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 #146

[Name "Matt Casters"] [Email "[email protected]"] [Country "Japan"] [Sente "Nakahara Makoto"] [Gote "Tanigawa Koji"] [Black_grade ""] [White_grade ""] [Result ""] [Comment "Original filename : 43osho5.txt"] [Source "Reijer Grimbergen"] [Event "43rd Osho Title Match"] [Date "19940225"] [Round "5"] [Venue ""] [Proam "Professional"] P7g-7f P8c-8d S7i-6h P3c-3d P6g-6f S7a-6b P5g-5f P5c-5d S3i-4h S3a-4b G4i-5h G4a-3b G6i-7h K5a-4a K5i-6i G6a-5b G5h-6g S4b-3c S6h-7g B2b-3a B8h-7i P4c-4d P3g-3f P7c-7d B7i-6h P9c-9d K6i-7i P9d-9e P2g-2f L9a-9c K7i-8h N8a-7c P2f-2e R8b-9b S7g-8f B3a-4b B6h-4f K4a-3a P5f-5e P5dx5e B4fx5e G5b-4c B5e-3g P6c-6d S4h-5g K3a-2b S5g-5f N7c-8e P6f-6e P9e-9f P9gx9f P*9g S8fx8e P8dx8e L9ix9g P7d-7e P6ex6d P7ex7f P*5c S6bx5c P6d-6c+ P*6f G6gx6f S5c-5d P*6d P*6e G6f-6g S*7e P*5c P6e-6f G6g-6h P8e-8f P5c-5b+ P8fx8g+ K8hx8g P*5e +P5bx4b G4cx4b B*7d R9b-8b P*8c R8b-9b S5fx5e S5dx5e B3gx5e S*8f K8g-8h S8fx9g+ K8h-7i L*7g N8ix7g P7fx7g+ G7hx7g P*7f G7g-7h N*8f P2e-2d P2cx2d P*2c K2b-1b N*1f N8fx7h+ G6hx7h +S9g-8g K7i-6h +S8gx7h K6h-5h P6f-6g+ K5h-4h G*4e +P6c-5b G4ex5e +P5bx4b R9bx4b G*2b G3bx2b P2cx2b+ R4bx2b P*2c R2bx2c S*3b B*5i K4h-3h G*2f K3h-3i +P6g-5g L*4i G*4h L4ix4h +P5gx4h R2hx4h B5ix4h+ K3ix4h G2f-2g S3bx2c+ K1bx2c B*4a L*3b B4ax3b+ K2cx3b N1fx2d S3cx2d G*4b {Resigns}