From: Malcolm Maynard VM TAU AC IL> Date: 17 mar 1995 Subject: 2 piece opening I play shogi at the Vancouver Shogi Club every Sunday and play a lot of two piece games, as Black, since I'm one of the newer players. I recently devised an opening or joseki that seems to give the stronger players I'm up against (as White) quite a hard time. I thought up this opening a while back when I decided to try something a bit different and it does seem to work quite nicely. I'd like to know, though, if this is an original opening at all, or did I just stumble upon a well documented joseki on my own (which I think is more likely to be perfectly honest). I neglected to record any of the games I'd won with this opening, but the basics are as follows: 1 ...... P5c-5d 2 P7g-7f S7a-6b 3 P4g-4f S6b-5c 4 P4f-4e G6a-6b (Black keeps Bishop's diagonal open) 5 P5g-5f P6c-6d 6 S7i-6h G6b-6c 7 S6h-5g P7c-7d 8 S5g-4f N8a-7c (Silver on 4f is in an aggresive position) 9 R2h-5h K5a-6b (Black has a lot of pressure on 5e) 10 K5i-4h G4a-3b (Black begins a "quicky" castle on the right) 11 K4h-3h S3a-2b 12 K3h-2h P6d-6e 13 G4i-3h G6c-6d (Black's castle now complete. The Pawn on 3g could also be moved to 3r or 3e without jeopardising the castle at this early stage. If Black can get the pawn to 3e, his Bishop is even more threatening.) 14 G6i-7h K6b-6c (Black must not neglect the Bishop's head) 15 P5f-5e P5dx5e 16 S4fx5e ...... (If White G6dx5e, Black has an edge with either B8hx53 OR R5hx53) --- I'd appreciate any comments and criticisms on this opening. And whether or not it's well known or not (as I suspect it just may be). -=< MBM >=- -- +-------------------------------------------+--------------------+ | -=< Malcolm Bruce Maynard >=- | Taxi Driver from | | E-MAIL: malcolm_maynard mindlink bc ca | Greater Vancouver | +-------------------------------------------+--------------------+