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 #39

[Name "Matt Casters"] [Email "[email protected]"] [Country "Germany"] [Sente "Soelter Frank"] [Gote "Hollanders Hugo"] [Black_grade "Grade"] [White_grade "Grade"] [Result "0-1"] [Comment ""] [Source "German Shogi Magazine, Thomas Majewski"] [Event "German Open '95"] [Date "19951022"] [Round "3"] [Venue "Weilburg"] [Proam "Amateur"] P2g-2f P3c-3d P7g-7f P4c-4d S3i-4h S3a-4b P5g-5f P5c-5d K5i-6h S4b-4c K6h-7h R8b-5b G4i-5h K5a-6b P2f-2e B2b-3c P3g-3f K6b-7b P9g-9f P9c-9d P4g-4f G4a-3b S4h-5g K7b-8b S7i-6h S7a-7b P1g-1f P1c-1d G5h-4g P6c-6d R2h-3h S7b-6c P3f-3e P3dx3e R3hx3e P'3d R3e-3h P7c-7d G4g-3f P4d-4e P6g-6f P4ex4f G3fx4f P6d-6e S6h-6g P6ex6f B8hx6f P'6e B6fx3c+ N2ax3c P'6d S6cx6d B'6c R5b-6b B6cx7d+ G6a-7b P'4d S4cx4d +B7d-4a G3b-4b P'6c G7bx6c +B4ax2c B'4i R3hx3d G4b-4c R3d-3i B4ix6g+ K7hx6g S'6f S5gx6f P6ex6f K6gx6f G6c-7c P'6c R6bx6c K6f-7g S6d-6e P'6h S6e-6f K7g-7h P'6g S'5h P6gx6h+ G6ix6h P'6g G6h-6i S'6h B'5b S6hx6i S5hx6i P6g-6h+ K7h-8h S6f-6g+ B5bx6c+ G7cx6c R'5b P'7b S6ix6h +S6gx6h S'7g G'7h K8h-9h +S6h-6g P'6d G6c-7c P5f-5e +S6gx7g N8ix7g G7hx7g R3i-3h P'6h S'8h N'8e +B2c-8i S'7h S8hx7g S7hx8i