I would like to share my game result in the WSL2022. The game was played in December, and the oppenent was much stronger then me. The opponent’s rating score was 1,997 and mine was 1,775, at the time. So, I was not motibated to win, but just to play a good game. However, […]

I have played the World Shogi League 2022 round 3, for April. The opponent was Great Britain 2. After the round 3 games, we earned 3 points (won 3 games in team total) placed in 8th position in the Devision C. The 1st place is Vietnam and the score is 7 points. We are 4 […]

I would like to share how to check your statistics in 81Dojo. There is my page where you can change your preference such as profile image. There also are statistical data of your past games.The picture is my statistics. I often choose 4th-file rook, so the 81Dojo automatically classifies me as 4th-file rook player. There […]

In the previous article, I introduced the “Piyo Shogi”, a free app to analyze your game score. I would like to introduce another method of how to analyze your game score. Currently, Shogi Wars app is the most popular shogi platform in Japan. There are more than 4.6 million users in the app. It is […]

If you read Japanese, you can access any technical books and improve your skill. However, I assume the majority of viewers of this article are non Japanese, so I would like to introduce an easy way to analyze your game score on your mobile for free.I guess most of you are familiar with the 81Dojo, […]

The Saginomiya Joseki is a rapid attack Joseki in static rook vs 4th-file rook. The opening strategy was invented by two professional players; Teruichi Aono and Kunio Yonenaga. It is named after the place in Tokyo, where the two inventors lived. Both of them are static rook player. The strategy was became famous when Yonenaga […]

4th-file rook is my favorite opening strategy. It is often said that it is good for beginners, because the strategy can flexibly utilized against any type of opposite side’s tactics, and also it contains many essence of techniques. However, the Joseki include a lot of branches of variable, so I am feeling that it is […]

There are two parties in Shogi players. One is static rook player, and the other is swinging rook player. In this article, you can look over the major opening strategies in swinging rook games. For the static rook games, please check the previously issued articles. Rook is the strongest piece, and swinging rook can use […]

I would like to classify the major opening strategies for systematic understanding the typical Shogi patterns. In this article, you can look over the common openings of static rook games. Each opening has very unique feature, so I hope you can find your favorite. I would like to summarize major openings of swinging rook games […]

Final games of B1 ranking league were held on 9th March 2022. There are 13 people in the B1 league, and each person play 12 games in one year. Before the day, Fujii was in the first place, but victory was required to promote to A1 class, because Akira Inaba and Shota Chida were only […]