Quintom's Shogi in Malaysia

The end of 2nd MMU Dragon King Shogi Match Closed

2011-05-16T02:05:00.004+08:00

Bully Director

All players and winners and director,(some went home already)

Dragon King (Fish Lye)

1st Runner Up (Billy Ngow)

2nd Runner up, Victor

4th Alvin

5th Kaz

6th Kjying (not owner)

7th Cherry

Finally the 2nd MMU Dragon King Shogi Match Closed Summer 2011 finish, it is still a great success for the event. Anyway I am now become the arbiter of the event, I cannot take part in the game. I in charge of anything about the rules and the progress of the whole event. We use the timers as everyone got half an hour to use. But anyone who violent the rules, we will reduce half of the leftover time of the fraud player. If the timer finish, the person still got 30 seconds to move the next move. That is byo-yumi, something special about the shogi match is the countdown of the timer. The shogi game will not end easily by time, shogi game either end by wrong move or a makemashita from the player, that is surrender.

This time only got 10 players, compare with 14 players last time. Anyway, I still wish that I able to be the arbiter of the next match. Due to there are 3 peoples went home earlier before the prize giving section, I just post 7 peoples pictures for the prize giving section.

Thanks everyone that help to make this event a big success,

Thanks all so much =D

2nd MMU Shogi Match Closed Summer 2011

2011-04-12T21:16:00.005+08:00

Quite a long time since last time I update my blog, ok this time, 23 April 2011 there will be the 2nd MMU Shogi Match Closed Summer 2011. As this is the second time of the match that is directed by my student Apple. It is the same as usual that I am unable to take part in the match. This time I will be the arbiter of the match. I wish to invite Ryoutakehito to our match but unfortunately that he is study at Melbourne that he unable to attend the match.

Hereby upload some picture for the trophy. =D

New bunch of magnetic shogi arrived

2010-10-11T10:49:00.005+08:00

Ok, is me back to my blog again finally. After such a long time I never update my blog, I feel that I need to burn up my shogi passion again.

This time, I import about 25 sets of magnetic shogi from China. Try to sold all of this to all my fellow desciples in my university. At the same time I am trying to sell all of it to all Malaysia shogi lover and whoever is interest in it.

All shogi here only sell to Malaysian!!!

Feel free to email me that if you want to buy the shogi. I will sell it for RM28, it includes the pawn keychain and a shogi guideline that made by me in english version, but postage fees is not included, you need to paid the postage fees yourself. Tell me in the email what kind of postage you would like me to send. You will able to face-to-face buy the shogi if you are around the Bandar Sunway area, and also the Mahkota Parade, Ayer Keroh in Melaka.

You can inform me whether you want a chinese version guideline, if you need, I will try my best to translate it to chinese version.

For my review, the magnetic board is nice, the design and the pieces is ok, the magnetic is not that strong,,, so don turn your shogi board to 90 degrees or upside down. It is just make sure that your piece will not run away even you move your board from table to another table.

The keychain is an adorable tiny cute thing that you can hang in on your bag, wall, pendrive, house key or anywhere else that you like to.

Thanks for all your support XD

3 April MMU Dragon King Shogi Match Closed Summer 2010~~~!!!

2010-04-15T16:14:00.012+08:00

Chess Clock

Ong You Tid(panda)

Kaz vs Ryou Takehito

match venue

laptop 1

laptop 2

laptop 3

laptop 4

Jason operate on laptop 5

laptop 6 (my laptop ^_^)

Lunch time, part of the committees and players

trophy and other participants gift

Gift for all the participants

Dragon King Trophy~ XD

A scene of one of the match

Another scene of one of the match

Ryou Takehito~!!!(The arbiter)

The 4 envelopes is the cash money for the top 4.

Final round, The checkmate move to be a Dragon King!!!

The final scene that determine the Dragon King

After the match, Ryou Takehito play with 3 persons in a row. He defeat all of them

One of the match that I manually record with my own designed kifu form

The result list, totally 10 players.

