In shogi, the Tonari opening (都成流 tonari-ryū) is a Ranging Rook surprise opening that was invented by professional Ryūma Tonari.
It was presented on the 囲碁・将棋チャンネル (Go/Shogi Channel) by professional player Tetsurō Itodani.
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Shogi, also known as Japanese chess, is a strategy board game for two players. It is one of the most popular board games in Japan and is in the same family of games as Western chess, chaturanga, xiangqi, Indian chess, and janggi. Shōgi means general's board game.
Shogi, like western chess, can be divided into the opening, middle game and endgame, each requiring a different strategy. The opening consists of arranging one's defenses and positioning for attack, the middle game consists of attempting to break through the opposing defenses while maintaining one's own, and the endgame starts when one side's defenses have been compromised.
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 joban (序盤).
Static Rook openings is one of two major opening strategies in shogi. In the opening, the major piece of the rook fights from its starting position on the right side of the board. In contrast, the other major opening deploys the rook to the center or left half of the board in the opening, and is known as Ranging Rook or Swinging Rook.
In shogi, Cheerful Central Rook is a type of Central Rook opening in which the Central Rook player's bishop diagonal remains open.
In shogi, the Pac-Man is a trap opening.
In shogi, 1... R-32 is a Third File Rook opening in which White's rook is positioned on the 32 square on White's first move.
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Ryūma Tonari is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7-dan.
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Norihiro Yagura is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7-dan.
Tetsuya Fujimori is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 5-dan.
Shin'ichi Satō is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 5-dan.
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The Annual Shogi Awards are a number of prizes awarded yearly by the Japan Shogi Association to professional and amateur shogi players who have achieved particular success. The first Annual Shogi Awards were presented in 1974.
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