Columns: Episode # | Title | Director | Screenwriter | Original airdate | English airdate
1 | "First move" "Fāsuto mūvu" (ファースト·ムーヴ) | Daisuke Chiba | Koichi Chigira | April 7, 2003 | March 8, 2004 | 2 | "Luft Vanship" "Rufuto Vanshippu" (ルフト·ヴァンシップ) | Asumi Matsumura | Koichi Chigira | April 14, 2003 | March 8, 2004 | 3 | "Transpose" "Toransupōzu" (トランスポーズ) | Hiroyuki Tsuchiya | Shūichi Kamiyama | April 21, 2003 | March 9, 2004 | 4 | "Zugzwang" "Tsūku tsuwangu" (ツーク·ツワング) | Daisuke Chiba | Tomohiro Yamashita | April 28, 2003 | March 9, 2004 | 5 | "Positional play" "Pojishonaru purei" (ポジショナル·プレイ) | Tōru Yoshida | Atsuhiro Tomioka | May 5, 2003 | March 10, 2004 | 6 | "Arbiter attack" "Ābitā atakku" (アービター·アタック) | Hirotaka Endō | Atsuhiro Tomioka | May 12, 2003 | March 10, 2004 | 8 | "Takeback" "Tēkubakku" (テークバック) | Sumio Watanabe | Tomohiro Yamashita | May 26, 2003 | March 11, 2004 | 10 | "Swindle" "Suindoru" (スウィンドル) | Shinichirō Aoki | Atsuhiro Tomioka | June 9, 2003 | March 12, 2004 | 11 | "Develop" "Diberoppu" (ディベロップ) | Katsuhito Akiyama | Shūichi Kamiyama | June 16, 2003 | March 13, 2004 | 13 | "Isolated pawn" "Aisoreiteddo pōn" (アイソレイテッド·ポーン) | Hirotaka Endō | Koichi Chigira | June 30, 2003 | March 14, 2004 | 14 | "Étude Lavie" "Eteyūdo Ravi" (エテュード·ラヴィ) | Makoto Sokuza | Tomohiro Yamashita | July 7, 2003 | December 6, 2004 | 15 | "Fairy chess" "Fearī chesu" (フェアリー·チェス) | Asumi Matsumura | Atsuhiro Tomioka | July 14, 2003 | December 7, 2004 | 16 | "Breakthrough" "Burēku surū" (ブレーク·スルー) | Hiroyuki Ochi | Shūichi Kamiyama | July 21, 2003 | December 8, 2004 | 20 | "Grand Stream" "Gurandosutorīmu" (グランドストリーム) | Yasunori Urata | Koichi Chigira | August 18, 2003 | December 14, 2004 | 21 | "Rook Dio" "Rūku Dīo" (ルーク·ディーオ) | Yasunori Urata Tōru Yoshida | Koichi Chigira | August 25, 2003 | December 15, 2004 | 22 | "Queen Delphine" "Kuīn Derufīne" (クイーン·デルフィーネ) | Katsuhito Akiyama Yoshihiko Iwata | Atsuhiro Tomioka | September 1, 2003 | December 16, 2004 | 24 | "Sealed move" "Shīrudo mūbu" (シールド·ムーブ) | Shin Matsuo | Koichi Chigira | September 15, 2003 | December 20, 2004 | 25 | "Quiet move" "Kuwaietto mūbu" (クワイエット·ムーブ) | Ei Aoki | Atsuhiro Tomioka | September 22, 2003 | December 21, 2004