How to play Shogi(将棋) -Lesson#2- How the pieces move

[Klausiancliff89]

thanx learning something this interesting is not common

[frea1able]

Never heard of the game... interesting.

[hoskinsds]

I laughed at 4:46

[FuckTheSystem321]

Ohhh shit, this board game is so hard :(. The letters sets in pieces are to dificult to learn. Some tip to memorize it quickly? D:

Nice video, i hope learn shogi play mode with your videos.

[yashirokyu]

@FuckTheSystem321 I believe there is no tips. But in the Lesson #5 you'll find explanation of meaning of kanji and closer look into all pieces. And believe me, that after few games, recognizing pieces won't be a problem at all.

[FuckTheSystem321]

@yashirokyu Ye yeah, i know, saw it lately. I began to practice the kanjis meaning and im getting better playing the game but memorize it kanjis imply a headache lol. This videos will makes me an amateur-pro gamer, i guess ._. Thanks, i ll gonna practice harder.

[99muzy1]

how do we hold d pieces ?

[zZCosmicEnergyZz]

Very well made videos and i enjoyed the visuals that you used.

[waldentenebris]

i feel like i'd enjoy this form of chess, it looks like it would be a hell of a lot harder than chess, given you can re-use captured pieces. thanks for the tutorial!

[mstubbs88]

Thank you.

[LordAlwinTHC]

can you move when there is a chess piece is blocking?

[zhumanchuie]

I'm learning this game to catch up to shikamaru

[RedMoon151]

@zhumanchuie and asuma

[22jooker]

so knight and lance cant go back ever,thats idk if i get him to end of the board hes usles right

[jamiedastylishman]

@22jooker they promote when they get towards the end, dw aha

[FeyenoordDaBest]

Thank you very much, I'm going to teach my friends this game.

Greetings from Holland ^^

[MaxikingNimero]

6:24 what happend to your arm? o.o

[guibin]

You said the the gold and silver moves the same as a king?

So...

Why can't gold move to the 2 squares diagonally behind? Why can't the silver move to the squares to its left, right, and behind?

[hirohiigo]

@guibin It's the same as the king *except* for those squares. Hidetchi's explanation was to make their movement easier to understand.

[ArturDevelopment]

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[AznKid10]

The 3 people that hate this vid just hate the world too lolz

英語めちゃうまいやん（’－＾ｄ）

[Dunpeal875]

Great!!!

[TokubetsuKogekitai]

arigatou for this beautiful lesson^^

@All: Join 81.dojo.com to pkay with me or Hidetchi ^__^

Nice greetings from germany

[AHybrten]

is it neccesary to make that sound when u move a piece in shogi?

[hirohiigo]

@AHybrten No, it's not necessary. But once you learn how to do it, it's hard to not do it. I feel uncomfortable if I can't make the snapping sound with my pieces. ^^;

[noobsdumb]

the gold and silver general way you expkained was great! thanks!

[MaiziraSuzuki]

I absolutely love these videos I am a big fan of Japanese pretty much everything haha. I wanted to learn Shogi really bad but i couldn't find anything until this that i really liked. You make it so easy! Also do you have any tips on memorizing the pieces because thats really the only thing i'm having trouble on because i learned how to speak some Japanese but I have always had trouble with Kanji and Hiragana. Thank you!

[xarmanhskafragos]

i loved shogi since i saw shion no ou ! :) ;)

[EricV0ng]

What happens when the pawn reaches all the way to the other side of the board? Do you get to revive something back like the western chess?

[MartysTheMan]

@EricV0ng Once a pawn, knight, lance or silver general reaches the promotional zone (three rows out from the opposing player) you may promote it. To promote the piece, you flip it over, but still face it the same direction so you know it's your piece. The promoted piece now moves like a Gold General. The promotion is permanent, unless the piece is later captured, so it can no longer move like it used to; only like a Gold General. You don't get any captured pieces back for reaching the promo zone

[shion255]

The lance can"t reach the last square except to check, right? They say you don't have the right to put pieces on positions where they can't move any longer.

[adeyika]

Excellent videos. Good english and most of all great way to teach things.

Arigatou gozaimasu!

[somewherewu]

it is such a amazing video for beginner like me!! I love your clear demonstration and your english is easy to understand. I find shogi very interesting and thanks for you.

