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Shogi Boardlives Today(November 9) - Ryuo-sen & Asahi Trophy Shogi Open games

Today the following games are available to replay or watch.

*Friday November 9 to start at 9:00am
9-dan Maruyama Tadahisa vs Ryuo Watanabe Akira
Day 2, 3rd game of 25th Ryuo-sen best of seven match
Expected end time of Day 2 - around 7:00pm(JST)
Liveboard - http://live.shogi.or.jp/ryuou/kifu/25/r ... 80101.html
Official Site - http://live.shogi.or.jp/ryuou/
Nico Live Mirror - http://www.itmedia.co.jp/live/articles/ ... ws146.html
Nico Live - http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv108036977


to start at 10:00am(JST), Asahi Trophy Shogi Open
(1) 8-dan Miura Hiroyuki vs 6-dan Kubota Yoshiyuki
Liveboard - http://live.shogi.or.jp/asahi/kifu/6/as ... 90101.html

(2) 8-dan Suzuki Daisuke vs 5-dan Nakamura Ryosuke
Liveboard - http://live.shogi.or.jp/asahi/kifu/6/as ... 90201.html

(3) 8-dan Namekata Hisashi vs 5-dan Yokoyama Hiroaki
Liveboard - http://live.shogi.or.jp/asahi/kifu/6/as ... 90301.html

(4) 7-dan Akutsu Chikara vs 5-dan Murata Akihiro
Liveboard - http://live.shogi.or.jp/asahi/kifu/6/as ... 90401.html
Expected end time of (1)-(4) - around 0:00pm(JST)

(5) Miura vs Nakamura
Liveboard - http://live.shogi.or.jp/asahi/kifu/6/as ... 90501.html

(6) Namekata vs Akutsu
Liveboard - http://live.shogi.or.jp/asahi/kifu/6/as ... 90601.html

Expected end time of (5)&(6) - around 4:00pm(JST)

Shogi Boardlives Today(November 8) - Ryuo-sen, Kurashiki Tohka-sen & Mynavi

Today, the  following games are available to watch and replay.

*Thursday November 8 to start at 9:00am(JST)
9-dan Maruyama Tadahisa vs Ryuo Watanabe Akira
Day 1, 3rd game of 25th Ryuo-sen best of seven match
Expected end time of Day - around 6:00pm(JST)
Liveboard - http://live.shogi.or.jp/ryuou/kifu/25/r ... 80101.html
Official Site - http://live.shogi.or.jp/ryuou/
Nico Live Mirror - http://www.itmedia.co.jp/live/articles/ ... ws121.html
Nico Live - http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv108034894

To start at 10:00
Kurashiki Tohka Satomi Kana vs Joryu 4-dan Yauchi Rieko
Boardlive - http://live.shogi.or.jp/kurashikitouka/ ... 80101.html
Official Site - http://live.shogi.or.jp/kurashikitouka/
Expected end time - around 3:00pm(JST)

To start at 10:00
Joryu 6-dan Shimizu Ichiyo vs Joryu 4-dan Kai Tomomi
Boardlive - http://mynavi-open.jp/kifu/6/mynavi201211080101.html
Official Site - http://mynavi-open.jp/
Expected end time - around 6:00pm(JST)

This week's schedule of webcasting boardlives(November 5 through November 11)

The schedule can be found through the link below;

• http://forum.81squareuniverse.com/viewtopic.php?p=10354#p10354

Kato Momoko vs Honda Sayuri, 2nd game of 2nd Ricoh Cup Joryu Ouza-sen - Shogi Boardlive Now

Today is the day for the second game of the 2nd Ricoh Cup Joryu Ouza-sen between Joryu Ouza Kato Momoko and Joru 3-dan Honda Sayuri. The venue of this game is Meiji Kinenkan in Tokyo. Kato is Sente. The game started at 10:00am(JST). It is expected to end around 5:30pm(JST). You can watch and replay the game through the link below;

• Kato vs Honda

Here is the links to the official site and official blog(in Japanese).

Nico Live covers this game from 3:00pm(JST)

• Nico Live

Day2 of Maruyama vs Watanabe - Shogi Boardlive and Webcast Today

Today is Day 2 of the second game of 25th Ryuo-sen between Maruyama and Watanabe. The game is available to watch through the following links;

• Boardlive - http://live.shogi.or.jp/ryuou/kifu/25/ryuou201210310101.html
• Nico Live(mirror) - http://www.itmedia.co.jp/live/articles/1210/16/news146.html
• Nico Live - http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv108028151

Nico Live(mirror) does not require you to do user registration. Nico Live requires you to do so unless you are already its user. The game is expected to end around 7:00pm(JST) today.

Watanabe vs Maruyama, 2nd game of 25th Ryuo-sen - Shogi Boardlive Today & Tomorrow

Today is Day 1 of the second game of the 25th Ryuo-sen best of seven match between Ryuo Watanabe Akira and 9-dan Maruyama Tadahisa. The game started at 9:00am at Kanzawa Excel Hotel Tokyu in Kanazawa city, Ishikawa prefecture. You can watch and replay the game at

• Watanabe vs Maruyama

Here are the links to the official site and official blog(in Japanese).

And Nico Live covers the game from the start to the end.

• Nico Live Mirror(No user registration required)  - http://www.itmedia.co.jp/live/articles/1210/16/news145.html
  
  Nico Live(User registration required) - http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv108027479

This week's schedule of webcasting boardlives(October 29 through November 4)

I posted the captioned schedule in the 81 Sqaure Universe Forum. This week, there will be the second game of 25th Ryuo-sen, the final of the Rookie King, and the second game of the second Ricoh Cup Joryu Ouza-sen.

• http://forum.81squareuniverse.com/viewtopic.php?p=10300#p10300

Watanabe vs Maruyama, 1st game of 25th Ryuo-sen - Shogi Boardlive Today & Tomorrow

The first game of the 25th Ryuo-sen started at 9:00am at Takinoyu in Tendo City, Yamagata prefecture. Today is Day 1. It is expected to end around 6:00pm tomorrow. You can find information about the links to the boardlive and live webcast in the lower part of this page.

Habu has come back to Ouza

Habu has come back to Ouza beating Watanabe in 3-1 and 1 sennichite(repetition) in the 6oth Ouza-sen. The details can be found in the following thread of 81 square universe forum.

• 60th Ouza-sen

Watanabe vs Habu, 4th game of 60th Ouza-sen - Shogi Live and Webcast today

Today is the day for the fourth game of the 60th Ouza-sen best of five match between Ouza Watanabe and two crown Habu. The venue is Jinya in Hatano Ciry, Kanagawa prefecture. The game started at 9:00am(JST). The following live broadcasts and webcasting boardlive are available to watch. The expected end time of the game is sometime after 9:00pm(JST) today.

　Rematch occurs due to Sennichite(Repetition) - http://live.shogi.or.jp/ouza/kifu/60/ouza201210030102.html

• Nico Live Mirror(No user registration required)
• Nico Live(User registration required. Paid members have priority when the sever is too crowded.)
• Liveboard(Sente is Watanabe)

Surprisingly, Habu moved his Rook to the third file at the second move without pushing any Pawn. However, it went like an traditional Ibisha vs Furibisha game about two decades ago or so since the early Rook move without blocking Bishop diagonal seemed to make Watanabe give up choosing Anaguma. Actually, the position at the 41st move is idendical to that of a 2nd Ryuo-sen game between Tanigawa and Habu played in 1990.