Takodori's Entrance to Shogi World

Worldshogi.com News Updates

Worldshogi.com released the following news dated on July 8 and 9.

• Austria preliminary result
• Norway preliminary result
• Italy preliminary result
• France preliminary result

Seikkon is the winner - PlayOK Shogi Tournament #3478132

Seikkon is the winner of the captioned on-line shogi tournament held on July 1, 2009. Here is the link to the result.

PlayOK.com - tournament #3478132 (#shogi)

You can replay the games by clicking each point in the table on the linked page. Since the page will disappear in 6 months from the tournament date, I'm uploading the screenshot of the tournament table below;

takumahama90 is the winner again - PlayOK Shogi Tournament #3451160

Takumahama90 is the winner of the captioned on-line shogi tournament held on June 27, 2009. Here is the link to the result.

PlayOK.com - tournament #3451160 (shogi)

You can replay the games by clicking each point in the table on the linked page. Since the page will disappear in 6 months from the tournament date, I'm uploading the screenshot of the tournament table below;

takumahama90 is the winner - PlayOK Shogi Tournament #3401417

Takumahama90 is the winner of the captioned on-line shogi tournament held on June 20, 2009. Here is the link to the result.

PlayOK.com - tournament #3401417 (shogi)

You can replay the games by clicking each point in the table on the linked page. Since the page will disappear in 6 months from the tournament date, I'm uploading the screenshot of the tournament table below;

mugen9x9 is the winner - PlayOK Shogi Tornament #3401417

Mugen9x9 is the winner of the captioned on-line shogi tournament held on June 13, 2009. Here is the link to the result.

 PlayOK.com - tournament #3401417 (shogi)

You can replay the games by clicking each point in the table on the linked page. Since the page will disappear in 6 months from the tournament date, I'm uploading the screenshot of the tournament table below;

Shogi boardlive today - 1st game of best of three match of 14th SC24-Meijin-sen

Today is the day for the 1st game of best of three match of 14th SC24 Meijin-sen. It will start at 9:00pm at Osaka Dojo of SC24. The pairing is like this; SC24-Meijin Shunaidar vs Kiss The Future. You do not need to be a member of SC24 and you can watch the game by logging in as a guest.

Shogi Club 24

My twitter entries on 3rd game of 32nd Asahi-ama-meijin-sen

Here is the duplication of my twitter entries on the 3rd game of the best of three match of 32nd Asahi-Ama-Meijin-sen. you can replay the game here(Sente = Shimizugami, Gote = Kaneuchi). Shimizugami beat Kaneuchi in 2-1 to obtainin Asahi-Ama-Meijin-Title. Congratulation!

