How to play Shogi(将棋) -Lesson#17- Castles for Double Static Rook Opening

In lesson#17 through #20, I'll teach you many castles in Shogi. It is important that you learn the strong points and the weak points of each castle, and what kind of strategy they should be used in. In this video, I'll show you castles for Double Static Rook strategy.

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• 将棋
• Shogi
• Japanese
• Chess
• English
• 英語

[Hikari4452]

Why is it that when you showed us hollow yagura your bishop was gone? I mean, there is no bishop belonging to you on the whole board? Is it captured?

[HIDETCHI]

@Hikari4452 No, it means nothing. Bishop is not a part of castles, so just please forget it.

[ModeMan90]

Might be stupid question but is Bishop part of Yagura or its ok to use it in attack freely?

[HIDETCHI]

The bishop is not part of Yagura.

[fullmontis]

Hey your videos are great! I've watched all of them so far and they are extrememly interesting! I love them and I'm beginning to understand and love this beautiful game!

I had just a question for you... Why is there is so much contrast between go and shogi players? And how do you think the two games relate? Which one is the best for you?

THanks for the answers, and great job!

[HIDETCHI]

What do you mean by 'so much contrast between go and shogi plyaers' ?

I like shogi more than go. Go is pretty difficult for beginners but shogi is easier to get to level where you can enjoy.

[tester233]

Great lesson and thanks for your explanations. A pity that the lessons end so soon

I have one question regarding the so called Amanos Yagura (6:05) which is used in order to prevent a bishop drop on 6i. In case you would have castled the normal way (that is king moving to 8h and gold 7h), would a bishop drop on 6i really become an immediate threat for sente or only in combination with a frontal attack?

[batabata123321]

Thanks a lot for your insightful comments.

The situation you describe is something I have seen quite often in games between strong players and as a less experienced player I always wondered how Gote manages to turn his bishop drop into a powerful attack.

By the way, another interesting square for bishop drops is 3i once the center pawn (5g) has been moved (unfortunately, it doesnt work in the shown situation), threatening rook on 2h or promotion through the newly opened diagonal (5g).

[AngelBiLove]

@HIDETCHI I beg to differ. I live in Japan. I went to the Japanese locla library. I bought "The art of shogi" which came in both english and Japanese. Both say, in their respective language, that in general one uses the rook to attack, and the bishop to castle one's king.

I do not give an utter farthing for what you think. If japanese people who devote their lives to Shogi say this, then you have nothing to stand on. Upstart yank.

[AngelBiLove]

just skipped the first 16 videos. This is where the stuff begin which i dont undestand

[TheSaltywalrus]

I know you posted a link in an earlier video but where could i buy a nice wooden shogi board? Preferably not flat, like an itame board?

[yashirokyu]

@FuckTheSystem321 Well, in most matches they do. Weaker, stronger, but they do. The point is, that original position doesn't really protect the king enough to stop the attack and if your opponent once break through it's almost impossible to stop him. It's not necessery, of course, my friend played often without doing it. But that may be the case, why he lost most of games^^ The king is also vulnerable for bishop king-rook fork, if he stays on his origin position.

[FuckTheSystem321]

If a dont want to make a castle, is a bad choice? Usually in all matches the player make a castle? I mean, it is necesary?

[CiceroProductionsIII]

my head hurts

[NaturalGroundation]

So many different variations of Yagura wow... overwhelmed.