Board & Photo live today - Shimizu Ichiyo vs Yamada Kumi, 2nd Mynavi Joshi Open

Today is the day for a game of 2nd round for 2nd Mynavi Joshi Open(Challenger deciding knokout tournament) between Shimizu Ichiyo(Joryu Osho) and Yamada Kumi(Joryu 3 dan) at Tokyo Shogi Kaikan of JSA. It started at 10:00 am(Japan time). As a result of Furigoma, Shimizu became Sente player.

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The thinking time per player is 3 hours and less than 60 seconds per move after consuming it. The game is expected to end around 5:00pm(Japan time) today.