How to Utilize Shogi resources on Internet
The Internet. The most resourceful thing in the world. You'll find everything there, free!
- View Shogi lessons on Youtube
- Make your computer Japanese character capable (Asian Character support)
- Windows Vista and 7 are already capable.
- Video insturctions for Windows XP is here (click "Videos and old articles" tab)
- Get a little help on understanding meaning of that Japanese text
- FireFox and Rikaichan
- Rikaichan is the firefox extention which will popup the language of choice translation for particular word where mouse is.
- BabelFish
- This site translate the WEB page of different laungauge for you
- Digital Shogi board that you can use to record, replay and evaluate your games.
- BCM Shogi
- This is a fairy new entry to the scene but appears to be already very robust. There are many options you can set to configure the look and feel of the program. it also comes with shogi engine called Spear so that you can evaluate your game.
- Web shogi board that you can use with other people on the net
- Practice your shogi skills using on-line shogi program
- How to replay Shogi game recorded in Kifu format on the Web
- Kifu for Flash
- BCM Shogi referenced above will read Kifu format, (including Handycap games)
- How to read Kifu notations, which is a standard way of recording Shogi games.
- Research Shogi database for the book opening that you are interested.
- ShogiMaze
- This is very easy to navigate English frontend to shogi database (Original site is in Japanese) . If you are interested in a particular system and wants to know all the associated moves, visit this site and explorer!