Takodori's Entrance to Shogi World

100 easy tsume practices

The problems are available through the following bookmarks. Some problems contain unnecesary pieces on the board in order to make those positions likely to real cases.

1. #1-10
2. #11-20
3. #21-30
4. #31-40
5. #41-50
6. #51-60
7. #61-70
8. #71-80
9. #81-90
10. #91-100

Two new videos were released - HIDETCHI's excellent video series How to play Shogi

The two new video were released. Here are the links to them.

• YouTube - How to play Shogi -Lesson#21- Traditional way of starting a game

• YouTube - How to play Shogi -Lesson#22- Traditional way of ending a game

 

His playlist linked below is handy enough to reach all the videos already released.

Playlist:How to play Shogi

 

Lesson #20 has been uploaded - HIDETCHI's video series "How to play Shogi（将棋）"

The Lesson#20 is now available to watch on Yotube.

YouTube - How to play Shogi(将棋) -Lesson#20- Castles for Double Ranging Rook

I would recommend you to be a subscriber of this series through this page if you would like to have updates timely.

Lesson #19 has been uploaded - HIDETCHI's video series "How to play Shogi（将棋）"

The Lesson#19 is now available to watch on Yotube.

YouTube - How to play Shogi(将棋) -Lesson#19 - Castles for Static Rook agains Ranging Rook

I would recommend you to be a subscriber of this series through this page if you would like to have updates timely.

The page of Shogi strategy and tactics appeared in Wikipedia

It appeared on November 2 according to its history page.

Shogi strategy and tactics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lesson #18 has been uploaded - HIDETCHI's video series "How to play Shogi（将棋）"

The Lesson#18 is now available to watch on Yotube.

YouTube - How to play Shogi(将棋) -Lesson#18- Castles for Ranging Rook against Static Rook

I would recommend you to be a subscriber of this series through this page if you would like to have updates timely.

Lesson #17 has been uploaded - HIDETCHI's video series "How to play Shogi（将棋）"

The Lesson#17 is now available to watch on Youtube. Up to #16, let's say the contents are for complete novices. From #17 onwards, I think it's going into the contents for beginners who already graduated from the level of complete novices.

YouTube - How to play Shogi(将棋) -Lesson#17- Castles for Double Static Rook Opening

Update - The page of "Tsume problems to improve your endgame skill"

Today I added the following link to the page of Tsume problems to improve your endgame skill

Easy Tsumeshogi Problem for Beginners

This is the problems of one-move and three-move tsume problems. I will publish new ones there frequently. So please check it out from time to time.

 

Raw lines - Chidori'Gin no Senpo Zukan -11, Yagura strategy, Battle[1]

 This is the raw lines of Kifu used in the diagrams in the following pages of Chidori Gin no Senpo Zukan which is an on-line Encycropedia of shogi opening strategies. The linked page has Kifu-for-Java diagrams which needs a Kifu-for-Java capable browser to replay there.

【戦法図鑑】11　矢倉戦法　戦闘編［１］-11, Yagura strategy, Battle[1]

 

From Starting set-up to Diagram #1 & #2

<From start to Dia#2>   1.P-7f   P-8d     2.S-6h   P-3d     3.P-6f   S-6b     4.P-5f   P-5d      5.S-4h   S-4b     6.G-7h   G-3b     7.G-5h   K-4a     8.G5h-6g G-5b      9.K-6i   P-7d    10.S-7g   S-3c    11.P-3f   P-4d    12.B-7i   B-3a    13.S-3g   G5b-4c  14.P-3e   Px3e    15.Bx3e   P*3d    16.B-2f   B-4b    17.S-3f   K-3a    18.K-7i   K-2b    19.K-8h   P-6d    20.P-4f   S-6c    21.N-3g   R-7b    22.P-1f   P-9d    23.P-9f   P-1d    24.R-4h   P-7e    25.Px7e   Rx7e    26.P*7f   R-7b    27.P-4e   Px4e    28.P*4d   Sx4d    29.Sx4e   Sx4e    30.P*4d   G-5c    31.Nx4e   G-5b    32.S*6a   R-8b    33.Sx5b+  Sx5b    34.P-4c+  Gx4c    35.N-5c+               

It's recommendable to replay the line using your own shogi board and pieces. If you do not have them, the following pages might be of help;

• Papercraft shogi, Print & Play shogi

• Aja-ban

Raw lines - Chidori'Gin no Senpo Zukan 10, Yagura-strategy, how to build the formation

 This is the raw lines of Kifu used in the diagrams in the following pages of Chidori Gin no Senpo Zukan which is an on-line Encycropedia of shogi opening strategies. The linked page has Kifu-for-Java diagrams which needs a Kifu-for-Java capable browser to replay there.

【戦法図鑑】10　矢倉戦法　駒組み編 - 10, Yagura-strategy, how to build the

From Starting set-up to Diagram #1 & #2

1.P-7f   P-8d     2.S-6h   P-3d     3.P-6f   S-6b     4.P-5f   P-5d      5.S-4h   S-4b     6.G-7h   G-3b     7.G-5h   K-4a     8.G5h-6g G-5b      9.K-6i   P-7d    10.S-7g   S-3c    11.P-3f   P-4d    12.B-7i   B-3a    13.S-3g   G5b-4c  14.P-3e   Px3e    15.Bx3e   P*3d    16.B-2f   B-4b    17.S-3f   K-3a    18.K-7i   K-2b    19.K-8h   P-6d    20.P-4f   S-6c    21.N-3g   R-7b    22.P-1f   P-9d    23.P-9f   P-1d    24.R-4h   P-7e    25.Px7e   Rx7e    26.P*7f   R-7b            

It shows Sente's successful case which means Gote's defensive sequence is not the best.   

It's recommendable to replay the line using your own shogi board and pieces. If you do not have them, the following pages might be of help;

• Papercraft shogi, Print & Play shogi

• Aja-ban