Monday, June 29, 2009

Shogi in the Limelight + Checkmate problems

The other day I was looking through Takodori-san's blog and I found a fascinating series of articles on the history of shogi. It's called Shogi in the Limelight and it was posted in the Japan Foundation's Newsletter VOL.XXVI/NOS.5-6 in April 1999. These articles are very good and they will definitely give you a good sense of what shogi is.

I have also decided to post ten checkmate that are fairly easy and are very good for beginners.

One Move to Mate










Three Moves to Mate










The answers will be posted in the comment section of this post.
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  1. HirohiigoJune 29, 2009 at 2:56 AM

    Answers to the checkmate problems:

    One Move to Mate:
    1) 1. G*5b
    2) 1. S*1b or 1. S*2b
    3) 1. N*2c
    4) 1. B*4b
    5) 1. S-2b=

    Two Moves to Mate:
    1) 1. N*3d 2. K-1b 3. G*2b or 2. K-3a 3. G*2b
    2) 1. B*2b 2. Bx2b 3. N*2c
    3) 1. R*2a 2. Kx2a 3. G*3b or 1. R*2a 2. Sx2a 3. G*2c
    4) 1. G*1c 2. Kx1c 3. R-1d or 1. G*1c 2. Sx1c 3. Rx2a+
    5) 1. +B-1b 2. Rx1b 3. N*2c

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