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An edge attack (端攻め hashizeme) is an attack on the first or ninth files of an opponent's camp. This is a common tactic since there is a limit on the number of pieces that can protect the edge files. One edge attack tactic is dropping a pawn behind an opponent's lance and threatening to promote it once the lance has been lured forward. [6]
In shogi, Spearing the Sparrow (雀刺し or スズメ刺し suzumezashi) is one of the substrategies of the Fortress (Static Rook) class of openings.The strategy is basically an edge attack on the first file if played by Black or the ninth file if played by White.
The bishop usually moves to the edge from its starting position, as shown in the diagram, while the left silver is often brought to the center. Said to be the ideal formation for Ranging Rook, it appears also in cases where the rook does not move to the third file from the start (as in Fourth File Rook or Twisting Rook ).
Shogi (将棋, shōgi, English: / ˈ ʃ oʊ ɡ i /, [1] Japanese:), also known as Japanese chess, is a strategy board game for two players. It is one of the most popular board games in Japan and is in the same family of games as Western chess, chaturanga, xiangqi, Indian chess, and janggi.
Shogi, like western chess, can be divided into the opening, middle game and endgame, each requiring a different strategy.The opening consists of arranging one's defenses and positioning for attack, the middle game consists of attempting to break through the opposing defenses while maintaining one's own, and the endgame starts when one side's defenses have been compromised.
Judkins shogi (ジャドケンス将棋 Jadokensu shōgi "Judkins shogi") is a modern variant of shogi (Japanese chess), however it is not Japanese. Credit for its invention has been given to Paul Judkins of Norwich , UK , prior to April 1998.
Each piece on the game moves in a characteristic pattern. Pieces move either orthogonally (that is, forward, backward, left, or right, in the direction of one of the arms of a plus sign, +), or diagonally (in the direction of one of the arms of a multiplication sign, ×). The lion, lion hawk and knight are exceptions at the beginning of the ...
Dai shogi (大将棋, large chess) or Kamakura dai shogi (鎌倉大将棋) is a board game native to Japan. It derived from Heian era shogi, and is similar to standard shogi (sometimes called Japanese chess) in its rules and game play. Dai shogi is only one of several large board shogi variants