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Shogi notation is the set of various abbreviatory notational systems used to describe the piece movements of a shogi game record or the positions of pieces on a shogi board. A record of an abstract strategy board game such as shogi is called kifu ( 棋譜 ) in Japanese.
A surprising repetition draw occurred in the endgame of a game between Akira Watanabe (Black) and Yoshiharu Habu on October 3, 2012. [3] The opening was Third File Rook . After the 121st move (= 61st move in western notation), White (Habu) found himself in a threatmate situation where Black (Watanabe) had a possible 9-move mate sequence of 62.R ...
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In shogi, only lances, rooks (or dragons), and bishops (or horses) can pin an opponent's piece. In the adjacent example, the Black's pawn at 37 is pinned by White's bishop because if the pawn were to advance to 36 then Black's rook would be captured by the bishop.
Shogi (将棋, shōgi, English: / ˈ ʃ oʊ ɡ i /, [1] Japanese:), also known as Japanese chess, is a strategy board game for two players. It is one of the most popular board games in Japan and is in the same family of games as Western chess, chaturanga, xiangqi, Indian chess, and janggi.
In shogi, castles (Japanese: 囲い, Hepburn: kakoi, lit.: "enclosure") are strong defensive configurations of pieces that protect the king (Japanese: 玉).. While the English shogi term "castle" seems to be borrowed from the special castling move in western chess, shogi castles are structures that require making multiple individual moves with more than one piece.
The 10-Piece (十枚落ち jūmai-ochi) handicap in shogi has all of White's pieces removed except for the king and their line of pawns. (Thus, their rook, bishop, golds, silvers, knights, and lances are all missing.) This handicap is very severe and, thus, not competitive. It is not deemed an official handicap of the Japan Shogi Association ...
Also known as the Real Ishida or Ishida Plenary Formation, the Third File Rook Ishida openings (石田流 Ishida ryu) are named after the 17th century shogi master Kengyo Ishida. A type of Third File Rook, this opening has many variations characterized by pushing the pawn to 75 (or to 35 in the case of White) so that the rook can be moved to a ...