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 #69

[Name "Matt Casters"] [Email "[email protected]"] [Country "Germany"] [Sente "Otte Marco"] [Gote "Majewski Thomas"] [Black_grade "Grade"] [White_grade "Grade"] [Result "0-1"] [Comment ""] [Source "German Shogi Magazine, Thomas Majewski"] [Event "German Open"] [Date "19931114"] [Round "6"] [Venue "Himminghausen"] [Proam "Amateur"] P2g-2f P3c-3d P2f-2e B2b-3c P7g-7f P4c-4d G6i-7h S3a-3b S7i-6h R8b-4b G4i-5h K5a-6b P5g-5f P5c-5d S6h-5g K6b-7b K5i-6i K7b-8b P3g-3f S7a-7b R2h-3h S3b-4c K6i-7i G4a-5b G5h-6h P6c-6d R3h-5h G5b-6c P5f-5e P5dx5e B8hx5e S4c-5d B5e-7g P7c-7d P6g-6f P4d-4e S3i-3h N8a-7c S5g-5f P'5e S5f-6g P4e-4f G6h-5g P4fx4g+ S3hx4g P6d-6e B7g-8f R4b-4a P'4h P8c-8d B8f-6h P6ex6f S6gx6f P'6e S6f-7g S5d-4e N2i-3g P'4f N3gx4e P4fx4g+ N4ex3c +P4gx5h N3cx4a+ +P5hx5g B6hx5g R'5i K7i-8h R5ix5g+ R'2b N7c-8e B'6h N8ex7g+ N8ix7g +R5gx4h S'5b G6ax5b R2bx5b+ S'6g G7hx6g P6e-6f G'6b G6cx6b +R5bx6b S'7i K8hx7i S'7h K7ix7h P6fx6g+ +R6bx6g B'5f +R6gx5f P5ex5f B'4f G'7c S'5i +R4h-3h G'4h +R3hx3f S'3g +R3f-4e N'8e R'6c N8ex7c+ S7bx7c S'6e N'6f K7h-6g G'5e B4fx5e +R4ex5e S6ex5f B'7h