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YaneuraOu (やねうら王, lit. ' King Yaneura ')) is a free and open source shogi engine.Being one of the first shogi engines to implement an efficiently updatable neural network, it won the 29th annual World Shogi Computer Championship in 2019. [3]
Shogi, like western chess, can be divided into the opening, middle game and endgame, each requiring a different strategy.The opening consists of arranging one's defenses and positioning for attack, the middle game consists of attempting to break through the opposing defenses while maintaining one's own, and the endgame starts when one side's defenses have been compromised.
Climbing Silver (棒銀 bōgin, literally "pole-silver") is a shogi strategy.. Climbing Silver involves advancing a silver upward along with an advanced or dropped pawn supported by the rook aiming to break through the opponent's camp on their bishop's side.
In shogi, the Fujii System (藤井システム fujii shisutemu) is a set of Fourth File Rook strategies used against various Static Rook strategies. It was created as a way to attack Static Rook Anaguma castle positions. It is named after Takeshi Fujii who invented the strategies, which awarded him the prestigious Kōzō Masuda Award in 1998.
Fortress or Yagura (矢倉囲い or 櫓囲い yaguragakoi) is a castle used in shogi. It is considered by many to be the strongest defensive position in shogi in Double Static Rook games. [1] A yagura. The most common form of Fortress is the Gold Fortress. Besides the Gold Fortress, there are many variant forms.
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.
This is a significant difference from western chess, in which a player can play specifically to obtain draws for gaining half points. In the case of sennichite, professional shogi players will have to immediately play a subsequent game (or as many games as necessary) with sides reversed in order to obtain a true win outcome. (That is, the ...
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.