Anaguma castle

The Anaguma or Bear In The Hole (穴熊 anaguma, lit. "hole-bear") is a castle used in Anaguma Castle
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shogi. (An anaguma is a Japanese badger.) It is commonly used in professional shogi.
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Contents 4
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1 Details
1.1 Construction 6

1.2 Anaguma variants 歩歩歩歩 7

1.3 Attacking Anaguma 金銀香 8

2 See also 金桂玉 9

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3 References
4 Bibliography

Details
This castle can be executed on either side of Ranging Rook Silver Anaguma Static Rook Silver Anaguma
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the board. A player utilizing the Ranging Rook
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strategy uses a Ranging Rook Anaguma ( 振 1 1
り飛車穴熊 furibisha anaguma) on the right 2 2
side while a player employing the Static Rook 3 3
strategy builds a Static Rook Anaguma(居飛 4 4
車穴熊 ibisha anaguma) on the left side. The 5 5
end-result will place the king in the corner 6 歩 6
square where the lance started, defended by 歩歩歩歩 7 歩歩角歩 7
two gold generals and one silver. This way, the 金銀香 8 香銀金 8
King cannot be easily checked by a knight or a 金桂玉 9 玉桂金 9
ranging piece.[1] ☗ pieces in hand: – ☗ pieces in hand: –

Other than the Static Rook and Ranging Rook Ranging Rook Gold Anaguma Static Rook Gold Anaguma
classification, Anaguma castles can be ☖ pieces in hand: – ☖ pieces in hand: –
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categorized depending upon which piece cover 1 1
the square at the ear of the king. When the 2 2
king is positioned at the corner square, if there 3 3
were only the knight and the lance with no 4 4
generals, there would be a hole diagonally in 5 5
front of the king – the 88 (Black) or 22 6 歩 6
(White) square for Ranging Rook Anagumas 歩歩歩歩 7 歩歩角歩 7
and the 28 (Black) or 82 (White) squares for 金金香 8 香金金 8
Static Rook Anagumas. This square is called 銀桂玉 9 玉桂銀 9
the diagonal hole. The piece that covers the ☗ pieces in hand: – ☗ pieces in hand: –
diagonal hole names the castle. Thus, a Silver
Rook Anaguma Bishop Anaguma
Anaguma has a silver positioned on this
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square whereas a Gold Anaguma uses a gold 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
for this purpose (with the silver on 79 instead 1 1
2 2
of the gold). (Although possible, Bishop and
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Rook Anagumas are rare.)
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5 5
6 6

歩歩歩歩 7 歩歩歩歩 7

金飛香 8 香角銀 8

金桂玉 9 玉桂銀 9
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Construction
One suggested strategy for a rook-side castle is:

1. Move the rook to the sixth or seventh file.

2. Move the king to the rook's starting square.
3. Move the lance up one square, then move the king to the lance's starting square.
Now for silver anaguma:

1. Move the silver diagonally forward to the right.

2. Move both golds to the castle for additional defense.
Or gold anaguma:

1. Move the right gold in front of the knight.

2. Leave the silver in its initial starting position. Move the other gold to the castle for extra defence.
When building a left side Anaguma (with a static rook opening), the bishop is moved out of the way of the king, and the 7th file pawn
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is moved to make space for the bishop, which may be moved elsewhere later

It's also possible for a gold to be positioned at Silver Anaguma Gold-67 Variant Gold Anaguma Gold-67 Variant
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67 instead of 78.[2]
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1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5

歩歩 6 歩歩 6

歩歩角金 7 歩歩角金 7

香銀 8 香金銀 8

玉桂金 9 玉桂 9
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Anaguma variants
Incomplete Silver Anaguma Mino Anaguma
(Black) Incomplete Gold ☖ pieces in hand: –
Anaguma (White) 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
金桂王
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9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 銀 金香
桂王 2
1 歩歩歩歩
銀金香 3
2
歩歩歩歩 4
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5
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5
歩歩歩歩 7
6
金 銀香 8
歩歩歩歩 7
金桂玉 9
銀香 8
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金桂玉 9
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Twin Gold Anaguma (Black) High Anaguma

Twin Silver Anaguma (White) ☖ pieces in hand: –
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9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
桂王
1
桂王
1 金銀香
2
銀銀金香
2 歩歩金
3
歩歩歩歩
3 歩歩
4
4 5
5
歩歩 6
6
歩歩銀 7
歩歩歩歩 7
金金香 8
金金銀香 8
桂玉 9
桂玉 9 ☗ pieces in hand: –
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Left High Anaguma Yagura Anaguma

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王桂角 王桂
1 1
香銀銀 香 銀角
2 2
金金 歩歩金銀
3 3
歩歩歩歩 歩歩歩
4 4
5 5

歩歩歩歩 6 歩歩歩 6

銀銀 7 歩歩銀金 7

香金金 8 香 金角 8

玉桂角 9 玉桂 9
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Tajiri Anaguma Silver Crown Anaguma (Black)

田尻穴熊 銀冠穴熊 Golden Crown Anaguma
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王桂銀銀3 2 1 金冠穴熊
1 ☖ pieces in hand: –
香金金 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
2 王桂
歩歩角歩 1
3 香銀金
歩 2
4 金角歩
3
5 歩歩歩
4
歩 6
5
歩歩角歩 7

香銀銀 8
歩歩歩 6

玉桂金金 9
銀角歩 7

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玉桂 9
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Big Four Matsuo Anaguma

 ビッグ４ 松尾流穴熊
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9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
王桂角 王桂銀
1 1
香銀銀 香金金
2 2
歩金金歩 歩歩角銀歩
3 3
歩歩 歩歩
4 4
5 5

歩歩 6 歩歩 6

歩銀銀歩 7 歩歩角金歩 7

香金金 8 香銀金 8

玉桂角 9 玉桂銀 9
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Pants-Off Anaguma (right) Pants-Off Anaguma (left)

パンツを脱ぐ パンツを脱ぐ
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王 王
1 1
香金銀 銀金香
2 2
歩歩桂金 金桂歩歩
3 3
歩歩 歩歩
4 4
5 5

歩歩 6 歩歩 6

歩歩桂金 7 金桂歩歩 7

香銀 8 銀香 8

玉 金 9 金 玉 9
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Kanki Static Rook Anaguma

神吉流居飛車穴熊
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2
3
4
5

歩歩 6

歩銀角歩 7

香銀金 8

玉桂金 9
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Feiji's King
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王金金
1
銀銀 角
2
香歩桂歩
3
歩 歩
4
5

歩 歩 6

香歩桂歩 7

銀銀 角 8
玉金金
 玉金金
9
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Attacking Anaguma
Please see HIDETCHI's Shogi Exercises series.

See also
Castle (shogi)

References
1. Hosking 1997, p. 53–54, Part 1, Chapter 8: Castles.
2. Nishio 2014.

Bibliography
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Fairbairn, John (1986).Shogi for beginners (2nd ed.). Ishi Press. ISBN 978-4-8718-720-10.
Hosking, Tony (1996). The art of shogi. The Shogi Foundation.ISBN 978-0-95310-890-9.
Kitao, Madoka (2012).Edge attack at a glance. Translated by Kawasaki, Tomohide. Nekomado. ISBN 978-4-9052-
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2513-3.
Nishio, Akira (2014). "4th-file rook vs. static rook (1)". Shogi Openings.
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