Takodori's Entrance to Shogi World

Atamakin Tsume Practice #1

"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 from now. Today is #1. It's one move tsume.

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 as an image file 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.

Take & Drop #40 - 3 move tsume practice

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 as an image file 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.

Take & Drop #39 - 3 move tsume practice

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 as an image file 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.

"Shogi Vault" has been added to "Basic Shogi Information in English available on Internet(2)

Shogi Vault is a website which wishes to be a comprehensive guide to advanced shogi. The effort was launched from September 2007. The toppage shows a shogi board and the 41 squares of the board represents the theses of the contents to be uploaded. As of now, the squares of BASIC RULES, SIMPLE TSUME TESUJI, POPULAR STRATEGY and EDITORS SCRIPT have good articles with many replayable or static board images. It has been added to Basic shogi information in English available on Internet(2) in this blog.

Take & Drop #38 - 3 move tsume practice

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 as an image file 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.

Take & Drop #37 - 3 move tsume practice

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 as an image file 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.

Take & Drop #36 - 3 move tsume practice

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 as an image file 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.

Take & Drop #35 - 3 move tsume practice

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 as an image file 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.

Take & Drop #34 - 3 move tsume practice

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 as an image file 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.

Take & Drop #33 - 3 move tsume practice

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 as an image file 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.