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  • 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

    Akiko Nakakura 6 February 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

    Akiko Nakakura 29 January 2020

  • Bible of Handicap Game –8 Pieces Dropped–

    A series of articles named “Bible of Handicap Game” provides you a good knowledge of learning points and goals in several types of handicap games, Koma Ochi. This is the fourth article, which deals with a 8-piece handicap. Koma Ochi refers to a handicap Shogi game.  When players play a Koma Ochi game, a stronger player drops his/her own piece/pieces.  The number of dropped pieces depends on the difference in skills.  The bigger the difference is, the more pieces the player drops. Originally, Koma Ochi was introduced to make a game more fun eliminating the skills gap.  Learning Koma Ochi is also very effective to understand Shogi.   Previous Related

    Akiko Nakakura 17 June 2019

  • Bible of Handicap Game –9 Pieces Dropped–

    A series of articles named “Bible of Handicap Game” provides you a good knowledge of learning points and goals in several types of handicap games, Koma Ochi. This is the third article, which deals with a 9-piece handicap. Koma Ochi refers to a handicap Shogi game.  When players play a Koma Ochi game, a stronger player drops his/her own piece/pieces.  The number of dropped pieces depends on the difference in skills.  The bigger the difference is, the more pieces the player drops. Originally, Koma Ochi was introduced to make a game more fun eliminating the skills gap.  Learning Koma Ochi is also very effective to understand Shogi.    Previous Related

    Akiko Nakakura 24 May 2019

  • Bible of Handicap Game –10 Pieces Dropped–

    Koma Ochi refers to a handicap Shogi game.  When players play a Koma Ochi game, a stronger player drops his/her own piece/pieces.  The number of dropped pieces depends on the difference in skills.  The bigger the difference is, the more pieces the player drops. Originally, Koma Ochi was introduced to make a game more fun eliminating the skills gap.  Learning Koma Ochi is also very effective to understand Shogi.   We have created a series of articles, which is named “Bible of Handicap Game”.  There are several types of Koma Ochi differed by the number of dropped pieces, 10 pieces, 9 pieces, etc.  Each article deals with one type and

    Akiko Nakakura 17 May 2019

  • Bible of Handicap Game –10 Pieces Dropped, without Fu (Pawn)–

    A handicap game in Shogi is called Koma Ochi in Japanese.  Either stronger player drops his/her own piece/pieces. The number of dropped pieces depends on the difference in skills.  The bigger the difference is, the more pieces a player drop. Originally, Koma Ochi was introduced to make a game more fun eliminating the skills gap. Learning Koma ochi is also very effective to understand Shogi.   Especially, it’s challenging for Shogi beginners to play Hirate, an even game, because there are too many pieces to pay attention to all.  Meanwhile, when they play Koma Ochi, an opponent has dropped pieces, and this allows beginners to determine what weak points are or where

    Akiko Nakakura 10 April 2019

  • Shogi Rules – How to Play Shogi – : Step 3-7 Giving Check with a Piece Not to Be Captured for Free

    A professional Shogi player invites you to the world of Shogi along with traditional Japanese culture.  In this series, there are three steps and each step has around 10 lessons.  Even though you don’t know about Shogi, through these three steps you will get knowledge to enjoy it.  *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

    Akiko Nakakura 10 November 2018

  • Shogi Rules – How to Play Shogi – : Step 3-6 How to Use Hand Pieces

    A professional Shogi player invites you to the world of Shogi along with traditional Japanese culture.  In this series, there are three steps and each step has around 10 lessons.  Even though you don’t know about Shogi, through these three steps you will get knowledge to enjoy it.  *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

    Akiko Nakakura 18 April 2018

  • “Ladies Professional Shogi Player and Her Mother” Vol.3 Ms. Tamao Kano (Female 2-Dan)

    Background for this Special series on ladies professional Shogi players. We, i-tsu-tsu, work on disseminating Japanese traditional culture, mostly Shogi. As part of our efforts, we are going to post a series of articles written by five ladies professional Shogi players in a relay system. All of them started to learn Shogi from their childhood. From their own experiences, they talk to you about the charm and fun of Shogi, or memories with their mothers. Hopefully, the stories will help more children and mothers to start or to become interested in Shogi. Today, we are going to present the third article by Ms. Tamao Kano who has a Second Dan.

    Nae Kanamoto 5 March 2018

  • “Ladies Professional Shogi Player and Her Mother” Vol. 2 Ms. Shinobu Iwane (Female 3-Dan)

    Background for this special series on ladies professional Shogi players. We, i-tsu-tsu, work on disseminating Japanese traditional culture, mostly Shogi. As part of our efforts, we are going to post a series of articles written by five ladies professional Shogi players in a relay system. All of them started to learn Shogi from their childhood. From their own experiences, they talk to you about the charm and fun of Shogi, or memories with their mothers. Hopefully, the stories will help more children and mothers to start or to become interested in Shogi. Today, we are going to present the second article by Ms. Shinobu Iwane who has a Third Dan.

    Nae Kanamoto 2 March 2018

  • “Ladies Professional Shogi Player and Her Mother” Vol. 1 Ms. Io Murota (Female 2-Dan)

    Background for this special series on ladies professional Shogi players. We, i-tsu-tsu, work on disseminating Japanese traditional culture, mostly Shogi. As part of our efforts, we are going to post a series of articles written by five ladies professional Shogi players in a relay system. All of them started to learn Shogi from their childhood. From their own experiences, they talk to you about the charm and fun of Shogi, or memories with their mothers. Hopefully, the stories will help more children and mothers to start or to become interested in Shogi. First, we would like to thank those excellent ladies professional players who contribute articles to our site. Today,

    Nae Kanamoto 28 February 2018

  • Shogi Rules – How to Play Shogi – : Step 3-5 Piece Exchange

    A professional Shogi player invites you to the world of Shogi along with traditional Japanese culture.  In this series, there are three steps and each step has around 10 lessons.  Even though you don’t know about Shogi, through these three steps you will get knowledge to enjoy it.  *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

    Akiko Nakakura 11 February 2018

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