Gote's turn to play This is a position where Sente is trying to trade his Bishop for Gote's Horse(promoted Bishop) taking the 25 Pawn with B58x25. Strategically speaking, a Horse is better than an un-promoted Bishop so it would be a bad trade for a Horse holder to accept. However, tactics predominate over strategic requirements in shogi. If there is a tactic, slight strategic loss will does not matter and this is the case. Please find the first three moves to obtain a huge material gain for Gote. (For Firefox users, please forward one move from the displayed position to have the problem. Sorry, this cannot be displayed on some smartphones).You can replay the answer line by clicking the arrow directing to the right under the diagram. Also, an exclamation mark sometimes appears there on a specific move during your replay, then click it and you can read my comments on that move. After reading my comments, click the exclamation mark again then the comment window will go away to move forward again.
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