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.

German Open – Kifu #31

[Name "Matt Casters"] [Email "[email protected]"] [Country "Germany"] [Sente "Rocquas Frans"] [Gote "Soelter Frank"] [Black_grade "Grade"] [White_grade "Grade"] [Result "1-0"] [Comment ""] [Source "German Shogi Magazine, Thomas Majewski"] [Event "German Open '95"] [Date "19951021"] [Round "2"] [Venue "Weilburg"] [Proam "Amateur"] P2g-2f P8c-8d P2f-2e P8d-8e G6i-7h G4a-3b P2e-2d P2cx2d R2hx2d P'2c R2d-2f S7a-7b S3i-3h S7b-8c P7g-7f S8c-8d B8h-6f P3c-3d R2f-3f B2bx6f R3fx6f G6a-5b S7i-8h S3a-2b G4i-3i S2b-3c K5i-6i K5a-4b R6f-2f P1c-1d P1g-1f P9c-9d G3i-4i K4b-3a G4i-5h K3a-2b P3g-3f P8e-8f P8gx8f S8d-9e B'6f B'4d B6fx4d P4cx4d R2f-2e S9ex8f B'6a G5b-6b P'8c R8b-9b R2e-8e G6bx6a R8ex8f B'6d R8f-8d P7c-7d S'8b B'5a R8dx7d B6dx1i+ S8bx8a R9b-4b N2i-3g L'8e N'2f +B1i-2h G5h-4h +B2h-3i S3h-4i B5a-9e N8i-7g L8ex8h+ G7hx8h B9ex7g+ G8hx7g N'6e K6i-7h N6ex7g+ K7hx7g S'8e R7d-7c+ G'8f K7g-6f P5c-5d P5g-5f P'7b +R7c-8b G8fx7f K6f-5g S8e-7d P'7g G7fx7g K5g-6f +B3ix4h S4ix4h G'7f K6f-5g G7gx6g K5g-4f P4d-4e N3gx4e S3c-4d N2fx3d K2b-1b N3dx4b+ G3bx4b B'3d S4dx4e B3dx4e N'3c N'2d K1b-1c B'3a N'2b B3ax4b+ N3cx4e K4fx4e P'4d K4ex5d G6a-6b N'2e