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 #33

[Name "Matt Casters"] [Email "[email protected]"] [Country "Germany"] [Sente "Greb Wolfgang"] [Gote "Beitter G."] [Black_grade "Grade"] [White_grade "Grade"] [Result "0-1"] [Comment ""] [Source "German Shogi Magazine, Thomas Majewski"] [Event "German Open '95"] [Date "19951022"] [Round "5"] [Venue "Weilburg"] [Proam "Amateur"] P7g-7f P3c-3d S3i-4h P4c-4d G4i-5h R8b-4b P4g-4f K5a-6b S4h-4g B2b-3c K5i-6h K6b-7b K6h-7h S3a-3b S4g-5f K7b-8b R2h-4h S3b-4c P4f-4e P4dx4e S5fx4e B3cx8h+ S7ix8h P'4d S4e-5f S4c-5d P'4f N2a-3c P9g-9f P9c-9d P1g-1f S7a-7b P1f-1e G4a-5b P8g-8f G5b-4c K7h-8g P3d-3e S8h-7g G4c-3d G5h-4g P2c-2d B'3a R4b-5b P1e-1d P1cx1d L1ix1d L1ax1d P'1g L'1a P3g-3f P3ex3f G4gx3f P'3e P4f-4e P4dx4e S5fx4e N3cx4e G3fx4e B'3i G4ex5d B3ix4h+ B3ax5c+ R5bx5c G5dx5c P'5b G5c-5d +B4hx5g G6i-6h R'3i S'7h +B5g-4f R'3a G3d-4e G5dx6c S7bx6c R3ax6a+ S'7b +R6ax1a B'4d +R1a-4a P'6a N'7e +B4fx6h +R4ax4d +B6hx7h K8gx7h G4ex4d B'6h G'8g K7hx8g R3ix8i+ G'8h S'7h