10th Conan

9th Kjying (Volunteer)

8th Billy

7th Jason

6th Kaz (Volunteer)

5th Panda

4th Apple

3rd Cherry

2th Fish

1st Jimmy

All the participants and committees
Ryou Takehito vs Fish & Billy & Cherry
Ryou have a speech(left), Me asking him some question(right)

Due to the stupid photographer snailing with his camera and photo progress, make me unable to update the blog after the shogi match, so far till today I still unable to get the good quality photo from him, since everything is late, I will just update the blog first and attach some bad resolution picture of the matches.

Finally is the day of the shogi match 3 April, 8am in the morning go to the venue for preparation. Ryou Takehito had been invited by me to be the arbiter of this shogi match event. There are only 8 peoples appear in the first round, so I setup the total matches
for 3 rounds. 6 laptops are used for this event for recording the kifu of the matches. I and a few committee as the recorder of the kifu. At first round, we are using the BCMshogi for recording the kifu. After the first round finish, we found that the software can only save half of the kifu we recorded, not sure whether it is a bug or error. Then, Ryou Takehito download another software for recording the kifu, that is shogidokoro. However not all the kifu is recorded, at least the final round of the dragon king match is recorded.

The overall, there are 13 games.
5 games end with illegal move.
- 2 2 pawns drop.
- 1 Eat own pawn with Knight.
- 1 Promoted Knight move back diagonally
- 1 Rook move like Bishop.
7 games record available.
1 game record lost.
1 manually game record.

The Result of the shogi match.

Rank 1 - Jimmy
Rank 2 - Fish
Rank 3 - Cherry
Rank 4 - Apple
Rank 5 - Panda
Rank 6 - Kaz
Rank 7 - Jason
Rank 8 - Billy
Rank 9 - Kjying
Rank 10 - Conan

After the event finish, Ryou Takehito was asked to play with 3 peoples in a row. The players are Billy, Cherry and Fish. Billy was playing with 4 pieces handicap that is rook, bishop and 2 lances from Ryou. However all of them lose to Ryou at the end, they learn a lot from Ryou.

I feel so proud of myself for holding this event as this is the first inner university shogi event in whole Malaysia. I feel honor that Ryou Takehito willing to sacrifice his free time to attending my event as arbiter. And I feel so happy that all my chess club friends come to support my event.

Finally good pictures is upload on 25 April

The weiqi has arrived~!

2010-04-15T15:50:00.005+08:00

The weiqi finally arrived to my house few days ago, anyway today I will post 2 thread on my blog. One is the weiqi, and one is the Dragon King match that launched on 3 April

The books and prize for Dragon King shogi match has arrived~!!!

2010-03-24T13:39:00.003+08:00

A plastics bag that given by the seller in China

A mouse pad with Kenji Kobayashi's signature

4 books i bought, from left, shogi magazine in Japan, little tsume book,
shogi book publish in China, and weiqi(Igo) book with unique mate problem

The prizes for all the participants of MMU Dragon King shogi match closed

Detail on one of the pieces, pawn

Finally the stuff I ordered from China arrive at my house. Besides, I still got two more carriage of stuff will be arrive next week. That content 3 sets of Igo. Another one content 10 sets of shogi and some other shogi books. The mouse pad display in the China Taobao website for a long time, looks like no one to buy it. So I just bought it anyway since I bought a lot of shogi stuff from the seller. The seller sells a lot of shogi stuff. I always buy stuff from him.

Shogi Kifu Form made~!!!

2010-03-21T12:42:00.007+08:00

A view of the whole kifu form

A detail view on the upper kifu form

A picture from the internet that I make it as my sample

I spent one night time to design the kifu form, use the microsoft excel to design it. It come out as good as I like it. I simplified some of the detail, so it won't look so complicated to others. I will use it in the shogi event I directed on 3 April.

Anyone if interest can e-mail me to request for the microsoft excel file of this form.

