London August 2025 meeting will be on 02.08.2025

There will be a meeting of the London Shogi Club on Saturday 02.08.2025. We hold these meetings monthly where possible. Normally on the last Saturday of the month, but our August meeting is early. 

The shogi club is at Starbucks on Cowcross St, Farringdon. Do check downstairs, as you won't see anyone upstairs. There should be someone around from 11.00am until at least 2pm. 

Everyone is very welcome, regardless of strength or experience.

The nearest tube station is Farringdon. Barbican station is also close. It's best to check which lines are running with Transport for London.

The London shogi club is free and we don't pay for the venue but we do welcome any donations that attendees might like to make.This money will be used to support tournaments which are run at paid for venues.  

There will also be a shogi tournament later in August as part of the Mindsports Olympiad in JW3. You can play shogi and many other games if you want to in the week beginning 17 August. Pricing depends on how many games you want to play. The shogi is on Monday 18.08.2025 at 10:00. Details of the event are here

If you want to confirm attendance or have a question, feel free to let us know by

• leaving a comment here (google+, wordpress, LJ or similar online ID required)
• posting or commenting on the Shogi London facebook page; or
• sending an email.

Shogi later in July 2025

The July London shogi meeting was held on 05.06.2025. 

There will be no shogi club on the final weekend of the month - the next club meeting will be Saturday 02.08.2025

This is because the European Shogi Championship is being held in Wroclaw Poland from 25-27 July. There are also side events from the 24th. Details can be found on the ESC/WOSC 2025 website   

If you are going to the European, there is also a Shogi Wars Kishin tournament on the Shogi Wars app. Details of the qualifying and main event can be found in this FESA website announcement 

The London shogi team will be giving shogi demonstrations at the Hyper Japan festival from 18-20 July. This is a paid for event for people interested in things Japanese. 

London July 2025 meeting will be on 05.07.2025

There will be a meeting of the London Shogi Club on Saturday 05.07.2025. We hold these meetings monthly where possible. Normally on the last Saturday of the month, but our July meeting is early as we didn't have a club meeting in June. 

The shogi club is at Starbucks on Cowcross St, Farringdon. Do check downstairs, as you won't see anyone upstairs. There should be someone around from 11.00am until at least 2pm. 

Everyone is very welcome, regardless of strength or experience.

The nearest tube station is Farringdon. Barbican station is also close. It's best to check which lines are running with Transport for London.

The London shogi club is free and we don't pay for the venue but we do welcome any donations that attendees might like to make.This money will be used to support tournaments which are run at paid for venues.  

There will also be shogi demonstrations at the London Strategy Games Festival at the London Mindsports Centre on 29.06.2025 along with demonstrations of many other games, and e.g. discussion of game design. This is a paid for event - £25 until 15 June and £30 thereafter. 

Shogi at the Strategy Games Festival on 29 June 2025

There will be no meeting of the London Shogi Club in June 2025, but club members will be demonstrating shogi at the Strategy Games Festival on 29 June 2025. We do plan to have a club meeting in early July.

The Strategy Games Festival is being held at the London Mindsports Centre, and celebrates classic table-top strategy games and explores how to design new games. For £30 (£25 if you register by 15 June) you get shogi, demonstrations of many other games, and discussions of game design generally. Details can be found on the Strategy Games Festival website.

London May 2025 meeting will be on 31.05.2025

There will be a meeting of the London Shogi Club on 31.05.2025. We hold these meetings monthly where possible, normally on the last Saturday of the month. Always check to see if we are meeting, and which day we are meeting on.

We are currently playing in the basement room at Starbucks on Cowcross St, Farringdon. Do check downstairs, as you won't see anyone upstairs. There should be someone around from 11.00am until at least 2pm.

Everyone is very welcome, regardless of strength or experience.

The nearest tube station is Farringdon. Barbican station is also close. It's best to check which lines are running with Transport for London.

If you want to confirm attendance or have a question, feel free to let us know by

• leaving a comment here (google+, wordpress, LJ or similar online ID required)
• posting or commenting on the Shogi London facebook page; or
• sending an email.

Teaching professionals at London event on 3-4.05,2025

This is to remind people about the 2 day tournament and teaching event on 3-4 May 2025. 

We are delighted to have two excellent teaching professionals attending: Yasushi Ishikawa and Sanada Tetsuaki, Both trained in the Shorekai school for apprentice shogi professionals.

Mr Ishikawa is a 4 dan teaching professional (and reached 3 dan in the Shorekai training school f). He produces English language teaching videos which can be accessed on Vimeo here.

Mr Sanada reached 2 dan in the Shorekai and is also a teaching professional. He lives in the UK and you can read an interview with him at the Ludwigshafen tournament here.

