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 #44

[Name "Matt Casters"] [Email "[email protected]"] [Country "Germany"] [Sente "Mirnik Boris"] [Gote "Geuns Hans"] [Black_grade "Grade"] [White_grade "Grade"] [Result "1-0"] [Comment ""] [Source "German Shogi Magazine, Thomas Majewski"] [Event "German Open '95"] [Date "19951021"] [Round "1"] [Venue "Weilburg"] [Proam "Amateur"] P7g-7f P3c-3d P6g-6f P8c-8d R2h-6h S7a-6b K5i-4h K5a-4b K4h-3h K4b-3b K3h-2h G6a-5b S3i-3h P1c-1d P1g-1f P5c-5d S7i-7h S3a-4b G6i-5h S4b-5c P4g-4f P7c-7d P5g-5f P9c-9d L9i-9h P8d-8e B8h-7g S6b-7c P3g-3f S7c-8d P6f-6e P4c-4d S7h-6g P7d-7e R6h-7h P8e-8f P8gx8f P6c-6d P6ex6d R8b-6b P8f-8e S8dx8e P7fx7e P'8f P'8h R6bx6d B7g-6f P8f-8g+ P8hx8g P'8f P'6e R6dx6e N8i-7g R6ex6f S6gx6f P8fx8g+ R7h-6h S8e-7f R'8c +P8gx7g S6fx7g P'6g G5hx6g S7fx6g+ R6hx6g P4d-4e R8cx8a+ P'6f R6gx6f B2bx6f S7gx6f N'2d S'2e G4a-5a N'6c S5c-6b N6cx5a+ G5bx5a P'6c N'4d G'3g P4ex4f P6cx6b+ G'4g +R8ax5a G4gx3g S3hx3g B'3c G'3a K3b-2b G3ax2a K2b-1b G2ax1a B3cx1a G'1c