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Tempo Loss Bishop Exchange
In shogi, Tempo Loss Bishop Exchange or One-Move-Loss Bishop Exchange or Bishop Exchange With Tempo Loss (一手損角換わり ''ittezon kakugawari'') is a Bishop Exchange (Static Rook) opening that has White trading the bishops very early in the game before Black's bishop moves up to the 77 square. Overview The Tempo Loss Bishop Exchange opening was developed by retired player Hitoshige Awaji 9-dan for which he was awarded the prestigious Masuda award in 2006. This opening became popular among professional players around 2004 and was even played in two of the seven matches for the title of Meijin between Toshiyuki Moriuchi and Yoshiharu Habu in 2005. Before the emergence of the Tempo Loss Bishop Exchange, some professional players had considered that Bishop Exchange openings led White to be pushed into defensive positions and to be unable to launch more powerful attacks, hence reducing the amount of possibilities available to the White player. Since the Tempo Loss varia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shogi
, also known as Japanese chess, is a strategy board game for two players. It is one of the most popular board games in Japan and is in the same family of games as Western chess, ''chaturanga, Xiangqi'', Indian chess, and '' janggi''. ''Shōgi'' means general's (''shō'' ) board game (''gi'' ). Western chess is sometimes called (''Seiyō Shōgi'' ) in Japan. Shogi was the earliest chess-related historical game to allow captured pieces to be returned to the board by the capturing player. This drop rule is speculated to have been invented in the 15th century and possibly connected to the practice of 15th century mercenaries switching loyalties when captured instead of being killed. The earliest predecessor of the game, chaturanga, originated in India in the sixth century, and the game was likely transmitted to Japan via China or Korea sometime after the Nara period."Shogi". ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. 2002. Shogi in its present form was played as early as the 16th century, while ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop Exchange, Reclining Silver
In shogi, Bishop Exchange Reclining Silver or Reclining Silver With Bishops Off or Bishop Exchange Sitting Silver (角換わり腰掛け銀 ''kakugawari koshikakegin'') is a Bishop Exchange (Double Static Rook) opening that uses a Reclining Silver attacking formation. If both sides play Reclining Silver, then the position is known as Double Reclining Silver or Mutual Reclining Silver or Twin Reclining Silver (相腰掛け銀 ''aikoshikakegin''). Overview To defend the left flank against the opponent's rook pawn, Black chooses a Yagura castle form with left silver on the 77 square and the left gold on 78. Then, to avoid the risk of White's bishop drop inside Black's promotion zone, the right gold will be positioned other variously on the 58, 48 or 47 squares. According to the shogi proverb, "In the Bishop Exchange opening, don't push the central pawn." Following this, the fifth file pawn in Bishop Exchange Reclining Silver must remain on its starting 57 square in order for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Static Rook
Static Rook (居飛車 ''ibisha'') openings in shogi typically have the player's rook at its start position, which is the second file (on the 28 square) for Black and the eighth file (on the 82 square) for White. Explanation Static Rook is a set of openings in which the rook remains on its starting square, which is the 28 square if played by Black and the 82 square if played by White. It is also possible to include other openings where the rook moves to another file that is still on the players right side of the board, such as the third file or the fourth file. The reason for including these other openings where the rook is not technically ''static'' is because the typical castle fortifications constructed to the protect the Static Rook player's king are usually the same for these openings. Nonetheless, some shogi theory does categorize these openings with right side rook movement into the same group as Ranging Rook openings despite the disparity in castle formation. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wrong Diagonal Bishop Exchange
The Wrong Diagonal Bishop or Parallel-Diagonal Bishop (筋違い角 or 筋違角 ''sujichigai kaku'') is a shogi opening characterized by a bishop trade followed by dropping the bishop in hand on the 45 square if played by Black or the 65 square if played by White. Introduction The Wrong Diagonal Bishop opening is one of the oldest shogi openings appearing around the same time as the Black's Static Rook vs White's Traditional Ranging Rook type of openings (thus predating other old openings such as Fortress, etc). The Wrong Diagonal Bishop frequently appears in the recorded handicap games from the Edo period. The name comes from the bishop being only able to move to squares that are not available from the bishop's start position – thus, the ''wrong diagonal.'' The main point of dropping the bishop is to fork two opponent pawns. Since the opponent is most likely to defend the pawn in their camp, the player can get a material advantage of one pawn. Furthermore, adop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop Exchange Rushing Silver
In shogi, Bishop Exchange Rushing Silver (角換わり早繰り銀 ''kakugawari hayakurigin'') is a Bishop Exchange opening that uses a Rushing Silver attacking formation with the right silver. Rushing Silver has the silver positioned above the line of pawn on the fourth file if played by Black or the sixth file if played by White. The name ''Rushing Silver'' was also translated as ''Rapid Advancing Silver'' by Tomohide Kawasaki (also known as Hidetchi). See also * Bishop Exchange * Bishop Exchange Reclining Silver * Bishop Exchange Climbing Silver * Tempo Loss Bishop Exchange * Wrong Diagonal Bishop Exchange * Static Rook Static Rook (居飛車 ''ibisha'') openings in shogi typically have the player's rook at its start position, which is the second file (on the 28 square) for Black and the eighth file (on the 82 square) for White. Explanation Static Rook is a ... Bibliography * * External links * HIDETCHI's YouTube videos: *Bishop Exchange #1*Bishop Exchange # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop Exchange Climbing Silver
