How to play Shogi(将棋) -Lesson#19- Castles for Static Rook against Swinging Rook

[adjustingthesun]

At 8:15 you moved the bishop, and then the king over where the bishop use to be. Is this similar to western chess' castle where move the rook and king at the same time or am i missing something here.

[HIDETCHI]

@adjustingthesun I'm just explaining the piece structure. They are not moves.

[gokharol]

Is it ok not to learn the castles? Because i have problems with it

[hirohiigo]

@gokharol You'll need to learn how to castle if you ever want to get good at shogi. Not castling is just not an option at a higher level of play.

[gokharol]

It must be hard to think about castling while deffending and attacking! I need to learn so much more!

[hirohiigo]

@gokharol As you get better, you'll know which castles to use in what situations. For example, when I play fourth file rook, I'm thinking, "I want to castle into Anaguma, but if he goes for a rapid attack, I'll play Mino.  If he plays slowly after S-7b, I'll castle into Silver Crown." It comes naturally the more you play.

[Gerstein1]

When you wrote Big four, why did you put in the shi?

[hirohiigo]

@Gerstein1 You mean the small シ? It's a double consonant marker. It means the next consonant needs to be said as two syllables.  So ビッグ would be "Biggu" rather than Bigu (ビグ).

[krazykraut]

I recently decided to start playing static rook...but Fuji's system scares me -_-

[hirohiigo]

@krazykraut There's no reason to be afraid of Fujii's System if you make a rapid attack. Just be sure not to make Anaguma when you play against Fujii's System.

[simonguoxm]

oh, this is too much for a first time beginner.

[hirohiigo]

@simonguoxm: You don't need to memorize all these castles. You just need to learn the basics of static-vs-static, static-vs-ranging, and ranging-vs-ranging strategies. A good tip to know when forming a castle is "Defend hte king with 3 generals: Two golds and a silver." Doing this as a beginner is more important than remembering all these castle formations.

[emperorofosiris1]

what kind of castle would you reccomend against central rook?

Also, although the variations of Anaguma like Big four are very strong, they force you to play a defensive strategy because all you have to attack with is the rook. And you just have to wait for your opponent's offensive to be exuasted before doing anything

[hirohiigo]

@emperorofosiris1: Common defenses against Central Rook for Static Rook are Lefthand Anaguma and variations of Lefthand Mino. Ranging Rook players usually respond to Central Rook with Mino Castle.

[jemdeleon]

just new here...generally speaking what is the best castle for you?

[HIDETCHI]

Hi.

The best castle of all is Anaguma castle. But it's hard to complete building it up without your opponent harrassing your camp.

[Markatta73]

thx, this is great. Just some newbie question. Is Bear in the hole weak if I already have push edge pawn 9g to 9f to stop 9d-9e ?

Iets say I play raging rook opening is a silver crown weak against a anaguma? rook change bad idee then for example (genaral speaking)?

[HIDETCHI]

Usually, you shouldn't push the edge pawn when you're playing anaguma. Pushing the edge pawn just helps your opponent to make an edge attack. Edge attack is a really effective way to break anaguma castle. If you don't push the edge pawn of anaguma, you're opponent will have to push the pawn three times to open the edge attack, otherwise just one.

Genrally speaking, anaguma is stronger than silver crown, although silver crown is pretty strong, too.

[Markatta73]

I'll see, Its not a problem if he (the anaguma player) stop my edge pawn then, I'll should be happy ;)

Thanks and keep up the great work!

[neosullachiappa]

Wow, this is kinda hard, but that's whatI thought about the lesson about yaguma and know I can use it with ease. As always, great job, keep it up, you're great.

[bk1in]

Hidetchi, these lessons are very informative, very helpful especially for English-speakers who do not have access to Japanese literature. Thank you!

And do not worry about speed, the viewers can always hit the pause button if they need a deep breath.

[HIDETCHI]

Thanks for you comment. I'm glad that you think these lessons are informative. Please enjoy the videos.

[Calliban]

Hidetchi, those lessons about castes are just amazing!

Also, all the lessons about openings and the very few first lessons about endgame are just awesome, but I feel that there is just no material about middle-game skills. Could you talk about it in some of the future lessons?

Keep the good work, man! I started to play shogi because of your first lesson! Thank you!

[joelding8393]

Hi hidetchi-san, I must say that this video is the most informative for me out of all of the videos, as there are few sites on the internet regarding shogi castling, especially in english. Thanks, & keep up the good work!!

[HIDETCHI]

Hello, thanks for leaving a comment and encouraging me to keep up the work.