World of Xiuhang -- Seize the Opportunity

Author: Hideyuki Fujiwara
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Publish Date: 2000-02-01
Features: Throughout the course of each game, the creation of winning opportunities, to some extent or another, descends upon the board. The flow of black and white stones determines the advantageous or disadvantageous state of the situation. Among them, perhaps once, it is an opportunity that decides the superiority or inferiority of the position. Cherish, capture, and seize this chance, flexibly utilize this winning opportunity, and respond technically without error—that is the duty of a player. This requires not only technical prowess but also the ability to keenly discern opportunities and crises with the sensitivity of a radar. How can one develop this keen sense? Since face-to-face games never present identical situations, one's unique sense of sensitivity must be cultivated through practice. This book introduces many examples of effectively utilizing winning opportunities. If readers believe that by rote memorizing these examples will be effective and yield immediate results in actual play, this is actually impossible. However, by reading this book, it is possible to gradually cultivate this sense of sensitivity unintentionally. This is precisely the purpose behind compiling the "Shogi World" series of books.