Official News Release

At 81Dojo, the free online playing site under the patronage of JSA, a teaching game event for the winners of the World Shogi League will be held for the third time. JSA invites you to come and watch the games.

9-Dan Habu Yoshiharu　　7-Dan Nakamura Taichi　　6-Dan Ohira Takehiro

6-Dan Toyama Yusuke　　5-Dan Aoshima Mirai　　Ladies 2-Dan Kitao Madoka　　Ladies 1-kyu Styczynska Karolina

Start time			Pro	Amateur(81Nickname)	Handicap
Japan	UTC	Hungary
4/12（日）18:00	April 12th Sun.9:00	April 12th Sun.11:00	Yoshiharu Habu 9dan	Alexander　Miszko (dstn3422)	Bishop
4/12（日）19:00	April 12th Sun.10:00	April 12th Sun.12:00	Taichi Nakamura 7dan	Peter　Puha (shift2shift)	Rook
4/12（日）20:00	April 12th Sun.11:00	April 12th Sun.13:00	Yusuke Toyama 6dan	Laszlo　Abuczki (Linkuei)	Even

Start time			Pro	Amateur(81Nickname)	Handicap
Japan	UTC	Ukraine
4/19（日）18:00	April 19th Sun.9:00	April 19th Sun.12:00	Takehiro Ohira 6dan	Sergiy　Krivosheya (skzt)	Rook
4/19（日）19:00	April 19th　Sun.10:00	April 19th　Sun.13:00	Takehiro Ohira 6dan	Sergiy　Trokhymyshyn (SergiiT)	Bishop
4/19（日）20:00	April 19th　Sun.11:00	April 19th　Sun.14:00	Karolina STYCZYNSKA Ladies 1kyu	Yashchur　 Mykola (nick777)	Even

Start time			Pro	Amateur(81Nickname)	Handicap
Japan	UTC	Malaysia
5/2（土）18:00	May 2nd Sat.9:00	May 2nd Sat.17:00	Mirai Aoshima 5dan	Ng Teck　Sen (NorikatsuMiyamoto)	Even
5/2（土）19:00	May 2nd Sat.10:00	May 2nd Sat.18:00	Mirai Aoshima 5dan	Tan Wei Hong (whtan02)	Even
5/2（土）20:00	May 2nd Sat.11:00	May 2nd Sat.19:00	Madoka Kitao Ladies 2dan	Tan Tzi Yang (tantziyang)	Even

Start time			Pro	Amateur(81Nickname)	Handicap
Japan	UTC	France
5/10（日）18:00	May 10th Sun.9:00	May 10th Sun.11:00	Madoka Kitao Ladies 2dan	Sebastien　de GROOT (DarumaGama)	2 piece
5/10（日）19:00	May 10th Sun.10:00	May 10th Sun.12:00	Madoka Kitao Ladies 2dan	Guillaume　Tatti (Aavygeil)	2 piece
5/10（日）20:00	May 10th Sun.11:00	May 10th Sun.13:00	Karolina STYCZYNSKA Ladies 1kyu	Tristan　 Trannin (TristanT)	Even

World Shogi League is a tournament between countries played by 3-player teams that are divided into four leagues: A, B, C, and D. It is organized by Thomas Pfaffel from Austria, who was aso the invited player of the 29th Amateur Ryuo Tournament. (Seee also: https://www.shogi.or.jp/event/2016/06/29_10.html) Anyone can watch the teaching games at 81Dojo.

On April 12th, there is also an English live broadcast by Ladies 1-kyu Karolina Styczynska: https://www.twitch.tv/shogi_harbour

※81Dojo's server has a certain capacity limit for number of online users. For details, please contact info@81dojo.com

In light of Covid-19 pandemic Shogi Renmei postpones the following events.

78th Meijinsen 7-match

1st to 3rd games

Shoreikai　3 Dan League & Regular games of 2 Dan and below both at East and West branch.

3 Dan League opening and Regular games during April 7th to May 6th.

　Very much appreciated your cooperation and understanding.

　Due to the wide spreading Covid-19 infection, the committee decided to postpone the opening game of Meijinsen 7-match scheduled during April 8th to 9th in Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo. This is to carry out 2-day long game without any troubles.
　The committee is considering to shift the 4th game scheduled during May 19th to 20th in Takayama, Nagano to the opening game. The committee will announce the later schedule and locations of the games as soon as decided.

　Ido Chihiro Ladies 2-Dan takes maternity and parental leave during 2020/4/1～2020/8/31.
It would be greatly appreciated your support and consideration.

Shogi Grand Award Committee meeting was held to publicly recognize the Shogi players contributed in 2019 fiscal year at Shogi Kaikan in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo on 4/1/2020. Each award of 47th Shogi Grand awards was selected as follows.

