Shogi Game Reader is a shogi game record viewer that lets you read both the latest professional game records and your own game records side-by-side in a single app. From examining candidate moves to creating overall positional graphs and even checkmate searches, you can perform shogi AI analysis all within your device.
■ Opening Game Records
・Latest Game Records: Select the latest game records from professional shogi tournaments from a list and display them on the board immediately.
・Importing Game Records: Supports KIF, KI2, and CSA formats. In addition to pasting from the clipboard, you can open them using "Game Reader" from the file app or the share menu of other apps.
・Create Your Own Board: Place pieces wherever you like and create a board position from scratch, including captured pieces.
■ AI Analysis
・Position Analysis: Displays up to 5 candidate moves for the currently displayed position, along with evaluation values and predicted lines of play.
・Overall Analysis and Positional Graph: Analyzes the entire game position and displays the changes in the positional situation as a line graph. Moves that significantly alter the evaluation value are listed as points of sudden change.
* Checkmate Search: Searches for checkmates in the current position and allows you to replay the found checkmate sequence move by move.
* Analysis Mode: Tap candidate moves to advance the game and try variations different from the actual game.
* Free Shogi AI "Suisho 5": Downloading the evaluation function "Suisho 5" (approx. 23MB) for free significantly speeds up and strengthens analysis.
* All analysis is performed on the device; the game position is never sent externally.
■ Saving
* Save game records and browsing history
* Save analysis positions with names
* Overall analysis results are saved for each game record, allowing you to resume from where you left off even if you stopped midway.
* Dark mode support
■ Price
Free. All functions are available. Banner ads are displayed on the board screen.
■ Operating Environment
Android 7.0 or later. Display language is Japanese. Internet connection is required to obtain the "latest game records".
The analysis engine uses the open-source shogi engine "YaneuraOu," and the evaluation function uses "Suishou 5" by Tayayan.
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The game records of Shogi (Japanese chess) are reviewed and analyzed by AI. Candidate moves, position graphs, and checkmate searches are displayed on the device.