In shogi, Bishop Exchange Climbing Silver (角換わり棒銀 ''kakugawari bōgin'') is a Bishop Exchange (Double Static Rook) opening that uses a Climbing Silver attacking formation with the left silver. See also * Bishop Exchange * Climbing Silver * Bishop Exchange Reclining Silver * Bishop Exchange Rushing Silver * Tempo Loss Bishop Exchange * Wrong Diagonal Bishop Exchange * Static Rook Static Rook (居飛車 ''ibisha'') openings in shogi typically have the player's rook at its start position, which is the second file (on the 28 square) for Black and the eighth file (on the 82 square) for White. Explanation Static Rook is a ... Bibliography * * External links * HIDETCHI's YouTube videos: *Shogi Openings: Bishop Exchange #1 · Climbing Silver played by Black in Bishop Exchange (from 11 min 58 sec to 19 min 40 sec) *Shogi Openings: Bishop Exchange #2 · Merits of Climbing Silver vs other silver strategies in Bishop Exchange *Shogi Openings: Bishop Exchange #4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop Exchange Reclining Silver
In shogi, Bishop Exchange Reclining Silver or Reclining Silver With Bishops Off or Bishop Exchange Sitting Silver (角換わり腰掛け銀 ''kakugawari koshikakegin'') is a Bishop Exchange (Double Static Rook) opening that uses a Reclining Silver attacking formation. If both sides play Reclining Silver, then the position is known as Double Reclining Silver or Mutual Reclining Silver or Twin Reclining Silver (相腰掛け銀 ''aikoshikakegin''). Overview To defend the left flank against the opponent's rook pawn, Black chooses a Yagura castle form with left silver on the 77 square and the left gold on 78. Then, to avoid the risk of White's bishop drop inside Black's promotion zone, the right gold will be positioned other variously on the 58, 48 or 47 squares. According to the shogi proverb, "In the Bishop Exchange opening, don't push the central pawn." Following this, the fifth file pawn in Bishop Exchange Reclining Silver must remain on its starting 57 square in order for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Climbing Silver
Climbing Silver (棒銀 ''bōgin'', literally "pole-silver") is a shogi strategy. Climbing Silver involves advancing a silver upward along with an advanced or dropped pawn supported by the rook aiming to break through the opponent's camp on their bishop's side. Many different Static Rook shogi openings include a Climbing Silver component. For instance, Climbing Silver can played as part of Double Wing Attack, Fortress, or Bishop Exchange openings. (However, there are other variants of these openings that don't include Climbing Silver.) Climbing Silver can also be used against Ranging Rook opponents as well. Diagonal Climbing Silver or Oblique Climbing Silver (斜め棒銀 ''naname bōgin'') is a Climbing Silver attack involving the left silver which moves diagonally from its starting position on 7i to attack on the third or second files. This type of Climbing Silver is typical in Static Rook vs Ranging Rook games. Positioning In the adjacent diagrams, the Black's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rushing Silver
Rushing Silver (早繰り銀 ''hayakuri gin'', also Rapid Advancing Silver) is a shogi attacking strategy. Rushing Silver involves advancing the right offensive silver upward through an opening in the pawn line created by a pushed pawn on the third file to rest on the fourth file and subsequently moving the silver diagonally to attack the opponent either on the third file or across the third file to attack on the second file (in which case it appears to be similar formally to the Diagonal Climbing Silver attack used by Static Rook positions against Ranging Rook opponents). Different Static Rook shogi openings may include a Rushing Silver attack. It is particularly popular to use with the Bishop Exchange opening. Example The adjacent diagrams show a possible Rushing Silver attack for Black through the third file and aim to trade off the pawns and silvers on the second file. The opponent (White) has their king partially castled on the 31 square with a variant of the Hel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop Exchange
In shogi, Bishop Exchange (角換わり or 角換り ''kakugawari'') is a Double Static Rook opening in which the players exchange their bishops relatively early so as to have bishops in hand. Throughout the game, both players have a bishop drop threat, with which they can exploit any positional weakness that their opponent inadvertently creates. Overview The Bishop Exchange opening is a Double Static Rook opening. Black starts with activating both their bishop (P-76) and rook (P-26) while White quickly puts pressure on Black with rook pawn pushes (...P-84, ...P-85). White's aim is to exchange their rook pawn off the board on the eighth file as soon as possible. This has a number of benefits: it gives White a pawn in hand that can be used to drop later in the game, and it frees up the rook so that it can move to any rank above Black's camp (see: Sabaki). However, in this opening, in response, Black wishes to prevent White's early rook pawn exchange by defending the 86 ... [...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] |
Toshiyuki Moriuchi
is a Japanese professional shogi player, ranked 9-dan. He is a Lifetime Meijin who won the title eight times, and also a former Ryūō, Kiō and Ōshō title holder. He is also a former senior managing director of the Japan Shogi Association. Early life Moriuchi was born on October 10, 1970, in Yokohama. His grandfather was shogi professional , who died about ten years before Moriuchi was born. When Moriuchi was young and would visit his grandmother's house, she would show him old issues of '' Shogi World'' that she had kept, and this is when Moriuchi first became interested in shogi. Moriuchi started playing in shogi tournaments as an elementary school student and it was there that his rivalry with Yoshiharu Habu began. Habu lived in neighboring Tokyo and was the same age, so the two often participated in the same tournaments. Moriuchi even went to watch Habu win a tournament whose entry was limited to Tokyo residents only. The following year, Moriuchi defeated Habu in the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
