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 #228

  
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 1 ☗7六歩不成
 2 ☖3四歩不成
 3 ☗2六歩不成
 4 ☖4四歩不成
 5 ☗2五歩不成
 6 ☖3三角不成
 7 ☗4八銀不成
 8 ☖3二銀不成
 9 ☗6八玉不成
 10 ☖4二飛不成
 11 ☗7八玉不成
 12 ☖6二玉不成
 13 ☗5八金不成
 14 ☖7二玉不成
 15 ☗5六歩不成
 16 ☖8二玉不成
 17 ☗9六歩不成
 18 ☖5二金不成
 19 ☗9五歩不成
 20 ☖9二香不成
 21 ☗5七銀不成
 22 ☖9一玉不成
 23 ☗7七角不成
 24 ☖8二銀不成
 25 ☗8八玉不成
 26 ☖7一金不成
 27 ☗7八銀不成
 28 ☖4三銀不成
 29 ☗8六歩不成
 30 ☖6四歩不成
 31 ☗8七銀不成
 32 ☖7四歩不成
 33 ☗7八金不成
 34 ☖6三金不成
 35 ☗6六歩不成
 36 ☖4五歩不成
 37 ☗6五歩不成
 38 ☖4四銀不成
 39 ☗6四歩不成
 40 ☖6四金不成
 41 ☗3六歩不成
 42 ☖6五金不成
 43 ☗6七金不成
 44 ☖6二飛不成
 45 ☗6六歩
 46 ☖6四金不成
 47 ☗2四歩不成
 48 ☖2四歩不成
 49 ☗3七桂不成
 50 ☖5四歩不成
 51 ☗4六歩不成
 52 ☖4六歩不成
 53 ☗4六銀不成
 54 ☖6五歩
 55 ☗6五歩不成
 56 ☖6六歩
 57 ☗6六金不成
 58 ☖6五金不成
 59 ☗6五金不成
 60 ☖6五飛不成
 61 ☗6六歩
 62 ☖6二飛不成
 63 ☗4五桂不成
 64 ☖4二角不成
 65 ☗5五歩不成
 66 ☖5六金
 67 ☗4三歩
 68 ☖6四角不成
 69 ☗2四飛不成
 70 ☖2二歩
 71 ☗3四飛不成
 72 ☖4六金不成
 73 ☗4四飛不成
 74 ☖5五角不成
 75 ☗5四飛不成
 76 ☖4五金不成
 77 ☗5一飛成
 78 ☖6六角不成
 79 ☗4二歩成
 80 ☖7七角成
 81 ☗7七桂不成
 82 ☖6七銀
 83 ☗6三歩
 84 ☖7八銀成
 85 ☗7八銀不成
 86 ☖6一飛不成
 87 ☗5四龍不成
 88 ☖6六桂
 89 ☗8七銀不成
 90 ☖6七歩
 91 ☗7九金
 92 ☖4六角
 93 ☗5七歩
 94 ☖6四金
 95 ☗4五龍不成
 96 ☖5七角成
 97 ☗5二と不成
 98 ☖6三飛不成
 99 ☗6九歩
 100 ☖7五歩不成
 101 ☗8九金不成
 102 ☖7六歩不成
 103 ☗7六銀不成
 104 ☖7八歩
 105 ☗3五角
 106 ☖7九歩成
 107 ☗5七角不成
 108 ☖8九と不成
 109 ☗8九玉不成
 110 ☖7八金
 111 ☗9八玉不成
 112 ☖7七金不成
 113 ☗8七金
 114 ☖7八桂成
 115 ☗6六角
 116 ☖7五歩
 117 ☗8五銀不成
 118 ☖6五桂
 119 ☗3五角不成
 120 ☖8七金不成
 121 ☗8七玉不成
 122 ☖7七桂成
 123 ☗7七角不成
 124 ☖7七成桂不成
 125 ☗7七玉不成
 126 ☖7三桂不成
 127 ☗4一龍不成
 128 ☖8五桂不成
 129 ☗8五歩不成
 130 ☖7六金
 131 ☗7八玉不成
 132 ☖8七銀
 133 ☗8九玉不成
 134 ☖7七金不成
[Name "Matt Casters"] [Email "matt@netpoint.be"] [Country "Japan"] [Sente "Takahashi"] [Gote "Tanigawa"] [Black_grade ""] [White_grade ""] [Result ""] [Comment "Original filename : 28oi2.txt"] [Source "Reijer Grimbergen"] [Event "28th Oi-sen"] [Date "19870729"] [Round "2"] [Venue ""] [Proam "Professional"] P7g-7f P3c-3d P2g-2f P4c-4d P2f-2e B2b-3c S3i-4h S3a-3b K5i-6h R8b-4b K6h-7h K5a-6b G4i-5h K6b-7b P5g-5f K7b-8b P9g-9f G4a-5b P9f-9e L9a-9b S4h-5g K8b-9a B8h-7g S7a-8b K7h-8h G6a-7a S7i-7h S3b-4c P8g-8f P6c-6d S7h-8g P7c-7d G6i-7h G5b-6c P6g-6f P4d-4e P6f-6e S4c-4d P6ex6d G6cx6d P3g-3f G6d-6e G5h-6g R4b-6b P*6f G6e-6d P2e-2d P2cx2d N2i-3g P5c-5d P4g-4f P4ex4f S5gx4f P*6e P6fx6e P*6f G6gx6f G6dx6e G6fx6e R6bx6e P*6f R6e-6b N3g-4e B3c-4b P5f-5e G*5f P*4c B4b-6d R2hx2d P*2b R2dx3d G5fx4f R3dx4d B6dx5e R4dx5d G4fx4e R5d-5a+ B5ex6f P4c-4b+ B6fx7g+ N8ix7g S*6g P*6c S6gx7h+ S8gx7h R6b-6a +R5a-5d N*6f S7h-8g P*6g G*7i B*4f P*5g G*6d +R5dx4e B4fx5g+ +P4b-5b R6ax6c P*6i P7d-7e G7i-8i P7ex7f S8gx7f P*7h B*3e P7h-7i+ B3ex5g +P7ix8i K8hx8i G*7h K8i-9h G7hx7g G*8g N6f-7h+ B*6f P*7e S7f-8e N*6e B5g-3e G7gx8g K9hx8g N6e-7g+ B6fx7g +N7hx7g K8gx7g N8a-7c +R4e-4a N7cx8e P8fx8e G*7f K7g-7h S*8g K7h-8i G7f-7g {Resigns}