|
Cozy Castle
The Cozy castle or Ōsumi castle () is a type of shogi castle. It is one of the fastest castles to form; it can be completed in just three moves (e.g., in the case of Black (''sente'') castling to the right, K-48, K-38, G-48). It is mainly used in ranging rook openings, but it can be used in static rook openings as well. Overview "Ōsumi" is an abbreviation for "大いに住みやすい" (''ōi ni sumiyasui''), which means "very comfortable" or "very livable", reflecting the castle's ability to quickly enclose the king and to flexibly rearrange as the game develops. The name can also be derived from 大きな隅 (''ōki na sumi,'' "big corner"); the king is castled in a "large corner" due to the configuration of the pieces. In Japanese, the name of the castle is also written as 大隅. The Ōsumi castle is strong against attacks from the center, avoids the opponent's bishop's diagonal, is difficult to be countered when attacking along the edges, and makes it easy to aim for a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castle (shogi)
In shogi, castles ( ja, 囲い, translit=kakoi) are strong defensive configurations of pieces that protect the king ( ja, 玉). In contrast to the special castling move in western chess, shogi castles are structures that require making multiple individual moves with more than one piece. Introduction Usually the pieces involved in constructing castles are golds ( ja, 金), silvers ( ja, 銀), and pawns ( ja, 歩). Typically, they also require moving the king from its starting position – often to the left or right side of the board. The simplest castle involves two pieces and requires three moves, but it is more common to move at least three different pieces. For example, a simple Mino castle requires moving the king, the rook ( ja, 飛), a silver, and two golds for a total of six moves. Others such as the Static Rook Bear-in-the-hole castle are more complex, which requires moving the king, a pawn, the bishop ( ja, 角), a lance ( ja, 香), a silver, and two golds for a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snowroof
In shogi, Snowroof or Snow Roof Fortress (雁木 ''gangi'', lit. 'goose-wooden') is a Static Rook opening that characteristically uses a Snowroof castle. It is named after the covered sidewalks (雁木造) connected to buildings in Niigata Prefecture. Originating in the Edo period, the opening had been a less common one after World War II although it was popular in the prewar era. However, around 2017, the opening has become popular with professional shogi players. The Snowroof structure often appears in computer shogi games. Characteristics For Black, this castle positions the king on the 69 square while two golds are at the ears of king (78, 58) and the two silvers are on 67 and 57. The Snowroof castle is strong against attacks directly from above, especially attacks around the central file. Naitō (1981) notes that the Snowroof was once very popular and had a reputation for being very difficult for a Fortress opponent to defeat. However, by 1981, the Snowroof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bear-in-the-hole Castle
The Bear-in-the-hole or Anaguma castle (穴熊 ''anaguma'', badger, lit. "hole-bear") is a castle used in shogi. (An anaguma is a Japanese badger.) It is commonly used in professional shogi. History The Bear-in-the-hole was initially a castle used by Ranging Rook players. In modern times, it was at first considered a poor choice for Ranging Rook. Additionally, the renaissance of Ranging Rook strategies that was happening in the first part of the 20th century was in part attributed to the strength of the Mino castle. However, a Static Rook strategy – the King's Head Vanguard Pawn – became a formidable challenge to Ranging Rook positions, as the Mino castle is weak against frontal attacks and the King's Head Vanguard Pawn strategy exploits these weaknesses by attacking the Mino from above. Therefore, a change from a Mino to a Bear-in-the-hole was considered since the Ranging Rook player's king is moved one rank further away from the vanguard pawn offense. The Bear-in- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sakata Opposing Rook
In shogi, Sakata Opposing Rook (阪田流向かい飛車 or 坂田流向かい飛車 ''sakata-ryū mukai hisha'') is an Opposing Rook opening. It refers to the case in a Double Static Rook situation in which Gote (White) switches energetically to an Opposing Rook variation. The origin of this strategy is dated back to the Edo period, but it was after a famous match that shogi Master Sankichi Sakata (1870-1946) played against Ichitarō Doi in May 1919, that it became popular and the opening started being named after him. Overview In a Double Static Rook situation following 1. P-76, P-34, 2. P-26, G-32, 3. P-25, Gote (White) opposes with ...B-33, 4. Bx33+, Gx33, and then by moving the rook along the 2nd. rank. There are strategies for both early fight and slow games, but still the emphasis is on constraining ( ''osaeru'') rather than on exchanging pieces (''sabaki'') which makes it easy to handle in the center. While counter-attacking by attacking Black's rook pawn is plain and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masataka Sugimoto
is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 8-dan. He is also a non-executive director of the Japan Shogi Association. Early life Sugimoto was born on November 13, 1968, in Nagoya, Japan. In 1980, he finished third in the 5th and entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school that same year at the rank 6-kyū under the guidance of shogi professional . Sugimoto was promoted to the rank of 1-dan in 1985 before obtaining full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in October 1990 after finishing the 7th 3-dan League (April 1990September 1990) with a record of 13 wins and 5 losses. Shogi professional Sugimoto became the 57th professional shogi player to win 600 official games when he defeated Satoru Sakaguchi in a preliminary round game of the 72nd Ōshō Tournament on January 28, 2022. Promotion history The promotion history for Sugimoto is as follows. * 6-kyū: August 1980 * 1-dan: February 1985 * 4-dan: October 1, 1990 * 5-dan: December 6, 1995 * 6-dan: J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryūō
