Takodori's Entrance to Shogi World

Number of bookmarked ShogiTesuji positions exceeds 100

The number of bookmarked ShogiTesuji positions exceeds 100. Here is the link to the toppage. All the bookmarked positions need to use Kifu for Java for replaying.

ShogiTesuji's bookmarks on del.icio.us

There are 3 level tags such as "easy", "intermediate" and "complicated"

ShogiTesuji's bookmarks tagged with "easy" on del.icio.us
ShogiTesuji's bookmarks tagged with "intermediate" on del.icio.us
ShogiTesuji's bookmarks tagged with "complicated" on del.icio.us

I hope you will enjoy and learn lots of Tesujis through the bookmarks and put them into practice of your games. It's fun to apply a Tesuji to an appropriate position.

 

Watanabe Akira granted some tsumeshogi problems to his daughter

According to Watanabe Akira Blog's entry of May 25(in Japanese), he granted some tsumeshogi problems to his daughter son who is only three years old now. Here are the links to the diagrams of them on his blog.

The first one

The answer should be N-8c=. His daughter son said. "It's too simple!"

The second one

The answer should be G*9b. She He solved immediately when it was showed to her.

The third one

The answer should be P-9c+(or P-9c=, G-9c) K-9a G*9b. She He dropped her Gold on 9c at first to find it's wrong. Then she he sacrificed it on 9a!. Ryuo Watanabe was impressed with her his rich imagination with bitter smile. With master father's advice of keeping the Gold in hand for a while, she he finally found the solution.

The fourth one

Please challenge it by yourself. She he made mistakes twice. The first attempt was G*8b in vain. The second mistake was to forget to let a piece get promoted to fail to check the King. And then she finally came to the right answer. This is a three-move tsume. If you fail to solve it, it may be good for you to try T&D tsume practice.

The fifth one

Please challenge it by yourself again. It is a three-move tsume again. She He could not solve it. And her his farther did not give her a hint since he thought it's too early for her his level.

I'm very interested in observing how she he will develop her shogi skill with the father's early engagement. Let me tell you something about my childhood. I was already six or seven years old when I first learned shogi from my father. And I did not know that there were tsume shogi problems on the earth until I became eleven or twelve

 

"del.icio.us/ShogiTesuji" started.

Tesuji is a tactical move or a set of tactical moves in Shogi. It is important to learn a lot of Tesuji moves to apply if you wish to play better. I started a bookmark of collection of the positions one move earlier when professionals make Tesuji move(s) with some notes. You can replay them on the linked pages of the positions. I hope you will be get to know lots of real Tesuji examples through the bookmark. More knowledge of Tesuji, more comfortable playing shogi.

ShogiTesuji (Java-capable browser required)

"The Level 8 Buddhist" added its 5th entries about shogi

The Level 8 Buddhist added its 5th entries about shogi on March 25. Here are the permalink to each entry from the newest to oldest.

Shogi strategy: How to lose a game, #2 (The link added on March 27)

Shogi Strategy:How to lose a game

Shogi Strategy:Multipule Flanks

Shogi Strategy:Bargain Gold Generals

Shogi Strategy:Opening Game

Shogi Strategy:Castling

Bookmarked professional games exceed 600

The number of shogi games bookmarked in del.icio.us/KifubyOpeningStrategy exceeds 600. Each bookmark is tagged by players'name, opening strategy, and replay recommendation if it touched me when I bookmarked. Here are some example.

replay-strongly-recommended
replay-recommended
shikenbisha

Atamakin Tsume Practice - #24

"Atamakin" means Gold drop on the square ahead of the opponent's King supported by other piece of yours on the board. This gold drop is frequently used when checkmating the King in the endgame. It is necessary to be able to make an Atamakin for you to win a game. You can learn by solving Atamakin Tsume Practice problems to be posted here. Today is #24. It's a 5 move tsume. I recommend you to replay the answer to remember the line if you cannot solve this problem within 5 minutes.

You can see the answer by clicking the arrow in the right direction under the board in order to replay the answer line. (Popup diagram to be saved for printing) Click the exclamation marks which appear below the diagram for further comments on the problem. If you click the marks again, the comment windows go away.

Atamakin Tsume Practice - #23

"Atamakin" means Gold drop on the square ahead of the opponent's King supported by other piece of yours on the board. This gold drop is frequently used when checkmating the King in the endgame. It is necessary to be able to make an Atamakin for you to win a game. You can learn by solving Atamakin Tsume Practice problems to be posted here. Today is #23. It's a 5 move tsume. I recommend you to replay the answer to remember the line if you cannot solve this problem within 5 minutes.

You can see the answer by clicking the arrow in the right direction under the board in order to replay the answer line. (Popup diagram to be saved for printing) Click the exclamation marks which appear below the diagram for further comments on the problem. If you click the marks again, the comment windows go away.

Atamakin Tsume Practice - #22

"Atamakin" means Gold drop on the square ahead of the opponent's King supported by other piece of yours on the board. This gold drop is frequently used when checkmating the King in the endgame. It is necessary to be able to make an Atamakin for you to win a game. You can learn by solving Atamakin Tsume Practice problems to be posted here. Today is #22. It's a 5 move tsume. I recommend you to replay the answer to remember the line if you cannot solve this problem within 5 minutes.

You can see the answer by clicking the arrow in the right direction under the board in order to replay the answer line. (Popup diagram to be saved for printing) Click the exclamation marks which appear below the diagram for further comments on the problem. If you click the marks again, the comment windows go away.

Atamakin Tsume Practice - #21

"Atamakin" means Gold drop on the square ahead of the opponent's King supported by other piece of yours on the board. This gold drop is frequently used when checkmating the King in the endgame. It is necessary to be able to make an Atamakin for you to win a game. You can learn by solving Atamakin Tsume Practice problems to be posted here. Today is #21. It's a 7 move tsume. I recommend you to replay the answer to remember the line if you cannot solve this problem within 5 minutes.

You can see the answer by clicking the arrow in the right direction under the board in order to replay the answer line. (Popup diagram to be saved for printing) Click the exclamation marks which appear below the diagram for further comments on the problem. If you click the marks again, the comment windows go away.

Atamakin Tsume Practice - #20

"Atamakin" means Gold drop on the square ahead of the opponent's King supported by other piece of yours on the board. This gold drop is frequently used when checkmating the King in the endgame. It is necessary to be able to make an Atamakin for you to win a game. You can learn by solving Atamakin Tsume Practice problems to be posted here. Today is #20. It's a 7 move tsume. I recommend you to replay the answer to remember the line if you cannot solve this problem within 5 minutes.

You can see the answer by clicking the arrow in the right direction under the board in order to replay the answer line. (Popup diagram to be saved for printing) Click the exclamation marks which appear below the diagram for further comments on the problem. If you click the marks again, the comment windows go away.