1. It's a very thrilling game from the start to the end which deserves the final of the Asahi-ama-Meijin-sen.about 18 hours ago from web
2. There may be other variations, but Gote's King cannot help being mate in any cases.about 18 hours ago from web
3. Variation 3. K-5a S-6b+ Kx6b Rx3b+ K-7c B-5a K-7d G*7e K-8c G-8d(mate)about 18 hours ago from web
4. Variation 2 : K-5a S-6b+ Kx6b Rx3b+ P-5b +Rx5b(!) Kx5b P-5c+ K-4a G*4b(mate)about 18 hours ago from web
5. Variation 1: K-4a B*5b K-5a Rx2a+ R*3a +Rx3a Gx3a R*4a Gx4a Bx4a+ K-6a Sx6b+ Kx6b G*6c K-7a G*7b(mate)about 18 hours ago from web
6. After the resignation, Gote's King would be mated since Lance on 5h exists(!).about 18 hours ago from web
7. 152. B*2b 153. G*4b, 154. Sx4b 155. +Rx4b 156. Kx4b 157. Rx2b+ 158. G*3b 159. S*5c, After the move of 153. S*5c, Gote resigned the game.about 18 hours ago from web
8. 151. R*1b, This prevents Gote's King from escaping to upper space from the edge.about 18 hours ago from web
9. 147. B*3a(!) 148. Kx3a 149.G*3b(!) 150. Kx3b Sente has good sacrificing moves like you see.about 18 hours ago from web
10. 146. L*4h, But at last no more effective check. It's a threatmate but,,,about 18 hours ago from web
11. 140. Bx3g+ 141. Kx3g 142. Sx3f 143. K-4h 144. S-4g+ 145. K-3i Gote continues checking.about 18 hours ago from web
12. Correction: 137. L*3g 138 +B-2e 139. P*3f.about 18 hours ago from web
13. 137. +B-1e 138. P*3f Check and Blocking the promoted Bishop's diagonal line.about 18 hours ago from web
14. 136. L*3g, Escaping from the threatmate explained in the previous entry.about 18 hours ago from web
15. 135. N*3h 136. S-4e Threatmating move. If Sente takes it by Px4e, then mate exists such as G*4f K-4h B-3g+ K-3i +B-1g K-2i +B1g-2h.about 18 hours ago from web
16. 132. S*2h 133. K-4g 134. B-3e+ Threatmating Sente's king such as Bx4f K-4h B03g+ K-3i G*2h.about 18 hours ago from web
17. 129. P*6g 130. +Rx7f 131. Sx7f Gote traded the Promoted Rook for a idling Bishop on 7f.about 18 hours ago from web
18. 124. R-6h+ 125. L*5h 126. Nx3g+ 127 Kx3g 128. +R-7g Gote tries to keep checking by using promoted Rook tactfully.about 18 hours ago from web
19. Correction, 122 Lx3g+ 123. Gx3gabout 18 hours ago from web
20. Correction. 120. Lx3g+ 120 Gx3g.about 18 hours ago from web
21. 119. Lx3g 120. Gx3g, Gote continues attacking.about 18 hours ago from web
22. 118. B*1g 119. K-3h 120. L*3d 121. G-4h, Looks that Gote's attack is running out.about 18 hours ago from web
23. 117. K-2h, Sente's answer is escaping lower following to S-4i several moves ago.about 18 hours ago from web
24. 116. N*2e, Checki. Which to escape, upper or lower.about 18 hours ago from web
25. 109. Px1g 110. Px1g+ 111. Nx1g 112.Lx1g+ 113. Lx1g+ 114. Nx1g+ 115. Kx1g. Almost compulsory.about 18 hours ago from web
26. Correction: 99. G*3i 100. Gx3i 101. Gx3i 102. Px1f 103. P*1c 104. Lx1c 105. P*1h 106. N*2e 107. S-4i. 108. G*1gabout 18 hours ago from web
27. 103. G*1g, Both plaeyers in Byoyomi. Once dropping a Gold here, Gote will have to trap the Sente's King to win.about 18 hours ago from web
28. 102. S-4i, Making a Kings space to escape.about 18 hours ago from web
     
