Only six years has past since Sota Fujii debut, but he and Akira Watanabe have already played 14 games, which is abnormally high frequency. It is because they played three title matches. Fujii’s first title was Kisei, and the opponent was Watanabe. In the major title match, the previous year’s champion (title holder) and challenger […]

The biggest news in February was the Sota Fujii. He gained the Oushou title from Akira Watanabe on 12-Feb. Watanabe (Master, Kiou) is one of the best player in the current professional league, but Fujii defeated him with 4 – 0 score. Winning rate is now 80.95% for this year (as of end Feb), which […]

World Shogi League 2022 has begun since February. The WSL is an online Shogi league supported by Japanese Shogi Association. 59 teams are registered to 5 divisions according to the former year’s result. Three representative from each team play a game with the opponent once a month. The winner will be decided according to the […]