List of 47th Shogi Grand Awards

【Best Player Award】

Watanabe Akira 3-crown (2nd time)

【Special Award】

Kimura Kazuki Oi (1st time)

【Excellent Player Award】

Toyoshima Masayuki Ryuo Meijin (1st time)

【Fighting-spirit Award】

Nagase Takuya 2-crown (1st time)

【New Face Award】

Honda Kei 5-Dan

【Most Games Award】

Sasaki Daichi 5-Dan　67 games (1st time)

【Most Wins Award】

Fujii Souta 7-Dan　53 wins (2nd time)

【Best Win Rate Award】

Fujii Souta 7-Dan 53wins 12 loses 0.815 (3rd time, 3 consecutive years)

【Most Consecutive Wins Award】

Nagase Takuya 2-crown　15 consecutive wins (2019/2/22～2019/4/23) (3rd time)

【Ladies Best Player Award】

Satomi Kana Ladies 4-crown (10th time, 5 consecutive years)

【Ladies Excellent Player Award】

Ito Sae Ladies 3-Dan (2nd time)

【Ladies Most Games Award】

Ito Sae Ladies 3-Dan (3rd time, 3 consecutive years) 46 Games

【Tokyo Shogi Reporters Award】

Takahashi Yamato Ladies 3-Dan

【Masuda Kozo Award】

elmo (elmo castle)

【Masuda Kozo Special Award】

Waki Kenji 8-Dan (Waki System)

【Best Game Award】

60th Oi 7th Game Toyoshima Masayuki Oi vs Kimura Kazuki 9-Dan

【Ladies Best Game Award】

9th Ricoh Cup Ladies Oza 4th Game　
Satomi Kana Ladies Oza vs Nishiyama Tomoka Queen & Ladies Osho

【Best Game Special Award】

69th Osaka Osho Cup Challenger League　
Hirose Akihito Ryuo vs Fujii Souta 7-Dan

※ 【Ladies Player Award】has been replaced to【Excellent Ladies Player Award】 since 45th (2017).
　【Ladies Best Game Award】has newly founded since 46th (2018).

Notification of Ladies players leave as follows.

■Leave
Hayamizu Chisa　Ladies 3-Dan　（2020/4/1～2021/3/31）
Yamada Akemi　Ladies 2-Dan　（2020/4/1～2021/3/31）
Ido Chihiro　Ladies 2-Dan　（2020/4/1～2020/8/31）

The following player is moving out to Free-class in 2020.

Kamiya Hiroshi 8-Dan

Promotion and retirement of Shogi players as of 2020/4/1 is as follows.

■ Promotion

Hattori Shinichiro to 4-Dan      66th Shoreikai 3-Dan league
Taniai Hiroki    to 4-Dan      66th Shoreikai 3-Dan league
Orita Shogo        to 4-Dan      Pass the professional transfer examination
Katsumata Kiyokazu to 7-Dan      Free class promotion criteria

Kosaka Noboru      to 8-Dan      Retired player promotion criteria
Oshima Eiji        to 8-Dan      Retired player promotion criteria

Shimizu Ichiyo     to Ladies 7-Dan      Superb achievement
Satomi Kana        to Ladies 6-Dan      Superb achievement

Mizumachi Miyu     to Ladies 1-Dan      Annual win ratio 0.5 or higher (８wins or more)
Fujii Nana         to Ladies 1-Dan      Annual win ratio 0.5 or higher (８wins or more)
Wakita Nanako      to Ladies 1-Dan      Annual win ratio 0.5 or higher (８wins or more)
Nodasawa Ayano     to Ladies 1-Dan      Retired Ladies player promotion criteria 

Ishizuka Tooru     Coaching 6-Dan      Coaching criteria
Tsukioka Daisuke   Coaching 4-Dan      Same as above
Honda Tsutomu      Coaching 2-Dan      Same as above
Kawashima Makoto   Coaching 2-Dan      Same as above

  ■ Retirement

Kiriyama Kiyosumi  9-Dan      Free class criteria
Tosa Koji          8-Dan      Same as above
Ito Hirofumi       7-Dan      Same as above
Fujikura Yuki      5-Dan      Same as above

Takamure Sachiko   Ladies 4-Dan      Ladies player retirement criteria
Sanada Ayako       Ladies 2-Dan      Same as above
Nodasawa Ayano     Ladies 1-kyu      Same as above


        
    

Satomi Kana Ladies 4-crown received "Shimane Prefectural Honor Award" at Shimane Prefectural Office on 2020/3/19.
Her achievement of Ladies 6-crown and 11 consecutive titles of Ladies Meijin-sen, both of which were the first time of Shogi history, were recognized for her award.
She was the second person who received the award.

Awards Ceremony

Commemorative photo: Maruyama Tatsuya (Governor of Shimane), Satomi Kana 4-crown, Her parents (left to right)

Satomi Kana 4-crown met with Governor Maruyama

7th game of 69th Osaka Osho title 7-match, where Hirose Akihito 8-Dan challenged Watanabe Akira Osho, was held at Sado Green Hotel Kiraku in Sado, Niigata during March 25 to 26. Watahabe Osho beat Hirose 8-Dan with 153 moves and won 4 games.

Watanabe Osho defended the 7-match game title with 4 wins and 3 losses, and won his 4th time Osho title.

You can check the details on The Mainichi Newspapers or Sports Nippon Newspaper issued March 27th.

Related Pages

The Mainichi News Site
【Shogi Players Data and Performance Comparison】Watanabe Akira Osho VS Hirose Akihito 8-Dan