^_^

Finally, DRAGON KING SHOGI TROPHY has been made~~~!!!

2010-03-13T11:22:00.004+08:00

Finally, the trophy I order to make had reach my hand. Very happy with this trophy, as the plate stated, it is my university match closed Summer 2010. I will try to make a whole Malaysia shogi tournament in the future after this match finish.

^_^

One Night in KL Trip, looking for shogi set~

2010-03-11T09:39:00.008+08:00

930am in the morning

2 Igo seniors playing

Shogi Chess Set

A game I play with Ryou Takehito

Friends playing Igo(1)

Friends playing Igo(2)

A view in the room

Senior playing Igo again!

A lot of Igo set

so many trophy

Yakisoba dinner set

A mini shogi chess set I bought ^_^(like this very much)

Stay one night in this hotel

Delicious Ice cream in the curve

Biggest pet shop in Malaysia(should be)

A pretty fish~!

Inside LRT with KFC advertisement

Me in the ice skating resting place

Ice skating shoes

6 Match 2010, 934am, on the way to Kuala Lumpur with Transnational Bus. A long way come to the Sungai Wang to search for the shogi at Daiso, unfortunately that there is no selling shogi at all. Now bringing the disappointed mood to the taiwan food restaurant and there is no wireless here. The luck is very bad so far, after the meal, we shall go to the Mid Valley for the shogi and weiqi class.

When we having a ride on monorail after the lunch, we are going to the wrong way for about 2 stations, we going back to the KL Sentral station. Then we go to take the KTM trains, unfortunately the KTM delay for about 10 minutes. And finally we reach the Japan Club KL.

When we reach the Japan Club, in the shogi room, there are only 4 peoples playing the go, then we stand there and watch them playing. After a few moments, 3 more peoples come and 2 of them start to play. After that, ryou and xinwen finally show up. Then xinwen teach bih chien and yaohong weiqi, Ryou and me play shogi.

Ryou teach me alot of techniques that very useful to me. I learn a lot of things. Specially a test on my shogi style and other kind of strategies.
Besides that, my friends learn Igo from the Xinwen senior.

Af ter the activity finish, we go to the japan club restaurant to have our dinner, i call a yakisoba dinner set. The food here are so delicious, since the last time i come to eat, now finally i able to eat it again.

After the dinner, we have a walk around the Japan Club KL. Pay a visit to some shops. Then I buy a mini shogi set that cost RM7. The mini shogi set will keep as my collection.

Then, we back to the pudu raya bus station, but unfortunately all the tickets to melaka had sold out. Then I call Zhi Yi to help us to book a hotel room for us, as so now we got a place to sleep. The hotel is The Chan's Inn. The hotel room cost us RM70 a night.

The second day.
730 in the morning, alarm ringing. We all ready up and go for our breakfast, bah kut teh beside the Inn that we live in yesterday night. Then we call a taxi to go to curve.
The curve are so big, and there is even a second building for younger generation with cinema on the highest floor.

945 in the morning, the curve still sleeping before wakeup for its busy day. We all gather at the mcdonald to have some coffee and icecream, and so here i am stoping the diary for a few moments.

When 10am, we go and visit the whole curve building. Then we looking for Daiso the biggest branch in Malaysia. But unfortunately we still can't find any shogi set.
After that, we go into a big IT shop to searching for any cheap computer stuff, i didn't buy anything anyway. Then we go to the IKATO the next building beside curve, saw the biggest pet shop in Malaysia, and also should be the biggest popular bookshop in Malaysia.

Around 12pm, we take a taxi to sunway pyramid. In sunway pyramid, we looking for game centre but unfortunately it bankrupt already.
Then we go ice skating during 3pm, well this is my first time to play ice skating. I make a perfect record, without falling down. But that cost me a next whole day of leg aching.

Till 6pm, we take taxi to kelana jaya LRT station to go pasar seni, then taking a bus at 730pm and back to Malacca.