(I know how to play western chess and chinese chess. I want to learn playing shogi long time ago but i have no way until i find the video today =) )

[iamnotme89]

thank you very much this is very helpfull

[naruto4ever324]

Where can I buy a shogi board in Australia cause this game is awesome

[spirit469]

Excellent explanation. Thank you very much!

[Eiki7]

very very good ^_^ thank you!

I love the way how you snap the pieces on the board

[HIDETCHI]

Thanks.

Then you should definitely see lesson #4.

[ImAlwaysR1ght]

いい先生ですね。

[abdullahazaz]

@ImAlwaysR1ght sou desu ne

[Requiemofasoul]

Hello HidetchiI've just recently started playing go when a player recommended me to this shoe first off let me say thank you for such simple explanations and thorough step by step instructions. Though I have one small problem you need to calm downdon't make these video's when your in a rush and things will be easier to convey keep up the good work!

[Psychtributes]

hey do u know a website where i can play this game online???

[citricomecanico]

thanks! but it's very difficult to find a shogi set in spain... i'll buy it from the intrernet ^^

[BloodYukiXIII]

Absolutely perfect! Are there any videos on how you get start out when playing or moving the first piece forward?

[iLuvHinata360]

This lesson will help me not get confused durring a no-guild software, I used to depend on the movement guild when I was learning alone, I don't need it anymore ^^, arigato Hidetchi sensei =).

[tyteotin]

are those stones from the pokemon card games?

[legendaryrurouni]

thankyou much for these lessos i am very knew at shogi and its actually so difficault that i have to take notes but from watching you it has helped me understand

[allscifirocks]

thank you so much for these lessons...very understandable!

[Sty2k5]

good English, btw i enjoy these videos (are there any other japanese board games that are somewhat heard of but highly under sold in north america?)

[HIDETCHI]

Thanks.

I'm afraid I don't understand what "under sold" means.

[swspartan327]

@HIDETCHI it means that its hard to find =]

[HIDETCHI]

@swspartan327 I see. Then one board game I can think of is Go or Igo. Another famous board game in Japan. But I guess it's more heard of and more reachable from America than shogi is.

[hirohiigo]

@HIDETCHI: You're right, igo is much more accessible in the US. There is a very active American Go Association, and sets are pretty easy to find. They even sell sets in my local mall.

[Gerstein1]

He means ones that aren't well selling in the americas. There's IGO, for example. They don't sell it here.

[64miguel]

@HIDETCHI is shogi more difficult thatn western chess?

[CarbonatedCube]

@HIDETCHI They sold a lot fewer than they were expecting to, so they took a big financial loss.

[b1u3too]

@Sty2k5 Hey Sty,

Another game that's not unheard of but far from common in North America is Go. I think it's chinese, but it's also played out on a grid. It's also very easy to get an understanding of, but has so many nuances, it takes a lifetime to master.

Does that give you something else to look into? =]

[TorisLaCroixFilms]

@Sty2k5 Go, I'd say. 

[2Champions]

@Sty2k5

Try Riichi Mahjong

[Kimeru]

@2Champions Best game ever.

[FoodPunch]

The king gets the BLUE stones :D

[wubs23]

Thank you for these lessons.

Your english is perfectly understandable.

domo arigato!

[HIDETCHI]

Thanks, wubs23.

Hope you enjoy the following videos, too.

[NoonishSouljer]

Please answer these:

Is hitting the pieces hard on the board a custom?

Can any piece go past or "jump" another?

Can you take out more than one piece at a time?

[HIDETCHI]

See the later lessons to find answers to them.

[naldchow]

Haha, i like your first question. I think it's just like the LAMEN vs western table manner. It's considered rude to eat with so much noise, but eating LAMEN with noise means you enjoy it. They actually even make the wooden board hollow so that it'll amplify the sound when the piece hit on the board.

[Fejuto]

Thanks for making  these video's. i'll be watching them all

[HIDETCHI]

Thanks for the comment.

Hope you'll enjoy the later lessons.

[hoodedraider]

great videos.. really clear explanation.. clear voice.. and subtitled

i wonder where you got the scar though :P

[ikegare1243]

thank u for ur vids.ive been dying to learn shogi.and u helped.thanks alot. p.s. r u a proffesional? p.s.s. the chess pawn can only move 2 squares up on their first ove.thats the only condition

[HIDETCHI]

Thanks for the comment.

No, I'm not a professional.

