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.

European Championships – Kifu #34

  
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 1 ☗7六歩不成
 2 ☖8四歩不成
 3 ☗2六歩不成
 4 ☖8五歩不成
 5 ☗7七角不成
 6 ☖3四歩不成
 7 ☗8八銀不成
 8 ☖4四歩不成
 9 ☗7八金不成
 10 ☖4二銀不成
 11 ☗4八銀不成
 12 ☖3二金不成
 13 ☗6九玉不成
 14 ☖6二銀不成
 15 ☗5六歩不成
 16 ☖5四歩不成
 17 ☗5八金不成
 18 ☖4一玉不成
 19 ☗6六歩不成
 20 ☖5二金不成
 21 ☗3六歩不成
 22 ☖3三銀不成
 23 ☗6八角不成
 24 ☖3一角不成
 25 ☗7七銀不成
 26 ☖7四歩不成
 27 ☗6七金不成
 28 ☖4三金不成
 29 ☗1六歩不成
 30 ☖7三銀不成
 31 ☗1五歩不成
 32 ☖7五歩不成
 33 ☗7五歩不成
 34 ☖7五角不成
 35 ☗6五歩不成
 36 ☖4二角不成
 37 ☗4六角不成
 38 ☖4五歩不成
 39 ☗3七角不成
 40 ☖9二飛不成
 41 ☗5七銀不成
 42 ☖3一玉不成
 43 ☗7九玉不成
 44 ☖2二玉不成
 45 ☗6六銀不成
 46 ☖6四歩不成
 47 ☗7六銀不成
 48 ☖6五歩不成
 49 ☗6五銀不成
 50 ☖6二飛不成
 51 ☗7四歩
 52 ☖6四銀不成
 53 ☗6四銀不成
 54 ☖6四角不成
 55 ☗7五銀
 56 ☖3七角成
 57 ☗3七桂不成
 58 ☖6六歩
 59 ☗6六銀不成
 60 ☖3九角
 61 ☗3八飛不成
 62 ☖6六角成
 63 ☗6六金不成
 64 ☖6六飛不成
 65 ☗6七銀不成
 66 ☖6二飛不成
 67 ☗5一角
 68 ☖6一飛不成
 69 ☗8四角成
 70 ☖6六歩
 71 ☗6六銀不成
 72 ☖7六金
 73 ☗6二歩
 74 ☖5一飛不成
 75 ☗7七銀不成
 76 ☖6七銀
 77 ☗7六銀不成
 78 ☖7六銀成
 79 ☗8五馬不成
 80 ☖6六成銀不成
 81 ☗6七金
 82 ☖6七成銀不成
 83 ☗6七馬不成
 84 ☖4六歩不成
 85 ☗5七馬不成
 86 ☖5五歩不成
 87 ☗5五歩不成
 88 ☖5五飛不成
 89 ☗5六銀
 90 ☖4七歩成
 91 ☗4七馬不成
 92 ☖7五飛不成
 93 ☗8六角
 94 ☖8五飛不成
 95 ☗6八飛不成
 96 ☖7六金
 97 ☗6三飛成
 98 ☖6六歩
 99 ☗5八馬不成
 100 ☖6七銀
 101 ☗6七銀不成
 102 ☖6七歩成
 103 ☗6七金不成
 104 ☖8七金不成
 105 ☗7六金不成
 106 ☖5五飛不成
 107 ☗5六歩
 108 ☖5六飛不成
 109 ☗5七歩
 110 ☖7六飛不成
[Name "Thomas Majewski"] [Email ""] [Country "Belgium"] [Sente "Hara Susumu"] [Gote "Fukumura Tsutomu"] [Black_grade "3dan"] [White_grade "5dan"] [Result "0-1"] [Comment "Yagura"] [Source "Mr. Fukumura's scoresheet"] [Event "European Championships 1997"] [Date "19970822"] [Round "3"] [Venue "RIKAB"] [Proam "Amateur"] P7g-7f P8c-8d P2g-2f P8d-8e B8h-7g P3c-3d S7i-8h P4c-4d G6i-7h S3a-4b S3i-4h G4a-3b K5i-6i S7a-6b P5g-5f P5c-5d G4i-5h K5a-4a P6g-6f G6a-5b P3g-3f S4b-3c B7g-6h B2b-3a S8h-7g P7c-7d G5h-6g G5b-4c P1g-1f S6b-7c P1f-1e P7d-7e P7fx7e B3ax7e P6f-6e B7e-4b B6h-4f P4d-4e B4f-3g R8b-9b S4h-5g K4a-3a K6i-7i K3a-2b S5g-6f P6c-6d S7g-7f P6dx6e S6fx6e R9b-6b P'7d S7c-6d S6ex6d B4bx6d S'7e B6dx3g+ N2ix3g P'6f S7ex6f B'3i R2h-3h B3ix6f+ G6gx6f R6bx6f S7f-6g R6f-6b B'5a R6b-6a B5a-8d+ P'6f S6gx6f G'7f P'6b R6a-5a S6f-7g S'6g S7gx7f S6gx7f+ +B8dx8e +S7f-6f G'6g +S6fx6g +B8ex6g P4e-4f +B6g-5g P5d-5e P5fx5e R5ax5e S'5f P4fx4g+ +B5gx4g R5e-7e B'8f R7e-8e R3h-6h G'7f R6h-6c+ P'6f +B4g-5h S'6g S5fx6g P6fx6g+ G7hx6g G7fx8g G6g-7f R8e-5e P'5f R5ex5f P'5g R5fx7f