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 #61

[Name "Matt Casters"] [Email "[email protected]"] [Country "Germany"] [Sente "Litjens Mathijs"] [Gote "Kenney John"] [Black_grade "Grade"] [White_grade "Grade"] [Result "1-0"] [Comment ""] [Source "German Shogi Magazine, Thomas Majewski"] [Event "German Open"] [Date "19931113"] [Round "6"] [Venue "Himminghausen"] [Proam "Amateur"] P7g-7f P3c-3d P6g-6f P8c-8d R2h-7h P8d-8e B8h-7g S7a-6b S7i-6h P7c-7d P5g-5f K5a-4b K5i-4h K4b-3b K4h-3h S6b-7c K3h-2h S7c-8d S6h-6g P9c-9d P1g-1f P7d-7e B7g-6h S8d-9e B6h-4f R8b-8c B4fx9a+ P8e-8f +B9a-9b P8fx8g+ +B9bx8c +P8gx7h S6gx7h G6a-5b R'8b B2bx6f R8bx8a+ B6fx9i+ +B8c-6e L'6d +B6e-5e +B9ix5e P5fx5e L6dx6i+ S7hx6i P7ex7f L'2f S3a-2b L'2e G5b-4b N'1e G'3c P5e-5d B'4d P5dx5c+ B4dx5c P'5d B5cx2f P2gx2f P'5a B'7e L'7d B7ex4b+ G4ax4b +R8ax5a G4b-4a +R5ax4a K3bx4a P5d-5c+ R'8b P'5b R8bx5b +P5cx5b K4ax5b R'8b K5b-5c B'4b K5c-5d R8b-5b+ P'5c +R5bx5c K5d-6e +R5c-5g R'5f P'6f