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NHK Cup (shogi)
The NHK Cup, or as it is officially known the is a professional shogi tournament organized by the Japan Shogi Association and sponsored by Japan's public broadcaster NHK. History Formerly known as the , the 1st NHK Cup was held in 1951 with eight professional shogi players. The winner was Yoshio Kimura, who held the Meijin title at the time. Prior to 1962, the tournament was broadcast only on the radio, but starting with the 12th NHK Cup (1962), the tournament moved to television. The 26th NHK Cup (1976) was the first to be broadcast in color. Up until and including the 15th NHK Cup (1965), only Class A professionals were allowed to participate. When the number of players was increased from 8 to 16 for the 16th NHK Cup (1966), the tournament became open to other professionals as well. The number of players was increased again from 16 to 26 for the 27th NHK Cup (1977) and to its current level of 50 for the 31st NHK Cup (1981). In addition, the preliminary tournaments also star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shogi
, also known as Japanese chess, is a strategy board game for two players. It is one of the most popular board games in Japan and is in the same family of games as Western chess, ''chaturanga, Xiangqi'', Indian chess, and '' janggi''. ''Shōgi'' means general's (''shō'' ) board game (''gi'' ). Western chess is sometimes called (''Seiyō Shōgi'' ) in Japan. Shogi was the earliest chess-related historical game to allow captured pieces to be returned to the board by the capturing player. This drop rule is speculated to have been invented in the 15th century and possibly connected to the practice of 15th century mercenaries switching loyalties when captured instead of being killed. The earliest predecessor of the game, chaturanga, originated in India in the sixth century, and the game was likely transmitted to Japan via China or Korea sometime after the Nara period."Shogi". ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. 2002. Shogi in its present form was played as early as the 16th century, while ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Distancing
In public health, social distancing, also called physical distancing, (NB. Regula Venske is president of the PEN Centre Germany.) is a set of non-pharmaceutical interventions or measures intended to prevent the spread of a contagious disease by maintaining a physical distance between people and reducing the number of times people come into close contact with each other. It usually involves keeping a certain distance from others (the distance specified differs from country to country and can change with time) and avoiding gathering together in large groups. By minimising the probability that a given uninfected person will come into physical contact with an infected person, the disease transmission can be suppressed, resulting in fewer deaths. The measures may be used in combination with others, such as good respiratory hygiene, face masks and hand washing. To slow down the spread of infectious diseases and avoid overburdening healthcare systems, particularly during a pand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Game Clock
A chess clock consists of two adjacent clocks with buttons to stop one clock while starting the other, so that the two clocks never run simultaneously. Chess clocks are used in chess and other two-player games where the players move in turn, and in some legal settings where each side is allotted a specific amount of time for arguments. The purpose is to keep track of the total time each player takes for their own moves, and ensure that neither player overly delays the game. Chess clocks were first used extensively in tournament chess, and are often called game clocks. The first time that game clocks were used in a chess tournament was in the London 1883 tournament as invention by Thomas Bright Wilson of Manchester Chess Club. Their use has since spread to tournament Scrabble, shogi, go, and nearly every competitive two-player board game, as well as other types of games. The simplest time control is "sudden death", in which players must make a predetermined number of moves ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shogi
, also known as Japanese chess, is a strategy board game for two players. It is one of the most popular board games in Japan and is in the same family of games as Western chess, ''chaturanga, Xiangqi'', Indian chess, and '' janggi''. ''Shōgi'' means general's (''shō'' ) board game (''gi'' ). Western chess is sometimes called (''Seiyō Shōgi'' ) in Japan. Shogi was the earliest chess-related historical game to allow captured pieces to be returned to the board by the capturing player. This drop rule is speculated to have been invented in the 15th century and possibly connected to the practice of 15th century mercenaries switching loyalties when captured instead of being killed. The earliest predecessor of the game, chaturanga, originated in India in the sixth century, and the game was likely transmitted to Japan via China or Korea sometime after the Nara period."Shogi". ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. 2002. Shogi in its present form was played as early as the 16th century, while ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sennichite
