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In our sixteenth episode I interview Steven, a chess grandmaster and Under 18 World Champion. Steven is relatively new to shogi but is already one of the strongest players outside of Japan. It's a true honor to have the ability to interview him and I hope you all enjoy this one as much as I do.

🔗Links Mentioned:

https://discord.gg/PpkQttjC6B (Shogi Harbour Discord)

https://www.youtube.com/@ShogiKingdom (Shogi Kingdom YouTube Channel)

https://www.youtube.com/@ShogiBrasil (Shogi Brasil / Koshiro's YouTube Channel)

https://shogicraft.com (ShogiCraft)

https://shogidb2.com (Shogi DB2)

http://wsl.81dojo.com/ (WSL / World Shogi League)

https://81dojo.com/en/ (81Dojo)

https://shogiwars.heroz.jp/static/webgl/ (Shogi Wars)

https://chessable.com/ (Chessable)

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In our fifteenth episode I interview Riko, a long-time shogi promoter, player, and content creator. Riko has touched so many parts of the western shogi world and I hope you enjoy hearing about some of it!

🔗Links Mentioned:

https://www.youtube.com/@shogihouse (Shogi House YouTube Channel)

https://www.youtube.com/@shogicorner (Shogi Corner YouTube Channel)

https://discord.gg/PpkQttjC6B (Shogi Harbour Discord)

https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:u2uzifescs422uagwy3owbnv (Riko's Bluesky)

https://www.youtube.com/user/HIDETCHI (HIDETCHI's YouTube Channel)

https://81dojo.com/en/ (81Dojo)

https://shogiwars.heroz.jp/static/webgl/ (Shogi Wars)

http://shop.nekomado.com/ (Nekomado Shop)

https://www.amazon.com/stores/Seigo-Sato/author/B09D9V8NC5 (Seigo Sato at Amazon)

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In our fourteenth episode I interview Benjamin, the most recent ISF representative from Malaysia. We talk about a lot in this one and I dare you to walk away from it without feeling excited to play shogi. 😎 It's a long one, but I feel we could have continued going for hours. I hope you enjoy it!

🔗Links Mentioned:

https://www.facebook.com/shogimalaysia/ (Shogi Malaysia Facebook)

https://www.instagram.com/shogimalaysia/ (Shogi Malaysia Instagram)

https://www.youtube.com/@shogimalaysia (Shogi Malaysia YouTube)

https://www.instagram.com/benjaminshuit/ (Benjamin's Instagram)

https://discord.gg/PpkQttjC6B (Shogi Harbour Discord)

https://shogiwars.heroz.jp/static/webgl/ (Shogi Wars)

https://www.youtube.com/user/HIDETCHI (HIDETCHI's YouTube Channel)

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Having recently completed my 500th shogi stream, in this week's episode I share some thoughts and things I've learned through the experience. I hope it's at least mildly enjoyable and thank you for joining me on the journey.

🔗Links Mentioned:

https://discord.gg/PpkQttjC6B (Shogi Harbour Discord)

https://www.youtube.com/@ShogiBrasil (Shogi Brasil / Koshiro's Channel)

https://www.youtube.com/@YasushiIshikawaShogiEn (Ishikawa-sensei's Channel)

https://www.youtube.com/@宇都宮将棋センター (Utsunomiya Shogi Channel)

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In this solo episode I discuss a topic near and dear to my shogi heart: time controls! I hope you enjoy this episode. Please, as always, let me know in the comments what you think and thank you for the support!

🔗Links Mentioned:

https://discord.gg/PpkQttjC6B (Shogi Harbour Discord)

https://shogiwars.heroz.jp/static/webgl/ (Shogi Wars)

https://www.shogidojo.net/shogi24/dojo/tokyo?lang=en (Shogi Club 24)

https://lishogi.org/ (lishogi)

https://apps.apple.com/jp/app/shogi-quest-online/id884971827?l=en-US (Shogi Quest)

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In this solo episode I discuss a couple exciting events in the shogi world. The first is the release of Miss King, a new Netflix series that features shogi in a central role. The second is a call to join the 2025 West Coast Tournament coming in early October. I hope this episode is interesting and enjoyable and please, as always, let me know in the comments what you think. Thanks for the support!

0:00:00 - Intro

0:04:12 - Miss King

0:46:23 - West Coast Tournament

🔗Links Mentioned:

https://www.netflix.com/title/82117960 (Miss King on Netflix)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sx3P1uXI_4 (Miss King Trailer)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/81diver (Hachi One Diver)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikaru_no_Go (Hikaru no Go)

https://www.netflix.com/title/81640991 (The Match on Netflix)

https://www.shogiusa.com (Shogi USA)

https://discord.gg/PpkQttjC6B (Shogi Harbour Discord)

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In our tenth episode I interview Trevor, a relatively new shogi player experienced in chess and many other competitive games. Our discussion spanned a broad variety of topics, primarily including getting started in the game and the overall growth of shogi. It was an incredible thought-provoking session and there's a LOT to take in, so get into your most comfortable podcast-listening position and I hope you all enjoy it.

🔗Links Mentioned:

https://lishogi.org/@/TMWyattShogi (Trevor's lishogi Account)

https://discord.gg/PpkQttjC6B (Shogi Harbour Discord)

https://www.shogicraft.com/ (ShogiCraft)

https://shogiwars.heroz.jp/static/webgl/ (Shogi Wars)

https://killerducky.com/shogi/intro (KillerDucky's Shogi Intro)

https://www.youtube.com/user/HIDETCHI (HIDETCHI's YouTube Channel)

https://www.twitch.tv/shogiexplained (ShogiExplained's Twitch Channel)

https://playshogi.com/ (PlayShogi)

https://lichess.org/analysis (lichess analysis/opening explorer)

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In our ninth episode I interview Eduard, an up-and-coming strong tournament player and shogi promoter from Slovakia. Eduard is, rather importantly to me, an Ureshino-ryu (EURO-shino? 😅) practitioner, as well. Our discussion touches on many subjects including tournament play, improvement, and the growth of shogi.

In case you can't tell from my reactions, I had an absolute blast in this one and I hope you all enjoy the episode!

🔗Links Mentioned:

https://lishogi.org/study/YhjbM4Yj (WOSC lishogi study)

https://youtu.be/2gdaYn1Pork?si=hCm3o3pj3e_2mB6G&t=341 (Shogi Dojo Lyon Interview)

https://discord.gg/PpkQttjC6B (Shogi Harbour Discord)

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In this solo episode I discuss a subject of major importance and stress to many fellow shogi players: ratings. It's a troublesome topic with many positive and negative aspects to it, but I will do my best to give my honest feelings and experiences. I hope the episode is enjoyable and I would love to read your thoughts so please feel free, as always, to leave comments!

🔗Links Mentioned:

https://www.shogiusa.com (Shogi USA)

https://discord.gg/PpkQttjC6B (Shogi Harbour Discord)

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In our seventh episode, I interview Trung, President of the Vietnam Shogi Club. Trung has done remarkable work to help grow the game in Vietnam and you can sense his passion for shogi and for shogi culture just by listening to him. I truly hope everyone enjoys the episode.

🔗Links Mentioned:

https://www.facebook.com/vietnamshogiclub (Vietnam Shogi Club)

https://www.youtube.com/@VietnamShogiClub https://x.com/ShogiVietnamJA

https://x.com/ShogiVietnam https://discord.gg/PpkQttjC6B (Shogi Harbour Discord)

https://kurokigoishiten.com/en/products/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B9sale-411-css-09-%E5%A4%A7%E6%98%8E%E9%A7%92 (Interesting Beginner-Friendly Piece Set)

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