Gnu Shogi Database (GSDB)

Browse hundreds of historical professional and amateur shogi games. Select a collection, pick a game, and replay it on the interactive board.

Kifu is a shogi game record. Every move is written down so the game can be replayed and studied later. Serious students of shogi build up - and work through - large libraries of kifu to understand openings, middlegame plans and yose (end-game) technique.

The Gnu Shogi Database (GSDB) is a collection of Japanese chess games and sample openings. Hundreds of shogi kifu (game records) have been documented. The orignal GSDB comes with an applet that allows viewing and manipulating of the collections. Unfortunately, the web browsing industry has discontinued support for Java applets. That makes browsing the collections trickier, without a little help.

For those techies interested in browsing the original GSDB 2.7.4 source code and license, you can download it here.

Just a note on shogi rankings: The lowest ranking is 15-kyu. The rankings go down to 1-kyu as the player improves. After 1-kyu, rankings begin counting up with 1-dan all the way up to 9-dan. Professional shogi players begin around 5-kyu and go up to 9-dan (the champion professional). Ameteurs of the same rank as professionals are typically less skilled than their professional counterparts.

Junisen – Kifu #202

[Name "Matt Casters"] [Email "[email protected]"] [Country "Japan"] [Sente "Kosuke Tamura"] [Gote "Yaichio Ono"] [Black_grade "4dan"] [White_grade "6dan"] [Result "1-0"] [Comment "Opening: Nakabisha"] [Source "Patrick Davin's Shogi Nexus website"] [Event "56th Jun'i-sen, C2 Group"] [Date "19700101"] [Round "3"] [Venue ""] [Proam "Professional"] P5g-5f P3c-3d R2h-5h P5c-5d P7g-7f S7a-6b K5i-4h K5a-4b B8hx2b+ S3ax2b S7i-6h G6a-5b K4h-3h P4c-4d S3i-4h G5b-4c P4g-4f K4b-3b S4h-4g S2b-3c P3g-3f P8c-8d G4i-4h P6c-6d P1g-1f P1c-1d P2g-2f P7c-7d N2i-3g G4a-5b P5f-5e P5dx5e R5hx5e P'5d R5e-5i P8d-8e S6h-7g S6b-6c G6i-7h N8a-7c P9g-9f P9c-9d S7g-6f P8e-8f P8gx8f R8bx8f P7f-7e P7dx7e N3g-2e S3c-2b P4f-4e P4dx4e P'4d G4c-5c P'5e P5dx5e S6fx7e R8f-8c P'8d R8c-8a R5ix5e G5cx4d R5e-5i P'5h R5ix5h N7c-6e R5h-5f B'5e P'5c G5b-4c P5c-5b+ B5ex1i+ B'6b P'5e B6bx4d+ S6cx5b R5fx5e P'5c +B4dx4c K3bx4c P'4d K4cx4d R5e-5i B'5e G'3g