Famous Mate Problems: Shogi Musou #70

Problem #70 of Shogi-Musou by Soukan Itou III in 1734. You'll see a marvelous "Horse Saw". And don't miss the 5th move.

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[PoopShitMario]

Wait, so this doesn't account for the opponent having drops too, and your king isn't on the board?

[HIDETCHI]

It accounts for the oppenent's drops, too. Please refer to Lesson#30 of my video, "How to play Shogi".

[PoopShitMario]

I'll give an example. It's possible to drop a rook that will check the opponent's king, while simultaneously blocking a check by their bishop.

[HIDETCHI]

Yes, I see what you mean by "checking and blocking simultaneously". Such tactics are only played in "Double King Problem", which is a mate problem with your own King in it. But double king problems are not so common. We usually train ourselves by single king problems. Solving single king problems is surely an effective way of learning Shogi. I've explaind Lesson#30 what kind of situations in real Shogi games they can be applied to.

[thecanadian1313]

aah, so difficult and advance, but so very good as well.

I love your videos!

[PoopShitMario]

What do you feel as though I should learn about shogi? This is an impossible situation, because there's only 1 king on the board, in a real game, with the opponent having that many pieces available to drop, he'd be able to defend by returning relentless threats on the opposing king.

[shawnspringstead]

so what, is i common for all the peices line up like that?

[HIDETCHI]

Thanks for leaving a comment for my new series.

I'm glad you tried it out on your board. It's a good way to learn. In that way you can analyze all the branch moves that weren't mentioned in the video.