The art of one minute Shogi Blitz

August 8, 2013 by shogishack -2 comments

I thought this kind of game play was only possible in Manga World (81 diver – There is an episode of main character playing one minute Shogi play). This maybe an old news for some of you, but I have just found in the video clip on Youtube where professional players were actually doing one […]

Shogi maze puzzles added

December 12, 2012 by shogishack

Its been a long time since I started to receive weekly email newsletters  from the site owner of Shogitown.com.   This site was established for more than 10 years ago, and is run by a person who also runs real dojo or Shogi Salon in Saitama prefecture, Japan.   (when I first started this site, […]

Some more tsumeshogi problems

November 18, 2012 by shogishack

Some site page update in recent months. More tsumeshogi added.  See the “More tsumeshogi problems” under “Tsume and Hisshi” menu. Note that the board only uses Javascript to move pieces.  In another word, this part of the page should be functional under iPad and Android ver 4.1 and above (yes, Adobe is  ditching tablet support […]

Internet site listing added

April 8, 2012 by shogishack -1 comment

One could call this a bug. My site never listed a link to online shogi playing sites.  This is partially because when I started this site, I myself knew only one place to play shogi, kurnick.org. This site since changed its name to PlayOK.com.  In the meantime, we have seen the birth of 81dojo.com.   […]

Shogi-shack.net moving to shogishack.net

February 23, 2012 by shogishack

What?  what is going on? OK, let me explain.  I have been using a service called microsoft office live web service.  When this service started, the starter package was free.  So I was able to quickly set up this site and start posting shogi information.   There has been always a limitation to this site. […]

Getting Shobiboard in the States

July 10, 2011 by shogishack

I was at Chicago last week and had visited Mitsuwa market.  If you google the store name, you will find this is a franchise of Japanese Supermarket throughout the United States. (They used to be called as Yaohan-USA.)  Inside  Mitsuwa complex, there is a Japanese book store called Sanseido.  When I was browsing for Shogi […]

Site Slogan changed

July 8, 2011 by shogishack

well, since many japanese players started to play at PlayOK.com, the rating of 1500 at playOK is no longer an easy target for novice players.  If you can get to 1300 at Playok, it means you are already quite good at Shogi play.    Also the PlayOK site is not as friendly as it used […]

Update on Study Shogi

June 25, 2011 by shogishack

Another board describing Fourth ranging rook vs. Right fourth ranging rook (or migi-shiken) added in the study room

Play at 81dojo. You will like it!

February 17, 2011 by shogishack -1 comment

When I play Shogi online, I usually play at PlayOK. This site is based on the experience I gained at PlayOK (At the time, the site used to be called Kurnick) Recently I was introduced to another site, 81Dojo. The site is a spinoff of the 81SquareUniverse, one of the busiest English based Shogi site. […]

39? 4649? What are they?

November 4, 2010 by shogishack

In recent weeks, we have seen a surge of new Shogi players in PlayOK.  As it turned out, Yahoo.co.jp has ceased its service of Shogi game site.  So there are many Japanese players now playing at PlayOK.  That is a good thing.  However, I have seen some of those players uses the abbrebiation such as […]