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Mate in 1. You have both a Gold and a Silver, pick carefully.

In Tsume Shogi (checkmate) problems every move must be check. Shogi tends to involve mutual checkmating attacks, so it's critical to know if you can mate by checking every move, or if you will need some non-forcing moves to setup the final checkmate.

Note: These problems do not follow some of the additional artistic rules for traditional Tsume Shogi. They are intended to be practical examples.
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KD's Beginner tsume: Gold on head443

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  1. KillerDucky2test
  2. mybftgwIn this situation, +R-42 is the best move
  3. takodoriI don't think Gold is necessary. Only a Silver in hand is enough to deliver a mate.
  4. takodoriMy comment above is related to #7.
  5. LilyLionmaneis extra silver supposed to be there in #1? otherwise all looks good.
  6. KillerDuckyI'm not following the traditional "no pieces left, all pieces used" etc stuff
  7. KillerDuckyGoing for more practical game like
  8. KillerDuckyAnd extra silver is so they have to think which one to use
  9. KillerDuckyI fixed the Square gap Dragon one, thanks @takodori
  10. jienjienNice set of problems!
  11. KillerDuckyFos hi
  12. KillerDuckyI made these so you can practice some easy checkmates
  13. KillerDuckyLet me know here if you have questions
  14. Fosthx
  15. FosNow I have to go to class and hope we can meet again. Sorry.
  16. KillerDuckyok try it later
  17. FunnyAnimatorJAwesome study thanks a million
  18. ionzThat was really helpful, thanks
  19. Dr_RamenGreat study! Thanks mate!
  20. ekstrahooh
  21. BellThis is very cute. Maybe my friend can use this for learning.
  22. KillerDuckyAdded a few more variations and changed the first Brinkmate to be a little less confusing I hope
  23. VerzThanks
  24. BOTYoBot_v2Nice Beginner Tsume
  25. KillerDuckyHi Xperion
  26. KillerDuckyIf you have suggestions, maybe something it's explained, let me know
  27. Mil3stoneThanks that was helpful
  28. CricketForJapaBrinkmate is a new concept for me. Thank you useful to know.
  29. LevBetsiashvilThank you, it was much fun and so helpful
  30. ValandirNR 11 is called "shephearding"
  31. KillerDuckyah really?
  32. Valandiryes if I remember correctly - the theme it was given in a book
  33. KillerDuckyI'll poll some people in Discord to see what is more popular
  34. KillerDuckyI can put it in text as an alternative name
  35. Valandiras you like
  36. dababyoh yea
  37. yoohobinwow I liked this
  38. yoohobinthank you for this
  39. arasakayes very good
  40. Ponderousnot sure why, but for the past 3 days the solutions keep registering as wrong for me
  41. KillerDuckyIt was a lishogi bug, it should be fixed now.
  42. Ponderousawesome
  43. ZanciksNumber 4 (Gold on belly) says mate in 3, but its a mate in two, right?
  44. ZanciksOh, I'm dumb. I forgot that each player's turn counts as a move.
  45. Shogi_JackThis is awesome
  46. RoninLemngarfI was unaware you can just summon pieces out of thin air
  47. RoninLemngarfThat explains a lot
  48. MetricPolygonfancy seeing you here grob
  49. jienjientry doing the problems here then we shall play another game
  50. KillerDuckyAlex hi
  51. digitalseditioThanks for these.
  52. Linkenthese are genuinely great
  53. Linkengot anything for intermediates?
  54. KillerDuckyLinken if these are too easy try lishogi.org/study/AauH6dBj
  55. Nihilist_Ideolhi
  56. KillerDuckySee also Game concepts and tactics lishogi.org/study/cgqKMj1v List of castles lishogi.org/study/O591ZfdK
  57. scamaxIt's very useful as a beginner ! :)
  58. LasooThis is awesome, arigato gozaimasu!
  59. dreamI just learned shogi 2 days ago, and this is so helpful. Thank you!
  60. KerberussIts funny and very useful, im starting to play!
  61. oneyes
  62. Ainur_Archerhi :)
  63. Nathan73MI believe that is a pawn?
  64. jienjienoh you're here
  65. jienjienyea its' a pawn
  66. jienjienthis is the most common mating shape
  67. jienjienwhich is why the king's head is very weak
  68. jienjienwhen you have an anchor like that
  69. Nathan73MMan,crappy internet is annoying
  70. jienjienoof
  71. jienjienit's fine
  72. jienjieni don't know if you know the rules of tsumeshogi? shogi checkmate problems
  73. Nathan73MJust saw the term in wiki
  74. Nathan73MNot sure what it really is about
  75. jienjienso in shogi, mutual attacks are a norm, and it is normal in the endgame to have checkmate races
  76. Nathan73MOhhh
  77. jienjienso in the case of your king is in brink mate, you need to find the mate with forced checks
  78. jienjienbecause you lose a game with a passive move
  79. Nathan73MMan,shogi really is way interesting
  80. jienjienit is :)
  81. Nathan73MThese mating patterns utilizes more X rays than chess
