The 3rd game of 36th Joryu-Meijini-sen between Joryu Meijin Shimizu vs Challenger Kurashiki Tohka Satomi started at 9:00am at Tokyo Shogi Kaikan(JSA's Building), in Tokyo. Satomi is Sente in this game. The allotted thinking time per player is three hours and each will have to make a move less than sixty seconds per move after consuming it. You may replay the game through the link below;
The official site of the series(in Japanese) is here. And the official blog with lots of photos is here.Posted by takodori on February 10, 2010 in Title Matches | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
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I found the following video today. It's apparently about the captioned game and a shogi tournament for children held in a parallel manner.
Posted by takodori on February 09, 2010 in Title Matches, videos | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
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Today is the day for the first game of the 35th Kio-sen. 9-dan Sato Yasumitsu became the challenger against Kio Kubo Toshiaki by beating 7-dan Yamasaki Takayuki at the challenger-deciding match last December. The venue of the game is at Lexington Plaza Mingde Shanghai in China. It will start soon at 10:00am(Japan Time). Which to play first will be decided by the five pawn toss(Furigoma) just before the start of the game. You may watch and repay the game thought the following link.
The allotted thinking time per player is four hours and each will have to make a move less than 60 seconds per move after consuming it.
Official blog of Kio-sen is here. There are and will be lots of photos of the game. And the game will be covered by my twitter and may be covered by Ki-ou Blog @ 81-Square Universe so please check them frequently. And http://groups.google.com/group/shogi-l/browse_thread/thread/82346f66180c46d2/5ea03c478a07ef2e?show_docid=5ea03c478a07ef2e&pli=1 is information about IRC chat about the game.
Posted by takodori on February 05, 2010 in Title Matches | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
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The 2nd game of 36th Joryu-Meijini-sen between Joryu Meijin Shimizu vs Challenger Kurashiki Tohka just started at 9:00am at Sekine Meijin Kinenkan(Mueum) in Chiba Prefecture which is located near Narita International Airport. Shimizu is Sente in this game. The allotted thinking time per player is three hours and each will have to make a move less than sixty seconds per move. You may replay the game through the link below;
The official site of the series(in Japanese) is here. And the official blog with lots of photos is here.Posted by takodori on January 31, 2010 in Title Matches | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
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Here is the duplicate of my twitter entries about 2nd game of 59th Osho-sen.
Posted by takodori on January 29, 2010 in Title Matches | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
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The 1st game of 36th Joryu-Meijini-sen between Joryu Meijin Shimizu vs Challenger Kurashiki Tohka just started at 9:00am at Hotel Mt. Fuji near the Lake Yamanaka which is famous for a summer resort in Yamanashi prefecture. As a result of Furigoma, Satomi became Sente. She became the challenger after beating Joryu-2dan Iwane in the play-off. The allotted thinking time per player is three hours and each will have to make a move less than sixty seconds per move. You may replay the game through the link below;
The official site of the series(in Japanese) is here. And the official blog with lots of photos is here.Posted by takodori on January 24, 2010 in Title Matches | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
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Here is the duplication of my twitter entries about the 1st game of 59th Osho-sen which was a very thrilling game.
