Step-by-Step Explanation! The Logic of Shogi

🐤① Recommended for people like this

"When I play Shogi, I end up choosing moves somewhat randomly...😵‍💫"
"Even after memorizing joseki and tesuji, I don't understand why those moves are played during actual games...💭"
"Even when I look at professional game records, I know they are amazing, but I can't see the logic behind their reading...♟️"
This is a book recommended for such people.

In this book, 4-dan professional Yuki Yokoyama aims to help readers understand the connection between concepts and moves by following game records move by move.
It is especially suitable for beginners to intermediate players who feel that "I have partial knowledge, but I can't grasp the overall flow."😊

It is explained that while the game records of strong players have consistency and a narrative, beginners often choose disjointed moves because they cannot grasp the background.

Therefore, this book is perfect for those who want to understand "why that move is played" rather than those who want to memorize "the correct move."

🐤② What you can learn from this book

What you can learn from this book is the ability to see Shogi not as "scattered judgments for each position," but as a continuous sequence of logical thinking.🧠✨
"What kind of concept should I envision, and what kind of move should I choose?"
"What happens if I choose a move that doesn't fit the flow of the position?"

It teaches content such as this.

It is a book that allows you to acquire a way of thinking that follows the flow of the position, rather than just knowing good moves.
Even for the worry of "I don't know what the next move is...😢," you can get hints for thinking from perspectives such as the king's position, enclosure conditions, piece activity, and planning, instead of just memorizing the answers.

As a result, you should be less likely to panic in actual games and be able to feel that your Shogi is gradually becoming more "logical."🔥

🐤③ Overview of the book

This is a Shogi book by 4-dan professional Yuki Yokoyama, known as one of the young players of the Furibisha (Ranging Rook) party.📘

Yokoyama 4-dan was born in 2000 in Kakogawa City, Hyogo Prefecture, joined the Shōreikai in 2012, and was promoted to 4-dan in 2021.

He specializes in Shikenbisha (Fourth File Rook) and Kaku-kokan Furibisha (Bishop Exchange Ranging Rook), and his style is to accumulate logical moves.

Because he is such an author, this book is not about flashy surprise attacks or tricks, but about carefully following the essence of the position.
The core of the content is to decipher the "story" on the board.
In other words, it is a book for becoming stronger while understanding the flow of the entire game, rather than stuffing in fragmented knowledge for each position.🌈

🐤④ Three points

1. You will understand that there is a "reason" for every move.🔍

The greatest appeal of this book is that you can think about "what this move is aiming for" while following the game record move by move.
The flow of the concept becomes clearly visible.
2. You will be able to see Shogi as a "whole" rather than "parts."🧩

Themes such as the king's position, enclosure conditions and weaknesses, major piece activity, and planning are presented, and a perspective for comprehensively judging the position is cultivated.

This becomes the foundation for reducing hesitation in actual games.
3. It becomes easier to graduate from disjointed Shogi.🚀
Beginners often choose moves that do not fit the flow because they cannot grasp the background of the position.

Since this book makes you aware of that gap, it helps you take a step away from "playing Shogi somewhat randomly."

🐤⑤ Summary

If you put the teachings of this book into practice, your Shogi will gradually change from playing for the moment to playing by reading and building the flow.♟️✨
Instead of just ending with a win or loss, you will be able to look back and say, "So that's what this move meant," and Shogi itself should become even more interesting.😊
It is a book that cultivates the logic of thinking, slightly different from tesuji collections or joseki books.📖

It is a book that I can highly recommend to those who want to change Shogi from a "game of memorization" to a "game of understanding and playing."