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 #51

[Name "Matt Casters"] [Email "[email protected]"] [Country "Germany"] [Sente "Sprenger Bernd"] [Gote "Majewski Thomas"] [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"] P2g-2f P3c-3d P2f-2e B2b-3c P7g-7f P4c-4d G6i-7h S3a-3b S7i-6h S3b-4c S3i-3h P5c-5d G4i-5h R8b-5b S6h-7g P5d-5e K5i-6i K5a-6b P6g-6f S4c-5d S3h-2g K6b-7b S2g-2f G4a-3b B8h-7i K7b-8b B7i-6h S7a-7b K6i-7i P6c-6d G5h-6g S7b-6c P3g-3f S5d-4e S2f-3g P5e-5f P4g-4f P5fx5g+ G6gx5g S4e-5d S3g-2f S5d-5e P'5f S5ex5f G5gx5f R5bx5f S'5g R5f-5a G7h-6g P'5e P3f-3e G'4g P3ex3d G4gx5g B6hx5g B3c-4b S2f-3e S'5f G6gx5f P5ex5f P'5b S6cx5b B5g-4h S5b-4c P2e-2d P2cx2d S3ex2d P5f-5g+ P3d-3c+ +P5gx4h +P3cx4b R5a-5i+ G'6i +R5i-3i S'3g B'4g B'7h +P4h-5h +P4bx4c +P5hx6i K7i-8h P'3h S'4h +R3ix2h S3gx2h B4g-5h+ +P4cx3b G'7i B7h-2c+ G'6g P9g-9f G7ix8i K8h-9g G6gx7g +B2cx8i N'8e K9g-8f +B5hx7f