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.

Junisen – Kifu #241

  
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 1 ☗7六歩不成
 2 ☖8四歩不成
 3 ☗7八銀不成
 4 ☖3四歩不成
 5 ☗6六歩不成
 6 ☖6二銀不成
 7 ☗6八飛不成
 8 ☖4二玉不成
 9 ☗4八玉不成
 10 ☖3二玉不成
 11 ☗3八銀不成
 12 ☖5四歩不成
 13 ☗3九玉不成
 14 ☖5二金不成
 15 ☗5八金不成
 16 ☖1四歩不成
 17 ☗1六歩不成
 18 ☖4二銀不成
 19 ☗4六歩不成
 20 ☖8五歩不成
 21 ☗7七角不成
 22 ☖7四歩不成
 23 ☗2八玉不成
 24 ☖5三銀不成
 25 ☗6七銀不成
 26 ☖6四銀不成
 27 ☗7八飛不成
 28 ☖7五歩不成
 29 ☗5六歩不成
 30 ☖7六歩不成
 31 ☗7六銀不成
 32 ☖8六歩不成
 33 ☗8六歩不成
 34 ☖7二飛不成
 35 ☗7四歩
 36 ☖7四飛不成
 37 ☗6五歩不成
 38 ☖7七角成
 39 ☗7七飛不成
 40 ☖5三銀不成
 41 ☗7五歩
 42 ☖7二飛不成
 43 ☗8五歩不成
 44 ☖3三角
 45 ☗8四歩不成
 46 ☖7七角成
 47 ☗7七桂不成
 48 ☖8二飛不成
 49 ☗6六角
 50 ☖4四歩不成
 51 ☗7四歩不成
 52 ☖6九飛
 53 ☗5七角
 54 ☖3三桂不成
 55 ☗8五桂不成
 56 ☖8九飛成
 57 ☗5五歩不成
 58 ☖7五歩
 59 ☗7五角不成
 60 ☖9九龍不成
 61 ☗4五歩不成
 62 ☖6九龍不成
 63 ☗6七銀不成
 64 ☖7六歩
 65 ☗6六角不成
 66 ☖7一香
 67 ☗5四歩不成
 68 ☖5四銀不成
 69 ☗4四角不成
 70 ☖7七歩成
 71 ☗6六角不成
 72 ☖5五歩
 73 ☗7七角不成
 74 ☖5三銀不成
 75 ☗5五角不成
 76 ☖5五銀不成
 77 ☗5五角不成
 78 ☖8四飛不成
 79 ☗8二歩
 80 ☖8五飛不成
 81 ☗8一歩成
 82 ☖5七歩
 83 ☗5四歩
 84 ☖5八歩成
 85 ☗5八銀不成
 86 ☖6五龍不成
 87 ☗5三歩成
 88 ☖5三金不成
 89 ☗5六歩
 90 ☖5六龍不成
 91 ☗9一角成
 92 ☖4八歩
 93 ☗4八金不成
 94 ☖4六桂
 95 ☗4六馬不成
 96 ☖4六龍不成
 97 ☗4七香
 98 ☖5五龍不成
 99 ☗5四歩
 100 ☖6六角
 101 ☗5七銀
 102 ☖5七角成
 103 ☗5七銀不成
 104 ☖5七龍不成
 105 ☗5七金不成
 106 ☖4八銀
 107 ☗3九銀
 108 ☖3九銀不成
 109 ☗3九玉不成
 110 ☖5六歩
 111 ☗5六金不成
 112 ☖4八銀
 113 ☗4八玉不成
 114 ☖8八飛成
 115 ☗5八飛
 116 ☖6八金
 117 ☗5七飛不成
 118 ☖6七金不成
 119 ☗5八銀
 120 ☖5九角
[Name "Matt Casters"] [Email "matt@netpoint.be"] [Country "Japan"] [Sente "Moriyasu Hidemitsu"] [Gote "Tanigawa"] [Black_grade ""] [White_grade ""] [Result ""] [Comment "Original filename : mortan82.txt"] [Source "Reijer Grimbergen"] [Event "41st A-Junisen"] [Date "19820722"] [Round ""] [Venue ""] [Proam "Professional"] P7g-7f P8c-8d S7i-7h P3c-3d P6g-6f S7a-6b R2h-6h K5a-4b K5i-4h K4b-3b S3i-3h P5c-5d K4h-3i G6a-5b G6i-5h P1c-1d P1g-1f S3a-4b P4g-4f P8d-8e B8h-7g P7c-7d K3i-2h S4b-5c S7h-6g S5c-6d R6h-7h P7d-7e P5g-5f P7ex7f S6gx7f P8e-8f P8gx8f R8b-7b P*7d R7bx7d P6f-6e B2bx7g+ R7hx7g S6d-5c P*7e R7d-7b P8f-8e B*3c P8e-8d B3cx7g+ N8ix7g R7b-8b B*6f P4c-4d P7e-7d R*6i B*5g N2a-3c N7g-8e R6i-8i+ P5f-5e P*7e B6fx7e +R8ix9i P4f-4e +R9i-6i S7f-6g P*7f B5g-6f L*7a P5ex5d S5cx5d B6fx4d P7f-7g+ B7e-6f P*5e B6fx7g S6b-5c B4dx5e S5dx5e B7gx5e R8bx8d P*8b R8dx8e P8bx8a+ P*5g P*5d P5gx5h+ S6gx5h +R6ix6e P5dx5c+ G5bx5c P*5f +R6ex5f B5ex9a+ P*4h G4ix4h N*4f +B9ax4f +R5fx4f L*4g +R4f-5e P*5d B*6f S*5g B6fx5g+ S5hx5g +R5ex5g G4hx5g S*4h S*3i S4hx3i= K2hx3i P*5f G5gx5f S*4h K3ix4h R8e-8h+ R*5h G*6h R5h-5g G6h-6g S*5h B*5i {Resigns}