You can watch and replay the game at;
http://202.215.250.252/~ryuoh/banmen.html

It will be held on Octorber 22 and 23 in Tokyo. Japan Shogi Association has invited 36 players from 19 countries for the event. The following URL is the list of the participants.
http://www.shogi.or.jp/event/kokusai-sankasya.html
An International tournament and a team tournament with commentary by professional players using a big board and pieces for the audiences are scheduled. In addition, There will be charity educational simultaneous play by professional players, an international shogi conference, the 3rd king league of computer shogi, exhibition of variety of shogi/chess in the world, cultural exchange event of tea ceremony and so forth.
On Octorber 21, a dinner party for the participants is scheduled and the tournament table will be decided by lottery during the party.

For those who can read German, the following article by Dr. René Gralla in CHESSBASE might be interesting.
http://www.chessbase.de/nachrichten.asp?newsid=4731

Spirou: Thanks for taking care, Spirou.As a matter of fact, I got the same reply from Kurnik:-)

jolat: In order for more shogi players to get to know Kurnik, I think its toppage in English, French, and any other languages other than Japanese should display SHOGI in the list of games. I sent them a suggestion to do so.

Today is the day for the 3rd game of the 53rd Ouza sen between Ouza Habu and Challenger Kisei Sato. The match started at 9:00am(JST) today. Shogi Kingdom of Nikkei Net(http://hobby.nikkei.co.jp/shogi/)
is broadcasting the match on weblive. Here is how to watch the gameboard on live.

Go to the page of Shogi Kingdom of Nikkei Net at;
http://hobby.nikkei.co.jp/shogi/

Click the red arrow above the photo of the players.

Then you will have another smaller window of the gameboard on live.

Sato went first. The score is 2-0 led by Habu before this game. 3 wins in advance will decide which will be the title holder of Ouza.

DragonKing: Habu won the 7th game of Oui Title match against Sato with 116 moves(according to the shogi's way of move counting) and defended the title with the score of 4-3.
You can replay the game at the following URL
http://event2.hokkaido-np.co.jp/46oui-7/java.php
Habu went first in the game.

I'm trying to explain the possible mate lines after the resignation diagram. After the 116.G*9c, there are two squares Sente's King can escape such as 8e and 7c. In case of 8e, the mating line will be P*8d, K-anywhere, G*8e(mate). In case of K-7c, it will be G*6c, K-7b, G-6b, K-8b, G-9b(mate)

Habu is now in the Ouza title match with Sato as well. It is a 3 points match. As of today, Habu leads Sato by 2-0. The 3rd game will be held on Oct. 1.

KeithGraham:As one of veteran players who has played shogi for more than 35 years, I would agree on your suggestion if a user can choose the traditional pieces or the proposed pieces here on BrainKing.

As to the physical set, I wouldn't think it'd be feasible. Please appreciate the fact that the other side of a playing piece is already used for promotion, except for King and Gold.

DragonKing: Habu won the 6th game with 135 moves. You can replay the game at;
http://www.chunichi.co.jp/igo-shogi-script/shogi/s1145.html
Habu was the first mover.
The final match will be held on Sep. 21 and 22(JST).

takodori: The first game came to a sennichite with 72 moves. Now another game exchanging first and second movers started. You can see and replay the game here at;
http://hobby.nikkei.co.jp/shogi/oza/live_sashinaoshi.cfm

You can see and replay the 1st game of Ouza title match between Ouza Habu and Kisei Sato here at;
http://hobby.nikkei.co.jp/shogi/oza/live.cfm
The challenger Sato is Sente(first mover) as a result of Furigoma(toss by throwing 5 pawns).

Is shogi the most attractive game among the chesslike games? If you interested in this topic,
please see the following;
http://www.shogi.net/shogi-l/Archive/1999/Nfeb07-06.txt

Fencer: Great!! Now we can select westernized or Japanese pieces according to users' preference.

Fencer: Thanks for giving me the reason and your intention that it will be changed in the future.

In shogi, the player who makes first move has been called "black"("sente" in Japanese) and the other player has been called "white"("gote" in Japanese) in English as far as I know. Is there any particular reason why this site reverse the colours of players?

I think the Rules on draw of this site should mention to "Sennichite" and "Jishogi" referring to the following page;
http://www.ricoh.co.jp/SHOGI/rules/erules.html#DRA

<The piece values in descending order are as followings;
Rook > Bishop > Gold > Silver > Knight > Lance > Pawn
In general, seeking for material advantage is good in the middlegame.