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.

Oi – Kifu #118

  
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 1 ☗7六歩不成
 2 ☖8四歩不成
 3 ☗6八銀不成
 4 ☖3四歩不成
 5 ☗7七銀不成
 6 ☖6二銀不成
 7 ☗5六歩不成
 8 ☖5四歩不成
 9 ☗4八銀不成
 10 ☖4二銀不成
 11 ☗2六歩不成
 12 ☖5二金不成
 13 ☗5八金不成
 14 ☖3二金不成
 15 ☗6六歩不成
 16 ☖4一玉不成
 17 ☗6七金不成
 18 ☖7四歩不成
 19 ☗7九角不成
 20 ☖3三銀不成
 21 ☗3六歩不成
 22 ☖3一角不成
 23 ☗3七銀不成
 24 ☖4四歩不成
 25 ☗6八玉不成
 26 ☖4三金不成
 27 ☗7八玉不成
 28 ☖7三銀不成
 29 ☗3五歩不成
 30 ☖3五歩不成
 31 ☗3五角不成
 32 ☖7五歩不成
 33 ☗7五歩不成
 34 ☖7五角不成
 35 ☗4六角不成
 36 ☖6四角不成
 37 ☗2五歩不成
 38 ☖3一玉不成
 39 ☗3六銀不成
 40 ☖8五歩不成
 41 ☗3五銀不成
 42 ☖3四歩
 43 ☗2四歩不成
 44 ☖2四歩不成
 45 ☗2四銀不成
 46 ☖2四銀不成
 47 ☗2四飛不成
 48 ☖2三歩
 49 ☗2八飛不成
 50 ☖7四銀不成
 51 ☗7二歩
 52 ☖4六角不成
 53 ☗4六歩不成
 54 ☖7五銀不成
 55 ☗6一角
 56 ☖4七角
 57 ☗5八銀
 58 ☖1四角成
 59 ☗7一歩成
 60 ☖8六歩不成
 61 ☗8六歩不成
 62 ☖7六歩
 63 ☗7六銀不成
 64 ☖8六銀不成
 65 ☗8七歩
 66 ☖7七歩
 67 ☗7七桂不成
 68 ☖7七銀成
 69 ☗7七玉不成
 70 ☖3六桂
 71 ☗3八飛不成
 72 ☖2七銀
 73 ☗3七飛不成
 74 ☖4八桂成
 75 ☗2七飛不成
 76 ☖5八成桂不成
 77 ☗7二と不成
 78 ☖8四飛不成
 79 ☗2五銀
 80 ☖2五馬不成
 81 ☗2五飛不成
 82 ☖6九成桂不成
 83 ☗7五角
[Name "Matt Casters"] [Email "matt@netpoint.be"] [Country "Japan"] [Sente "Habu Yoshiharu"] [Gote "Sato Yasumitsu"] [Black_grade ""] [White_grade ""] [Result ""] [Comment "Original filename : 7ryuo2.txt"] [Source "Reijer Grimbergen"] [Event "7th Ryu O Title Match"] [Date "19941027"] [Round "2"] [Venue ""] [Proam "Professional"] P7g-7f P8c-8d S7i-6h P3c-3d S6h-7g S7a-6b P5g-5f P5c-5d S3i-4h S3a-4b P2g-2f G6a-5b G4i-5h G4a-3b P6g-6f K5a-4a G5h-6g P7c-7d B8h-7i S4b-3c P3g-3f B2b-3a S4h-3g P4c-4d K5i-6h G5b-4c K6h-7h S6b-7c P3f-3e P3dx3e B7ix3e P7d-7e P7fx7e B3ax7e B3e-4f B7e-6d P2f-2e K4a-3a S3g-3f P8d-8e S3f-3e P*3d P2e-2d P2cx2d S3ex2d S3cx2d R2hx2d P*2c R2d-2h S7c-7d P*7b B6dx4f P4gx4f S7d-7e B*6a B*4g S*5h B4g-1d+ P7b-7a+ P8e-8f P8gx8f P*7f S7gx7f S7ex8f P*8g P*7g N8ix7g S8fx7g+ K7hx7g N*3f R2h-3h S*2g R3h-3g N3f-4h+ R3gx2g +N4hx5h +P7a-7b R8b-8d S*2e +B1dx2e R2gx2e +N5hx6i B*7e {Resigns}