GUIs
This is a list of shogi software (engines and/or Graphical User Interfaces):
Shogi, also known as Japanese chess, is a two-player strategy board game that is the Japanese variant of chess. It is the most popular chess variant in Japan. Shōgi means general's board game.
Computer shogi is a field of artificial intelligence concerned with the creation of computer programs which can play shogi. The research and development of shogi software has been carried out mainly by freelance programmers, university research groups and private companies. By 2017, the strongest programs were outperforming the strongest human players.
The Japan Shogi Association, or JSA, is the primary organizing body for professional shogi in Japan. The JSA sets the professional calendar, negotiates sponsorship and media promotion deals, helps organize tournaments and title matches, publishes shogi-related materials, supervises and trains apprentice professionals as well as many other activities.
In shogi, castles are strong defensive configurations of pieces that protect the king.
In shogi, Snowroof or Snow Roof Fortress is a Static Rook opening that characteristically uses a Snowroof castle.
Amahiko Satō is a Japanese professional shogi player, ranked 9-dan. He is a former Meijin title holder.
Masayuki Toyoshima is a Japanese professional shogi player, ranked 9-dan. He is a former holder of the Ryūō, Meijin, Ōi, Kisei and Eiō titles.
Toshiaki Kubo is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 9-dan. He is a former Ōshō and Kiō title holder.
Akira Watanabe is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 9-dan. He is the current holder of the Meijin, and Kiō major titles, and also a former holder of the Kisei, Ōshō, Ōza and Ryūō titles. He is also a Lifetime Kiō and a Lifetime Ryūō title holder.
Taichi Nakamura is a Japanese professional shogi player, ranked 7-dan. He is a former holder of the Ōza title.
Shōta Chida is a Japanese professional shogi player, ranked 7-dan. Chida is known for his novel research into shogi opening theory using computer shogi engines.
Kenjirō Abe is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7-dan.
Takahiro Ōhashi is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 6-dan.
Tetsuya Fujimori is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 5-dan.
AlphaZero is a computer program developed by artificial intelligence research company DeepMind to master the games of chess, shogi and go. This algorithm uses an approach similar to AlphaGo Zero.
Elmo, stylized as elmo, is a computer shogi evaluation function and book file (joseki) created by Makoto Takizawa (瀧澤誠). It is designed to be used with a third-party shogi alpha–beta search engine.
Daisuke Katagami is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7-dan. He is a former executive director of the Japan Shogi Association.
Yoshitaka Hoshino is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 5-dan. He also holds an Esports professional shogi player license from the Japan eSports Union (JeSU).
Tomoka Nishiyama is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 3-dan. She is the current holder of the Jo-Ō and Hakurei major titles as well as a former holder of the Ōza and Ōshō titles.
The Eiō (叡王) is one of the eight major titles of professional shogi cosponsored by Fujiya Co. and the Japan Shogi Association (JSA). The tournament initially started out as a non-title tournament in 2015, but was upgraded to major title status in May 2017. The current Eiō title holder is Sōta Fujii.