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A board game record is a
game
A game is a structured form of play (activity), play, usually undertaken for enjoyment, entertainment or fun, and sometimes used as an educational tool. Many games are also considered to be work (such as professional players of spectator s ...
record for a
board game
Board games are tabletop games that typically use . These pieces are moved or placed on a pre-marked board (playing surface) and often include elements of table, card, role-playing, and miniatures games as well.
Many board games feature a comp ...
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''Kifu'' (棋譜) is the
Japanese
Japanese may refer to:
* Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia
* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
* Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture
** Japanese diaspor ...
term for an
abstract strategy game
Abstract strategy games admit a number of definitions which distinguish these from strategy games in general, mostly involving no or minimal narrative theme, outcomes determined only by player choice (with no randomness), and perfect information. ...
record. In China, people named this kind of record "qipu" (. In Korea, people named this kind of record "Gibo" ({{zh, t=棋譜).
In
go, board game records are traditionally used to record games on a grid diagram, marking the plays on the points and pieces.
Board game record databases can be useful to study board games. Many AI algorithms review a large database of professional games.
See also
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Go game record
A Go game record is an archival record for a game of Go.
''Kifu'' (棋譜) is the Japanese term for abstract strategy game record. In China, people named this kind of record "qipu" (. In Korea, people named this kind of record "Gibo" ().
Go re ...
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Shogi notation
Shogi notation is the set of various abbreviatory notational systems used to describe the piece movements of a shogi game record or the positions of pieces on a shogi board.
A game record is called a ''kifu'' in Japanese.
Recording moves
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Game databases
Shogi theory