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 #61

  
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 1 ☗7六歩不成
 2 ☖3四歩不成
 3 ☗6六歩不成
 4 ☖6二銀不成
 5 ☗7八飛不成
 6 ☖4二玉不成
 7 ☗7五歩不成
 8 ☖3二玉不成
 9 ☗6八銀不成
 10 ☖6四歩不成
 11 ☗6七銀不成
 12 ☖6三銀不成
 13 ☗4八玉不成
 14 ☖8四歩不成
 15 ☗9六歩不成
 16 ☖8五歩不成
 17 ☗7六飛不成
 18 ☖4二銀不成
 19 ☗3八玉不成
 20 ☖7二金不成
 21 ☗7七角不成
 22 ☖5四歩不成
 23 ☗2八玉不成
 24 ☖5三銀不成
 25 ☗5八金不成
 26 ☖4二金不成
 27 ☗3八銀不成
 28 ☖8三金不成
 29 ☗4六歩不成
 30 ☖4四歩不成
 31 ☗5六銀不成
 32 ☖7二飛不成
 33 ☗6五歩不成
 34 ☖7四歩不成
 35 ☗4五歩不成
 36 ☖7五歩不成
 37 ☗6六飛不成
 38 ☖6五歩不成
 39 ☗6五銀不成
 40 ☖6四歩
 41 ☗6四銀不成
 42 ☖6四銀不成
 43 ☗6四飛不成
 44 ☖6四銀不成
 45 ☗4四歩不成
 46 ☖6六歩
 47 ☗6三銀
 48 ☖9二飛不成
 49 ☗6六角不成
 50 ☖5五銀
 51 ☗7七角不成
 52 ☖5三金不成
 53 ☗5六歩不成
 54 ☖4四銀不成
 55 ☗4五歩
 56 ☖3三銀不成
 57 ☗3三角成
 58 ☖3三桂不成
 59 ☗6五歩
 60 ☖6五銀不成
 61 ☗7七桂不成
 62 ☖5六銀不成
 63 ☗6四歩
 64 ☖6九飛
 65 ☗7二銀
 66 ☖8二金不成
 67 ☗8一銀不成
 68 ☖8一金不成
 69 ☗4四桂
 70 ☖2一玉不成
 71 ☗7四銀成
 72 ☖4五桂不成
 73 ☗6三歩成
 74 ☖4四金不成
 75 ☗5三と不成
 76 ☖7六角
 77 ☗5九金不成
 78 ☖9九飛成
 79 ☗4二歩
 80 ☖7二飛不成
 81 ☗6三成銀不成
 82 ☖7四飛不成
 83 ☗4一歩成
 84 ☖1四歩不成
 85 ☗4二と不成
 86 ☖3五金不成
 87 ☗4三と不成
 88 ☖5五角不成
 89 ☗3二と不成
 90 ☖1二玉不成
 91 ☗1八玉不成
 92 ☖2四銀
 93 ☗8五桂不成
 94 ☖8五角不成
 95 ☗4四歩
 96 ☖3六桂
 97 ☗3三と不成
 98 ☖3三銀不成
 99 ☗3三と不成
 100 ☖4九角成
[Name "Eric Cheymol"] [Email "echeymol@imaginet.fr"] [Country "Belgium"] [Sente "Katsura Yamamoto"] [Gote "Eric Cheymol"] [Black_grade "3dan"] [White_grade "4dan"] [Result "0-1"] [Comment ""] [Source ""] [Event "European Championships 1997"] [Date "19970822"] [Round "2"] [Venue "Brussels"] [Proam "Amateur"] P7g-7f P3c-3d P6g-6f S7a-6b R2h-7h K5a-4b P7f-7e K4b-3b S7i-6h P6c-6d S6h-6g S6b-6c K5i-4h P8c-8d P9g-9f P8d-8e R7h-7f S3a-4b K4h-3h G6a-7b B8h-7g P5c-5d K3h-2h S4b-5c G6i-5h G4a-4b S3i-3h G7b-8c P4g-4f P4c-4d S6g-5f R8b-7b P6f-6e P7c-7d P4f-4e P7dx7e R7f-6f P6dx6e S5fx6e P'6d S6ex6d S5cx6d R6fx6d S6cx6d P4ex4d P'6f S'6c R7b-9b B7gx6f S'5e B6f-7g G4b-5c P5g-5f S5ex4d P'4e S4d-3c B7gx3c+ N2ax3c P'6e S6dx6e N8i-7g S6ex5f P'6d R'6i S'7b G8c-8b S7bx8a G8bx8a N'4d K3b-2a S6c-7d+ N3cx4e P6d-6c+ G5cx4d +P6c-5c B'7f G5h-5i R6ix9i+ P'4b R9b-7b +S7d-6c R7b-7d P4b-4a+ P1c-1d +P4a-4b G4d-3e +P5c-4c B2b-5e +P4b-3b K2a-1b K2h-1h S'2d N7gx8e B7fx8e P'4d N'3f +P4c-3c S2dx3c +P3bx3c B8ex4i+