29. 101. N*2e, Adding pressure on the square of 1g, I'm not sure this is a threatmate or not.about 18 hours ago from web
30. 100. P*1h, Escaping from the threatmate wo begin with P-1g+about 18 hours ago from web
31. 99. P*1c 100. Lx1c Sente drops a sacrificing pawn. Gote takes it. Now the escaping path of Gote's King is blocked by his own lance on 1c..about 18 hours ago from web
32. 98. Px1f, It seems in threatmate to begin with P-1g+about 18 hours ago from web
33. 97. G*3i 98. Gx3i 99. Gx3i Sente does not take either of the generals by Rook and drop a defensive Gold on 3i not to give a deciseve move.about 18 hours ago from web
34. 98. G*4h, Gote contunue attacking the King without defending.about 18 hours ago from web
35. 93. +Px6b 94. Gx6b 95. Bx4a+ 96. Sx4a 97. Rx5a+ Sente cunducts planned attack.about 19 hours ago from web
36. 92. P-1e, Gote starts attacking on the edge file.about 19 hours ago from web
37. 91. B*7d, This intends the following attack; +Px6b Gx6b Bx4a+(!) Sx4a Rx5a+ which forks Silver on 4a and Gold on 6b.about 19 hours ago from web
38. 90. P*5a, Blocking the horizontal line of the Rook on 8a.about 19 hours ago from web
39. 89. P-7c+, Making Tokin(promoted Bisohp).about 19 hours ago from web
40. 87. P-6b+ 88. Px6b Pawn sacrifice with promotion. This is to intend to activate the Rook better.about 19 hours ago from web
41. 85. R*8a 86. R*6i, Both drop their Rooks on the opponents' camp to approach the Kings.about 19 hours ago from web
42. 84. Nx7h+ Natural move.about 19 hours ago from web
43. 83. Bx7f Taking a pawn on 7f escaping from the kNight on 6f.about 19 hours ago from web
44. 82. N*6f, Forking Bishop on 5h and Gold on 7h.about 19 hours ago from web
45. Correction. 77. B-5h 78.Bx7d 79. Px7d 80. Rx6e 81. Sx6eabout 19 hours ago from web
46. 77. Bx7d, 78.Px7d 79.Rx6e 80. Sx6e, Gote decided to trade a Bishop for a kNight to enable Rook trade as well.about 19 hours ago from web
47. 76. B-5h, Sente intends to take the pawn on 7f.about 19 hours ago from web
48. 75. P:6c 76. P*6a, Dropping a pawn on 6c to make Tokin and Gote defends it.about 19 hours ago from web
49. 74. S-4d, Gote's Silver moves closer to Sente's King to 4d from 6b.about 19 hours ago from web
50. 73. P*5d, Threatening to take the Silver on 5c.about 19 hours ago from web
51. 72. S-5c, Escaping from the kNight on 7d.about 19 hours ago from web
52. 71. N*7d, Blocking the Bishop's diagonal line.about 19 hours ago from web
53. 70. B-8c, Threatening to take the Rook on 6e.about 19 hours ago from web
54. 69. P*7e, Sente cannot trade Rooks since due to the difference of Kings' Safety.about 19 hours ago from web
55. 68. R-8e, Seems good since it prevents Sente from dropping a forking kNight on 7d.about 19 hours ago from web
56. 66. Nx6e 67. Rx6e, kNight trade is done.about 19 hours ago from web
57. 64. Px7f 65. N-6e Natural moves.about 19 hours ago from web
58. 63. Sx6f, natural move.about 19 hours ago from web
59. 62. P-6f, Pawn sacrificing advancement.about 19 hours ago from web
60. I could not update since I seemed to hit the limit of twitter :-).about 19 hours ago from web
61. testabout 19 hours ago from web
62. At the position of 61. R-5e, I think Sente leads it since Sente's kNight will not be killed and Sente's Rook and Bishop worlks better.about 21 hours ago from web
63. 61. R-5e, Sente's move is R-5e, This means Nx6e if Gote takes the pawn on 7f by Px7f.about 21 hours ago from web
64. I think Sente is thinking about how effective the R-7d is.about 21 hours ago from web
65. For examle, R-5f which protects the head of the kNight seems bad since Px7f Sx7f P*5e would be painful after that.about 21 hours ago from web
66. At the position of 60. R-8b, Sente seems to think about the next move for a long time.about 21 hours ago from web
67. The meaning of 55.R-5e is, I guess now, that if Gote did like P-7e Px7e P:7f, then the Knight take the Pawn on 6e supported by the Rook.about 21 hours ago from web
68. 60. R-8b, Preventing Sente from doing Rx5b+about 21 hours ago from web
69. 59. B*3f, Bishop drop which plans Rx5b+(!) Gx5b Bx8a+.about 21 hours ago from web
70. I can't decide which is better now.about 21 hours ago from web
71. Gote's points here are safer King guarded with three generals and keep attacking on the head of the kNight.about 21 hours ago from web
72. Sente's points here are gaining a pawn and having a Bishop in hand.about 21 hours ago from web
73. 58. P-7e, Gote's intention of this move is like this; Px7e P*7f to kill the kNight on 7g.about 21 hours ago from web
74. 57. Rx5d, Sente takes the sacrificing pawn.about 21 hours ago from web
75. 56. P*5d Gote drops a sacrificing pawn to change the location of Sente's Rook.about 21 hours ago from web
76. 55. R-5e, I'm not sure what this mean.about 21 hours ago from web
77. 54. B*9d(!) It's beyond my expectation. This prevents Sente from dropping a Bishop on 7b and plans to attack the head of the kNight on 7g.about 21 hours ago from web
78. 52. Bx4f 53. Px4f, Bishop trade is made. What does Gote have for Sente's B*7b?about 21 hours ago from web
79. Correction. 49. P*8g 50. R-8a 51. B-4fabout 21 hours ago from web
