Inhoudsopgave A river of Pawns 2 2nd International Shogi Forum 15 Order in the Universe 4 Haagse club 16 Dan- en kyu-promoties 7 Elo lijst 17 Van de bestuurstafel 8 Toernooiuitslagen 19 Japan-Nederland ontmoeting 9 Shogi Agenda 20 Castles (1) 10 Oplossingen Tsume-Shogi 22 249 Moves of Fierce Fighting 13 Adressen 23 Good Manners 14 Tsume-Shogi 24 Redactioneel Het belangrijkste nieuws in deze 81 is de aankondiging van het 2de Shogi Forum in Tokyo in oktober dit jaar. De Nihon Shogi Renmei nodigt 3 spelers uit Nederland uit om deel te nemen aan de Team Match. In totaal zullen er 32 spelers uit 16 landen deelnemen. Door de Nihon Shogi Renmei zijn de spelers, op basis van hun sterkte, ingedeeld in 3 groepen. Per groep kan zich één speler kwalificeren voor het Shogi Forum. Meer details over deze groepen en de kwalificatie-toernooien zijn terug te vinden in de bijdrage over het Shogi Forum op blz. 15 en de Shogi Agenda op blz. 20. Verder vraag ik jullie aandacht voor het Nederlands Kampioenschap en de Algemene Ledenvergadering op 23 februari a.s. Voorts wil ik alle leden vriendelijk verzoeken om hun lidmaatschapsgeld voor 2002, en evt. nog achterstallige gelden, te voldoen voor het einde van deze maand. Let erop dat m.i.v. 2002 het lidmaatschapsgeld is gewijzigd. Zie hiervoor het colofon onderaan deze pagina. Veel leesplezier en hopelijk tot ziens op het NK. Hugo Hollanders januari 2002 Colofon EENENTACHTIG is een uitgave van de Nederlandse Shogi Bond (NShB) en verschijnt vier keer per jaar. Lidmaatschap NShB: € 20.25 per jaar (tot 18 jaar € 11.25). Abonnement niet-bondsleden: € 11.25 per jaar. Losse nummers: € 2.25 excl. verzendkosten. Subscription in and outside Europe: € 11.25 incl. P&P. Lid worden van de Nederlandse Shogi bond geschiedt automatisch na overmaken van het lidmaatschapsgeld op de rekening van de NShB (zie adressenpagina). Het lidmaatschapsgeld dient te worden voldaan voor het einde van de eerste maand van elk kalenderjaar. Omslagontwerp: Henk Kooy - 1 - A river of Pawns Peter Blommers Two major errors crept into my proverb article in 4 Narisute no fu - Promotion sacrifice. See the last issue and I will correct them here. The proverb 39 in my proverb article in the last first is in proverb number one, where I talk about issue. a promoted Silver. But of course my quick 5 Tarefu - Hanging Pawn. Dropped before writing from images deluded me here, as a Tokin the promotion zone, so that it can promote can hardly ever meet an enemy promoted Silver, on the next move. except in the most weird circumstances. As both 6 Tsugifu - Joining Pawns. For instance, one belong to different players, they belong to dropped in front of an enemy Rook, and different promotion zones. Please cancel the after this Rook takes the Pawn another word "promoted". Pawn is dropped in front of the Rook. 7* Shoten no fu - Focal Pawn. A Pawn The second is in proverb 12, where the title of dropped at a square that is covered by KatÇ JirÇ's book is wrongly rendered as Shogi wa several enemy pieces. The name of the fu kawa. Kawa means river in Japanese. This British Shogi magazine comes from this. should be Shogi wa fu kara. Kara means from in 8* Shikaku no fu - Shikaku means dead space Japanese. So the book talks about the Pawn in firing. perspective in Shogi instead of stating that Shogi is a river of Pawns, though the late KatÇ JirÇ would not have minded. Incidentally, the error was discovered before printing but still managed to force its way into the magazine, possibly by cosmic intervention of KJ himself who wanted more attention for his book. The book, published by Tokyo Shoten, is in three volumes. John Fairbairn told me that after the first volume was out, the Shogi playing public complained it was too difficult, so KatÇ JirÇ made the second volume easier. But this still was A Black P'2d is the Dead Space Pawn. I too tough, and the third volume was even more cannot think of a good English translation easy. According to Fairbairn this spoiled the yet, and John Fairbairn is somewhat out of whole project. Be that as it may, KatÇ set out to Shogi these days. distinguish 18 kinds of Pawn, but he later added 9* Dansu no fu - Dancing Pawn. more while writing the second and third volumes. Half of them are of his own invention. The list below has these marked with a *. 