The 9-Piece (九枚落ち ''kyūmai-ochi'')
handicap in
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'' ...
has all of White's pieces removed except for the king, their right gold, and their line of pawns. (Thus, their rook, bishop, silvers, knights, lances, and the left gold are all missing.)
This handicap is very severe and, thus, not very competitive. It is not deemed an official handicap of the
Japan Shogi Association
The , or JSA, is the primary organizing body for professional shogi in Japan. The JSA sets the professional calendar, negotiates sponsorship and media promotion deals, helps organize tournaments and title matches, publishes shogi-related materia ...
. Its main goal is to instruct shogi beginners on how to play.
Opening
1...K-42, 2. P-76. The same first moves as the lower handicap. (See:
10-Piece handicap.)
2...G-72. White moves their gold upward and leftward in order to protect the seventh file pawn (on 73) and as well as preparing to move again to further protect the ninth file pawn from an early breech by Black's bishop.
If White were to make the same 2...P-54 move as in the 10-Piece handicap opening, then Black would be able to promote their bishop on the 93 square.
☗4. P-56
This is the line suggested by Kageyama & Kimura (1955).
☗4. P-26
This is the line suggested by Ishibashi (2012).
9-Piece Right Gold
Ishibashi (2012) also discusses a different 9-Piece Handicap variant that removes White right gold (右金落ち) instead of the left gold (左金落ち) shown above.
See also
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Handicap (shogi)
In shogi, a handicap game (駒落戦 ''koma ochisen,'' 駒落ち ''koma ochi,'' ハンデキャップ ''handekyappu,'' 手合割 ''teaiwari'') is a game setup used between players of disparate strengths, in which one or more pieces are removed fr ...
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10-Piece handicap
Notes
References
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External links
* shogi.io
a 9-Piece Right Gold Handicap game record· commentary by
Madoka Kitao
is a Japanese retired women's professional shogi player who achieved the rank of women's professional 2-dan. Women's shogi professional Promotion history
Kitao has been promoted as follows:
* 2-kyū: October 1, 2000
* 1-kyū: April 1, 2001
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