London September 2026 meeting and November tournament

There will be a meeting of the London Shogi Club on 26.09.2026. 

We normally hold meetings on the last Saturday of the month. We are currently playing in the basement room at Starbucks on Cowcross St, Farringdon. Do check downstairs, as you probably 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 also running a 2 day Shogi tournament on the weekend of 14-15 November 2026. The tournament is open to players of all abilities and of all nationalities and will be held at the London Mindsports Centre. More details and a registration form are on the tournament webpage. 

Reminder: shogi at Mind Sports Olympiad on 23.08.2026

There is no London Shogi Club at the end of August,

There will be a shogi tournament on 23 August 2026 as part of the Mind Sports Olympiad at the Mercure Hotel in Earls Court. 

Entry details are on the MSO site and it would be lovely to see you there.

London August 2026 meeting, Mind Sports Olympiad and November tournament

There will be a meeting of the London Shogi Club on 01.08.2026 We normally hold meetings on the last Saturday of the month, but we had other commitments in late July and August.

We are currently playing in the basement room at Starbucks on Cowcross St, Farringdon. Do check downstairs, as you probably 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.

We are helping run a shogi tournament at the Mind Sports Olympiad on 23 August as part of an eight day festival of board game and other competions. More details of the shogi and many other events can be found on the MSO webpage  

The London Shogi club is also delighted to announce a 2 day Shogi tournament on the weekend of 14-15 November 2026. The tournament is open to players of all abilities and of all nationalities and will be held at the London Mindsports Centre. More details and a registration form are on the tournament webpage. 

London Shogi Club workshop at Hyper Japan on 24-26 August 2026

These is no London shogi club meeting this month but we are running a shogi workshop at Hyper Japan from 24-26 July 2026. The next club meeting in August will be on 01.08.2026.

If you or your friends are interested in Japanese popular culture, you can find information on Hyper Japan here. Note that there is a lot going on at Hyper Japan and there is a charge for admission. Once in the festival there is no charge for the shogi workshop. Details on the shogi and other free workshops can be found at this page. 

London August 2026 meeting will be on 01.08.2026

There will be a meeting of the London Shogi Club on 01.08.2026. 

We hold these meetings monthly where possible, normally on the last Saturday of the month. However, we are at Hyper Japan on 24-26 July 2026, and the final weekend in August is a bank holiday weekend. There will also be a shogi tournament at the Mindsports Olympiad on 23 August 2026. So the only club meeting in July and August will be on 01.08.2026.

We are currently playing in the basement room at Starbucks on Cowcross St, Farringdon. Do check downstairs, as you probably 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.

London May 2026 meeting will be on 30.05.2026 / May tournament reminder

There will be a meeting of the London Shogi Club on Saturday 30.05.2026. 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 probably 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.

There is also a tournament this weekend 9-10 May - the Inter-City Shogi Cup in Twickenham.

Reminder: London April 2026 meeting / May tournament / Kishin

There will be a meeting of the London Shogi Club on 25.04.2026. 

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 next tournament in the UK will be the Inter City Shogi Cup 2026 in London on the 9-10 May weekend.  Full information and registration pages can be found on the Inter City Shogi Cup website

Meanwhile the next qualification tournament of the 12th Shogi Wars Kishin Tournament will be played online in the Shogi Wars App on April 26th  from 12:00 – 14:00 UTC. All participants will be rewarded a digital “Shogi Wars item”. The final will be in Paderborn during the ESC/WOSC. 

More details are on the FESA website

London April 2026 meeting will be on 25.04.2026 / reminder of May tournament

There will be a meeting of the London Shogi Club on 25.04.2026. 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 probably 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 next tournament in the UK will be the Inter City Shogi Cup 2026, which will be held in London on the 9-10 May weekend.  Full information and registration pages can be found on the Inter City Shogi Cup website. There will also be a beginners teaching workshop on the Sunday - see the flier below for details

Reminder: London March 2026 and tournament in May

There will be a meeting of the London Shogi Club on 28.03.2026. 