Proposal for shogi match!!!

2010-02-24T00:26:00.003+08:00

I am in progressing a shogi match proposal in my university.
The title will be:

MMU DRAGON KING TITLE SHOGI MATCH CLOSED SUMMER SESSION 2010

The winner of Dragon King title will be rewarded a pretty trophy and cash RM50, the runner-up will get RM10.
The match date is around 3 April Saturday.

So far, I was trying to make it open for outsiders. But due to the limited of time around one month only, I am unable to make it as OPEN due to shortage of time as the official tournament need at least 6 months to announce.

As if I am able to make it for open match, I need sponsorship from the outsider. The only sponsorship I able to found should only be Japan Club KL shogi department. Well, actually I not sure that whether Japan Club shogi department will approve us to make an open shogi match. It seems like it is better that they held the events.

Well, I don't have any experience on organizing big event. So I am trying to make a small match first in my own university, maybe it can be consider as the FIRST shogi match in Malaysia except the Japan Club KL. Besides that, I also want to see how is the result after I promoting the shogi for more than half year. How many peoples are always playing and how many people already know how to play.

I wish that Ryou Takehito will be my arbiter for this event. But if the open match is launched for next semester. Ryou will be in Japan for further study during June.

However I will go training next semester, as my vice president told me that I still can be the director of any event. So maybe I can still make the shogi match open to be a success next semester.

Mind complicating with the shogi match, internship, assignments, presentation and others =.=''

The stuff finally reach Malaysia!!

2010-01-23T02:21:00.006+08:00

A lucky bag that can fill up a set of shogi

A set of shogi

A package of shogi set that to sell

my Go set and wooden board XD

The black colour piece under the sunlight ^^

plastics chess board of GO

GO cloth board

A whole view of GO set

All the shogi stuff I bought from China

The BIG package that I received in the morning

The really big package finally reach Malaysia this morning 11am. So happy about it ^_^.
All the stuff I order is 4 sets of cheap shogi, 6 pieces of shogi chessboard cloth, 6 pieces of shogi pretty bag and also a big set of GO with wooden board.

There are 4 shogi set available to sell, which I will sell to 4 peoples in the club. I have a cleaning up on my own GO stone one by one. After the cleaning up, the stone is completely clean and shiny, so happy to see that ^_^

My first shogi video~!

2010-01-06T01:07:00.006+08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKdMzD_yiv8

Yeah~, First time posting my shogi video, well I not so good in playing, but still able to win the software as I took a very long time to think.
Hope you all enjoy the video ^_^

Update again~~~

2009-12-03T21:34:00.002+08:00

A few weeks after my last update. Currently I am practicing various kind of chess to improve all my chess skill. Following is the chess I am playing currently:

- Shogi
- Igo (Well, this is not chess lol)
- Chess
- Chinese chess
- New Chinese Chess
- 5 in a row

I know it is very hard to master all kind of chess. At least I am interest to improve various chess skill.

This Sunday will be my sister's wedding. So happy that sister finally married, hope she will be happiness forever. ^_^

Such a long time no update lol

2009-11-05T03:27:00.003+08:00

Wow, it has been a long time that I never update my blog. Due to there isn't much event about the shogi and also my chess club activity. But today is my chess club first weekly activity in this semester, anyway I attend the chess club activity. However the number of peoples are quite less, I play some GO with a friend. Currently I am also learning GO, as GO is my second training chess that I still a beginner. Besides that, now I also got helping translation of the shogi video that belong to HIDETCHI san, you can view the shogi video that made by HIDETCHI to improve your shogi skill. Other than that, this semester I take 3 subjects and maybe I will be a little busy. That I will not take much attention on the shogi stuff.
That's all for today then.