Kubo took the 1st game. It's a very thrilling game from the start to the end. 35 minutes ago from web
(2) △K-6a ▲P*6b △K-7a ▲P*7b △Kx6b ▲Px5c+ △Kx5c ▲G*5b △K-5d ▲G*4d(mate) 36 minutes ago from web
(1) △K-6a ▲P*6b △K-7a ▲P*7b △Kx7b ▲G*7c △K-7a ▲P*7b △K-8a ▲G-8b(mate) 37 minutes ago from web
Mating lines after resignation diagram are folloiwngs; 39 minutes ago from web
114. △Gx5c 115. ▲G*3b 116. △K-5b 117.▲Gx4b ... White resigned the game after 117. ▲Gx4b. 40 minutes ago from web
109. ▲N*4e 110. △K-3b 111.▲S*3c 112.△K-4a 113. ▲N-5c= Knight unpromotion seemed good. 42 minutes ago from web
103.▲Bx2b+ △104.Kx2b 105.▲S*3c 106.△Nx3c 107. ▲Sx3c+ 108. △Kx3c Black tried to mate White's King. White's responses were mandatory. 44 minutes ago from web
102. △R*5h, White dropped a Rook on 5h threatmating Black's King. about 1 hour ago from web
101. ▲B*4d, Black dropped a Bishop on 4d. The question was whether it was a threatmate or not? about 1 hour ago from web
100. △Gx5b, White took back the promoted kNight. about 1 hour ago from web
99. △+Nx5b, Black took the Gold on 5b. about 1 hour ago from web
98. △P*4b, White dropped a defensive pawn on 4b to take the promoted kNight on 4c. about 1 hour ago from web
97. ▲Nx4c+, Black's attack seemed natural. about 1 hour ago from web
96. △K-3a, Early King's escape. about 1 hour ago from web
95. ▲N*3e, It's a threatmate to begin with ▲B*5c. about 1 hour ago from web
94. △R*6i, White dropped a Rook on 6i. It's not a threatmate, but Black would have no defense if he allowed△+N-5h. about 1 hour ago from web
93. ▲Sx4i, Almost mandatory. about 1 hour ago from web
92. △Gx4i, White took the Rook on 4i. He had two Rooks in hand with this move. about 1 hour ago from web
91. ▲+Bx4f, Black took back the Silver on 4f by the promoted Bishop. The location of the Horse seemed very good. about 1 hour ago from web
90. △Sx4f=, White took the Rook. about 1 hour ago from web
89. ▲S-3d, Black still neglected the Silver on 5g which was threatening to take the Rook on 4f. He seemed to let White capture the Rook. about 1 hour ago from web
88. △G-5b, White's Gold had to go back to 5b. about 1 hour ago from web
87. ▲P*5d, It seemed a painful pawn drop for White. about 1 hour ago from web
86. △N-6g+ White increased pressure with this kNight promotion. about 1 hour ago from web
85. ▲S*3h(!), Black dropped a Silver on 3h without letting his Rook escape. about 1 hour ago from web
84. △Gx5c Almost mandatory. Taking it by King would be too dangerous since it's near the Silver on 4e. about 1 hour ago from web
83. ▲Px5c+ Check. about 1 hour ago from web
82. △G*5h, White dropped a Gold on 5h threatening to take the Rook on 4i. about 1 hour ago from web
81.▲PP*5d, Seemed a good pawn drop to try to open the ear of White's King. about 1 hour ago from web
80. △P-6c, White took the promoted pawn on 6c instead of taking the Rook on 4f. about 1 hour ago from web
79. ▲P-6c+ Black neglected 78.S*5g and tried to sacrifice his Pawn on 6th file with promotion. about 1 hour ago from web
78. △S*5g, White dropped a Silver near Black's King threatening to take the Rook on 4f. about 1 hour ago from web
77. ▲R-4f, Black let his Rook escaped from the Gold on 6e to connect with the Silver on 4e. about 1 hour ago from web
76. △G*6e, White dropped a Gold on 6e threatening to take the Rook on 5f. about 1 hour ago from web
75. ▲Rx7e, Black took the promoted Bishop on 4i by his Rook. about 1 hour ago from web
74. △+Bx4i(!), Wow, White sacrificed all his major pieces with this move. about 1 hour ago from web
73. ▲Sx4i, Mandatory. about 1 hour ago from web
72. △Sx4i+ White took the Gold on 4i instead of the Rook. about 1 hour ago from web
71. ▲R*5f(!), Black dropped a Rook on 5f threatening to take the promoted Bishop on 7f. about 1 hour ago from web
70. △S*5h, White dropped a Silver on 5h which seemed severe at a glance. about 1 hour ago from web
69. ▲R-6i, Black let his Rook escape from the promoted Rook. about 1 hour ago from web
