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.

Memorial Verkouille – Kifu #12

  
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 1 ☗7六歩不成
 2 ☖3四歩不成
 3 ☗6六歩不成
 4 ☖3二飛不成
 5 ☗6八飛不成
 6 ☖5二金不成
 7 ☗5八金不成
 8 ☖6二玉不成
 9 ☗4八玉不成
 10 ☖7二玉不成
 11 ☗2八銀不成
 12 ☖8二銀不成
 13 ☗3八玉不成
 14 ☖6二金不成
 15 ☗4八金不成
 16 ☖3五歩不成
 17 ☗9六歩不成
 18 ☖9四歩不成
 19 ☗1六歩不成
 20 ☖1四歩不成
 21 ☗7八銀不成
 22 ☖4二銀不成
 23 ☗6七銀不成
 24 ☖5四歩不成
 25 ☗7五歩不成
 26 ☖5三銀不成
 27 ☗7八飛不成
 28 ☖3六歩不成
 29 ☗3六歩不成
 30 ☖3六飛不成
 31 ☗3七歩
 32 ☖3四飛不成
 33 ☗7四歩不成
 34 ☖7四歩不成
 35 ☗7四飛不成
 36 ☖7三歩
 37 ☗7六飛不成
 38 ☖4四角不成
 39 ☗9七角不成
 40 ☖3三桂不成
 41 ☗7七桂不成
 42 ☖6四歩不成
 43 ☗9八香不成
 44 ☖6三金不成
 45 ☗5六銀不成
 46 ☖5五歩不成
 47 ☗6七銀不成
 48 ☖5四銀不成
 49 ☗6五歩不成
 50 ☖5三角不成
 51 ☗6六銀不成
 52 ☖6五歩不成
 53 ☗5三角成
 54 ☖5三金不成
 55 ☗6五銀不成
 56 ☖6三銀不成
 57 ☗6四歩
 58 ☖6四銀不成
 59 ☗6四銀不成
 60 ☖6四金不成
 61 ☗6五歩
 62 ☖6三金不成
 63 ☗4一角
 64 ☖8四飛不成
 65 ☗8六飛不成
 66 ☖7四飛不成
 67 ☗3二角成
 68 ☖7七飛成
 69 ☗3三馬不成
 70 ☖6六桂
 71 ☗5五馬不成
 72 ☖8六龍不成
 73 ☗8六歩不成
 74 ☖5八桂成
 75 ☗5八金不成
 76 ☖6九飛
 77 ☗5九桂
 78 ☖5四金
 79 ☗6四桂
 80 ☖6四金不成
 81 ☗6四歩不成
 82 ☖6四金不成
 83 ☗4五馬不成
 84 ☖5四歩
 85 ☗7八馬不成
 86 ☖6五飛成
 87 ☗6六歩
 88 ☖6六龍不成
 89 ☗6七馬不成
 90 ☖8六龍不成
 91 ☗2二飛
 92 ☖6三金不成
 93 ☗5一銀
 94 ☖6一歩
 95 ☗2三馬不成
 96 ☖6六桂
 97 ☗4一馬不成
 98 ☖5八桂成
 99 ☗6二銀成
 100 ☖6二歩不成
 101 ☗6三馬不成
 102 ☖6三玉不成
 103 ☗6四歩
 104 ☖7四玉不成
 105 ☗3九銀不成
 106 ☖4九角
 107 ☗2八玉不成
 108 ☖2六歩
 109 ☗5六金
 110 ☖3八金
 111 ☗1七玉不成
 112 ☖2七歩成
 113 ☗2七飛成
 114 ☖4四角
 115 ☗2六歩
 116 ☖2九金不成
 117 ☗2九龍不成
 118 ☖2五桂
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