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brainking.com http://www.brainking.com shogi 24 http://www.shogidojo.com/eng/engindex.htm good videos to watch http://www.youtube.com/user/HIDETCHI good software to get: http://home.arcor.de/Bernhard.Maerz/BCMShogi/ScreenSh.htm

Welcome to our 5th Shogi game ! If you are unfamiliar with Shogi, here's a good introduction: Shogi agentofchaos is playing sente, and Sahist4 is playing gote. To the participants: Please track this forum so you'll know when it is your turn to move. The time control is 3 days per move. No vacations, unless agreed to by both participants. No computers. Databases are OK. Just post your move to this forum and I will update the board diagram below as soon as possible. Use the following abbreviations. King ... K Rook ... R Bishop ... B Knight ... N Lance ... L Silver ... S Gold … G Pawn ... P For promoted pieces use + sign in front of a piece latter (example: +R –promoted rook) For drops use * sign, x for capture and – for normal move of the piece. Example notation for first couple of moves: 1. P7g-7f P3c-3d2. P6g-6f P8c-8d Arrow indicate the last move. Move List sente gote 1. G-6i5h P-3d 2. S-6h R-4b 3. S-4h P-4d 4. P-5f K-6b 5. P-7f K-7b 6. P-2f G-3b 7. P-3f K-8b 8. P-1f P-1d 9. L-1g L-9b 10. R-1h B-3c 11. S4-5i K-9a 12. P-1e Px1e 13. Lx1e Bx1e 14.

Hello All! Thank you for letting me join. It looks like this group is rather quiet these days, but I thought a new post might attract some attention. I made a website last year to help American Shogi players find each other, as it seems like there's a fair bit of interest, but not a lot of resources available for newcomers. Please take a look and feel free to reach out or reply here with any comments or questions: https://shogiusa.com/

I host a free software package on my website based on the WinBoard user interface, configured for Shogi and Shogi variants. Through the two included AIs ('engines') it can play the following variants: With drops (through the Shokidoki engine): Shogi (9x9) Euro-Shogi (8x8) Tori Shogi (7x7) Judkins Shogi (6x6) mini-Shogi (5x5) Without drops (through the HaChu engine): Heian Shogi (9x9) Sho Shogi (9x9) Chu Shogi (12x12) Dai Shogi (15x15) Most variants can be played in a western as well as an oriental representation. For download, see http: http://hgm.nubati.net/ShogiVars.html

Just an informal survey, but which do you prefer to play? I'm rather partial to ranging rook. I played shogi in a local club (years ago before I had kids and had time to commute to the club) and had a match against a strong player. Yet, I played ranging rook almost beat him. Why? Because he rarely had an opponent who did so and wasn't familiar with the Ishida shape I employed. I tried that opening on tookArook in a game we're playing currently, but I messed up and he punished me for my mistakes. Ouch, but what a great way to get back into shogi! Anyway, I feel that static rook vs. static rook is tedious and boring...especially when each player goes for an anaguma castle. Ugh!

I found shogi apps in the Google Play store, but they only let you play against the AI or another player via hot seat play. Anyone know of one, in Japanese or English, that allows live games againt a human opponent a la 81dojo?

new server discovered and great site http://81dojo.com/ and the admin is the one and only hidetchi from the famous shogi channel you tube videos http://www.youtube.com/user/HIDETCHI please go and sign up

There are following categories where something new were posted this week at a Shogi related BBS called 81 Square Universe Forum. Please check them out if you are interested. Social Lounge Shogi in General Tournaments & Events Professional Shogi World Strategy and Joseki Shogi Exercises Shogi Literature and Merchandise Computer Shogi Online Resources Shogi Variants

Tai-Shogi (25X25 board) Micro shogi (4X5 board)

Congratulations to ku8 and takodori! They just won our group's first ever Team Match by defeating "American Group" on 9/22/09 with a final score of 3-1. You can view the games in our archives.

I have to admit that this thread is a bit of a troll... but I just read this comment by Edward Lasker in his book The Adventure of Chess (1959), and it upset me: "Japanese chess...has certain curious peculiarities the origin of which has never been traced. One of them is the right of the player to place any captured man on any unoccupied square, instead of moving a man of his own. The man thus replaced on the board joins the army of his former opponent. This makes a capture doubly valuable. On the other hand, it introduces a tremendous complication without increasing the depth of the game." Do you think Lasker was right about "complication without increased depth"? Amy