Shogi festival on 13 September

2009-09-15T00:35:00.009+08:00

Finally, it is time to update the blog. On 13 September, I go to Japan Club Kuala Lumpur to take part in the shogi festival that held once a year. I have a great time over there, so wish to come again next year. Following is all the photo I taken the whole day. PRESS PICTURE TO ENLARGE

Departure on 7.18am in the morning

On the Star Line LRT

Outside of the Japan Club Kuala Lumpur, well I think the security don like to be in photo.

Good quality of shogi pieces, half elephant trunk made.

Here also include Go chess board

Go chess pieces box

The room where the event take place

A paper that show the event,

big magnetic shogi pieces that use for teaching

Shogi Board that use for teaching

Event place
Special kind of shogi word art.

shogi chess board

people playing chess

In the middle of the match

event place

event place

From left, President of Shogi Club in Japan Club Kuala Lumpur, Mr. Yoshiki Nakai. 9-Dan professional shogi player, Kenji Kobayashi. President of JACTIM, Sadao Segi. and a random person,, >.< People playing

Left is Xin Wen 2-Dan Go player, Right is my friend Bih Chien

A Japan family

Kids playing

Lunch Time,

Menu

Towel

Tea Cup

Ramen special set

unknown set meal

Tempura set

Beef set

Players picture,

The Legendary Ryou Takehito 1-Dan shogi player, should be the highest ranking of Malaysia players

Winner of the kid chess competition, 2 kids that wear glasses is brother. 1st and 2nd in the competition.

Ryou Takehito, and the right side is 2 kid's father

9-Dan vs 1-Dan

shogi condition,

A book that Mr.Kenji Kobayashi show me, a picture that he is 5-Dan player when he is 23 years old

People playing

KL Meijin

Overall picture

Me with Kenji Kobayashi

Me with Kenji Kobayashi 2

Dinner at sushi king.

In the whole event, there are only 8 Malaysian people. That is Ryou Takehito and his friend, Mr. Yeoh and his family, me and my friend.

Mr. Kenji Kobayashi play with 16 peoples in a row and all the game is finish in one hour, he only lose to 4 of them, and all the game is handicap game. He handicap 6 pieces to all children and about 2 pieces to all adult. I lose to him unfortunately, his combination of all pieces is perfect, it will be unable to win him if you are not going on for an defensive castle. I tell my friend to go for a defensive castle, then he able to stablise his king and Mr. K K resign. He is still an amazing professional player.

How old is Mr. K K in the picture? He is 52 years old. He look so young lol.

The only thing i quite regret is i forget to get the signature from him, lol.

After this event, I will start to train hard on my shogi skill, to be able to go into the world of professional shogi world.

Shogi again,,, such a long time no online,

2009-08-30T22:53:00.004+08:00

It has been a long time since the last time I update my blog. Last week, the MMU closed chess competition has come to an end. It is quite a little success for the event. It end up as only 18 international chess players and 16 chinese chess players. Anyway we still make the event to a success. Report end here today.

2009-07-21T00:25:00.003+08:00

It seems like the shogi beginner class today is just a little success. Actually is just only about 8 peoples is playing the shogi. So far is just only strengthen their playing skill, unfortunately the announcement is quite late to reach the members. Whatever, today I introduce some of the people the smallest shogi, that only 3x4 squares. This is just an easier version of shogi for the peoples to play.

Anyway, I decided to plan a beginner and intermediate class for shogi in the next coming Monday. Just hope that the announcement will be launched during Friday, so that everyone will know about it. Today quite a lot of peoples playing reversi and dam during the weekly activity.

I got a small set of shogi myself, it cost about RM30++. This is the most creative and best small chess set I had ever seen. It can let you to save the game, you can keep the unfinished game and play next time.

Monday weekly chess club activity again~

2009-07-14T23:29:00.002+08:00

My favorite day as can attend to the chess club's activity. ^_^
Chess club weekly activity is just simple gathering. Members can come and play any kind of chess with each other to increase the relationship and playing skills. That is the only time I can promote the shogi every week. So far that night, I teach about 6 peoples on how to play the shogi. A big step on my promoting shogi plan. I will plan a shogi lesson on the next Monday, in order to maintain the attendance of the members at the same time popularize the shogi among them. Some of peoples are just say they don't know how to play and straight away pickup the chess or Chinese chess to play.

