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 #222

[Name "Matt Casters"] [Email "[email protected]"] [Country "Japan"] [Sente "Tanigawa"] [Gote "Sato"] [Black_grade "Oi"] [White_grade ""] [Result ""] [Comment "Original filename : 31oi5.txt"] [Source "Reijer Grimbergen"] [Event "31-st Oi Title Match"] [Date "19900830"] [Round "5"] [Venue ""] [Proam "Professional"] P7g-7f P8c-8d P2g-2f P8d-8e B8h-7g P3c-3d S7i-8h G4a-3b G6i-7h B2bx7g+ S8hx7g S3a-4b S3i-3h S7a-7b P4g-4f P6c-6d S3h-4g S7b-6c G4i-5h P1c-1d P1g-1f P9c-9d P9g-9f G6a-5b P3g-3f K5a-4a S4g-5f S6c-5d K5i-6h P4c-4d P6g-6f P7c-7d K6h-7i K4a-3a N2i-3g N8a-7c P2f-2e P6d-6e P6fx6e P7d-7e P2e-2d P2cx2d P*2e P2dx2e P7fx7e N7cx6e S5fx6e S5dx6e R2hx2e B*4c P*2b P*2d P2bx2a+ K3ax2a R2ex2d P*2c R2d-2h P*7f S7g-6h S6e-6f N*5f P8e-8f P8gx8f P*8h N5fx4d P8hx8i+ K7i-6i S*7g N4dx3b+ B4cx3b N*4d S7gx7h+ K6i-5i N*2d N4dx3b+ K2ax3b K5i-4i N*4d S6h-5i N4dx3f R2h-2e +S7h-6i P*3c S4bx3c N3g-4e N*4a P*3g +S6ix5i G5hx5i P*4d P3gx3f P4dx4e B*6e S*5d B6ex5d P5cx5d B*6d B*4g G5i-4h B4gx3f+ G*3a K3b-2b G3ax4a N*5c S*3a K2b-2a P*2b K2a-3b B6dx8b+ +B3fx2e N*4d S3cx4d R*4b K3b-3c R4bx4d+ K3cx4d N*5f {Resigns}