[b7i7l7l7y7]

Not sure if you noticed but when you remeasured the Bishops mobility when it was on the bottom of the board, you said that it had "8" possible squares to go to and that the number was cut in half from when it was in the middle (16 squares). I just want to point out that "8" was a miscalculation, it also had the 2 sqaures diagonally up left, so that's a total of 10 possibilities. It's nothing big, just wanted to mention it. I'm really enjoying your videos though, great job. You have good English

[HIDETCHI]

There are only 8 red stones on the board including the two in up-left.

[b7i7l7l7y7]

Haha oh wow you're right. I guess I shouldn't be posting on youtube at like 2 in the morning. Sorry.

[mxyloreda1]

Thanks to your clear explanation, I no longer have problems in moving the gold and silver generals! Whenever I get confused I just think: Gold Cross+ and Silver X and this helps me remember how these pieces move! Well done! Many many thanks!

[HIDETCHI]

Glad to know you found my lessons helpful.

Enjoy the following lessons, too!

[0000UnDead0000]

very good use of the glass stones it helped a lot to understand basic movements.

[pascal1029]

2 days ago was my birthday and now celebrating with familly and friends; so the money is floding in ;) enough to buy a shogi board with pieces I hope (unless they're over 200 euro's)

thank you for your lessons (that I still need to watch) and I WILL learn shogi and NOT give up this time! (mostly I have ideas that I won't follow all and mostly I'll quit after 2 min of practice :P) C u and thanks again.

(new comment because of 500 letter restriction)

[pascal1029]

I decided to learn shogi and follow ALL ur lessons, I will force my mom to learn it too, cause I guess the game is boring with no one to play with :P (no physical force was used by confincing my mom, only mental)

only one problem, I don't know where to buy a shogi board and pieces. I live in holland and I don't know a shop near me where I could buy a board and pieces.

Could u please tell me a online shop where they sell that kinda stuff and also deliver in europe outside US if you know one

[naldchow]

there are plenty selling in ebay. depends how your budget, as cheap as 3USD from china to 3000USD and above from japan

[pascal1029]

why do you 'smack' the pieces on the game board? is that common at this game?

[HIDETCHI]

Yeah, it's common.

For example, see video-ID:hF5GM-BrKu0.

Also refer to lesson#4.

[blazpecnik]

how old is this game? looks complex , i like it !

[sufipowuh]

so all the piece can go back except lance, knight and the pawn?

[grancucharon]

so the lance can never leave its column right?

[blinder8]

i wish i could remember the symbols =[ ill have to review lesson 1 A LOT

[Takumi0justifaiz]

thanks for the lesson.. any idea how to get shogi board and chess pieces? i don't mind if they only have kanji

[Kroshiroi]

Shogi did not popular in my country ,Malaysia.What should i do to learn shogi and to participate in any shogi competition or events?

[Rekrad626]

hey hitdetchi where do you think i could buy a shogi board in Australia have any ideas??

[noobsdumb]

why is the rook the most powerful? he said the generals were but they would move so slow!

[irunonwindows]

where can i buy this game?? I don't think they sell it at wal-mart.

[yinyang1530]

1:13

That's a pretty nasty looking scar. Is that a burn? Rather, was that the result of a burn?

[avesarius]

nah, it can't be a go board, its size is way too big:D

[CappucinoJones00]

it can be a beginner's GO board. 9x9.

[HIDETCHI]

Shogi need 9x9 squares, which means 10x10 lines.

Go board has only 9x9 LINES.

[avesarius]

well, the star points are marked, so prabobly yes (also, the shape of cells isn't square)

[jamesieboots]

ありがとう！！！！！めちゃおもろかった！！！

[oros123456]

It would be better if you could show the pieces in their places.

[spum789]

I think he spoke very good english in the first video. And he teaches very well. he makes it completely understandable.

[ironboy123456]

can u play go? because you hold the pices like go stones

[HIDETCHI]

The way we treat the shogi piece and the go stone are basically the same.

See lesson#4 if you're interested in how we treat them.

[TimeFreeze1]

very nicely taught. You say in the first lesson that you don't speak english very well, but this is completely understandable! Really good way of teaching!

[HIDETCHI]

Thanks for that. Hope you've enjoyed the videos.

[MXdetty]

like the way you explayin the way of the movement with the stones. ^^

[HIDETCHI]

Thanks. I'm glad you liked it.

[Rekrad626]

11/10 i really like japanese stuff so thanx for showing my this stuff, mate!!!