68. △+B-7f, White threatened to take the Rook on 6e and aiming at +Bx4i in need. about 1 hour ago from web
67. ▲G-4i, Black let his Gold escape from the diagonal line of the promoted Bishop on 7g. about 1 hour ago from web
66. △Bx7g+ White took the Silver on 7g. about 1 hour ago from web
65. ▲Gx5i, Seemed a natural move to take the sacrificing promoted Rook. about 1 hour ago from web
64.R-5i+(!), △Hmmn, White promoted his Rook but it's just a sacrifice. about 1 hour ago from web
63. ▲R-6e, Black let his Rook escaped to 6e threatening to take the kNight on 7e. He could take a Rook, Bishop or kNight soon. about 1 hour ago from web
62. △N*7e, White dropped a kNight which threatened to take the Rook on 6g. about 1 hour ago from web
61. ▲Sx7g, Black took back the pawn on 7g with the Silver threatening to take the Bishop on 8h. Black could take a Rook or Bishop. about 1 hour ago from web
60. △Px7g+ White took the kNight on 7g. about 1 hour ago from web
59. ▲S*4e(!), Black neglected White's P*7f and dropped a Silver to take the Rook on 5d. about 1 hour ago from web
58. △P-7f, Threatening to take the kNight on 7g. about 2 hours ago from web
57. ▲N-7g, Black activated his idling left kNight. It also blocked the diagonal line of White Bishop on 8h. about 2 hours ago from web
56. △P*6b, White dropped a defensive pawn on 6b to prevent Black from making Tokin on 6c. about 2 hours ago from web
55.▲P-6d, Black advanced the pawn on 6th file to promote. about 2 hours ago from web
I will be away from the Net and come back to the 1st game in the evening. #shogi http://mainichi.jp/enta/shougi/etc/kifu/100115.html about 12 hours ago from web
54. △B*8h, White dropped a Bishop on 8h which would try to take the Lance, connect with the Silver on 2b and protect the head of the Rook. about 13 hours ago from web
53. ▲Rx6g, Black took the promoted Silver by the Rook. about 13 hours ago from web
52. △Sx6g+ White took the Gold with Silver promotion. His vertical line of the Rook became open. about 13 hours ago from web
51. ▲Gx6g, Black took the pawn by the Gold, not by the Silver. about 13 hours ago from web
Sorry, It's not a sacrificing pawn. It's supported by the Silver on 5f. about 13 hours ago from web
50.△P*6g, White dropped a sacrifice pawn on the focal point of Black's Silver and Gold. about 13 hours ago from web
49. ▲R-7g, Black let his Rook go back to 7g. about 14 hours ago from web
48. △P*7e, White's counterattack started with this pawn drop. If Black took it by Rx7e, the game would end by B*6f(forking King and Rook)! about 14 hours ago from web
47. ▲Bx7c+, Black took the kNight with Bishop promotion. He has material advantage by a kNight. about 14 hours ago from web
46. △R-5d, White let his Rook escape from the Bishop. about 14 hours ago from web
45. B*6d, Black dropped a Bishop which was forking Black's Rook and kNight. about 14 hours ago from web
44. △Rx5e, Almost mandatory to take the sacrificing pawn. There are lots of White's floating pieces such as S2b, R5e, N7c and so on. about 14 hours ago from web
43. ▲P*5e, Black dropped a sacrificing pawn on the head of White's Rook. White would have to take it otherwise he could not save the Silver. about 15 hours ago from web
42. △Sx2b, Mandatory. about 15 hours ago from web
41. ▲Bx2b+, The sealed move was taking White's Bishop. I guess many thought of the move. about 15 hours ago from web
I got up late today. The Day 2 of 1st game of Osho-sen already started. #shogi http://mainichi.jp/enta/shougi/etc/kifu/100115.html about 15 hours ago from web
@hidetchi 伝統的な格言ではないですが、「わからんときは取れ」は実践的だと思います。 10:10 PM Jan 15th from web in reply to HIDETCHI
41. Kubo showed his intention to make a sealed move. 6:03 PM Jan 15th from web
40. △Sx5f, White took the pawn. Now, both Bihsops are facing each other. 5:48 PM Jan 15th from web
39. ▲P-5f(!). Black tried to make another pawn sacrifice by advancing it to the head of the Silver on 5e. 5:47 PM Jan 15th from web
