In shogi, Sleeve Rook (袖飛車 ''sodebisha,'' also translated as ''Right Third File Rook, Sideways Rook'' or ''Sidestepped Rook'') is a

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 ...

opening in which the rook is moved to the third file if played by Black or the seventh file if played by White. Aside from being its own opening, a Sleeve Rook formation is used in some variations of several different openings. For instance, there are Sleeve Rook variations of the

Double Fortress The Double Fortress (相矢倉 or 相櫓 ''aiyagura'') is a shogi opening in which both players construct Fortress formations. Double Fortress games are the most common type of Fortress games found at all levels of play. Historical Fortress ...

and of different Static Rook vs

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 ...

openings.

History

The Sleeve Rook opening is one of the oldest shogi openings appearing around the same time as the Black's

vs White's Traditional

type of openings and the Wrong Diagonal Bishop (thus predating other old openings such as Fortress, etc). The adjacent diagram shows a game from 1614 between Sansa Hon'inbō (Black) and (White), the first

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. Hon'inbō is playing a Sleeve Rook position against Ōhashi's Static Rook.

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