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.

Rikai Sittard – Kifu #20

  
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 1 ☗7六歩不成
 2 ☖8四歩不成
 3 ☗6六歩不成
 4 ☖3四歩不成
 5 ☗6八飛不成
 6 ☖6二銀不成
 7 ☗4八玉不成
 8 ☖5四歩不成
 9 ☗3八玉不成
 10 ☖4二玉不成
 11 ☗2八玉不成
 12 ☖3二玉不成
 13 ☗1六歩不成
 14 ☖1四歩不成
 15 ☗3八銀不成
 16 ☖5二金不成
 17 ☗7七角不成
 18 ☖4二銀不成
 19 ☗7八銀不成
 20 ☖8五歩不成
 21 ☗5八金不成
 22 ☖7四歩不成
 23 ☗5六歩不成
 24 ☖5三銀不成
 25 ☗4六歩不成
 26 ☖4二金不成
 27 ☗3六歩不成
 28 ☖9四歩不成
 29 ☗9六歩不成
 30 ☖6四歩不成
 31 ☗4七金不成
 32 ☖7三銀不成
 33 ☗6七銀不成
 34 ☖8四銀不成
 35 ☗7八飛不成
 36 ☖7二飛不成
 37 ☗6八角不成
 38 ☖7五歩不成
 39 ☗5七角不成
 40 ☖7六歩不成
 41 ☗7六銀不成
 42 ☖6五歩不成
 43 ☗6五歩不成
 44 ☖7七歩
 45 ☗7七飛不成
 46 ☖7七角成
 47 ☗7七桂不成
 48 ☖7六飛不成
 49 ☗8四角不成
 50 ☖7九飛
 51 ☗6六角
 52 ☖9九飛成
 53 ☗2二銀
 54 ☖4四歩不成
 55 ☗1一銀成
 56 ☖9六飛不成
 57 ☗9七歩
 58 ☖9七飛成
 59 ☗7五角不成
 60 ☖9八龍不成
 61 ☗3九金不成
 62 ☖5八銀
 63 ☗4八金不成
 64 ☖6七銀成
 65 ☗4五歩不成
 66 ☖6六成銀不成
 67 ☗6六角不成
 68 ☖6九龍不成
 69 ☗5七銀
 70 ☖3三桂不成
 71 ☗4四歩不成
 72 ☖4五桂不成
 73 ☗4七香
 74 ☖5七桂成
 75 ☗4三歩成
 76 ☖4三金不成
 77 ☗4三香成
 78 ☖4三金不成
 79 ☗5七金不成
 80 ☖3九龍不成
[Name "Matt Casters"] [Email "matt@impakt.be"] [Country "The Netherlands"] [Sente "Casters Matt"] [Gote "Mieki T"] [Black_grade "2dan"] [White_grade "3dan"] [Result "0-1"] [Comment "4th file rook"] [Source "score sheet"] [Event "2nd Rikai Shogi Tournament"] [Date "19970531"] [Round "1"] [Venue "Sittard"] [Proam "Amateur"] P7g-7f P8c-8d P6g-6f P3c-3d R2h-6h S7a-6b K5i-4h P5c-5d K4h-3h K5a-4b K3h-2h K4b-3b P1g-1f P1c-1d S3i-3h G6a-5b B8h-7g S3a-4b S7i-7h P8d-8e G6i-5h P7c-7d P5g-5f S4b-5c P4g-4f G4a-4b P3g-3f P9c-9d P9g-9f P6c-6d G5h-4g S6b-7c S7h-6g S7c-8d R6h-7h R8b-7b B7g-6h { For style reasons : better B5i and then later B4h} P7d-7e B6h-5g P7ex7f S6gx7f P6d-6e P6fx6e P'7g R7hx7g B2bx7g+ N8ix7g R7bx7f B5gx8d R'7i B'6f R7ix9i+ S'2b P4c-4d S2bx1a+ R7fx9f P'9g { As a post-mortum alternative I like~P6d better. It allows me to playN6e or P6c+~} R9fx9g+ B8d-7e +R9g-9h G4i-3i S'5h G4g-4h S5h-6g+ P4f-4e { Better is to take the knight now : +Sx2a} +S6gx6f B7ex6f +R9i-6i S'5g N2a-3c P4ex4d N3c-4e L'4g N4ex5g+ P4d-4c+ G5bx4c L4gx4c+ G4bx4c G4hx5g +R6ix3i { Black resigned}