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Habu vs Nakamura, 3rd game of 83rd Kisei-sen - Shogi Boardlive Now

The following game is available to watch and replay now.

• Kisei Habu Yoshiharu vs 6-dan Nakamura Taichi

The game started at 9:00am(JST) at the Nushiya Inn in Gotsu City in Shimane prefecture. The allotted thinking time per player is four hours so I think it will end at around 6:00pm(JST). The score before today is 2-0 led by Habu. Nakamura will not lose any more game to survive in this series.

Here is the official site of the 83rd Kisei-sen and the official blog in Japanese.

Also, Nico Nico Live is available to watch. 9-dan Yashiki Nobuyuki is a commentator with Joryu Shodan Yamaguchi Eriko.

• Itmedia Mirror(No user registration required to watch)
• Nico Nico Live(User registration required to watch. Paid users has superiority when crowded)

I hope the mirror will keep available to watch up to the final moment.

Habu vs Nakamura, 2nd game of 83rd Kisei-sen - Shogi Boardlive and Nico Nico Live today

Today is the day for the second game of the 83rd Kisei-sen best of five match. Before the game, Habu take the lead in 1-0. The game started at 9:00am(JST) at Hotel Foresta in Toyota city, Aichi prefecture. Nakamura is Sente for this game. Since the allotted thinking time per player is four hours, I think this will end after 6:00pm(JST). You can replay the game through the following link.

• Nakamura vs Habu

Here is the official site and blog(both in Japanese). The game is available to watch at 81 dojo with a chat window. 

Also, Nico Nico Live covers this game. You can see the information about how to watch it in my post to 81 square universe forum. If you are interested, please click the link.

Habu vs Nakamura, 1st game of 83rd Kisei-sen - Boardlive Today

Today is the day for the first game of the 83rd Kisei-sen best of five match between Kisei Habu Yoshiharu and twenty-four years old 6-dan Nakamura Taichi. As a result of Furigoma, Habu becomes Sente for this game and the third game. Nakamura will play first in the second and the fourth game if this series does not end in a straight score. Nakamura has become a professional player since 2007 at the age of seventeen. This is the first time for him to challenge one of the major seven title holders. He used to be a ranging-rook player when he became 4-dan but now he play static rook openings a lot. The venue of the game is Hotel New Awaji in Awaji Island on Seto Inland Sea, Hyogo prefecture. The game started at 9:00am(JST). Since the allotted thinking time per player is four hours, I think it will end at around 6:00pm(JST). You can watch and replay the game through the link below;

• Habu vs Nakamura

Here is the official site and the official blog of the 83rd Kisei-sen. You can also watch it with a chat window at 81dojo.

Also, Nico Nico Live covers this game. It is available to watch at

• itmedia(No user registration nor login required)
• Nico Nico Live(User registration and login required)

 

Nico Nico Live of 5th game of 70th Meijin-sen

I posted the information of the Nico Nico Live of the 5th game of the 7oth Meijin-sen in 81 square universe forum.

Live of Day 2 of 70th Meijin-sen - Habu vs Moriuchi

At the time of writing this blog, the live is available to watch here. No user registration is required.

• http://www.itmedia.co.jp/live/articles/1205/16/news147.html

It may become unavailable to watch is the source of Nico Nico Live gets too crowded by paid members due to its capacity constraint.

I think the game will end after 7:00pm(JST). The opening the two players chose is Yagura. The commentator 7-dan Akutsu tell that he is in favor of Sente(Habu) now.

Kai vs Satomi, 3rd game of 23rd Joryu Oui-sen - Shogi Boardlive Now

The following game is available to watch on a flash-enabling OS and browser.

• Joryu Oui Kai Tomomi vs Joryu three crown Satomi Kana

This is the third game of 23rd Joryu Oui-sen which started at 9:00am(JST) today. The allotted thinking time per player is four hours so I think it will end around 6:00pm(JST). The venue is The late Ito Denemon's house in Iizuka city, Fukuoka prefecture. Satomi took the lead in 2-1 before the game. Since this series is best-of-five match, Kai will not be able to lose any more game to defend her title.

Here are the official site of Joryu Oui-sen and official blog(in Japanese). And frequently-uploading-shots of each player are available to watch here. The upper photo is for Kai.

Ueda Hatsumi vs Hasegawa Yuuki - Shogi Boardlive Now, 3rd game of 6th Mynavi Joshi Open

Today is the day for the third game of the 6th Mynavi Joshi Open between Queen Ueda Hatsumi and Joryu 2dan Hasegawa  Yuuki. Ueda took the two games in a row so if she win this game, she will defend the title. Hasegawa would like to win this game to survive. The game started at 10:00 am(JST) at Jinya inn in Hadano City, Kanagawa prefecture. The allotted thinking time per player is three hours so I think it will end after 4:00pm(JST). Ueda is Sente for this game. You can watch and play through it clicking the link below;

• Ueda vs Hasegawa

Here are the official site of the 6th Mynavi Joshi Open and the official Blog. Also, the live commentary show(in Japanese) is available to watch on Nico Nico Live but free users will become not available to watch it if it's too crowded by paid users.

Schedule of webcasting boardlives

I posted the updates for this week in the relevant thread of 81 square universe forum.

I posted a link to the third game of 70th Meijin-sen

I posted a link to third game of 70th Meijin-sen at 81 square forum.  Please visit if you are interested to play through it from the start to the end. And I would recommend you to be a member of the forum.

• http://forum.81squareuniverse.com/viewtopic.php?p=9073#p9073

Satomi vs Kai, 2nd game of 23rd Joryu Oui-sen - Boardlive now

Today is the day for the second game of the 23rd Joryu Oui-sen best-of-five match between Joryu Oui Kai Tomomi and three crown Satomi Kana. Satomi took the first game and take the lead in 1-0 before this game. Satomi is Sente. It started at 9:00am(JST) at Sheraton Sapporo in Hokkaido. The allotted thinking time per player is four hours so I think it will end around 6:00pm(JST). You can watch and replay the game at

• Satomi vs Kai

Here is the official site of the 23rd Joryu Oui-sen. And shots of both players to be updated almost every minute are available to watch here.