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JAPANESE
CHESS
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Leggett, Trevor.
Japanese chess : the game of shogi / by Trevor Leggett.
p. cm.
Rev. ed. of: Shogi.
ISBN 978-4-8053-1036-6;ISBN 978-1-4629-0358-0 (ebook)
1. Shogi. 2. Japan--Social life and customs. I. Leggett, Trevor. Shogi. II. Title.
GV1458.S5L43 2009
794.1’8--dc22
2008031063
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
| FOREWORD | 7 |
| INTRODUCTION | 11 |
| THE BOARD AND THE MEN | |
| I. The Board | 15 |
| II. The King | 16 |
| III. The King's Bodyguard: Gold and Silver | 17 |
| IV. The Rook | 19 |
| V. The Bishop | 20 |
| VI. The Knight | 22 |
| VII. The Lance | 23 |
| VIII. The Pawn | 24 |
| LEARNING TO USE THE PIECES | 25 |
| THE PARATROOPS | 43 |
| THE VALUE OF THE PIECES | 57 |
| NOVICES' GAME | 59 |
| AN INTRODUCTION TO THE OPENINGS | |
| I. The Static Rook Openings | 77 |
| II. The Yagura Opening | 100 |
| III. The Ranging Rook Openings | 102 |
| A FEW GAME POSITIONS | 107 |
| APPENDIX: How to Read a Japanese Score. | 121 |
FOREWORD
When the first edition of the book you are now holding, Trevor Leggett’s Shogi: Japan’s Game of Strategy (now retitled Japanese Chess: The Game of Shogi) was first published in 1966, it played a pioneering role in helping to spread awareness of this unique member of the chess family outside its country of origin. It was the first book on shogi by a non-Japanese author. There have been many changes in the world of shogi over the past four decades, including the appearance of several other shogi-related books in English, yet Leggett’s book has several unique features which make the appearance of this new edition a welcome event and which will give it a continuing part to play in the worldwide popularization of shogi.
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