Both players were extremely strong by Japanese standards as a prerequisite to joining the Shorekai, but the important point for the coming weekend is that they are also excellent teachers and really friendly. 

Saturday will mainly focus on competitive games. The Sunday will be more focused on instruction through lectures, discussion and play, but will also include a short blitz tournament.

The venue will be the London Mindsports Centre. You can register at this dedicated webpage.  

 

London April 2025 meeting / reminder of May event

There will be a meeting of the London Shogi Club on Saturday 26.04.2025. We'd also remind everyone that there's a tournament and teaching event on 3-4 May.

The April club meeting is in the basement room at Starbucks on Cowcross St, Farringdon. Do check downstairs, as you won't see anyone upstairs. There should be someone around from 11.00am until at least 2pm.

The May tournament and teaching event will be at the London Mindsports Centre. More details are on the tournament page  

Everyone is very welcome, regardless of strength or experience.

The nearest tube station is Farringdon. Barbican station is also close. It's best to check which lines are running with Transport for London.

If you want to confirm attendance or have a question, feel free to let us know by

• leaving a comment here (google+, wordpress, LJ or similar online ID required)
• posting or commenting on the Shogi London facebook page; or
• sending an email.

London March 2025 meeting will be on 29.03.2025

There will be a meeting of the London Shogi Club on Saturday 29.03.2025. We hold these meetings monthly where possible, normally on the last Saturday of the month. Always check to see if we are meeting, and which day we are meeting on.

We are currently playing in the basement room at Starbucks on Cowcross St, Farringdon. Do check downstairs, as you won't see anyone upstairs. There should be someone around from 11.00am until at least 2pm.

Everyone is very welcome, regardless of strength or experience.

The nearest tube station is Farringdon. Barbican station is also close. It's best to check which lines are running with Transport for London.

If you want to confirm attendance or have a question, feel free to let us know by

• leaving a comment here (google+, wordpress, LJ or similar online ID required)
• posting or commenting on the Shogi London facebook page; or
• sending an email.

2 day tournament and teaching event on 3-4 May 2025

The London Shogi club is delighted to announce a 2 day tournament and teaching event on 3-4 May 2025, open to players of all abilities and all nationalities. 

Organised by club regulars Steven Cain and Kevin Butchart, this will feature both competitive games and instruction from registered teaching professionals Yasushi Ishikawa and Sanada Tetsuaki, both of whom trained in the Shorekai school for apprentice shogi professionals

The venue will be the London Mindsports Centre. You can register at this dedicated webpage.  

London February 2025 meeting will be on 22.02.2025

There will be a meeting of the London Shogi Club on Saturday 22.02.2025. We hold these meetings monthly where possible, normally on the last Saturday of the month. Sometimes on the Sunday. Always check to see if we are meeting, and which day we are meeting on.

We are currently playing in the basement room at Starbucks on Cowcross St, Farringdon. Do check downstairs, as you won't see anyone upstairs. There should be someone around from 11.00am until at least 2pm.

Everyone is very welcome, regardless of strength or experience.

The nearest tube station is Farringdon. Barbican station is also close. It's best to check which lines are running with Transport for London.

If you want to confirm attendance or have a question, feel free to let us know by

• leaving a comment here (google+, wordpress, LJ or similar online ID required)
• posting or commenting on the Shogi London facebook page; or
• sending an email.

Interesting tournament in Frankfurt in early March 2025

The Inter City Shogi Cup is being held in Frankfurt am Main on the first weekend in March.

There will be a blitz tournament on the Friday (28 February) followed by a 9 round tournament on Saturday and Sunday (1-2 March). The format will comprise 'class championships' for specified grading ranges, followed by play-offs between the class champions which may be played at handicap.

There are some lovely prizes including fans autographed by Tatsuya Sugai 8 Dan

More details can be found at https://eoscc.com/

 

London January 2025 meeting will be on 25.01.2025

There will be a meeting of the London Shogi Club on Saturday 25.01.2025. We hold these meetings monthly where possible, normally on the last Saturday of the month. Always check to see if we are meeting, and which day we are meeting on.

We are currently playing in the basement room at Starbucks on Cowcross St, Farringdon. Do check downstairs, as you won't see anyone upstairs. There should be someone around from 11.00am until at least 2pm.

Everyone is very welcome, regardless of strength or experience.

The nearest tube station is Farringdon. Barbican station is also close. It's best to check which lines are running with Transport for London.

If you want to confirm attendance or have a question, feel free to let us know by

• leaving a comment here (google+, wordpress, LJ or similar online ID required)
• posting or commenting on the Shogi London facebook page; or
• sending an email.