7|15 - Rapid - 1h 10m

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by NatashaRegan
May 21, 2022, 10:00 AM

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abdekkeroh, thought that was a pawn!
abdekkerwhat?
NatashaReganhi!
abdekkerThougt that Gold was a pawn!
abdekkerBig mistake as it rampaged in the middle...hehe
NatashaReganah tricky those golds
abdekkerhi!
abdekkerOne day I'll win a game of Shogi...
abdekkerJust trying things, don't know this game and its one of the most complex and hard to learn
NatashaReganone day i'll win a game of xieng qi
abdekkerXiangqi is much easier! :o)
abdekkerI see the good players move their kings to the side like this...but I don't understand when or how
NatashaReganyou're setting up a castle
abdekkerI get that...but the precise technique eludes me
NatashaReganperhaps king on 82, silver on 72 gold on 61
NatashaReganthat's the mino castle
abdekkerOK, lets try that and se how it works, ty
NatashaReganand if you bring the other gold to 52 that's a full mino
abdekker52 or 62?
NatashaReganone gold on 61 the other on 52
abdekker(for the 2nd gold)
NatashaRegani'm doing the same castle, but left hand mino
abdekkerah, so the 61 gold stays where it is (for now)?
NatashaReganyes
abdekkergotcha
abdekkerunforunately my rook is on 52! :o( mino castle it is...
NatashaReganyou could also bring the 2nd gold around to 63 for the high mino
abdekkermino, full, and high castles...that why I play in the Shogi arena! You learn amazing stuff :o)
NatashaReganyeah!
NatashaReganThat's it!
abdekkerLook at my high castle...and weep in despair!
NatashaReganThe one further thing you want to do is your pawn up to 94
NatashaReganto give your king an emergency escape route
abdekkerAh, is that an escapey hole?
abdekkerok, gotcha
abdekkerah, I see the trap! 75-74, takes and my Bishop goes to heaven
NatashaReganyeah well you don't let me do that!
abdekkerI'm not very good, I could easily do it!
NatashaReganyeah i'll still try for it
abdekkerSheesh, now what...all my pieces are placed ok.
abdekkerActually, that's a good thing, normally my pieces are poorly co-ordinated
NatashaReganso your final silver should now try to get into the game more
abdekkerargh! Your suggestion to get my "final silver into the game" took mew down a very bad path...
NatashaRegani just meant in general.. you were after plans
abdekkerI know, its not your fault! :o)
abdekkerwp
NatashaRegangg
abdekkera bit better...maybe...
NatashaReganthat plan is quite easy though.. i've tried it lots.. gives the first few moves
abdekkerfull castle!
abdekkeror does my king need to be on 88?
NatashaReganyeah, you've done it quite unusually let's see
abdekkerfree piece?
abdekkerDid you just blunder?
NatashaReganyeah sorry i meant on 53
NatashaRegan57
abdekkerargh, of course, 57 was a killer
abdekkerdo you promote if you move from the promotion zone out of it?
NatashaReganif you want to
abdekkerie something like 53-64
NatashaReganyou can choose to promote.. it would be en prise though
abdekkerNo, I know it loses the pice, I was just wondering about the rule.
NatashaReganyes you can choose
abdekkeroh come on!
NatashaRegangg
abdekkerYou blunder a piece and still win...argh!! wp
NatashaRegani guess you put all your pieces in and checkmate me at the end there
abdekkeryes, starting to learn little patterns and ideas, but this game is harder than chess, so it'll take time
abdekkerI should do the lishogi puzzles
abdekkerAm up to ~2700 in the lichess puzzles
NatashaReganif you do want to defend the golds are sometimes more effective than e silvers, but depends on the situation of course
abdekkerfull castle!
NatashaReganyep
abdekkerwhy haven't I won??? (just kdding)
NatashaReganyou'll win against some people with it!
abdekker...but not you? :o)
NatashaRegannever
NatashaRegannot even close ;)
abdekkerway to go inspiring conf
abdekker*my confidence!
abdekkerwow, weirdly didn't realise you could drop pawns behind enemy pawns...even though I've done it once before
abdekkerthought the pawns had to be "your" side...how strange
NatashaReganas long as not on very back rank
abdekkeryes, just something to learn
abdekkerThe rule to this game are quite intricate
abdekkercan the horses be blocked?
abdekkerlike in Xiangqi?
NatashaReganno
abdekkerargh! damn horses then!
NatashaReganbig row breaking out here in caffe nero between 2 of the staff
abdekkeroh, interesting!
abdekkerWhat happened
NatashaRegani think one told the other how to do his job
abdekkerStaff on the same level of seniority (probably fresh out of Nero Academy...not the right end of the economy you want to be on
NatashaReganha ha one just told the other "you are not qualified in any way shape or form"
abdekkerCan the lance be dropped on any column?
NatashaReganyes
NatashaReganggs!
abdekkersorry I'm not more of a challenge...
abdekkerggs, ty for the free lessons
NatashaReganty
abdekkerthink I'm slowly getting better
abdekkerhaving a good technique for creating a strong castle position is probably the most profitable thing for me to work on now
NatashaReganyeah it's a nice game, takes a bit of getting used to, it's a bit like crazyhouse
abdekkerI notice I have a holey castle position
abdekkerpretty sure CH was based on Shogi, or at least the idea for CH was a freebie from Shogi
NatashaReganthat time you made your castle and then moved your generals away :)
abdekkeryeeeesss...a golden moment...not
abdekkerI think I'm so much more used to the fluid, and long range, movement of chess and Xiangqi
NatashaReganit's very tempting to do that of course!
abdekkerIn Shogi you have to build slowly, and correctly because it can be hard to undo mistakes
abdekkerFor example, in chess if you play Nf3, but Ne2 was better, you can re-route the knight. In Shogi that is not possible
NatashaReganyes the gold and silver can't always go back to where they just came from
abdekkerAnd because you have to do things more "correctly" right from the bat, the barrier to learning is high in Shogi
NatashaReganok i'd better go, thanks for playing!
abdekkerTy, got to go too
NatashaRegantactics puzzles good to learn

Tournament complete

Average rating	1396
Games played	3
Moves played	173
Sente wins	33%
Gote wins	67%
Draws	0%
Berserk rate	0%

English Shogi Players Arena

abdekker

Performance	1111
Games played	3
Win rate	0%
Berserk rate	0%

NatashaRegan

Performance	1708
Games played	3
Win rate	100%
Berserk rate	0%

1	NatashaRegan 1614	224	8
2	abdekker 1179?	000	0

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