1* Zenshin no fu - Advancing Pawn. This concerns the rhythm of the early Pawn pushes, and their relation to opening formations. 2 Kokan no fu - Exchanging Pawns. 3 Tsukisute no fu - Pawn sacrifices. Mainly in order to start the middle game. - 2 - The dance goes like this 1.P'2d P4d Black plays 1.P'2d Px2d 2.B'6b R8c 2.Px2c+ Gx2c 3.P'2d G3c 4.P'3d G3b 3.Rx2d winning. If 3... P'2c 4.Bx4d+ Gx4d 5.P2c+ Gx2c 6.P'2d G1c 7.P'1d G1b 5.Rx4d or 3... P'2c 4.Rx4d Gx4d 5.Bx4d+. 8.P2c+ Gx2c 9.P'2d Gx3d 10.P2c+ (at In both situations Black captures two last). Feel the rhythm. pieces for one and wins. 10* Hikae fu - Witheld Pawn (Backdropped 13 Awase fu - Opposing Pawn. A Pawn Pawn?). A Pawn dropped (from Black’s dropped in front of an enemy Pawn. point of view) at the e, f, g, and h-rows. 14* Futa fu - Lid Pawn, or Pawn Cover. The Rows d, c, and b are for the Hanging Pawn white Rook just captured on 8f: (a Pawn that can be promoted on the next move), and the i-row is reserved for the Bottom Pawn. So KatÇ just invented a name for a gap in the existing nomenclature. In this he can be compared to the Western chess author Hans Kmoch, who in his book Pawn Power in Chess also invented many technical terms for Pawn situations. In Kmoch’s case his many exotic definitions only resulted in typical Kmoch lingo that no chess player uses. In KatÇ’s case several terms became common parlance later. Instead of P'8g you play P'8e, blocking the 11* Tanda no fu - Singular Pawn. All empty Rook's retreat. Even if White has N7c and squares in front of enemy pieces, except plays Nx8e, capturing the covering Pawn, Pawns, in the enemy position is where you the Rook's retreat is still blocked. can drop a tanda no fu. This is an 15 Chuai no fu - Interposing Pawn. See awareness concept, as it comprises other proverb 38 in the last issue. White has just types of Pawn. played R'2i: 12 Jãjibisha no fu - The jãjibisha is a Rook that makes a right or left turn on its next move, but the square on which it wants to make the turn is covered by an enemy Pawn. So dropping a Pawn there first is a Pawn technique. When the enemy Pawn captures, the Rook captures back and is sitting on the square it wants to occupy. The white Rook forks King and Gold. If 1.G'6i Rx2c+ and the mate G'3a is gone, because the Gold was dropped in defense. The interposed Pawn comes to the rescue here: 1.P'4i. If 1... Rx4i+ 2.G'6i and the white Rook is off the 2nd file, and Black still has his mate. If 1... Rx2c+ 2.G'3a mate, because the Gold was not used for defense. - 3 - 16 Renda no fu - Series of Pawn drops. A 18 Hashi fu - Edge Pawn. See proverbs 7 and simple instance (Black to play): 8 in my proverb article in the last issue. These are the Pawns that KatÇ JirÇ set out to discuss. Later he added more, and I will cover these in the next magazine. The examples were taken from KatÇ's Pawn books, and are used without permission; but my intention is not to steal but promote the books, which are very famous in Shogi literature, John Fairbairn's regrets notwithstanding. My own three volumes have still the old Japanese book numbering, but all Japanese books now have ISBN. When found it will be published. KatÇ JirÇ also collaborated Any 10-kyu would capture the enemy with his pupils Kimura Yoshinori 9-dan and Rook immediately. But 1.P'1e Kx1e 2.P'1f Manabe Kazuo 8-dan to produce the ShÇgi SenpÇ Kx1f 3.L'1g is mate. Mate is the goal, the Daijiten (Grand Encyclopedia of Shogi stupid Rook is just a means. Openings), which, however, is incomplete, as 17 Soko fu - Bottom Rook. See proverb 17. nowhere a left Mino (hidari Mino) is to be found White has just played R'3i: in it. Kimura Yoshinori retired in the meantime, and he is now Director of the Shogi Museum in Osaka. Recently he wrote a challenging book "The Enigma of the Drops", about which opinions are sharply divided. KatÇ himself was the inventor of the Rook-on-Pawn opening (R3f). Black plays 1.P'5i. Order in the Universe Peter Blommers Some people frowned when I described the top group of the Japan-Holland Friendship Tournament in my introductory speech as running from 3-kyu to 3-dan, while a 4-dan, our National Champion Marc Theeuwen, was playing, but this has a simple explanation. Theeuwen was a late entry, and the speech was already written so that Mr. Okuyama could prepare a Japanese translation.