Another photo of the playing room in Sistine Hall. #shogi http://mainichi.jp/enta/shougi/ohshoblog/image/100115_st_0.JPG 5:39 PM Jan 15th from web
38. △R-5d, White Rook escaped to the central file. His right kNight could take the Pawn on 6e in need. 5:38 PM Jan 15th from web
37. ▲P-6e(!), Black tried to sacrifice the pawn on the 6th file. If White took it by △Nx6e, it would be killed by ▲P*6f. 5:37 PM Jan 15th from web
36. △N-7c, White tried to let his right kNight take part in the battle. 5:35 PM Jan 15th from web
35. ▲Px6f, Black responded it naturally to take it. 5:34 PM Jan 15th from web
34. △P-6f, White tried to block the diagonal line of Black's Bishop with this pawn sacrifice. 5:33 PM Jan 15th from web
33. ▲S-6h, Black pulled back his right Silver again. It moved from 6f to 6h. As a result, his Bishop started to work better. 5:32 PM Jan 15th from web
32. △S-5e, White advanced his right Silver to 5e to dominate the central area. 5:30 PM Jan 15th from web
31. ▲S-7g, It's a natural move. Black could not lose a Silver in this early stage. 5:29 PM Jan 15th from web
30. △P*6e, White dropped a pawn on the head of Black's Silver on 6f. 5:29 PM Jan 15th from web
29. ▲P-9f, The intention of this move it to move Black's Bishop to 9g to threaten to take the Rook on 6d. 5:28 PM Jan 15th from web
28. △Px7d, It's a natural move to take the pawn. 5:27 PM Jan 15th from web
27. ▲P-7d!, In spite of White's previous △R-6d, Black made a sacrifice of a Pawn on the 7th file. 5:26 PM Jan 15th from web
26. △R-6d, White prevented Black's Rook pawn trade on 7d with this Rook's move. 5:25 PM Jan 15th from web
25. ▲P*6g, Black seemed to calm down the situation with this pawn drop to support the Silver on 6f. 5:25 PM Jan 15th from web
24. △R-6b, White transferred his Rook to the 6th file. 5:24 PM Jan 15th from web
23.▲G-7h, Black's Bishop got connected with the Gold with this move. 5:23 PM Jan 15th from web
22. △S-5d, White advanced his Silver to 5d. 5:22 PM Jan 15th from web
21. ▲Sx6f, It's a natural move to take back a pawn. 5:22 PM Jan 15th from web
20. △Px6f, White took the pawn on 6f by his Pawn. 5:21 PM Jan 15th from web
19. ▲S-6g, Black increased the protection on the square of 6f with this Silver advancement. 5:20 PM Jan 15th from web
18. △P-6e, Suddenly White entered into hostilities. If Black took it, he would lose his Bishop by △Bx8h+ 5:19 PM Jan 15th from web
17. ▲R-7f, Black prevented White's Rook pawn trade by floating his Rook to 7f which is called Ishida Style. 5:18 PM Jan 15th from web
16. △P-8e, White advanced his Rook pawn again to trade it on 8f. 5:17 PM Jan 15th from web
15. ▲S-6h, Black advanced his left Silver to 6h. Rookside Silver is usually needed to advance to the third row to build good formation. 11:58 AM Jan 15th from web
14. △P-8d, White finally advanced his Rook pawn. 11:56 AM Jan 15th from web
13. ▲K-3i, Black continue building his castle. 11:56 AM Jan 15th from web
12. G6a-5b, White moved his right Gold to 5b. It's a little surprise to me since this right Gold move seems a bit early. 10:54 AM Jan 15th from web
11. S-3h, Black moved up his right Silver to 3h. It turned out that he would adopt Minogakoi as his castle and gave up Anaguma. 10:53 AM Jan 15th from web
This is the photo of the start of the game. (Right=Osho Habu) #shogi http://mainichi.jp/enta/shougi/ohshoblog/image/100115_st_2.JPG 9:59 AM Jan 15th from web
The photo of Playing Room is here. #shogi http://mainichi.jp/enta/shougi/ohshoblog/image/100114_sh_1-thumb-450x301.jpg 9:58 AM Jan 15th from web
10. S-6c, White advnanced his right Silver to 6c to prevent Black's Rook pawn trade. 9:56 AM Jan 15th from web
9. K-4h, Black also started to move his King to the opposite side of his Rook. 9:55 AM Jan 15th from web
8.P-6d, This is the preparation for the advancement of his right Silver to 6c to prevent Black's Rook pawn trade on 7d. 9:54 AM Jan 15th from web
7. R-7h, Black transferred his Rook to the 7th file to secure the vanguard pawn on 7e. 9:53 AM Jan 15th from web
