Flatfish (shogi)

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Flatfish Castle
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In shogi, Flatfish (平目 hirame) is a Central Rook (Ranging Rook) opening.

Shogi chess variant native to Japan

Shogi, also known as Japanese chess or the Game of Generals, is a two-player strategy board game native to Japan in the same family as chess, makruk, shatranj, janggi and xiangqi, and is the most popular chess variant in Japan. Shōgi means general's board game.

In shogi, Central Rook is a subclass of Ranging Rook openings in which the rook is positioned on the fifth (central) file.

A shogi opening is the sequence of initial moves of a shogi game before the middle game. The more general Japanese term for the beginning of the game is 序盤 joban.

It characteristically uses the Flatfish castle (平目囲い or ヒラメ囲い hiramegakoi) instead of the more usual Mino castle.

In shogi, castles are strong defensive configurations of pieces that protect the king (玉).

The Mino castle is a castle used in shogi.

See also

In shogi, Cheerful Central Rook is a type of Central Rook opening in which the Central Rook player's bishop diagonal remains open.

Ranging Rook or Swinging Rook openings in shogi position the rook to the center or left of the player's board to support an attack there.

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