[wmmCHEESE]

☗ - Black Shogi Piece

☖ - White Shogi Piece

[chessdawgz]

I've always wanted to learn this game!

I'm a very good chess player, so I'm glad that the movements are similar, it's easier to understand

And hey, your english is very good (more articulate than me), if only I could learn Japanese...

[InsaneOverlord666]

When he did this, did he forget to say that only the horse can jump other pieces? I havent seen the rest yet so I dont know if he mentions it later or not.. but still, the videos are great so far ^^

[neosullachiappa]

Congats again, finally someone who got it right.

Oh, by the way, your english is very clear, so don't worry (I'm Italian and I still get it no problem).

[Burakius]

thx for the lessons dude! very helpfull

[LalalandE2008]

is there a clent for this game to play over the internet?

[HIDETCHI]

You can refer to one of my following lessons for that. I think it was around #27 or so...

[xeall]

Hello Hidetchi,

I have always been intrested in learning Shogi as i have always loved chess. Your english and teaching method is perfect. Thank you for posting these video's. You should be proud of yourself. (I'm english by the way)

[HIDETCHI]

Hello.

Thanks so much for your kind comment. Enjoy my videos.

[diegoda155]

Hey HIDETCHI do you know a place in new york city to buy shogi board, if you know tell me please.

[HIDETCHI]

Please refer to Lesson#29 for online shopping websites that sell shogi sets.

[xxsorenxx]

Hidetchi can u tell me what is the scar on ur right arm.

[LaTuaZia]

Thanks!

[HIDETCHI]

Hi, I saw your chess videos. They're cool. I presume it's made by CHESSMASTER. Is it 10th edition? 11th?

[LaTuaZia]

It's the 11! But I'm very bad with the lenguage, heheh. You're very good!

[Cervallon]

Is your right arm all right? I saw a burn-mark.

[Cervallon]

(Applauds)

That was really easy to understand, thank you!

I loved the little coloured glass buttons! So cute! I was expecting computer-graphic arrows, green.

[SoToBleat]

good idea using the little glass pieces.

it was helpful.

[Alanynn]

I see that many people here have problems with obtaining shogi set. I made a substitute of foamed polystyrene and cardboard (to make top and the bottom of the board harder) and then I stuck on it paper with printed lines with wooden background. Pieces are made in similar way, but without cardboard. Maybe this will help someone. It looks way better than papercuts (no white background), but my pieces cannot create that cool sound that your do So I'm going to save money and buy a shogi set anyway.

[takodori]

If you google "superhero supertsumi", then you will find the blog on the top of the list. It will give you lots of information about shogi game record management system or so. The name of the blog is "superhero shogi".

[HIDETCHI]

Thanks for always providing us with good information. I'm relying on you. よろしくおねがいします :)

[takodori]

It's a great idea.

[takodori]

After learning how to play shogi through these video series, why don't you play a game against a Hamster(Webtop computer opponent)? Please google the key words such as "playing ham shogi" and go to the page on the top of the searching results. Then you can read how to use Ham Shogi.

[HIDETCHI]

Thanks, takodori. A very good idea to tell the beginners about "Ham-Shogi" after they learned how to play. And thanks for letting us know a website about Ham-Shogi in English!

I think I should make a lesson on handicapped games to help the viewers play against the Hamster.

[Obliverated]

Wow..it seems harder than normal chess...but i'd love to learn shogi

[HIDETCHI]

Hello, Obliverated-san.

Thanks for leaving a comment. I hope you come to like Shogi.

[xXxFireDragon13xXx]

thanks for posting.

by the way if u know any, could you tell me some websites where i can buy a shogi set? thanks

[HIDETCHI]

I'm afraid I don't know any website that sells Shogi sets in U.S. There are many websites in Japan, but couldn't find one that accepts orders from abroad.

I'm sorry.

[WarBaboon]

Search the web for Yellow Mountain Imports. Excellent service and prices.

[SilasCrane]

That's where I got mine. Very nice board for a reasonable price.

[JaCkMiChEaLs0n]

lol you have a tan everywhere but where you wear a watch

good tutorial volume could be louder though

[vnano]

Good work!

[ludwig42]

Thanks for making these videos! I can't wait for the lessons on castling :-)

[HIDETCHI]

Thanks for leaving a comment. You seem to know the basics of Shogi already.

I still have to make basic lessons on capturing, dropping, checkmate, etc. So you have to wait (maybe a couple of weeks...) until I get to castling part. (^^;)