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6th 81 ou league is now open for registration

6th 81 ou league is now open for registration. If you would like to participate, please click the information below. You need to be a member of 81 square universe forum to take part in.

• http://forum.81squareuniverse.com/viewtopic.php?p=11605#p11605

Four shogi boardlives today

The following shogi games are available to watch and replay now.

• 5-dan Nakao Toshiyuki vs Joryu 4-dan Ishibashi Sachio
• 7-dan Nozuki Hirotaka vs Joryu 4-dan Ishibashi Sachio(to be started at 2:00pm)

It's an Asahi Trophy elimination game. It started at 10:00am(JST) and it is expected to end in about one hour and a half from the start time.

• Joryu four crown Satomi Kana vs Shoreikai 2-kyu Nishiyama Tomoka

It's a quarter-final game of the second Ricoh Cup Joryu Ouza-sen challenger deciding knockouts. The game started at 10:00am(JST). It is expected to end sometime after 5:00pm(JST).

• 8-dan Miura Hiroyuki vs 6-dan Inaba Akira

It's a game of the 25th Ryuo-sen qualification knockouts. The game started at 10:00am(JST) and it is expected to end sometime after 9:00pm(JST).

• Day 1 - 9-dan Fujii Takeshi vs Oui Habu Yoshiharu

Day 1 will close at 6:00pm(JST). The player who has turn to play at the closing time will seal the move. Day 2 will start at 9:00am(JST) tomorrow.

Christmas shogi tournament for the Cup of General Consul of Japan in Saint Petersburg, Russia - SHOGI-L | Google Groups

This has been posted in shogi-l.

• Christmas shogi tournament for the Cup of General Consul of Japan in Saint Petersburg, Russia - SHOGI-L | Google Groups

We would like to welcome you in Saint Petersburg at the second shogi
tournament for the Cup of the General Consul of Japan (and it's  7th annual
Christmas tournament already!), on January 7-8, 2012 in St. Petersburg.

Location: The embankment of Obvodny channel,143 (200 meters to the north
and west of the metro "Frunzenskaya"), 4th floor.

For more details, please click the link above.

Evening Edition of Yomiuri Shimbun covered ESC/WOSC 2011

Yomiuri Shimbun, which is a Japanese Newspaper Publisher having the largest and nationwide  circulation in Japan, covered ESC/WOSC 2011 in its evening edition of August 30. Here is the link to the image of the article given by Dr. René Gralla.

• The image of the article(jpg file format)

And the translation of the article is ongoing at 81 square universe forum.

• The 81-Square Universe • View topic - I need a translator

According to YOMIURI SHIMBUN MEDIA KIT, the circulation of its evening edition is 3,516,692.

The first term of Relay Shogi Tournament at 81Dojo

There is a room for one more country's entry. It will start from this August.

• The 81-Square Universe • View topic - Relay Shogi Tournament

We will start registration for the 1st Relay Shogi World Cup.
The system will be a knock-out.
8 countries can participate.

-Find 4 players from your country to make the team.
-Each country can have only one team.
-The total 81Dojo Rating in the team must not exceed 4500 at the time of registration.
-The product of all 4 players' ratings must not exceed 2.0x10^12 at the time of registration.
(R1/1000)*(R2/1000)*(R3/1000)*(R4/1000) < 2.0
-A provisional rated player (less than 10 rated games) is regarded as R=1200.
-If a player in the team becomes unavailable for a long time during the tournament period, you can find substitute player then.
-A country that cannot find 4 players is allowed to hire 1 foreigner from nearby country. However, he must not play in other team.
-Each team shares the same team account that is officially provided by 81Dojo.
-Choose "Relay Tournament" when creating a game.
-You must decide the playing order before the game. (Do not change order after seeing the opponent's order.)
-Time rule will be 45min + 60sec, rated.
-81Dojo client will automatically notify in GameChat Window each time either team must switch players. (Black team switches players after 9th, 29th, 49th, 69th, 89th,,,, move. White team switches players after 20th, 40th, 60th, 80th, 100th,,, move.)
-You must switch players in 60 seconds after it is notified by 81Dojo client.
-When switching players, the next player makes an "override login" with the team account. The previous player will be automatically disconnected. After the override login, you find the game from the GameList and reconnect to the game.
-If the other team also accidentally disconnects while switching players, the game will end as a draw due to 81Dojo configuration. In this case, the other team loses.
-You must not discuss or read comments while you are the one that is playing.
-However, other three team members who are not playing are allowed to discuss while watching, either in GameChat or PrivateChat.
-When your opponent team is switching, you can either wait until they switch and then make your move, OR, make your move before they switch. Both options have good and bad. The former prevents the opponent team from discussing the very next move before switching. But the latter saves your thinking time.

To register, please reply with:
-Country Name
-Names of 4 players and their current rating

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Hidetchi (http://www.youtube.com/HIDETCHI)

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Here is the official page of the first term Relay Shogi at 81Dojo.

Video of 4th Minsk Open

This is the video about the 4th Minsk Open which was held on May 7 through 9, 2011. 38 players participated in the event reportedly. For more details of the result, please go to the following link.