  82. jienjienwhich chapter are you on now :p
  83. Nathan73M9
  84. Nathan73MIt says that Lishogi only supports 1 move
  85. Nathan73MBut yeah,the sacrifices really awes me
  86. jienjienyea it's the correct moveto take with either piece
  87. jienjienjust limited by the functionality
  88. Nathan73MI can just learn openings from wiki right?
  89. Nathan73MThough I'm not sure if it's a good idea to learn openings first
  90. jienjienyou should know a little
  91. jienjieni'll link you a study plan
  92. Nathan73MOkay
  93. jienjienkillerducky.github.io/shogi/study_plan
  94. jienjienit will give you some directions to advance
  95. jienjienlet me know if you want to analyse the game or start a new game once you've finished :)
  96. Nathan73Mokay
  97. Nathan73MOkay,I have completed everything
  98. jienjienok
  99. jienjienanalyse or game? :)
  100. Nathan73MAnalyse?
  101. hydrophilicGood!
  102. CarsonReidDavithat study plan is nice
  103. kalpak27I just started this game, and it's pretty fun so far
  104. fupepeIs this live?
  105. KillerDuckyWe're live! But often there aren't many people looking at the chat
  106. KillerDuckyI pop in every few days to see what people are saying
  107. KillerDuckyAlso I will try to keep this webpage updated:
  108. KillerDuckykillerducky.github.io/shogi/study_plan
  109. KillerDuckyWith links to other good studies
  110. MrMo1stthat's fun. finally s.th. to learn ;)
  111. jienjienHello!
  112. EdomGodyo
  113. EdomGodi know it already
  114. EdomGodi forgot
  115. EdomGodthe horse is different from chess
  116. EdomGodXD
  117. EdomGodi thought moving the rook there hang my rook the the knight
  118. EdomGodto*
  119. EdomGodbut now im confused again
  120. jienjienThe promoted rook is called Dragon
  121. EdomGodoh yeah
  122. EdomGodi was confused that my move is not mate
  123. jienjienHaha
  124. EdomGodand then they said lishogi only support one correct mate lol
  125. jienjienYes so both moves that mate are correct
  126. jienjienit's just lishogi's limitation
  127. EdomGodyou can't see me solving it right?
  128. EdomGodoh come on i need to find another way to mate again XD
  129. EdomGodi keep forgoting about pieces that i can drop
  130. jienjienI can't see it haha
  131. jienjienSo remember every moves must be a check in shogi checkmates
  132. jienjienhey Ducky :D
  133. EdomGodyeah i'll try
  134. EdomGodim on Mino mate from above now
  135. jienjienOoh that one is a good one to remember
  136. EdomGodthis is getting difficult :')
  137. jienjienHaha
  138. EdomGodoh the pawn is pinned
  139. jienjienthere's not many moves that you can check the king, if you can find it then its kinda direct
  140. EdomGodim proud i can spot it in one try XD
  141. EdomGodi thought it will be hard because they have many pieces
  142. EdomGodif there is no move
  143. EdomGodthey must drop a pieces?
  144. EdomGodor there is impossible to have no moves
  145. EdomGodit is impossible*
  146. EdomGodmy grammar XD
  147. EdomGodi should study english instead of shogi
  148. EdomGodi'll repeat them one more time
  149. EdomGodim moving on to the next plan XD
  150. jienjienNice
  151. doc_jan_itorgreat study for beginners, thank you
  152. Schnoo42As a chess player I finally understand what it's like to have to learn the rules for a complex board game :P
  153. Schnoo42Picking it up though, it's very fun
  154. MystoganI love this game
  155. TarquiniusThis was super enlightening!
  156. AaronFletcherHey mate, thank you so much for this. You're a hero.
  157. pasteleloximuHey AaronFletcher, thank you so much for this. You're a hero.
  158. quassonkwait, so the king cannot recapture when in check?
  159. SomeGnomeThe king can recapture, but the rules are the same as in international chess. Can't capture into check.
  160. ymh911 was timed out 10 minutes for inappropriate behavior.
  161. fullmetal_brovery good help me a lot
  162. Littleiz7rip this is hard
  163. stewiesgNice introduction to shogi specific patterns
  164. GFM21I'm loving this lishogi
  165. Huybcc25im newbie
  166. IAMVIETNAMHi
  167. RainBowCowI'm new to shogi would anyone want to play me
  168. mcndcjcjhello
  169. godihi
  170. KillerDuckyHi Rhinichtys
  171. KillerDuckyIf you have any feedback let me know
  172. KillerDuckyMore links here: killerducky.github.io/shogi/study_plan
  173. Gabriel_AngeloOi
  174. nsaglamTrying to learn shogi and this helps <3
  175. Do_it_for_RinI am going to win evo
  176. TanakaRodoDo it for karl
  177. iRaniRanSoFarAshogi is so wild
  178. iRaniRanSoFarAit's like chess but on drugs :D
  179. Tiaorongwhy is shogi so hard to learn...
  180. mikealpatks!
  181. EvanTMhaha i guess this shogi thing isnt so difficult if you think in terms of chess
  182. KillerDuckykillerducky.github.io/shogi/study_plan
  183. KillerDuckyMore shogi links here
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