Let's study Shogi's checkmate pattern part1(English only)
First
Thank you for viewing this article ! My name is Kurokazu. I'm a Japanese shogi player. I'm going to teach you shogi's checkmate pattern.
If I make some mistakes in English, please forgive me. I'm a beginner at English.
Theme
I'm going to teach you 3 patterns.
1st pattern ▲２五桂
Gote can only move △１二玉. Next, Sente can checkmate the king in 2 different ways.
→checkmate
If you have mastered this checkmate, then you are almost perfect ! Let's try challenging Tsume Shogi with this pattern !
HInt : You have to take Gote's Knight.
2nd pattern ▲２二銀打
Gote can only move △１二玉. Next, Sente can checkmate the king in 3 different ways.
→checkmate
If you have mastered this checkmate, then you are almost perfect ! Let's try challenging Tsume Shogi with this pattern !
Hint : Rook is important.
3rd pattern ▲３一角
Gote can only move △１二玉. Next, Sente can checkmate the king in 1 way.
If you have mastered this checkmate, then you are almost perfect ! Let's try challenging Tsume Shogi with this pattern !
Answers (Basic problem)
Basic 1-1
▲２五桂 △１二玉 ▲２二金 (3te)
commentary
If Sente moves ▲１三金 at 3rd, Gote moves △同 桂. This is a fail.
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Basic 1-2
▲２五桂 △１二玉 ▲１三歩 △同 桂
▲同桂成 △同 玉 ▲２五桂 (middle)△１二玉
▲１三銀 △２一玉 ▲２二銀右成 (11te)
commentary
At the middle board diagram, Sente drops Knight again. This is a success.
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Basic 2-1
▲２二銀打 △１二玉 ▲１三歩 △同 桂
▲２一銀打 (5te)
commentary
Sente has to move Gote's Knight, because Sente wants to drop Silver at ２一.
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Basic 2-2
▲２二銀打 △１二玉 ▲１一銀成 △同 玉
▲１二香 (middle) △同 玉
▲４二飛成 △１三玉 ▲２二竜 (9te)
commentary
At the middle board diagram, dropping Lance is point ! With the king on １二, Sente is able to check with the Rook !
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Basic 3-1
▲１三桂成 △同 玉 ▲３一角 △１二玉
▲２二角成 (5te)
commentary
Sente lures Gote's king to １三 with a knight.
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Basic 3-2
▲１三銀 △同 玉 ▲３一角 △１二玉
▲２二角成 (5te)
commentary
It's the same as Basic 3-1.
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Basic 3-3
▲１三歩 △同 玉 ▲３一角成 △１四玉
▲２五金 (5te)
commentary
If Gote moves △同 桂 at 2nd, Sente moves ▲２二金. This is a checkmate.
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Advanced problem
Let's challenge 2 advanced Tsume Shogi problems !
Conclusion of theme
If you want to checkmate, what pieces do you need in hand ?
1st pattern ▲２五桂
If you have "Knight and Gold" or "Knight and Silver" or "Knight and Rook", you can checkmate !
2nd pattern ▲２二銀打
If you have "Silver and Lance" or "two Silver" or "Silver and Gold", you can checkmate !
3rd pattern ▲３一角
If you have Bishop, you can checkmate !
If you master these checkmates, then you will be able to notice these checkmates in actual games.
Answers (Advanced problem)
Advance-1
▲２二銀打 △１二玉 ▲１三歩 △同 桂
▲同桂成 △同 玉 ▲２五桂 (middle)△１二玉
▲１三銀 △２一玉 ▲２二銀右成 (11te)
commentary
At the middle board diagram, Sente drops Knight. This is the same as Basic 1-2.
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Advance-2
▲１三歩 △同 桂 ▲２一銀 (middle) △同 玉
▲３二馬 △１二玉 ▲２二馬 (7te)
commentary
If Gote moves △同 玉 at 2nd, Sente moves ▲３一馬. This is the same as the 3rd pattern. At the middle board diagram, dropping the Silver is key !
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Finally
How did you like it ? I hope you get better at shogi. Thank you for reading all of this !