From: Hans_Geuns <geuns <at> EURONET <dot> NL>
Date: 19 nov 1995
Subject: Re: Quickest Mate in Shogi?

Hugh Denoncourt wrote:
>I began to wonder what the quickest
>checkmate in Shogi might be and whether this was common knowledge in
>Shogi.  So, I started to try and coordinate what the quickest mate might
>be on my Shogi board.  What I came up with is this:
>1.S4h P3d 2.P7f Bx8h+ 3.G7h +Bx7h 4.S8h G*6h mate


There is also:
1.P7f G4b 2.Bx3c+ K6b 3.Bx4b+ G7b 4.G'5b mate
But this one I like best:
1.P7f P5d 2.Bx3c= S4b 3.Bx4b= K5b 4.S'5c mate

I don't know whether there are any other mates in 9 moves (Japanese count).

Hans