How to play Shogi(将棋) -Lesson#14- Opening principles

[RexPetrov]

where can you get one of those boards?

[hirohiigo]

@RexPetrov You can get one from shop*nekomado*com (replace * with .)

[kiseitai2]

Hey Hidetchi-sensei, I made you famous since I quoted you on a speech I did in a college class about shogi. Also, I added one of your lessons as part of the sources I used to prepare the speech. My profesor liked it even though I took 14 minutes instead of the 5 I had available. :)

[iLuvHinata360]

I have a long lasting gratitude to you for teaching this ^^!! I struggled to castle is shogi, due to lack of experience, and now, I have a notion of how to truely play strategically, all thanks to you Hidetchi-sensei.

[maartinful]

at 4:37 , im thinking about G7 to 6h , then move king to 7h , is taht a good choice ? is it usuall ?

[hirohiigo]

@maartinful: No, the gold should stay on 7h so that it can defend the pawn on 8g. In this situation we usually move the bishop out of the way, such as to 6h or 4f, and then move the king to 7i then 8h.

[FoodPunch]

my mum beat my in chess but she was no match for me in shogi :P She dint understand the how to play haha

[hoodedraider]

1:38 bishop can also go E8 and F9

[HIDETCHI]

Sorry, I have no idea what you're talking about...

[hoodedraider]

haha never mind me O.o completely wrong..

[noobsdumb]

so is castle in shogi just moving normally? or is it like, getting the king away from the rook?

[MrDKH]

A castle in Shogi refers to having peices set up in a defensive formation. This usually involves moving your king away from your rock, but there are some where it doesnt.

[MXdetty]

the rude way looks cool but stick to the traditional way ^^

[kimonji]

Haha, the rude way to exchange bishop made me laugh

[HIDETCHI]

Yeah, the first time we see someone does that, it looks so strange that we don't even understand at first glance what had happend. (^^;)

But that rude way is pretty common in amateur players...

[neosullachiappa]

As usual, great lesson!

[kiseitai2]

it's a shame many friends got scared at first when they saw my board and the chinese characters (and perhaps it looks kinda odd a Cuban playing shogi). But I got my sister, my other sister's husband, and a friend currently hooked on it (you know, i need people with whom practice and beat, especially because I'm getting worse in western chess and bored of it too). Thanks again for the videos man.

[maartinful]

well ... i have only my father , were both not plaing it long but were nearly same inteligent so its funny :D , and my western chess got much better when i started to play shogi , it looks much more sipmler for me now

[kiseitai2]

@maartinful Now that you say that, you are right! In some ways I got an improvement in western chess. For example, I have adopted more the concept of castling in Shogi but applied to western chess. In other words, I'm less affraid of attacking more than developing defence since I can always bring some pieces closer to defend my king.

[kiseitai2]

hey if you live in the us google search for yellow mountain imports (I got my shogi set from that company). However, they only sale through the internet so you will have to use a credit card (if you don't wish to give the credit card number you can pay with paypal which is more secure because its another company to go through for a scam). But I think is kinda secure because I got my set in time and without any problems. Thanks Hidetchi for the tutorials.

[dorulet13]

i tred to find a set of shogi pices but i couldn't ... man i really can't find a set at my local shops, and i want 1 . oh and yep cool oppening moves

[DragonBuster88]

very nice explaination