Welcome to our first shogi game ! The game is now complete. The diagram below shows the final position.If you are new to shogi, here's a good introduction: Shogi In our game, Superadmin "tookArook" played sente, and "ku8" played gote. A huge thanks to Bernhard März, creator of BCMShogi, which was used to produce the game diagram below. Move List 1. P7g-7f P3c-3d 2. P6g-6f P8c-8d 3. S7i-6h P8d-8e 4. S6h-7g S7a-7b 5. G6i-7h S7b-8c 6. G4i-5h S8c-8d 7. G5h-6g S8d-9e 8. K5i-6i P8e-8f 9. P8gx8f S9ex8f10. S7gx8f R8bx8f11. P*8g R8f-8b12. B8h-7i K5a-4b13. B7i-6h K4b-3b14. K6i-7i P6c-6d15. S*7g R8b-6b16. K7i-8h P7c-7d17. P2g-2f N8a-7c18. P8g-8f P*8e19. G7h-8g P6d-6e20. P2f-2e P6ex6f21. S7gx6f S*5e22. B6h-7g S5ex6f23. G6gx6f R6bx6f24. B7gx6f B2bx6f25. S*7g B6fx5g+26. K8h-9h P8ex8f27. R*8b S*5b28. S7gx8f +B5g-3i29. R2h-6h S*7a30. R8b-8c+ S7a-7b31. +R8c-7d P*8e32. P*6b P8ex8f33. G8gx8f B*5f34. +R7d-6d G6a-5a35. R6h-6f B5f-7h+36. G8f-8g P*8f37. P*8h P8fx8g+38. Resigns

Hey everyone, I just want to let you guys know that I opened a Shogi Wiki. You can find it here: http://wiki.81squareuniverse.com Like Wikipedia and other wikis, anyone can edit and create articles. So I would like to encourage you guys to contribute everything you know about shogi. The more contributers we have, the more content we'll get, and the more successful it will become. With everyone help, we can make it as successful as Sensei's Library is for igo. :) Thanks.

Hi everyone, A friend of mine from PlayOK and I created a new shogi forum, called The 81 Square Universe, as a place for people from all over to discuss shogi. Be sure to check it out. http://81squareuniverse.heavenforum.com/forum.htm

I'm not sure if y'all know already or not, but just in case: Currently, the 57th Ouza title match is being played between Yamasaki Takayuki 7dan and Yoshiharu Habu (Ouza). Right now as I make this post, they're playing the third game of the best of five match. Habu has won the first two games. The best part is that these games include comments - and the comments are being translated into English! Takodori is translating them all live so that you can see what Japanese viewers see, and get professional insight on the game. Official web site (in Japanese): http://live.shogi.or.jp/ouza/ First game (Sep. 4): http://live3.shogi.or.jp/ouza/kifu-en/20090904-en.html Second game (Sep. 16): http://live3.shogi.or.jp/ouza/kifu-en/20090916-en.html Third game (Sep 25): http://live3.shogi.or.jp/ouza/kifu-en/20090925-en.html Be sure to check it out.

Welcome to our third Shogi game ! If you are unfamiliar with Shogi, here's a good introduction: Shogi hirohiigo is playing sente, and witster is playing gote. To the participants: Please track this forum so you'll know when it is your turn to move. The time control is 3 days per move. No vacations, unless agreed to by both participants. No computers. Databases are OK. Just post your move to this forum and I will update the board diagram below as soon as possible. Use the following abbreviations. King ... K Rook ... R Bishop ... B Knight ... N Lance ... L Silver ... S Gold … G Pawn ... P For promoted pieces use + sign in front of a piece latter (example: +R –promoted rook) For drops use * sign, x for capture and – for normal move of the piece. Example notation for first couple of moves: 1. P7g-7f P3c-3d2. P6g-6f P8c-8d Arrow indicate the last move. witster resigned due to time constraints. Move List Sente Gote 1. P-2f P-8d 2. P-2e P-8e 3. G-7h G-3b 4. P-2d Px2d 5. Rx2d P*2c 6. R-2f R-8d 7. P-1f S-7b 8. S-3h P-6d 9. P-7f P-8f 10. Px8f Rx8f 11. P*8g R-8e 12. B-7g R-8d 13. P-4f G-5b 14. G-5h P-3d 15. S-8h S-8c 16. K-6h S-7d 17. Bx2b Sx2b 18.

New Chess TV is here at Chess.com. Are you from a country other than theUnited States? Would you like to be in a 30-minute one-time episode aboutwhere you live? I am producing a new show for ChessTV called "Chess AroundThe World". I will pick only one member from each of about 200 countries.For serious inquiries only please contact me.

Welcome to our 4th Shogi game ! If you are unfamiliar with Shogi, here's a good introduction: Shogi ramalam is playing sente, and Kopaka is playing gote. To the participants: Please track this forum so you'll know when it is your turn to move. The time control is 3 days per move. No vacations, unless agreed to by both participants. No computers. Databases are OK. Just post your move to this forum and I will update the board diagram below as soon as possible. Use the following abbreviations. King ... K Rook ... R Bishop ... B Knight ... N Lance ... L Silver ... S Gold … G Pawn ... P For promoted pieces use + sign in front of a piece latter (example: +R –promoted rook) For drops use * sign, x for capture and – for normal move of the piece. Example notation for first couple of moves: 1. P7g-7f P3c-3d2. P6g-6f P8c-8d Arrow indicate the last move. Kopaka resigned. Move List Sente Gote 1. P-7f P-3d 2. P-2f G-3b 3. S-4h G-7b 4. G-7h S-6b 5. G-5h Bx8h+ 6. Sx8h S-4b 7. K-4i P-9d 8. P-9f L-9c 9. P-2e R-9b 10. P-2d G-3c 11. Px2c+ gote resigns