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'' ...

, 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 In shogi, Opposing Rook (向かい飛車 ''mukaibisha,'' also Opposite Rook, Second File Rook) is a class of Ranging Rook openings in which the player's rook swings over to the second file if played by White or the eighth file if played by Black ...

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 * , ...

. It refers to the case in a Double Static Rook situation in which Gote (White) switches energetically to an

variation. The origin of this strategy is dated back to the

Edo period The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional '' daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was characteriz ...

, but it was after a famous match that shogi Master

Sankichi Sakata Sankichi (written: 三吉) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese photographer *, Japanese surgeon *, Imperial Japanese Navy admiral *, Japanese poet and activist {{given name Japanese masculine gi ...

(1870-1946) played against

Ichitarō Doi was a Japanese professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 8-dan (the highest rank at the time), and was the first president of the Japan Shogi Association. Doi was a student of , the thirteenth Lifetime Meijin, along with contemporary ...

in May 1919, that it became popular and the opening started being named after him.

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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 simple, when in combination with Wrong Diagonal Bishop and others, it carries a big destructive power.

Bibliography

* 豊川孝弘『パワーアップ戦法塾』 NHK出版 2004年 * 豊川孝弘『阪田流向かい飛車戦法』（『将棋世界2010年8月号』付録）

日本将棋連盟 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 ...

2010年 *

Kiyozumi Kiriyama is a retired Japanese professional shogi player ranked 9-dan. He is a former Kisei and Kiō major title holder as well as a former director of the Japan Shogi Association. Early life Kiriyama was born on October 17, 1947, in Shimoichi, Nara. ...

game from 1994 * Alexei's YouTube channel
Tactical defense: Fujii Souta-Akutsu, 27th Ginga Tournament Block E
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