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 #64

[Name "Matt Casters"] [Email "[email protected]"] [Country "Germany"] [Sente "Soelter Frank"] [Gote "Litjens Mathijs"] [Black_grade "Grade"] [White_grade "Grade"] [Result "0-1"] [Comment ""] [Source "German Shogi Magazine, Thomas Majewski"] [Event "German Open"] [Date "19931114"] [Round "5"] [Venue "Himminghausen"] [Proam "Amateur"] P7g-7f P3c-3d P6g-6f P3d-3e B8h-7g R8b-3b R2h-6h P3e-3f P3gx3f R3bx3f P'3g R3f-3d S7i-7h K5a-6b P6f-6e N2a-3c K5i-4h P1c-1d P1g-1f K6b-7b G6i-5h G4a-5b K4h-3h P'3f P3gx3f R3dx3f P'3g R3fx7f P6e-6d P6cx6d R6hx6d P'6c R6d-6e R7f-7d R6e-3e P4c-4d S7h-6g S3a-3b P'7e R7d-5d P8g-8f B2b-1c R3e-3f P'3a G4i-4h L1a-1b P1f-1e B1c-2b P1ex1d P4d-4e P1d-1c+ L1bx1c L1ix1c+ B2bx1c L'3e R5d-1d P'1f P'1g N2ix1g P'1e L3ex3c+ P1ex1f N1g-2e L'3e N2ex1c+ L3ex3f +N1cx1d P1f-1g+ P3gx3f R'1i B'5e R1i-1h+ K3h-4i P5c-5d B5ex7c+ K7bx7c P7e-7d K7c-6b N'6e +P1g-2h P7d-7c+ K6b-5a +L3cx3b +P2hx3i K4i-5i P3ax3b R'2a L'4a L'4d S'4c L4dx4c G5bx4c P'1i +R1hx1i +P7cx6c +P3i-3h K5i-6h +P3hx4h S'5c +P4hx5h S6gx5h P'6g K6hx6g P'6f K6g-7h G'6g S5hx6g P6fx6g+ K7hx6g +R1i-6i P'6h B'5h K6g-6f +R6ix6h K6f-7e G'8d K7e-6d S'7e