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Akira Nishio
is a Japanese professional shogi player, ranked 6-dan.
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Climbing Silver
Climbing Silver (棒銀 bōgin, literally "pole-silver") is a shogi strategy.
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Handicap (shogi)
In shōgi, a handicap game (駒落戦 koma ochisen, 駒落 koma ochi, ハンデキャップ handekyappu, 不利益 furieki) is a game setup used between players of disparate strengths, in which one or more pieces are removed from the stronger player's side.
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Japan Shogi Association
The, or JSA, is the primary organizing body for professional shogi in Japan.
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Jōseki
In go and shōgi, a jōseki or jouseki (kanji characters 定石 for go, 定跡 for shōgi) is the studied sequences of moves for which the result is considered balanced for both black and white sides.
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Kazuharu Shoshi
is a Japanese professional shogi player, ranked 7-dan.
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Larry Kaufman
Lawrence C. "Larry" Kaufman (born 1947) is a chess Grandmaster, a title which he automatically earned after winning the 2008 World Senior Championship (which he later retroactively shared with Mihai Suba).
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Professional shogi player
A professional shogi player (将棋棋士 shōgi kishi or プロ棋士 puro kishi "professional player") is a shogi player that is usually a member of a professional guild of shogi players.
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Shogi
(), also known as Japanese chess or the Game of Generals, is a two-player strategy board game in the same family as chess, chaturanga, makruk, shatranj, janggi and xiangqi, and is the most popular of a family of chess variants native to Japan.
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Shogi opening
A shogi opening (戦法) is the sequence of initial moves of a shogi game before the middle game.
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Transposition (chess)
A transposition in chess and other chess-like games is a sequence of moves that results in a position which may also be reached by another, more common sequence of moves.
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6-Piece handicap
The 6-Piece (六枚落ち rokumai-ochi) handicap in shogi has both of White's major pieces, the rook and the bishop, removed as well as their lances and knights.
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9-Piece handicap
The 9-Piece (九枚落ち kyūmai-ochi) handicap in shogi has all of White's pieces removed except for the king, their right gold, and their line of pawns.
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