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 next tournament in the UK will be the Inter City Shogi Cup 2026, which will be held in London on the 9-10 May weekend.  Full information and registration pages can be found on the Inter City Shogi Cup website

Reminder: London February 2026 meeting and tournament information

There will be a meeting of the London Shogi Club on 28.02.2026. 

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.

Additionally the British Shogi Championships were held on 14-15 March, and the results are published in the Shogi London Tournament blog.

The next tournament in the UK will be the Inter City Shogi Cup 2026, which will be held in London on the 9-10 May weekend.  Full information and registration pages can be found on the Inter City Shogi Cup website

London February 2026 meeting, tournament reminder and shogi film

There will be a meeting of the London Shogi Club on 28.02.2026. 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.

In addition, we would remind you that the British Shogi Championships will be held on the 14-15 February 2026. All are welcome and you can register for the tournament here.

We have also been asked to publicise The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2026 which will be running from February through to the end of March, and will be screening The Final Piece, a mystery thriller featuring shogi. Could be interesting although I don't know that it will improve your game.

 

British Shogi Championships on 14-15 February 2026

The London Shogi club is delighted to announce a 2 day British Open Shogi Championships tournament on the weekend of 14-15 February 2026. 

The tournament is open to players of all abilities and of all nationalities.Organised by club regulars Steven Cain and Kevin Butchart this will be held at the London Mindsports Centre. The nearest tube station is Ravenscourt Park. The two Hammersmith stations are a bit further away. It takes 30-50 minutes to get to the venue from the main London railway stations, and 40 minutes from Heathrow airport.

You can register for the tournament on this dedicated tournament page, which will be updated with further information as we get nearer to the tournament date.

The tournament entry fee will be £30, but we will offer a discounted rate of £20 to beginner players who have not played in a tournament before and therefore do not have a FESA rating.

We plan to hold 4 rounds on the Saturday from about 10am to 6pm, and 3 rounds on the Sunday from around 10am to 4pm.

The winner of the tournament will be the British open champion. There will also be a mechanism to award the title of British closed champion. 

The exact format will be determined based on the number of entries and the range of grades, but will be based on the Swiss system with one or more tournament groups. If there are a large number of new and ungraded players we will either run a side event for beginner players, or award a title to the best beginner performance in the main event.

The planned time limit for games will be in accordance with FESA rating requirements and will be 40 minutes + 30 seconds byoyomi. It may be necessary to use a different time limit for later games if the tournament is running late.There are lots of places to eat near the venue. We will be arranging dinner at one of these on Saturday evening and if you would like to join us let us know so that we can plan numbers. 

London October meeting will be on 25.10.2025

 The next meeting of the London Shogi Club will be in October on Saturday 25.10.2025 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.

There are also still places available on the mid/advanced shogi workshops at the Daiwa Foundation on 11 October 2025.  The beginners workshops are now fully booked. Details are on this Japan Society booking page

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 teaching workshops on 11 October 2025

The London Shogi Club is delighted to announce that Yasushi Ishikawa, 4 dan teaching professional is back in the UK for another teaching event. Those of you who came to our event in May will know that he is a great teacher and this is a fantastic opportunity to see him again.

The Japan Society have arranged for teaching workshops to be run at the Daiwa Foundation near Regent's Park on 11 October 2025.  There is a beginners workshop in the morning, and a mid / advanced workshop in the afternoon. Registration is £3 per session, and details are on this Japan Society booking page

Booking is currently open to members of The Japan Society. Bookings will be generally open from 28 August. Please be sure to mention that you are a London Shogi Club member when booking.

Shogi at the Mindsports Olympiad on 18.08.2025

As previously mentioned in Shogi London, there will be a shogi tournament next Monday as part of the Mindsports Olympiad in JW3 in the week beginning 17 August.   You can play shogi and many other games. Details of the event are here.  

The shogi is on Monday 18.08.2025 from 10:00 to 16:00.  The cost of entry for the shogi tournament is £15, unless you decide to buy an 'all you can play' ticket for £160 and play as many different games as you can fit into the schedule.

After that, the next meeting of the London Shogi Club will be in September on Saturday 20.09.2025. 

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. 

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.

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.