6. S-6b, White moved his right Silver since no possibility of quick attack after Bishop trade. 9:53 AM Jan 15th from web
5.P-6f, Black blocked the diagonal line of his Bishop by himself with this pawn advancement. 9:52 AM Jan 15th from web
4. K-4b, White moved the King to 4b before moving his right Silver to 6b. Against Ishida Style, this early King's move is considered better. 9:51 AM Jan 15th from web
As to Ishida Style, good article is available to read in Shogipedia at http://bit.ly/7Z1E8Z 9:48 AM Jan 15th from web
3. P-7e, Black advanced vanguard pawn on the 7th file so early. His intention seems to adopt Ishida Style Sangenbisha(3rd file Rook). 9:46 AM Jan 15th from web
2. P-3d, Habu responded it by opening his Bishop's diagonal line, too. 9:45 AM Jan 15th from web
1.P-7f, As a result of Furigoma(Five Pawn toss), Kubo became Sente. He opened the diagonal line of his Bishop. 9:44 AM Jan 15th from web
The first game of 59th Osho-sen between Osho Habu and Challenger Kio Kubo started at 9:00am. #shogi 9:43 AM Jan 15th from web
Shogi boardlive today and tomorrow - Osho Habu vs Challenger Kubo, 1st game of 59th Osho-sen http://bit.ly/4OMrSJ 9:42 AM Jan 15th from TypePad
Posted by takodori on January 17, 2010 in Title Matches | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
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Here is the link to the boardlive.
The game started at 9:00am. As a result of Furigoma(Five Pawn toss), Kubo became Sente. Osho-sen is the best of seven match. The allotted thinking time per player is 8 hours and each will have to make a move less than 60 seconds per move after consuming it. Today is Day 1 and the sealed move will be made around 6:00 pm. Day2 will start at 9:00am tomorrow. The venue is at Otsuka Museum of Art in Naruto city, Tokushima prefecture.
The official blog about this series is here. Don't miss to watch the photos of the Sistine hall as the playing room which is very different from ordinary playing rooms. It's found at
The opening strategy is going to Ishida Style Sangenbisha(third file rook). Good English articles about third file rook are available to read in Shogipedia linked below for your reference.
Posted by takodori on January 15, 2010 in Title Matches | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
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Today and tomorrow are the days for the 4th game of 22nd Ryuo-sen best of seven match between Ryuo Watanabe Akira and 9-dan Moriuchi Toshiyuki. The game started at 9:00 am at Suimeikan in Gero Spa, Gifu Prefecture. Watanabe is Sente player. Before the game, Watanabe leads the score in 3-0. You can replay and watch the game through the links below;
Official Page in Japanese
Official Blog in Japanese (full of photos and diagrams)
Kifu for Flash in Japanese
Kifu for Java in Japanese
Kifu for Flash in English(To be updated mainly for Day 2)
The allotted thinking time per player is 8 hours and less than 60 seconds per move after consuming it.
And gpsshogi_en and bonanza_shogi which are computer shogi program may be following this game to output their evaluation values and readings per every move.
Posted by takodori on November 25, 2009 in Title Matches | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
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Today is the day for the second game of 17th Oyama Trophy Kurashiki Tohka-sen between Kurashiki Tohka Satomi Kana and joryu 2-dan Nakamura Marika. The venue is at Geibunkan of Kurashiki City, Okayama prefecture. It started at 10:00am. Nakamura is a Sente player and the opening strategy of this game is ai-Furibisha(double ranging Rook). The allotted thinking time per player is 2 hours and each player will have to make a move less than 60 seconds per move after consuming it. Here is a virtual board you can replay.
Posted by takodori on November 22, 2009 in Title Matches | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
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