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 #247

[Name "Matt Casters"] [Email "[email protected]"] [Country "Japan"] [Sente "Kansaki"] [Gote "Nakata"] [Black_grade ""] [White_grade ""] [Result ""] [Comment "Original filename : kannak96.txt"] [Source "Reijer Grimbergen"] [Event "C1 Junisen"] [Date "19961203"] [Round "8"] [Venue ""] [Proam "Professional"] P7g-7f P8c-8d S7i-6h P3c-3d P6g-6f S7a-6b P5g-5f P5c-5d S3i-4h S3a-4b G4i-5h G4a-3b G6i-7h K5a-4a K5i-6i P7c-7d G5h-6g G6a-5b S6h-7g S4b-3c B8h-7i B2b-3a P3g-3f P4c-4d S4h-3g B3a-6d B7i-6h G5b-4c K6i-7i P8d-8e K7i-8h S6b-7c S3g-4f S7c-8d P6f-6e B6d-7c N2i-3g K4a-3a P2g-2f P9c-9d R2h-5h R8b-5b P1g-1f S3c-2d B6h-5g S8d-9e P7f-7e P7dx7e B5gx7e K3a-2b B7e-6f P8e-8f P8gx8f R5b-8b G6g-7f B7c-8d B6fx8d S9ex8d P5f-5e B*4i R5h-2h P*8e P5ex5d P8ex8f G7fx8f N8a-7c P*8c R8bx8c B*6a R8c-8b P*8c R8b-4b P2f-2e S2d-3c P3f-3e P*5b P3ex3d S3cx3d P*3e P*3f P3ex3d P3fx3g+ S4fx3g S8d-8e P5d-5c+ G4cx5c P2e-2d P2cx2d P*5h S8ex8f S7gx8f G*2g S*3c N2ax3c P3dx3c+ G3bx3c R2h-4h B4i-3h+ R4hx3h G2gx3h P*3d G3cx3d N*4f G3d-3e B*5a G5c-4c N4f-5d P*8g K8hx8g P*8e N5dx4b+ P8ex8f K8g-7g S*7e R*3b K2b-2c R3bx3e+ R*7f K7g-6h N*5f K6h-5g S7e-6f K5g-4f S*4e +R3ex4e P4dx4e K4f-3f G3hx3g K3fx3g P*3f K3g-2h G4cx4b G*3e R*4h P*3h P3f-3g+ K2hx3g S*4f P4gx4f R4hx4f+ K3g-2h +R4fx3e S*2g G*2f B5ax4b+ G2fx2g K2hx2g +R3e-2e G*2f N*3e K2g-1g +R2ex2f K1gx2f S*2e {Resigns}