Ryūō (also Ryu-O, Ryu-oh, Ryuuou; in Japanese 龍王, 竜王, lit. "Dragon King") is an annual Japanese professional shogi tournament and the title of its winner. The current Ryūō title holder is Sōta Fujii. The Ryūō Tournament (''Ryūō-sen'' 竜王戦) is sponsored by the ''Yomiuri Shimbun'' as well as the title awarded to its winner. It is one of the eight major professional shogi title matches and was first held in 1988. Among the eight titles in the professional shogi titleholder system, Ryūō and Meijin are the most prestigious ones. However, the Ryūō title gives out the highest monetary prizeeven more than the Meijin title. Cash prizes are ¥44,000,000 for the winner of championship and new Ryūō titleholder, and ¥16,500,000 for the loser. Additional compensation includes ¥14,500,000 for the previous titleholder and ¥7,000,000 for the challenger. This title should not be confused with that of Amateur Ryūō which is awarded each year to the winner of the Amate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shōgo Orita
is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 5-dan. Orita is the fourth amateur to obtain professional status without doing so via the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice professional school after he became the second player to pass the Professional Admission Test in February 2020. Orita is also popular shogi YouTuber A YouTuber is an online personality and/or influencer who produces videos on the video-sharing platform YouTube, typically posting to their personal YouTube channel. The term was first used in the English language in 2006. Influence Influent ... whose channel "Age Age Shogi Commentary" has a little over 40 thousand subscribers and has had almost 23 million views since it was started in April 2016. Promotion history The promotion history for Orita is as follows. *4-dan: April 1, 2020 *5-dan: October 6, 2022 References External links * ShogiHubProfessional Player Info · Orita, Shōgo* {{Authority control Living people 1989 births Japanese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yōryū Fourth File Rook
In shogi, Yōryū Fourth File Rook (耀龍四間飛車 ''yōryū shikenbisha'') is a Fourth File Rook (Ranging Rook) opening. This strategy was developed by Takahiro Ōhashi, who published a systematic study of it in a book of the same name in 2020. He was awarded the prestigious Masuda Award in 2021 for the development of this tactic. Overview This tactic is a similar to a Normal Fourth File Rook opening. Instead of castling the king in a Mino castle, it is castled first in a Cozy castle, from which it can develop into various castles such as an Amano Fortress, Doi Fortress, Right King, Subway Rook, Peerless Golds, etc., depending on the circumstances. The characteristic of the Yōryū Fourth File Rook is that it keeps the position of the king at 38 (72 for White). While moving the king to a place other than 38 to develop the castle is also possible, that is different from the original conception of the Yōryū Fourth File Rook. The term ''Yōryū'' (耀龍 'shining drago ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takahiro Ōhashi
is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7-dan. Early life and apprenticeship Ōhashi was born in Shingū, Wakayama on September 22, 1992. He learned how to play shogi as fourth-grade elementary school student, and entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū as a student of shogi professional Kazuharu Shoshi in September 2006. Takahashi was promoted to 3-dan in 2010 and obtained professional status and the rank of 4-dan in October 2016 after finishing runner-up in the 59th 3-dan League (April 2016 September 2016) with a record of 12 wins and 6 losses. Shogi professional Takahashi finished runner-up in the 46th in 2015, losing to Tatsuya Sugai 2 games to 1. Takahashi was still ranked an apprentice professional 3-dan at the time, and won the first game of the match before Sugai came back to win the last two. Takahashi won his first tournament as a professional in August 2018 when he defeated Seiya Kondō to win the . In October of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshiharu Habu
is a professional shogi player and a chess FIDE Master. His master is Tatsuya Futakami. He is the only person to simultaneously hold seven major professional shogi titles at the same time and is also the only person to qualify as a lifetime title holder for seven major titles. In January 2018, Habu became the first professional shogi player to be awarded Japan's People's Honour Award. Early life Yoshiharu Habu was born in Tokorozawa, Saitama in 1970 and moved to Hachioji, Tokyo before entering kindergarten. Habu first encountered shogi in his first year of elementary school, when his classmates taught him how the shogi pieces move. He was so fascinated by the game that his mother entered him in a shogi tournament held at the Hachioji Shogi Club in the summer of 1978. Although Habu was eliminated during the preliminary rounds with a record of 1 win and 2 losses, his parents took him to the shogi club every weekend from October 1978. Habu improved so rapidly that he was promote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yasumitsu Satō
is a Japanese professional shogi player from Yawata City in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. He is currently the president of the Japan Shogi Association. He became a professional in 1987 and is ranked 9-dan. He has won 13 major titles, is a former Meijin title holder, and has qualified for the Lifetime Kisei title. Early life Satō was born in Yawata City in Kyoto Prefecture on October 1, 1969. He finished third in the 6th in 1981. His experience in the tournament led him to want become a shogi professional, and he entered the Kansai branch of the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū in December 1982 as a protegee of shogi professional in December 1982. Shogi professional Satō's first appearance a major title match was in 1990 as the challenger to Kōji Tanigawa for the 31st Ōi title, but he lost the match 4 games to 3. That same year, he won his first tournament as a professional when he defeated Toshiyuki Moriuchi to win the , a quick-play t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
