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Hi! my username is Beniiro, an amateur shogi player from Japan. I’ve been passionate about shogi since childhood, and I love helping others unlock their potential on the board. Currently I'm one of the top level players on lishogi, and I have 7th dan on 81dojo as well. (ID: melnitsa)

playing shogi since 1996.4

1st place in
- WOSC
- Japan High School Championships Team Competition
- West Japan Inter-University Tournament

visited shogi clubs around the world and played a bunch of casual games

experience of teaching shogi to foreigners online, and one of my students got crowned a domestic champion for the Women Section

took part in chess tournaments in foreign countries.
knowlegde of Chinese and some Russian, in addition to Japanese and English.

- calculation
- pattern recognition

I believe every player has an own style, and my role as a coach is brushing up the style while guiding students.

Before the first lesson, I will provide one trial game with analysis and identify your level of shogi, and build a long term training plan. I will assign you homework also if you would like. You will be able to send me any questions or games any time and I will be trying to answer them asap. During the lessons, we will be doing many different things, it will mostly depend on your level. For every level there is an appropriate way of teaching.

OPENINGS:
- Static rook
- Opposing/ 3rd file/ 4th file/ Central rooks
- Avoid opening traps

MIDDLEGAME STRATEGIES:
- Positional elements
- Evaluation
- Finding a plan
- Defining the weaknesses
- Getting to know what matters
- Candidate moves
- Calculation & Visualization

ENDGAMES:
- Calculation
- Basic methods to destroy castles
- Tsume (mate)