''Sennichite'' (千日手, ''lit.'' "moves (for) a thousand days") or repetition draw is a rule in shogi stating that the game will end in a draw if the same position is repeated four times during a game as long as the repetitions do not involve checks. Explanation If the same game position occurs four times with the same player to move and the same pieces in hand for each player, then the game ends in ''sennichite'' iff the positions are not due to perpetual check. (Perpetual check is an illegal move, which ends the game in a loss in tournament play.) In professional shogi, a ''sennichite'' outcome is not a final result of a match as draws essentially do not count. There can be only one victorious through wins. This is a significant difference from western chess, in which a player can play specifically to obtain draws for gaining half points. In the case of ''sennichite'', professional shogi players will have to immediately play a subsequent game (or as many games as necessary) w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bracket (tournament)
A bracket or tournament bracket is a tree diagram that represents the series of games played during a knockout tournament. Different knockout tournament formats have different brackets; the simplest and most common is that of the single-elimination tournament. The name "bracket" is American English, derived from the resemblance of the links in the tree diagram to the bracket punctuation symbol ] or (called a "square bracket" in British English). The closest British term is draw, although this implies an element of chance, whereas some brackets are determined entirely by Seed (sports)">seeding. In some tournaments, the full bracket is determined before the first match. In such cases, fans may enjoy trying to predict the winners of the initial round and of the consequent later matchups. This is called "bracketology", particularly in relation to the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. This prediction is not possible in tournaments, such as the FA Cup and the UEFA Champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kisei (shogi)
is one of the eight major titles in Japanese professional shogi. The word ''Kisei'' means an excellent player of shogi or go and has been translated as "shogi saint" (棋 ''ki'' 'shogi player' + 聖 ''sei'' 'excellent person'). The Kisei tournament started in 1962. With the creation of the Kisei, there were five major title tournaments along with the Meijin, Tenth Dan (Ryūō), Ōshō, and Ōi titles. It was held twice a year until the year 1994. The challenger for Kisei title holder is determined by first, second, and final preliminary rounds. The player that wins three games out of five first in the championship will become the new Kisei title holder. Lifetime Kisei The title is awarded to a player who has won Kisei Championship five times. Active players may qualify for this title, but it is only officially awarded upon their retirement or death. The following professionals have qualified for this title: * Yasuharu Ōyama (deceased) * Makoto Nakahara (retired) * Kunio Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oi (shogi)
Oi or OI may refer to: In biology * Grey-faced petrel, also known by its Māori name ''oi'' * Orthostatic intolerance, a disorder of the autonomic nervous system * Osteogenesis imperfecta, a group of genetic bone disorders In business * Oi (telecommunications), the largest landline telephone company in Brazil * Operational intelligence, in business analytics * Organizational intelligence, in business manage In linguistics * Oi (digraph), a Latin-script digraph * Oi (interjection), an interjection used to get someone's attention, or to express surprise or disapproval * Oi language, a Mon–Khmer dialect cluster of southern Laos * Gha, a letter (Ƣ ƣ) erroneously referred to by Unicode as "oi" In music * Oi!, a subgenre of punk rock * "Oi!" (song), a 2002 hit song for British grime music crew More Fire Crew Organisations * Oi! (Hong Kong), a visual arts organisation in Hong Kong * Oi (Indonesia), an Iwan Fals fanbase foundation in Indonesia * Oriental Institute (disambiguatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oza (shogi) (born 1967), Indian television personality
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Oza may refer to: Title * Ōza (shogi), a title in shogi *Ōza (go), a title in Go People *Ghanshyam Oza (1911–2002), Indian politician *Goverdhan Lal Oza (1924–?), Indian judge *Kaajal Oza Vaidya (born 1966), Indian author * Kamlesh Oza, Indian actor *Nimit Oza (born 1981), Indian writer and columnist * Ramesh Oza (born 1957), Hindu spiritual leader * Rohan Oza (born 1971), American businessman *Shefali Oza Shefali Oza (born 24 September 1967) is a British TV personality and the main weather presenter on BBC Birmingham's ''Midlands Today'', the regional news programme broadcast in the Midlands of England, but also carries out some news presentati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osho (shogi)
Rajneesh (born Chandra Mohan Jain; 11 December 193119 January 1990), also known as Acharya Rajneesh, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, and later as Osho (), was an Indian godman, mystic, and founder of the Rajneesh movement. He was viewed as a controversial new religious movement leader during his life. He rejected institutional religions, insisting that spiritual experience could not be organized into any one system of religious dogma. As a guru, he taught a form of meditation called dynamic meditation and advocated that his followers live fully but without attachment, a rejection of traditional ascetic practices. In advocating a more progressive attitude to human sexuality he caused controversy in India during the late 1960s and became known as "the sex guru". Rajneesh experienced a spiritual awakening in 1953 at the age of 21. Following several years in academia, in 1966 Rajneesh resigned his post at the University of Jabalpur and began traveling throughout India, becoming known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
