The 81-Square Universe

Board lives this week

hirohiigo — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 17:41:48 +0000

A board live is an official broadcast of professional games live as they’re being played. ?The following will be played this week. ?All times are in Japan Time. ?(Current Japan time can be found in the sidebar.)

November 6:

6th Asahi Cup Shogi Open

(1)?Tadahisa Maruyama 9-dan vs Yoshihiro Wataru 4-dan (10 am)

(2)?Kouichi Fukaura 9-dan vs Kousuke Tamura 6-dan (10 am)

Winner of game 1 vs Winner of game 2 (2 pm)

November 7:

6th Asahi Cup Shogi Open

(1)?Takeshi Fujii 9-dan vs Ayumu Matsuo 7-dan (10 am)

(2)?Takanori Hashimoto 8-dan vs Masaki Izumi 7-dan (10 am)

Winner of game 1 vs Winner of game 2 (2 pm)

November 10:

25th Ryuou Best of 7 Title Match, Game 3, Day 1

Akira Watanabe Ryuou vs Tadahisa Maruyama 9-dan?(9 am)
Official Site
Nico Nico Live Broadcast?(requires account)
Nico Live Mirror (does not require account)

19th Oyama Meijin Cup Kurashiki Touka Title Match

Kana Satomi Kurashiki Touka vs Rieko Yauchi Ladies 4-dan?(10 am)
Official Site?

6th MyNavi Ladies Open

Ichiyo Shimizu Ladies 6-dan vs Tomomi Kai Ladies 4-dan (10 am) (url tba)
Official Site?

November 9:

25th Ryuou Best of 7 Title Match , Game 3, Day 2

Akira Watanabe Ryuou vs Tadahisa Maruyama 9-dan?(9 am)
Official Site
Nico Nico Live Broadcast?(requires account)
Nico Live Mirror?(does not require account)

6th Asahi Cup Shogi Open

(1)?Hiroyuki Miura 8-dan vs Yoshiyuki Kubota 6-dan?(10 am)

(2) Daisuke Suzuki 8-dan vs Ryousuke Nakamura 5-dan (10 am)

(3) Hisashi Namekata 8-dan vs Hiroaki Yokoyama 5-dan (10 am)

(4) Chikara Akutsu 7-dan vs Akihiro Murata 5-dan (10 am)

Winner of game 1 vs Winner of game 2 (2 pm)

Winner of game 3 vs Winner of game 4 (2 pm)

2nd Ricoh Cup Ladies Ouza Title Match, Game 3

Momoko Katou Ladies Ouza vs Sayuri Honda Ladies 3-dan (10 am)
Official Site
Nico Nico Live ?Broadcast (requires account)

Thanks to Takodori’s thread from 81SU forums for times.

Shogi Kifu Database is back up

hirohiigo — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 20:13:34 +0000

After several weeks of downtime, the Shogi Kifu Database (???????????) has come back up. The Kifu Database is the biggest collection of professional kifu on the web, so it’s an invaluable resource to anyone who wants to improve or enjoys replaying professional games.

http://wiki.optus.nu/shogi/index.php?lan=jp&page=FrontPage

Mechacon 2012 Go & Shogi Open

hirohiigo — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 05:44:11 +0000

The Louisiana Shogi Club and Crane’s Nest Go Club invite you to play in the Mechacon Shogi Open Tournament and the Mechacon Go Open Tournament. These tournaments will be played on Saturday, September 8 starting at 7 pm and, if necessary, will resume on Sunday afternoon at 2 pm. The two tournaments will run simultaneously. You may participate in both and we will try to schedule your games so they do not conflict. It will take place at the Hilton Riverside Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Players must be registered for the?Mechacon?anime convention for the days they are playing to be able to participate. However, you can have your convention fee waived if you volunteer at the convention. The Louisiana Shogi Club and Crane’s Nest Go Club will be hosting an Asian Board Games Room all weekend long that you are welcome to volunteer in to get credit for the convention. Contact me for information on how to do this if you are interested.

