Answers.Body: <p>The answer is yes.<br>
  According to <a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E5%B1%80%E5%B0%86%E6%A3%8B" rel="noreferrer">jawp article</a>, a game of Taikyoku Shogi was played for Japanese TV show "Tribia-no-Izumi" (=Fountain of trivia), broadcast on 19th May 2004.  The game continued 32 hours 41 minutes and 3805 moves before the first player won.  This seems to be the first full-recorded game of the variant.<br>
  Also, there is <a href="http://taikyokushogi.pv.land.to/" rel="noreferrer">a webpage</a>
  dedicated to Taikyoku Shogi with a playing webservice（大局FLASH, requiring Flash Player）.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I have googled for a little while and found <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=3&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=0ahUKEwiuktnRg_DVAhUJPFAKHXwUDNAQFggwMAI&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FTaikyoku_shogi&amp;usg=AFQjCNFpMBva96MQDb1auqQXaZQ4-HW70g" rel="noreferrer">pages</a> <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=5&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=0ahUKEwiuktnRg_DVAhUJPFAKHXwUDNAQFghFMAQ&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chessvariants.com%2Fshogivariants.dir%2Ftaikyoku_english.html&amp;usg=AFQjCNGOTrm5THbmRQT114pKY4c6Pt7c7A" rel="noreferrer">and</a> <a href="https://www.revolvy.com/topic/Taikyoku%20shogi" rel="noreferrer">pages</a> <a href="http://schnee.livejournal.com/1759360.html" rel="noreferrer">of</a> rules and explanations but no documentation. Are there <strong>any</strong> documented games where the moves have been recorded? It's so ridiculous, I don't believe that anyone has ever been able to finish a game, let alone remember all of the piece movements.</p>
  
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Comments.Text: I used to have a *Tai Shogi* (25x25) program on my computer. I was usually able to finish a game in about 3 hours because the engine was really bad.
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Comments.Text: It is good that there is no drop rule in taikyoku shogi, otherwise the game length will be more prolonged.
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Tags: <famous-games><shogi>
Title: Has anyone ever played and recorded a full game of Taikyoku Shogi?
ThreadText: # Has anyone ever played and recorded a full game of Taikyoku Shogi?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-08-24)
  
  I have googled for a little while and found [pages](https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiuktnRg_DVAhUJPFAKHXwUDNAQFggwMAI&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FTaikyoku_shogi&usg=AFQjCNFpMBva96MQDb1auqQXaZQ4-HW70g) [and](https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=5&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiuktnRg_DVAhUJPFAKHXwUDNAQFghFMAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chessvariants.com%2Fshogivariants.dir%2Ftaikyoku_english.html&usg=AFQjCNGOTrm5THbmRQT114pKY4c6Pt7c7A) [pages](https://www.revolvy.com/topic/Taikyoku%20shogi) [of](http://schnee.livejournal.com/1759360.html) rules and explanations but no documentation. Are there **any** documented games where the moves have been recorded? It's so ridiculous, I don't believe that anyone has ever been able to finish a game, let alone remember all of the piece movements.
  
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  **Tags:** famous-games, shogi
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: I used to have a *Tai Shogi* (25x25) program on my computer. I was usually able to finish a game in about 3 hours because the engine was really bad.  
  > **username_2**: It is good that there is no drop rule in taikyoku shogi, otherwise the game length will be more prolonged.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2017-08-25. Score: 18 | Accepted answer
  
  The answer is yes.  
  According to [jawp article](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E5%B1%80%E5%B0%86%E6%A3%8B), a game of Taikyoku Shogi was played for Japanese TV show "Tribia-no-Izumi" (=Fountain of trivia), broadcast on 19th May 2004. The game continued 32 hours 41 minutes and 3805 moves before the first player won. This seems to be the first full-recorded game of the variant.  
  Also, there is [a webpage](http://taikyokushogi.pv.land.to/)
  dedicated to Taikyoku Shogi with a playing webservice（大局FLASH, requiring Flash Player）.
  
  
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