Shogi Guides Basic Shogi Tactics: Forks, Discovered Attacks, and Sacrifice Moves
Learn the tactical patterns that decide beginner and intermediate games, including forks, discovered attacks, sacrifices, drops, and calculation habits.
Shogi Guides
Clear, practical guides to shogi rules, pieces, castles, openings, tactics, checkmate puzzles, and study habits. Start with the fundamentals, then follow the learning links to build stronger play.
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Shogi Basics How to Improve at Shogi: A Practical Beginner Study Plan
Follow a structured shogi study plan that balances rules, puzzles, games, review, and targeted practice at each stage of improvement.
Shogi Guides Shogi Glossary: 60 Essential Terms
A clear English glossary of 60 useful shogi terms with romanized forms, practical meanings, related lessons, and notation links.
Shogi Basics 10 Common Shogi Mistakes and How to Correct Them
Identify ten recurring beginner mistakes, understand why each one loses games, and use focused corrections instead of trying to fix everything at once.
Shogi Guides Fourth File Rook: Correct Coordinates and a Legal Beginner Plan
Learn why Sente Fourth File Rook places the Rook on 6h, then follow legal development milestones toward a coherent plan.
Shogi Basics Shogi Promotion: Rules and Forced Cases
Learn when shogi pieces may or must promote, how promoted pieces move, and how promotion interacts with captures and drops.
Shogi Castles Central House: A Balanced King Structure for Open Positions
Understand Central House as a balanced King structure for open positions, with the Sente King typically on 5h.
Shogi Castles Left Mino: Correct Shapes for Static Rook vs Ranging Rook
Learn why Left Mino is a family of Static-Rook castles, not a simple mirror, and inspect a correct Tower Mino reference.
Shogi Castles Boat Castle: A Flexible Static-Rook Starting Structure
Use Boat Castle as a flexible Static-Rook starting structure against Ranging Rook, then choose the next plan from the position.
Shogi Castles High Mino Castle: Correct Shape and Upgrade Timing
Learn the correct High Mino Gold structure and decide whether the position grants enough time to upgrade.