Famous Shogi Games: HANAMURA vs OYAMA (Sep. 10th, 1962)

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[pcbdev]

Does someone know a good populated shogi server for playing online?

[Molterno]

I learned and finally played my first game of shogi with my brother yesterday. Thanks to you x)

I liked learning the idea of dropping a pawn as a sack to gain tempo since I noticed yesterday how much worth it is to be at the move. Much more so than chess, usually

[ikegare1243]

thanks man!luv ur vids.btw,did hanamura play a feint opening?

[MasOyama10dan]

OSS !

[linfeixb27]

Great! Thanks for your presentation. I love it.

The game is great, the explaination is great, and even the background music is great. Thanks!

[krebe]

hi, thanks for the videos!

and.. i'd like to know if there are any good servers where i could play shougi online..

[HIDETCHI]

Hi.

Check out lesson#28 of my "How to play Shogi" series.

[TorisLaCroixFilms]

@krebe try look after PlayOK. It has Shogi, Xiangqi and Go. :)

[1124755]

I thoroughly enjoy your explaination of the games! I know it takes a lot of work, but could you upload more proffessional games where you explain the game?

[HIDETCHI]

Yeah, I will.

It really takes a lot of work, but I want to show these wonderful games to non-Japanese Shogi fans out there! And I want them to enjoy this fascinating game, Shogi.

[quantumplation]

Could perhaps explain a little more the idea behind blocking with the pawn (8:22) and then the gold? For instance, why is it not better to block with the gold without the pawn? Thank you. Excellent videos, by the way.

[HIDETCHI]

If you just block with G*3c, sente will get the turn to make the next move. But if he drops the Gold after the Dragon has approached to 2c, the Dragon has to move away. (Sometimes we call this "to rebound a piece") So, in that case, gote will have the turn to make the next move. So P*2c is a tactic that earns one move by the sacrifice of a Pawn.

[Sin00b]

Can you explain why he resigned? Does he feel like he just does not have enough attack strength anymore, or is there actually a tsume or brinkmate? Love these videos!

[HIDETCHI]

Well, he resigned because N*8f is a fatal blow, and he has no chance of winning. If you take it (Px8f), either Px8f or L*8g (or maybe D-6i) brings Hanamura's King into a hopeless situation, and he has no effective way to attack Oyama.

[OverlordBaai]

is it common for professionals to resign when they know they have lost, rather than when they have been put into checkmate? And, what is the point? Is it just retaining dignity or conceding to your opponent?

[HIDETCHI]

Yes, you resign when you're sure that you've lost. You don't wanna keep playing in vain when you know you'll lose, right? So we seldom see professional players playing all the way to a checkmate. Yeah, you can say it's something about dignity as well.

[mandos22]

Nice game. See you next time too :).