo, where the reception party of the 4th International Shogi Festival was held in 2008. Hasegawa is Sente for this game. As a result of the Furigoma in the first game, Hasegawa is supposed to play as Sente in the even-numbered games up to the 4th game. Ueda took the first game so the score before this game is 1-0 led by Queen.

Some Shogi medium say Hasegawa is a "Cinderella girl" as she just became a femal professional players last year as a high schooler and became a challenger against Queen Ueda by winning five games in a row in the knock-down tournament. But I personally think it's too early to call her "Cinderella" yet. Whether we can truly call her Cinderella depends on whether she takes the first title in this match. So let's see what's happening today and in the later games. Hasegawa's first game against Ueda was in the previous Mynavi knock-down challenger deciding tournament in 2010 when she was still amateur player. Ueda defeated Hasegawa then and continued to win in the tournament and beating ex-Queen Yauchi to take the title. So Hasegawa has not overcome the barrier of Ueda yet.

You can watch and replay the game through the following link of the live-board.

• Hasegawa vs Ueda

Here are the links to the official site of the 5th Mynavi Joshi Open and the official blog with lots of photos of both players to be uploaded. You can also watch the game at 81dojo with a chat window where you can have a chat on the game and other stuff with other spectators. I think the game will end sometime after 4:00pm since the allotted thinking time per player is three hours. Please be advised the lunch break will be inserted during the play between 0:00pm and 1:00pm(JST) with time-off.

Day 2 of 1st game of 70th Meijin-sen

Here is the link to the Nico Nico live show which will available to watch till the end of the game which is expected to end after 7:00pm(JST) today.

 

Several mirro-streamings are available.

• http://www.itmedia.co.jp/live/articles/1204/07/news009.html
• http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv88878488

Day1 of the 1st game of 70th Meijin-sen between Moriuchi and Habu on live

Day1 of the 1st game of 70th Meijin-sen between Meijin Moriuchi and two crown Habu is available to watch on live at Nico Nico Douga. Sing up information for Nico Nico Douga can be found in my last entry.In Nico Nico Douga, paid users have supiority to watch a live program. So if it's crowded by paid users, free users may be kicked out during watching. But I think you can manage to watch it by trying the link of the program a few times in that case.

Moriuchi became Sente as a result of Furigoma. The allotted thinking time per player is nine hours. Day 1 will finish at 6:00pm. The player who has turn to play then will make a sealed move. The venue for this game is Chinzanso in Tokyo.

 

 

 

Ueda vs Hasegawa, 1st game of the 5th MyNavi Joshi Open - Boardlive Now

Today is the day for the first game of the fifth MyNavi Joshi Open between Queen Ueda Hatsumi and Joryu 2-dan Hasegawa Yuki. As a result of Furigoma, Ueda became Sente. The game started at 10:00am. The allotted thinking time per player is three hours. So I think it will end after 4:00pm(JST) today. You can replay and watch the game through the following link;

• Ueda vs Hasegawa
  

Here is the official site of the 5th MyNavi Joshi Open. And here is the official blog which is full of photos of the both players. The game is also available to watch at 81 dojo with a chat window.