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Shogi-shack.net moving to shogishack.net

February 23, 2012 by shogishack

What?  what is going on? OK, let me explain.  I have been using a service called microsoft office live web service.  When this service started, the starter package was free.  So I was able to quickly set up this site and start posting shogi information.   There has been always a limitation to this site. […]

Getting Shobiboard in the States

July 10, 2011 by shogishack

I was at Chicago last week and had visited Mitsuwa market.  If you google the store name, you will find this is a franchise of Japanese Supermarket throughout the United States. (They used to be called as Yaohan-USA.)  Inside  Mitsuwa complex, there is a Japanese book store called Sanseido.  When I was browsing for Shogi […]

Site Slogan changed

July 8, 2011 by shogishack

well, since many japanese players started to play at PlayOK.com, the rating of 1500 at playOK is no longer an easy target for novice players.  If you can get to 1300 at Playok, it means you are already quite good at Shogi play.    Also the PlayOK site is not as friendly as it used […]

Update on Study Shogi

June 25, 2011 by shogishack

Another board describing Fourth ranging rook vs. Right fourth ranging rook (or migi-shiken) added in the study room

Play at 81dojo. You will like it!

February 17, 2011 by shogishack -1 comment

When I play Shogi online, I usually play at PlayOK. This site is based on the experience I gained at PlayOK (At the time, the site used to be called Kurnick) Recently I was introduced to another site, 81Dojo. The site is a spinoff of the 81SquareUniverse, one of the busiest English based Shogi site. […]

39? 4649? What are they?

November 4, 2010 by shogishack

In recent weeks, we have seen a surge of new Shogi players in PlayOK.  As it turned out, Yahoo.co.jp has ceased its service of Shogi game site.  So there are many Japanese players now playing at PlayOK.  That is a good thing.  However, I have seen some of those players uses the abbrebiation such as […]

Ham-Shogi change’s its home

November 4, 2010 by shogishack

Ham-Shogi has it’s new url.  Link has been updated accordingly.Thanks Takodori-san for letting me know!

Tsume Shogi Paradise adds English!

September 22, 2010 by shogishack -2 comments

The admin of the Tsume Shogi paradise was working on adding English form to his site.  Now the "phase 1" is complete.  There is an English form to submit their monthly Quiz, as well as "about this site " page which explains about their site.  Be sure to check it out  at the link below […]

How Strong are you?

September 18, 2010 by shogishack

Ever wonder how strong you became of Shogi play? If you believe you might be already at a strength of Dan player, There is a way to find out. I have added a couple of pages to explain how to take assessment test for shogi online. Detail is here

Nice Shogi Database

July 24, 2010 by shogishack

One of the readers of this site told me of the nice shogi database site.  This is in French shogi fedration site.   http://www.shogi.fr/web/shogi/shogi_fr.nsf/vwTemplate1/97DDCCD6F60EF29BC125769700660CE4   You can also get to English version of the same database   http://shogimaze.free.fr   Shogi record is drawn from Japanese shogi database but this is still an amazing accomplishment. You can […]

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