80. 49. B-4f, Sente would like to punish the previous R-8a. After bishop trade, there is a hole of B*7b in the Gote's formation.about 21 hours ago from web
81. 48. R-8a, Gote pulls his Rook to the bottom as well.about 21 hours ago from web
82. 47. P*8g, Threatening to take the Rook on 8f.about 21 hours ago from web
83. 46. P-8f 47. Px8f 48. Rx8f Before Sente transfers his Rook to the 8th file, Gote trades his Rook pawn on 8f.about 21 hours ago from web
84. 45. N-7g, Sente jumpes his left kNight to 7g. His Rook can move up to 8th file horizontally now..about 21 hours ago from web
85. 44. Bx6d, Taking back the pawn by the Bishop. The location of the Gote's Bishop is very good now.about 21 hours ago from web
86. 43. B-5g, Gote develop his Bishop to the right responding to Gote's attack.about 21 hours ago from web
87. 42. P:6e, Threatening to take the Bishop on 6f. Gote would like to punish the previous B-6f made by Sente.about 21 hours ago from web
88. 41. Px6d, It's a natural move.about 21 hours ago from web
89. 40. P*6d, Gote starts counter-attacking the head of the Sente's Bishop.about 21 hours ago from web
90. 39. B-6e, Sente would like to jump his left kNight to 7g in the next move or later.about 21 hours ago from web
91. 37.P*6e 38.B-4b Sente drop a vanguard pawn on 6e threatening to take the Bishop. Gote pulls it back again to 4b.about 21 hours ago from web
92. 35. Px6d 36.Bx6d Pawn trade by Bihsop is completed.about 22 hours ago from web
93. 34. P-6d, Gote tries to trada pawns on 6th file by Bishop.about 22 hours ago from web
94. 33. P-6e, Gote cannot take it by Nx6e since it will be killed by the following line; Nx6e B-5e R-8a P*6f.about 22 hours ago from web
95. 32. B-4b, Gote pulls back his Bishop to 4b. Whth this move, he can advance the pawn to 6d in the next move or later.about 22 hours ago from web
96. 31.S-6g Sente moves up his left Silver to 6g which protects the head of the Bishop on 7f.about 22 hours ago from web
97. 30. N-7c Gote intends to let his right kNight take part in the middlegame in the near future.about 22 hours ago from web
98. 29. P-6f, It's a preparation of protecting the head of the Bishop to enable S-6g or G-6g.about 22 hours ago from web
99. 28. P-7d, Giving pressure on the head of Sente's Bishop on 7g.about 22 hours ago from web
100. 27. G-7h, With this Gold move, Sente's Rook has been enabled to move to 6th and 7th file horizontally.about 22 hours ago from web
101. 26. S-6b, Gate has the same intention to utilize his right Silver.about 22 hours ago from web
102. 25. S-6h Intending to let the left Silver to take part in the battle to occur in the central area.about 22 hours ago from web
103. Correction. 14.G6a-5b 15.K-3h 16.B-6d 17.R-5i 18.K-4b 19.K-2h 20.K-3a 21.S-3h 22.K-2b 23.P-1f, 24. P-1dabout 22 hours ago from web
104. 21. P-1f 22. P-1d, Advancing the Kingside edge pawn each other. It may be an escaping path of the King in the endgame.about 22 hours ago from web
105. 20. K-2b, Gote completes making Hidari(left)-Mino castle.about 22 hours ago from web
106. 19. S-3h, Sente's castle is Mino-gakoi and he shows he does not have an intention to choose Anaguma castle.about 22 hours ago from web
107. 18. K-3a, a natural move for castling.about 22 hours ago from web
108. 17. K-2h, Sente moves his King to the 2nd file.about 22 hours ago from web
109. 16. K-4b, Gote starts castling,, too.about 22 hours ago from web
110. 15. R-5i, Sente pulls the Rook to the bottom. In Central Rook(Nakabisha) strategy, pulling back the Rook to the bottom is often seen.about 22 hours ago from web
111. 14.B-6d, Threatening to take the Rook on 5e.about 22 hours ago from web
112. 13.K-3h, After the pawn trade by the Rook, Sente mones his King to safer space.about 22 hours ago from web
113. 12. G6a-5b, Gote blocked the Rook by his right Gold. Sente cannot drop a pawn on 5c since the square is protected by the 2 pieces(G & B).about 22 hours ago from web
114. 11.P-5e, 12.Px5e 13.Rx5e, Sente trades his Rook's pawn with check.about 22 hours ago from web
115. 10. B-3a, It's a natural move following to the previous S-3b.about 22 hours ago from web
116. 9. K-4h, Sente starts castling his King.about 22 hours ago from web
117. 8. S-3b, This shows Gote will use his Bishop by way of 3a without opening the diagonal line by P-3d.about 22 hours ago from web
118. 7. R-5h, Sente transfers his Rook to the Central file which is called Nakabisha.about 22 hours ago from web
119. 6.P-5d, Gote does not allow Sente to advance vanguard pawn on the central file.about 22 hours ago from web
120. 5.B-7g, Preventing Gote from trading his Rook pawn on 8f.about 22 hours ago from web
121. 3.P-5f 4.P-8e Sente shows he will choose Nakabisha while Gote advances the rook Pawn again.about 22 hours ago from web
122. 1.P-7f 2.P-8d Gote shows he will choose Ibisha(static Rook).about 22 hours ago from web
123. Sente is Shimizugami. Gote is Ama-Meijin Kaneuchi. Before the game, the score is 1-1. This is best of three match.about 22 hours ago from web
124. 3rd shogi game of 32nd Asahi Ama Meijin-sen started.http://bit.ly/cS5YAabout 22 hours ago from web

