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In any board game, the most important thing is time management. Every move counts. Let's see what's the move that gives the most advantage and space and wastes the least amount of time.

There are 36 moves in total for Sente in the starting position. We will analyse the most popular and soundest moves.1Ln-681.Ln-782.Ln-752.P-551.Ln-881.Ln-581.P-88Interesting move. Opens up the diagonal for the horse and pushes the dragon file. Has indirect influence in the center with a lion in the middle. Worth trying.1.P-78This move is similar to P-68, as it doesn't look like a faulty move but can be easily punished with smart play from gote.1.P-68Doesn't look like a good move, after further analysis with Dax00. The ideas of defending the lion with the pawn isn't great, as gote can take over the center quickly.1.P-58Interesting move, much like P-88. Directly opens the left diagonal, and pushes the dragon file. Worth trying.
1.Ln-681.Ln-781.Ln-881.Ln-581.P-881.P-781.P-681.P-58
Every other move on the back rank is a waste of time because of non-existent center control.

Community's Chu Shogi in-depth analysis of the opening (WIP): The first move8

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  1. WassimBerbarPlease give feedback if I missed ideas or mistakes in the study
  2. dax00P 68, Ln 75, Ln 78, P 55. If sente wants high lion with Ln 67, then P 65. Gote is very happy.
  3. dax00Ln 58, Ln 65, P 68, P 55. If Ln 67 like you have there, then simply Ln 87 winning the GB. Of course, Gote can also accept the GB exch
  4. dax00exchange on move 2 with Ln 75
  5. dax00P 68 with the lion centralized forward is generally very anti-positional
  6. dax00move 10 in that line, P 56, threatening Ln 57 and FK 27
  7. dax00I mean Fk 37
  8. dax0015. p 67 is wrong
  9. WassimBerbarhow?
  10. dax00Ln 87
  11. WassimBerbarin the line you mentioned, gote has the lead
  12. dax0016. DH 76 looks good
  13. dax00Yeah, p 68 is a move that just asks for trouble
  14. WassimBerbaryou mean 73? and which dragon, the 8th or 5th file dragon?
  15. dax00no, the horse
  16. WassimBerbarI will correct myself in the 1st chapter
  17. dax00similar problem with 1. P 78, which is only slightly better because sente can be annoying with the queen
  18. WassimBerbarso the best moves we know for sure are P-48, P-88, Ln-78 and Ln-68
  19. dax00Played well, it takes like 30-40 moves to punish P 78.
  20. WassimBerbar4.P-55 takes care of 1.P-68
  21. dax00Yeah, 4 playable first moves. The rest are dubious
  22. WassimBerbarand piece moves on the back row are just a waste of time
  23. dax00Actually, Ln-58 is probably playable
  24. dax00super tricky
  25. dax00never hit the lion with an early pawn in the GB exchange
  26. dax00GB exchange is the trickiest, sharpest opening there is
  27. WassimBerbarI will add it in my toolbox
  28. WassimBerbaras I like tricky and sharp stuff
  29. dax00You have to be ridiculously accurate
  30. dax00You know sideways pawn in regular shogi?
  31. WassimBerbarno
  32. WassimBerbarwhat is it?
  33. dax00en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Side_Pawn_Capture
  34. WassimBerbarthe position looks very similar to GB exchange
  35. WassimBerbarboth sides snack pawns on their enemy side
  36. dax00It's a very sharp opening. Scary to play
  37. dax00GB exchange in chu shogi is more terrifying
  38. WassimBerbarwith humans handling GB exchange, likeliness of people playing accurately as a computer is non existent
  39. dax00Have you seen my GB exchange study?
  40. WassimBerbaryes
  41. AlexTrickI haven't
  42. AlexTrickSend a link there, please
  43. WassimBerbarlishogi.org/study/3Mznk0za/5cJLErXH
  44. dax00I only covered a fraction of my prep
  45. hydroshadowwow
  46. WassimBerbargotta go, I will ccome back to correct mistakes and add dax's system
  47. WassimBerbarhi
  48. Galagohi!
  49. Galagooh, this is my weird gambit
  50. WassimBerbarlooks similar to bg exchange
  51. WassimBerbargb*
  52. Galagoit is, just more interesting and also worse because you don't always win back the gb
  53. WassimBerbarI read your blog on shogiandvariants.blogspot
  54. Galagothanks
  55. Galagowhat did you think?
  56. WassimBerbarcall me Wassim, please
  57. Galagook
  58. WassimBerbarexcept that, it's very clear and well explained
  59. WassimBerbarquite short though
  60. Galagoyeah, I wasn't sure so I just went with full usernames
  61. GalagoIt's a work in progress
  62. WassimBerbarvery nice start for the blog
  63. Galagomore to come
  64. Galagoif i get gote in my next chu shogi game, I will play into GB exchange lol
  65. WassimBerbarspeaking about gb exchange, what happened during my absence?
  66. Galagothe tournament started (lishogi.org/study/gdDYyCkd/A658RYZj) and soem games had weird endings, and I became obsessed with Tenjiku
  67. GalagoAlexTrick blundered mate in 1
  68. Galagoand Olekaze lost a game that he ended with double the time on the clock
  69. Galagoand one player forfeited because of technical issues
  70. WassimBerbarvery interesting
  71. WassimBerbarsorry if I wasn't online for a while
  72. WassimBerbarI'll try to be present as often as I can
  73. WassimBerbargotta go, bye
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