Rushing Silver (早繰り銀 ''hayakuri gin'', also Rapid Advancing Silver) is a
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'' ...
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 opening
A shogi opening ( ) is the sequence of initial moves of a shogi game before the middle game. The more general Japanese term for the beginning of the game is ()''.''
A '' jōseki'' () is the especially recommended sequence of moves for a given o ...
s may include a Rushing Silver attack. It is particularly popular to use with the
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 dro ...
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 Helmut Yagura castle which is typical of Bishop Exchange positions.
Extreme Rushing Silver
Professional shogi player
A professional shogi player (将棋棋士 ''shōgi kishi'' or プロ棋士 ''puro kishi'' "professional player") is a shogi player who is usually a member of a professional guild of shogi players.
There are two categories of professional player ...
,
Shin'ichi Satō has developed a set of related strategies known as the
Extreme Rushing Silver (極限早繰り銀) opening.
See also
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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 ...
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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 thei ...
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Reclining Silver
In shogi, Reclining Silver (腰掛け銀 ''koshikakegin'') is a piece formation used in different Double Static Rook openings. It may also be played in Double Ranging Rook openings as well and in Right Fourth File Rook (Static Rook) positions aga ...
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Shogi opening
A shogi opening ( ) is the sequence of initial moves of a shogi game before the middle game. The more general Japanese term for the beginning of the game is ()''.''
A '' jōseki'' () is the especially recommended sequence of moves for a given o ...
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Shogi strategy
Shogi, like western chess, can be divided into the opening, middle game and endgame, each requiring a different strategy. The opening consists of arranging one's defenses and positioning for attack, the middle game consists of attempting to break t ...
References
Bibliography
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* 佐藤, 慎一
atō, Shin'ichi 2018. 極限早繰り銀. マイナビ出版.
External links
* HIDETCHI's YouTube videos:
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Bishop Exchange #1*
Bishop Exchange #2*
Bishop Exchange #3
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