Some time I just think that, the chess is quite hard to be promoted, due to the new generation of people is lazy to think. My generation is due to the influence of our grandfather or uncle that they are good at playing chess. So, we continue the hobby of our grandfather or uncle on the thinking of strategy chess. Chess is a very nice hobby, it train your brain to twist for the strategy. As you think a lot, the brain will working a lot so that the brain won't be lazy and become stupid.

Shogi need to think triple times for your every moves. Everything is possible in shogi. Even you exchange a major piece for a minor piece. It doesn't mean that you are losing, but is determine depend on who can checkmate the opponent's king first due to the 'drop' rules. So, shogi is the most exciting and challenging chess in the world so far. That's why I love shogi. ^_^

Shogi for the chess club

2009-07-13T02:52:00.001+08:00

After a discussion with the president of the chess club, the president plan that buy 5 sets of the shogi set for the club. So at the end the parcel arrive during 8 July, there are totally 6 sets of them. One of them is bought by my friend, as he requested before.

But unfortunately, I never thinking of investment on the small shogi. Since I want to promote the shogi, I should also thinking of those peoples that interest in buying the shogi. The big set of shogi costs about RM105 each. I don't think that the people got the money or the passion to buy that. So it will be better if I try to buy the small shogi set and resell to the others.

First, I able to earn some profit for the chess club. Secondly, I indirectly promote the shogi in a faster way as when those people also promote the shogi to their other friends. Thirdly, if their friends is interest in the shogi, they will be interest to join the club, and also wish to buy the shogi set too. I never thought of that during the buying of the 6 big shogi set. However, I will try to request from the president of the chess club to try on the investment of the small shogi set.

Bought new shogi set, a big and a small one

2009-07-13T02:10:00.000+08:00

During the first day of this trimester, I get the parcel directly from the Japan through the EMS delivery service. As I review the stuff, the shogi set is much more nicer than I thought.

The big shogi set is Hanayama Honkaku Shogi Set. The whole shogi set is totally made of plastics. The advantage of this shogi set is you no need to worry about the quality, the pieces is made of plastics as it wont be easily crush. Compare to those wood made board and pieces, the plastics is much better as it can last for almost your entire life. There are 2 drawers beside the board to serve as the "Koma-dai" where you can put your captured pieces inside, and also you can keep all the pieces inside the drawers and it is ready to be carry on.

And the small one is Tomy Pocketmate Shogi Set. The small shogi set is able to 'save' the game, you can keep the unfinished game and bring it to everywhere. This is the best small shogi set I ever see. Unfortunately the shogi set is not magnetic, so you need to be careful when you going to take a move on the game to prevent it drop off the board.

Is very happy during the day received the parcel. ^_^

First time to create the blog...

2009-07-13T01:53:00.001+08:00

Finally, I create my own blog. After 3 years of university life, doesn't seen much change to me. I will try to make sure my life will be more meaningful during the final year of staying in the university. During the last semester, I got the treasurer position in the chess club of my university for my final year. That will be the best thing to be happen in my university's life, and I hope that there will be more excited thing to be happen in the following year.

Well, what I am suppose to do during this final year? I had planned that I want to promote the shogi chess in my university. The way to promote is to open shogi tutorial class, and also open a friendly match for the peoples. This might appear to be very hard to achieve. Since shogi is totally unpopular in Malaysia, or I shall say not even a normal people know about shogi in Malaysia. But I will try my best to promote the shogi in my university, or is better that if I able to promote to the whole Malaysia. So far I google through the search engine, Malaysia doesn't show much result of shogi, not even a club, an association, or any tournament. But shogi is now famous through the world, even a lot of tournament had been held in the following countries that is France, United States, Japan and even in China.