From: "Daniel M. Toebbens" <toebbens <at> hmi <dot> de>
Date: 17 dec 2003
Subject: Re: Novice Quesiton

A good place to look up the bogin can be found in the International Shogi
Learning pages at http://www.geocities.co.jp/Playtown-Denei/2260/iss.html.

On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, bogin wrote:

> The "Climbing Silver" is a rough translation of the Japanese word "bogin".
> It's one of the basic attacking formatations in shogi and it appears in a
> variety of shogi openings. Try looking up either "static rook openings" or
> "fourth file rook openings" and you may find some info on "climbing
> silver".
>
> In simple terms, the attacking player advances his silver up in front of
> his rook with the hope of forcing a pawn and silver exchange on the rook
> file.
>
> > I've scoured the net, but cannot find
> > a definition:
> >
> > Can anyone tell me what a 'Climbing Silver' attack is?

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