In
shogi, the Pinwheel (風車 ''kazaguruma'') is an uncommon
opening
Opening may refer to:
* Al-Fatiha, "The Opening", the first chapter of the Qur'an
* The Opening (album), live album by Mal Waldron
* Backgammon opening
* Chess opening
* A title sequence or opening credits
* , a term from contract bridge
* , ...
with the rook on the bottom rank 9 enabling it to switch between a
Ranging Rook
Ranging Rook or Swinging Rook (振り飛車 ''furibisha'') openings in shogi position the rook to the center or left of the player's board to support an attack there.
Ranging Rook strategies used in Ranging Rook vs Static Rook are among the old ...
and
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 ...
attack.
The pinwheel name comes from the way the king is able to rotate around the gold positioned on the 58 square as if it were a wheel.
Against Static Rook Anaguma
Example of development from Habu (1992).
1. P-76 P-84
2. S-68 P-34
3. P-66 S-62
4. R-58 K-42
5. K-48 K-32
6. K-38 B-33
7. P-56 P-54
8. S-48
8... K-22
9. S-66 S-53
10. P-46 L-12
11. P-36 K-11
12. S-47 S-32
13. G-48 P-85
14. B-77 G-52
15. N-37 P-44
16. P-55
16... Px55
17. Rx55 P*54
18. R-59 G-43
19. P-16 P-14
20. P-26 G-31
21. G-78 P-74
22. B-68 P-94
23. P-96 R-72
24. G-77 P-75
25. Px75 Rx75
26. P*76 R-72
Game example
A similar position occurs in a 1991 game between
Yasuharu Ōyama
Yasuharu Ōyama (大山 康晴 Ōyama Yasuharu, March 13, 1923 - July 26, 1992) was a professional shogi player, 15th Lifetime Meijin and president of Japan Shogi Association (1976 - 1989). He studied shogi under . He won 80 titles (2nd on record ...
(Black) and
Michio Ariyoshi
was a Japanese professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 9-dan.
Promotion history
The promotion history for Ariyoshi is as follows:
*1951: 3-kyū
*1953: 1-dan
*1955, May 15: 4-dan
*1957, April 1: 5-Dan
*1958, April 1: 6-dan
*1960, Ap ...
(White).
Itō's Pinwheel variations
Bibliography
* 羽生
abu
Abu or ABU may refer to:
Places
* Abu (volcano), a volcano on the island of Honshū in Japan
* Abu, Yamaguchi, a town in Japan
* Ahmadu Bello University, a university located in Zaria, Nigeria
* Atlantic Baptist University, a Christian university ...
善治
oshiharu 1992
010 010 may refer to:
* 10 (number)
* 8 (number) in octal numeral notation
* Motorola 68010, a microprocessor released by Motorola in 1982
* 010, the telephone area code of Beijing
* 010, the Rotterdam
Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the R ...
居飛車穴熊vs中飛車. 羽生の頭脳: 居飛車穴熊と左美濃 (Vol. 4, Chap. 3). 日本将棋連盟.
* 伊藤
tou 果
atasu 1994. 風車の美学: 伊藤果直伝! 毎日コミュニケーションズ.
External links
* 将棋DB2
大山康晴 (Ōyama) vs 有吉道夫 (Ariyoshi) November 1991·
Oyama plays a Pinwheel position
Shogi openings
Central Rook openings
Static Rook openings
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