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2 Jul 2020

The Method of Battle in the Mid-game: #3 Create a Foothold

Hello, everyone. My name is Takashi Araki, and I am an instructor of i-tsu-tsu Shogi class, Kobe Motomachi. This is the third in this series. Last time, I introduced a technique called Tare Fu, or “Dangling Fu (Pawn)”, which increases the number of offensive pieces by making To-Kin (Promoted Pawn). However, the troublesome part of Shogi is that it is not always possible to do Tare Fu. Most times, your opponent is also defending well to avoid allowing you to make To-Kin (Promoted Pawn) easily. Don’t worry! There are other ways to make To-Kin (Promoted Pawn) in Shogi other than Tare Fu! Let’s learn that this time! Create Your Foothold!

2 Jul 2020

The Method of Battle in the Mid-game: #2 Dangling Fu (Pawn)

Hello, everyone. My name is Takashi Araki, and I am an instructor of i-tsu-tsu Shogi class, Kobe Motomachi. This is the second article of the “Ni Course” blog! Last time I showed you a technique to advance Gin (Silver) using a technique of opposing Fu (Pawn)! In Shogi, there are many useful techniques that you should know, and these are collectively called Tesuji in Shogi terms.In fact, the theme of the course is to learn a lot of these Tesuji. So, let me introduce some new Tesuji. The most powerful technique to add your allies. As I mentioned in the last article, after the piece formation is in place, the

2 Jul 2020

The Method of Battle in the Mid-game: #4 Push and Sacrifice Fu (Pawn)

Hello, everyone. My name is Takashi Araki, and I am an instructor of i-tsu-tsu Shogi class, Kobe Motomachi. So far in “Ni course”, we have been learning about the techniques to use “Opposing Fu (Pawn)” (Awase no Fu), “Dangling Fu (Pawn)” (Tare Fu), and “Foothold”. As the last topic in this course, I would like to introduce some techniques to make it easier to use the methods we have learned. That is Tsukisute no Fu, push and sacrifice Fu (Pawn). Sometimes the Best Gain Is to Lose Although Fu (Pawn) is a convenient piece and easy to use, you can’t use it soon if you have it as a hand

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