Linkuei is the winner - PlayOK tournament #3377363

Linkuei is the winner of the captioned on-line shogi tournament held on June 6, 2009. Here is the link to the result.

PlayOK.com - tournament #3377363 (shogi)

You can replay the games by clicking each point in the table on the linked page. Since the page will disappear in 6 months from the tournament date, I'm uploading the screenshot of the tournament table below;

32th Asahi Ama Meijin-sen best of three match

The third game of the best of three match of 32nd Asahi Ama Meijin-sen is now on boardlive.

Shimizugami(Sente) vs Asahi Ama-Meijin Kaneuchi

The allotted thinking time per player is 90 minutes and less than 60 seconds per move after consuming it. The winner of this game will become the next Asahi-Ama-Meijin.

Here is the links to the 1st and 2nd game. The former was played yesterday and the latter was done in the morning of today.

1st game - Asahi-Ama-Meijin Kaneuchi vs Shimizugami (won by Kaneuchi)

2nd game - Shimizugami vs Asahi-Ama-Meijin Kaneuchi (won by Shimizugami)

Cochise is the winner - PlayOK tournament #3377338

Cochise is the winner of the captioned on-line shogi tournament held on June 3, 2009. Here is the link to the result.

 PlayOK.com - tournament #3377338 (shogi)

You can replay the games by clicking each point in the table on the linked page. Since the page will disappear in 6 months from the tournament date, I'm uploading the screenshot of the tournament table below;