• Child-raising
• Shogi

Only One Thing to be a Strong Shogi player for Children

As posted here before, the most frequently asked question to me, as a professional Shogi player, is how to improve one’s ability for Shogi. My answer was always the same, “You know, that is what I really want to know.” Yes, I should have made a better answer. Now, I am going to make a better answer, intending about 5-year-children who have just got a basic rule of Shogi, say about 10 Kyu (a kind of ranks given to relatively low-ranked players). As far as I know, most children who have just learned a basic Shogi rule just got to know Shogi, or to be interested in Shogi. They came

Akiko Nakakura 19 October 2016

• Child-raising
• Shogi

Five Trivia on Shogi

Shogi did not come out of the blue to be a popular game in Japan. As a matter of fact, its ancestor was originated in India, a game called “Caturaṅga.” Caturanga came to Japan, and developed adjusting unique elements of Japan. Shogi added some new pieces and discarded some of the ancestor’s pieces on the way of the evolution. Today, I’d like to share five particularly interesting stories about Shogi. I’m sure that you feel like talking them to your children. 1. Japanese Shogi and the western chess are brothers! Shogi has brothers all over the world. The western chess is also popular in Japan, and I think many people

Akiko Nakakura 19 October 2016