This document is a translation of the original Japanese text at http://kakinoki.o.oo7.jp/kif_format.html on 2020-11-11 by Marken Foo.
- 2020/11/11 translated to English
- 2020/11/25 added translated tsumeshogi sample headers
The KIF file format used by programs like Kakinoki Shogi and "Kifu for Series" is a text file format described below.