• The 81-Square Universe • View topic - 4th Minsk Open 7-9.05.2011

Information about International Shogi Festival 2011

The information about Internattional Shogi Forum has been released. Briefly, it's to be held from October 27 to 30 in Paris, France. including the tournament of national representative and the other open tournament. In the past, International Shogi Festival(formerly International Shogi Forum) were held in Japan four times every three year starting 1999. This will be the first time for the event to happen outside Japan. For more details, please follow the following links:

•  International Shogi Festival 2011
• PDF Version of the Official Invitation Letter

Result of 2nd One day Tournament in Ludwigshafen, Germany

Following up my previous blog entry, I would like to link the report page on www.orschiedt.name since I think it's good to read the report and see a lot of photos.  Here are the links;

• 2nd One Day(English translation by Google Language tool)
• 2nd One Day(Original German page)

Reports about 1st Ladies' SHOGI Championship of Germany / SHOGI-in-3D-Exhibition

I got emails from Dr. R. Gralla about the captioned event held on November 21 last weekend. I'm showing it here according to his request.

November 25th, 2009

- 1st LADIES' SHOGI Championship of Germany Ludwigshafen 2009
- SHOGI-in-3D-Exhibition

Dear Mr. Manabu Terao,

today I am very happy to inform you that for the first time in the history of German SHOGI, there has been staged a Ladies' Championship of Germany.

The "1st Ladies' SHOGI Championship of Germany 2009" has been battled out on the occasion of the "2nd LUDWIGSHAFEN ONE DAY OF SHOGI 2009" on Saturday, November 21st, 2009, at Ludwigshafen south of Frankfurt/Main. The tournament has been organized by the energetic promoter of SHOGI, Mr. Oliver Orschiedt. 24 enthusiasts of Japanese Chess competed at Ludwigshafen, and that has been an unparalleled record high of participants in Germany since the European Championship 2004 at Pullach (near Munich).

The cultural significance of the event at Ludwigshafen 2009 has been underlined by the visit of Dr. Michihiko Kasugai, Vice-President of the German-Japanese Society Frankfurt. Dr. Kasugai started the "1st Ladies' SHOGI Championship of Germany 2009" by executing the first move. The competition has been won by 23-years old student Kirstin Auburger from Ludwighafen; now the 23-years old student is the first Ladies' SHOGI Champion of Germany.

A second novelty has been a youth competition. Darling of the press has been 5-years-old Tristan Orschiedt, the youngest player of SHOGI in Europe. The youth tournament has been won by 13-years-old Samir Eghbali from Ludwigshafen.

Apart from the 1st Ladies' SHOGI Championship of Germany 2009 and the youth tournament there has been a third highlight: the first-time exhibition of a set of SHOGI in 3D. German journalist and SHOGI enthusiast Dr. René Gralla from Hamburg has transformed the classic design of Shogi into a FIGURINE VERSION, with REAL FIGURINE PIECES based on the well-known PLAYMOBIL-figurine sets that are very popular among kids.

"My prototype aims at the KIDS of the KAWAII GENERATION", says Dr. René Gralla. "The KAWAII GENERATION is heavily influenced by the modern aesthetics of MTV, the teenagers of the 3rd millennium prefer colourful optics to reading. Therefore I have created this set to make the kids interested in SHOGI again: The animated scenario in 3D demonstrates to the kids that SHOGI is an entertaining and thrilling game."

The press has covered the event at Ludwigshafen, in the annex I add the article that has been published by DIE RHEINPFALZ.

a. Dear Mr. Manabu Terao, I would appreciate it very much if you would like to publish my information in the blog TAKODORI's WORLD.

b. Moreover I would appreciate it very much if you would like to publish in your blog the screenshot of that article of the RHEINPFALZ - that has been attached to this mail here. (The big photo that has been published in the article shows the creator of figurine SHOGI in 3D, Dr. René Gralla, in the foreground left and the organizer of the tournament, Mr. Oliver Orschiedt, background right, trying out the new concept of SHOGI in 3D).

c. By follow-up mails 1- 4 there will be emailed to you four photos. I would be very thankful if you could publish those additional photos too.

aa. Follow-up mail no. 1 shows Dr. Michihiko Kasugai, Vice-President of the German-Japanese Society Frankfurt, starting the 1st Ladies' SHOGI Championship of Germany 2009. I would appreciate it very much if you would like to publish that photo too.

bb. Follow-up mails no. 2 - 4 show the innovative figurine SHOGI that has been created by me, that is to say: Dr. René Gralla. I would appreciate it very much if you would like to publish those photos too since it is the first time in the history of SHOGI that a concept like that has been tried out in SHOGI.

Last not least: I add the link to the publication about the event at Ludwigshafen at  - www.shoginet.de - , in the following the direct link:


http://www.orschiedt.name/shogi/Shogiclub_Rhein-Neckar/One_Day/2__One_Day/2__one_day.html

Rheinpfalz_25.11.2009_cut(PDF file)

Many thanks in advance.

Best regards
Dr. René Gralla

Further stories and photos can be found by clicking the link below:

• Follow-up emails from Dr. R. Gralla of November 25, 2009
  

Further updates of Worldshogi.com on November 23

Two more articles have been uploaded regarding the 3rd Shogi World Championship on Worldshogi.com in addition to the articles mentioned in my blog entry of  Updates of Worldshogi.com. The former contains some replayable gamerecords and  the latter contains the photos of the tournament.

1. Kife of some selected games | worldshogi.com

2. The Third Shogi World Championship Highlight | worldshogi.com