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.

Nijmegen – Kifu #75

  
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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 ☗6八飛不成
 8 ☖5四歩不成
 9 ☗4八玉不成
 10 ☖4二玉不成
 11 ☗3八玉不成
 12 ☖3二玉不成
 13 ☗5八金不成
 14 ☖5二金不成
 15 ☗2八玉不成
 16 ☖4二銀不成
 17 ☗1六歩不成
 18 ☖1四歩不成
 19 ☗3八銀不成
 20 ☖8五歩不成
 21 ☗7七角不成
 22 ☖7四歩不成
 23 ☗4六歩不成
 24 ☖5三銀不成
 25 ☗4七金不成
 26 ☖4二金不成
 27 ☗9六歩不成
 28 ☖9四歩不成
 29 ☗3六歩不成
 30 ☖6四歩不成
 31 ☗3七桂不成
 32 ☖7三銀不成
 33 ☗9八香不成
 34 ☖5五歩不成
 35 ☗6七銀不成
 36 ☖5四銀不成
 37 ☗5六歩不成
 38 ☖5六歩不成
 39 ☗5六銀不成
 40 ☖7五歩不成
 41 ☗6七銀不成
 42 ☖7六歩不成
 43 ☗7六銀不成
 44 ☖7五歩
 45 ☗6七銀不成
 46 ☖5五歩
 47 ☗5八飛不成
 48 ☖7四銀不成
 49 ☗4五歩不成
 50 ☖6五歩不成
 51 ☗5六歩
 52 ☖8六歩不成
 53 ☗8六歩不成
 54 ☖7六歩不成
 55 ☗7六銀不成
 56 ☖6六歩不成
 57 ☗5五歩不成
 58 ☖5五銀不成
 59 ☗7五歩
 60 ☖6三銀不成
 61 ☗5六歩
 62 ☖6四銀不成
 63 ☗6五歩
 64 ☖7三銀不成
 65 ☗8八飛不成
 66 ☖5四銀不成
 67 ☗5七金不成
 68 ☖6七歩成
 69 ☗6七金不成
 70 ☖7七角成
 71 ☗7七桂不成
 72 ☖7九角
 73 ☗8九飛不成
 74 ☖4六角成
 75 ☗8五歩不成
 76 ☖3三桂不成
 77 ☗7四歩不成
 78 ☖7四銀不成
 79 ☗6四角
 80 ☖6四馬不成
 81 ☗6四歩不成
 82 ☖7五歩
 83 ☗5五歩不成
 84 ☖4五銀不成
 85 ☗8七銀不成
 86 ☖4六銀不成
 87 ☗5四歩不成
 88 ☖4五角
 89 ☗4五桂不成
 90 ☖4五桂不成
 91 ☗5六金不成
 92 ☖3七桂成
 93 ☗3七銀不成
 94 ☖3七銀成
 95 ☗3七玉不成
 96 ☖8六歩
 97 ☗8六銀不成
 98 ☖7六歩不成
 99 ☗6五桂不成
 100 ☖4四桂
 101 ☗5三歩成
 102 ☖5六桂不成
 103 ☗4二と不成
 104 ☖4二金不成
 105 ☗5三銀
 106 ☖6五銀不成
 107 ☗4二銀成
 108 ☖4二飛不成
 109 ☗5三金
 110 ☖4五桂
 111 ☗4六玉不成
 112 ☖5七銀
 113 ☗5五玉不成
 114 ☖4四銀
 115 ☗6五玉不成
 116 ☖5三銀不成
 117 ☗5五歩
 118 ☖6六金
 119 ☗7五玉不成
 120 ☖7二飛不成
 121 ☗7四歩
 122 ☖7四飛不成
 123 ☗7四玉不成
 124 ☖7三金
 125 ☗7五玉不成
 126 ☖6四銀不成
[Name "Thomas Majewski"] [Email ""] [Country "The Netherlands"] [Sente "Boekschoten Michiel"] [Gote "Cheymol Eric"] [Black_grade "3dan"] [White_grade "4dan"] [Result "0-1"] [Comment "by Eric Cheymol"] [Source "Eric Cheymol"] [Event "Nijmegen 97"] [Date "19971228"] [Round "1"] [Venue "Nijmegen"] [Proam "Amateur"] P7g-7f P3c-3d P6g-6f P8c-8d S7i-7h S7a-6b R2h-6h P5c-5d K5i-4h K5a-4b K4h-3h K4b-3b G6i-5h G6a-5b K3h-2h S3a-4b P1g-1f P1c-1d S3i-3h P8d-8e B8h-7g P7c-7d P4g-4f S4b-5c G5h-4g G4a-4b P9g-9f P9c-9d P3g-3f P6c-6d N2i-3g S6b-7c L9i-9h P5d-5e S7h-6g S5c-5d P5g-5f P5ex5f S6gx5f P7d-7e S5f-6g P7ex7f S6gx7f P'7e S7f-6g P'5e R6h-5h S7c-7d P4f-4e P6d-6e P'5f P8e-8f P8gx8f P7e-7f S6gx7f P6ex6f P5fx5e S5dx5e P'7e S7d-6c P'5f S5e-6d P'6e S6d-7c R5h-8h S6c-5d G4g-5g P6f-6g+ G5gx6g B2bx7g+ N8ix7g B'7i R8h-8i B7i-4f+ P8f-8e N2a-3c P7e-7d S7cx7d B'6d {S4e is better.} +B4fx6d P6ex6d P'7e P5f-5e S5dx4e S7f-8g S4e-4f P5e-5d B'4e N3gx4e N3cx4e G6g-5f N4e-3g+ S3hx3g S4fx3g+ K2hx3g P'8f S8gx8f P7e-7f N7g-6e N'4d P5d-5c+ N4dx5f +P5cx4b G5bx4b S'5c S7dx6e S5cx4b+ R8bx4b G'5c N'4e K3g-4f S'5g K4f-5e S'4d K5ex6e S4dx5c P'5e G'6f K6e-7e R4b-7b P'7d R7bx7d K7ex7d G'7c K7d-7e S5cx6d