徐々にリード広げる「匠」な指し回しで藤井曲線描き、初のタイトル挑戦へあと１勝＜挑戦者決定三番勝負第１局・永瀬拓矢王座－伊藤匠六段＞ 【読売新聞】【永瀬王座－伊藤六段】の動く棋譜中継はこちら 　本局は後手番になった永瀬王座の注文で、先手番の伊藤六段に角換わり腰掛け銀の定跡形を強要しました。石井健太郎六段の総括です。 　一手損角換わりの出だしから通常の腰掛け銀にうま www.yomiuri.co.jp The game was induced to bishop exchange opening by Nagase. It seemed like Nagase had control in the early stages with skillful maneuvering, leading Ito to a standard reclining silver position from a minor disadvantage in the bishop exchange opening. The main game demonstrated Ito’s accurate moves. Building an advantage with ▲Bishop-63, he gradually expanded his lead. Ito modestly stated ..read more

佐々木勇八段 藤井王将の29連勝を止めた男が初の王将リーグ入りへ王手 リーグ7期の糸谷八段を破る（2023年7月31日）｜BIGLOBEニュース 将棋の藤井聡太王将（21）＝名人、竜王、王位、叡王、棋王、棋聖を含む7冠＝への挑戦権を争う本社主催・第73期ALSOK杯王将戦は31日、大阪・関西将棋会館で2次予選の糸谷哲郎…｜BIGLOBEニュース news.biglobe.ne.jp On 31st July, second qualifying round of the 73rd ALSOK Cup Osho Tournamentat was held in the Osaka Kansai Shogi Hall, and Yuki Sasaki (8-dan, 28 years old) won against Tetsuro Itotani (8-dan, 34 years old) in 130 moves. In the next round, Sasaki will compete against Akira Inaba (8-dan, 34 years old) for a chance to enroll the challenger deciding league. The result of the Furigoma determined that ..read more

Takuya Nagase vs. Yoshiharu Hanyu was held on April 12, and Habu won the game. It was a semifinal stage of the 36th Ryuo tournament Group 1. In the final, Habu will face Akira Inaba 8th Dan. Habu and Inaba are entitled to proceed to the knock out round. The tournament table of 1st Group, Ryuo Tournament ..read more

This article introduces a basic opening for the Central Rook, which is a swinging rook strategy, where the rook is swung to 5th file. Central rook was a defensive strategy aiming counterattacks, but a professional player Masakazu Kondo established innovative opening strategy called Gokigen Central Rook. “Gokigen” means happy or feeling good in Japanese. The strategy was named after Kondo’s character, who is gentle and calm person. He won 10 games in row from the debut game of his professional career with the Gokigen Central Rook in 1996. Since then, the Gokigen Central Rook has been played in ..read more

This article introduces a basic opening for 3rd-File Rook especially for the Ishida-Style Joseki. The 3rd-file rook is one of swinging rook strategies, where the rook is swung to the 3rd file from the left side in the early opening. It is an opening strategy for swinging rook when you are black (first move). 1. ▲P-76 2. △P-34 3. ▲P-75 4. △P-84 5. ▲R-78 6. △P-85 7. ▲K-48 In the very beginning, black advances 7th file pawn to 75, which is the characteristic position for Ishida-Style. Then black swings its rook to 7th file, which is 3rd file from the left. White advances pawns naturally, but bl ..read more

Side Pawn Picker is one of major openings of double static rook game, in which sente’s (black’s) rook takes gote’s (white’s) pawn on 34 from 24 after making a pawn exchange on the 2nd file. The opening tend to open a war in the early phase of the game, and both player usually don’t have time to make strong castles. So, the games often end quickly. This article explains basic moves of side pawn picker game, especially for Bishop-33 strategy. 1. ▲P-74 2. △P-34 3. ▲P-26 4. △P-84 5. ▲P-25 The side pawn picker opening is a strategy for gote(white), because gote has a right to induce it. In the be ..read more

Yagura is one of the most famous castles which often used in double static rook games, characterized by the left silver on 77, and the golds on 78 and 67. Yagura is a name of castle, but it is also a type of strategy or opening where one or both of players use use Yagura castle. This article explains a basic opening of Double Yagura game with climbing silver attack. 1. ▲P-76 2. △P-84 3. ▲S-68 The first move is ▲P-76 to open bishop’s diagonal line. The opponent proceeds pawn in front of the rook by △P-84. Both moves are quite a common opening to activate strong pieces of rook and bishop. Next ..read more

The round-robin round of 64th Oi Tournament is in progress. The tournament firstly starts from preliminary round to decide players who join the next round-robin round, where 12 players are separated into two groups (red and white). The winner from the each group will play the final match to decide the challenger to the previous year’s champion; currently Sota Fujii has the crown. The preliminary round starts from July to January, and the round-robin round starts from January to June. Then title match games are held from July to September. In the red group, Toyoshima is the top runner so far, b ..read more