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24 Mar 2020

Ms. Akiko Nakakura Answers to Questions from Mothers Whose Children Attend Shogi Classes

It’s been almost one year and a half since we started “i-tsu-tsu Shogi classes”. In classes or events, I got many different questions from mothers whose children take Shogi lessons. To respond to them, I will make this article Q&A session. Q How to Practice at Home My child had a chance to learn Shogi at an after-school program and now enjoy it very much. Unfortunately, none of our family knows Shogi very well and can help her. I’m wondering how to study Shogi at home? Answer: “Mate problems, actual games, and replaying informative games” are the three major study methods to understand Shogi. To replay an informative game, a

6 Feb 2020

Things That Shogi Beginner Children Often Get Confused with: #8 Number Based Attack

*Please note that the Kanji numbers in pictures are spelled in English in the text. The following Shogi boards have a face with files (vertical rows) numbered 1 through 9, from right to left, and ranks (horizontal rows) designated with Kanji characters, “一” (One) to “九” (Nine), from top to bottom. On the other hand, in the text, each Kanji character is replaced with an alphabet, from “a” to “i” : “一” with “a”, “二” with “b”, … and “九” with ”i”. Let’s Review on What a “Number Based Attack” Is. Number based attack is one of necessary techniques required to become stronger, which is also one of the main

29 Jan 2020

Things That Shogi Beginner Children Often Get Confused with: #9 Tend to Use Only Hisha to Attack

*Please note that the Kanji numbers in pictures are spelled in English in the text. The following Shogi boards have a face with files (vertical rows) numbered 1 through 9, from right to left, and ranks (horizontal rows) designated with Kanji characters, “一” (One) to “九” (Nine), from top to bottom. On the other hand, in the text, each Kanji character is replaced with an alphabet, from “a” to “i”: “一” with “a”, “二” with “b”, … and “九” with ”i”. What Happened? I Can’t Attack… Hisha (Rook) is a popular piece with children because it moves a lot at a time and it’s easy to find a square to

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