TOURNAMENT RULES:

-Both tournaments will use the Swiss System between 3 rounds and 6 rounds depending on the number of participants. We will make an effort to, but cannot guarantee that you will be matched against players of similar strength.

-The time for each game will be 30 minutes + 30 second byoyomi

PRIZES:

All pre-registered participants will be eligible to win a prize (except for organizers). Players will be given the opportunity to choose their prize by order from highest points to lowest points. The following prizes are available:

Prizes for both tournaments will be announced on August 4th.

Keep up to date on 81SU forums.

Ouza Rematch!

hirohiigo — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 06:29:41 +0000

Last year, Yoshiharu Habu lost the Ouza title, which he had held for 19 consecutive years, to Akira Watanabe. ?But this still isn’t the end of Habu. ?On July 20, Habu defeated Taichi Nakamura 6-dan?and became the challenger for the 60th Ouza Title Match. ?This will be the 21st consecutive year that Habu makes an appearance in this title match. ?The schedule for this match will be:

Game 1: August 29
Game 2: September 5
Game 3: September 19
Game 4: October 3
Game 5: October 10

The results for the ESC/WOSC are in!

hirohiigo — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 06:24:38 +0000

The European Shogi Championship and World Open Shogi Championship, the biggest shogi event in Europe, was held in Cracow, Poland, on July 12-15. ?Nearly 100 players from around the world attended. ?Four tournaments were held: the European Championship, the World Open Championship, a Blitz Tournament, and a Doubutsu Shogi tournament.

The results can be found on the ESC/WOSC website.

Oneye defeats Takamure 3-dan

hirohiigo — Sat, 19 May 2012 18:07:57 +0000

Karolina?Styczy?ska (Oneye) made shogi history last night by participating in the Ricoh Cup Joryu Ouza Tournament. ?More than just participate, though, Karolina, who has been playing shogi for only a few years, became the first foreigner to defeat a lady professional in a pro tournament. ?The kifu is available to view on 81 Dojo.

More on the Asahi Shimbun website (in Japanese).

Oneye makes her pro tournament debut

hirohiigo — Fri, 18 May 2012 17:33:50 +0000

Karolina Styczy?ska, better known as Oneye by members of the 81-Square Universe and 81 Dojo, will be making shogi history today at 1 PM Japanese time as she makes an appearance in the Ricoh Cup Joryu Ouza tournament. ?Her first opponent is Sachiko Takamure Ladies 3-dan. ?You’ll be able to watch the game LIVE online here?or by clicking through the featured banner above the news posts. ?Today is an exciting day for foreign shogi fans!

Shogi.ME: The Shogi Social Network

hirohiigo — Thu, 17 May 2012 19:01:23 +0000

Beau Mueller has created the first Shogi Social Network, Shogi.ME. ?It has a couple of cool features, taken from the site:

Site Membership?? Join shogi.ME and?make shogi friends from all over the world!

Share videos, pictures, events and more?? this site provides an excellent platform to share your shogi videos, pictures, news and just about anything else you want

Shogi Groups?? Set up a group for your national organization, your local club, your shogi website ? whatever you want!? The groups function of this site will allow users to unite their members and expand interest in whatever shogi pursuit?they are after.? You should be able to post in different languages as well (??????????? ????, etc.)

Shogi news?? We will be posting the latest shogi news and will look to our members to be active contributors!? We want the site to be for shogi what?ChessBase.com?is for chess.

Go check it out!

-hirohiigo

Another redesign

hirohiigo — Mon, 14 May 2012 11:35:15 +0000

Hi everyone! ?It?s been a while.

I thought it was time for a new redesign of The 81-Square Universe. ?My limited web programming skills were showing quite badly in the old design, so I decided to switch over to a WordPress layout, which will be much easier to manage. ?I hope you like the new look; I certainly do. ?I?m hoping to get some more updates on here soon now that it?ll be easier to implement everything. ?Hang tight, we?ll be up and running again shortly.

Thanks for sticking with us!