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 #19

  
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 1 ☗7六歩不成
 2 ☖3四歩不成
 3 ☗6六歩不成
 4 ☖8四歩不成
 5 ☗7八銀不成
 6 ☖6二銀不成
 7 ☗4八銀不成
 8 ☖3二金不成
 9 ☗5八金不成
 10 ☖4二銀不成
 11 ☗5六歩不成
 12 ☖5四歩不成
 13 ☗6七金不成
 14 ☖4一玉不成
 15 ☗7七銀不成
 16 ☖5二金不成
 17 ☗3六歩不成
 18 ☖3三銀不成
 19 ☗6八玉不成
 20 ☖7四歩不成
 21 ☗7八玉不成
 22 ☖4四歩不成
 23 ☗7九角不成
 24 ☖3一角不成
 25 ☗8八玉不成
 26 ☖4三金不成
 27 ☗7八金不成
 28 ☖9四歩不成
 29 ☗1六歩不成
 30 ☖9五歩不成
 31 ☗1五歩不成
 32 ☖9三香不成
 33 ☗1七香不成
 34 ☖9二飛不成
 35 ☗1八飛不成
 36 ☖2二銀不成
 37 ☗4六角不成
 38 ☖7三桂不成
 39 ☗8六銀不成
 40 ☖4五歩不成
 41 ☗1九角不成
 42 ☖3三桂不成
 43 ☗5七銀不成
 44 ☖4二角不成
 45 ☗4八飛不成
 46 ☖2五桂不成
 47 ☗1六香不成
 48 ☖5三角不成
 49 ☗2八角不成
 50 ☖3三銀不成
 51 ☗4六歩不成
 52 ☖4六歩不成
 53 ☗4六銀不成
 54 ☖3一玉不成
 55 ☗5五歩不成
 56 ☖4七歩
 57 ☗4七飛不成
 58 ☖8六角不成
 59 ☗8六歩不成
 60 ☖3八銀
 61 ☗4八飛不成
 62 ☖2九銀成
 63 ☗4五銀不成
 64 ☖2八成銀不成
 65 ☗2八飛不成
 66 ☖3七桂成
 67 ☗6八飛不成
 68 ☖5五歩不成
 69 ☗4四歩
 70 ☖4四銀不成
 71 ☗4四銀不成
 72 ☖4四金不成
 73 ☗2六角
 74 ☖4三歩
 75 ☗8三銀
 76 ☖9一飛不成
 77 ☗4五歩
 78 ☖2七成桂不成
 79 ☗4四角不成
 80 ☖4四歩不成
 81 ☗4四歩不成
 82 ☖4二歩
 83 ☗5四銀
 84 ☖5六桂
 85 ☗4三金
 86 ☖6八桂成
 87 ☗6八金不成
 88 ☖5一飛不成
 89 ☗5二歩
 90 ☖4一飛不成
 91 ☗3三桂
 92 ☖4三歩不成
 93 ☗4一桂成
 94 ☖4一玉不成
 95 ☗4三歩成
 96 ☖4九飛
 97 ☗6一飛
 98 ☖5一角
 99 ☗5一歩成
 100 ☖5一銀不成
 101 ☗5一飛成
 102 ☖5一玉不成
 103 ☗5二銀
[Name "Casters Matt"] [Email "matt@impakt.be"] [Country "Belgium"] [Sente "Grimbergen Reijer"] [Gote "Mothes Alexandre"] [Black_grade "4dan"] [White_grade "3dan"] [Result "1-0"] [Comment ""] [Source "German Shogi Magasine, Thomas Majewski"] [Event "Memorial Verkouille '94"] [Date "19940423"] [Round "2"] [Venue "Gent"] [Proam "Amateur"] P7g-7f P3c-3d P6g-6f P8c-8d S7i-7h S7a-6b S3i-4h G4a-3b G4i-5h S3a-4b P5g-5f P5c-5d G5h-6g K5a-4a S7h-7g G6a-5b P3g-3f S4b-3c K5i-6h P7c-7d K6h-7h P4c-4d B8h-7i B2b-3a K7h-8h G5b-4c G6i-7h P9c-9d P1g-1f P9d-9e P1f-1e L9a-9c L1i-1g R8b-9b R2h-1h S3c-2b B7i-4f N8a-7c S7g-8f P4d-4e B4f-1i N2a-3c S4h-5g B3a-4b R1h-4h N3c-2e L1g-1f B4b-5c B1i-2h S2b-3c P4g-4f P4ex4f S5gx4f K4a-3a P5f-5e P'4g R4hx4g B5cx8f P8gx8f S'3h R4g-4h S3hx2i+ S4f-4e +S2ix2h R4hx2h N2e-3g+ R2h-6h P5dx5e P'4d S3cx4d S4ex4d G4cx4d B'2f P'4c S'8c R9b-9a P'4e +N3gx2g B2fx4d P4cx4d P4ex4d P'4b S'5d N'5f G'4c N5fx6h+ G6gx6h R9a-5a P'5b R5a-4a N'3c P4bx4c N3cx4a+ K3ax4a P4dx4c+ R'4i R'6a B'5a P5bx5a+ S6bx5a R6ax5a+ K4ax5a S'5b