Shogi Resources (WIP)
For absolute beginners
HIDETCHI’s How to Play Shogi YouTube playlist [EN]
- Clear, but rather slow introduction to shogi
- Videos #1-20 are meant for beginners, covering rules, tactics, and openings. The rest are specialized information or intermediate topics.
- Videos #17-20 are castles basics. They are quite helpful but hard to digest at first so keep referring to these videos from time to time.
Japanese Chess - Shogi 101 YouTube video by Shogi Harbour [EN]
- Updated shogi tutorial
KillerDucky's Beginner checkmate puzzles (lishogi study) [EN]
Beginner checkmate problems by karakoro (lishogi study) [EN][JA]
Tactics: Tsume, Hisshi, Tesuji
Tsumeshogi = checkmate puzzles with special rules. Hisshi = unavoidable checkmate threat. Tesuji = tactical move.
shogi.net: Rules of tsumeshogi [EN]
PlayShogi: interactive tsumeshogi website [EN]
- Thousands of tsumeshogi problems, and a highscore survival mode where the goal is to solve as many as possible within 5 minutes. Sounds familiar?
- Contains many other features like a professional games opening explorer.
- Free and open source (!)
HIDETCHI's Shogi Exercises YouTube Playlist [EN]
Openings: Joseki
HIDETCHI's Shogi Openings YouTube Playlist [EN]
Wikipedia page on shogi openings [EN]
Professional Games
Shogi Harbour YouTube channel [EN]
Compilations/General Resources
Hans Geuns' Basic Shogi Vocabulary [EN][JA]
Roger Hare’s Google drive compilation of Shogi PDFs [EN]
@LittleMage's Google spreadsheet of shogi links, with labels for each (various languages)
- Anyone can create their own Lishogi study, so the quality of studies vary widely.
To see how you can contribute to this list, join the discord server.