Openings · 中原流早繰り銀
Nakahara’s Rushing Silver.
In the Double Wing Attack, with the rook floated on 2f, push the pawn to 3e first, then bring the right silver from 3g to 4f.
The idea
Nakahara Makoto’s Rushing Silver, from the 1990s: the same right silver as the Rushing Silver, in the Double Wing Attack instead of the Bishop Exchange. ja.wikipedia credits it with helping him win back the Meijin title. The rook floats on 2f after the rook-pawn exchange, and the silver comes up 3h, 3g.
The king steps to 5h before anything else, so that 5g is guarded against a later White bishop on 3e. Then the order is the reverse of the Bishop Exchange form: the pawn goes to 3e first, because a silver on 4f with the third-file pawn still at home would be blocked by White’s 4d.
After White takes, the silver goes to 4f; White’s bishop comes out to 4d to stop it reaching 3e, and Black answers with the right gold to 3h, which makes the castle a Central House, and a pawn dropped on 3d that leaves White’s camp cramped.
How it goes together
Both sides’ moves are shown, because this opening is an agreement rather than a system: one player cannot reach it alone, so a one-sided list of moves would be a fiction.
Step through the moves, or press play.
Tap a move to jump to it. Arrow keys work once the board has focus.
Every move of the line, with reasons
| # | Black | White | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ▲２六歩 2g2f | △８四歩 8c8d | White pushes its rook pawn too: the Double Wing. |
| 3 | ▲２五歩 2f2e | △８五歩 8d8e | |
| 5 | ▲７八金 6i7h | △３二金 4a3b | |
| 7 | ▲２四歩 2e2d | △同歩 2c2d | |
| 9 | ▲同飛 2h2d | △２三歩 P*2c | The rook takes back on 2d. |
| 11 | ▲２六飛 2d2f | △７二銀 7a7b | The floating rook on 2f: the end of the Double Wing line. |
| 13 | ▲３八銀 3i3h | △１四歩 1c1d | The right silver to 3h. |
| 15 | ▲１六歩 1g1f | △３四歩 3c3d | The edge pawns go up. |
| 17 | ▲７六歩 7g7f | △８六歩 8e8f | The 7f pawn cuts the rook’s sideways reach, so White now exchanges on the eighth file. White exchanges rook pawns. |
| 19 | ▲同歩 8g8f | △同飛 8b8f | |
| 21 | ▲８七歩 P*8g | △８二飛 8f8b | A pawn dropped back on 8g. |
| 23 | ▲３六歩 3g3f | △６四歩 6c6d | Room for the silver. |
| 25 | ▲３七銀 3h3g | △６三銀 7b6c | The silver to 3g. White’s silver heads for 5d. |
| 27 | ▲５八玉 5i5h | △５四銀 6c5d | The king steps to 5h first, so that 5g is guarded against a later bishop on 3e. White’s silver to 5d: a Reclining Silver. |
| 29 | ▲３五歩 3f3e | △同歩 3d3e | The pawn goes first, to 3e. White takes. |
| 31 | ▲４六銀 3g4f | △４四角 2b4d | Now the silver to 4f. White’s bishop comes out to 4d and stops the silver reaching 3e. |
| 33 | ▲３八金 4i3h | △２二銀 3a2b | The right gold to 3h: the Central House, king 5h between golds on 7h and 3h. White’s silver steps to 2b, the square the bishop left. |
| 35 | ▲３四歩 P*3d | A pawn dropped on 3d leaves White’s camp cramped. |
The plan once you are set up
- Play the Double Wing with the rook floated on 2f, and bring the right silver to 3h and 3g.
- Step the king to 5h before attacking.
- Push 3e first; after White takes, bring the silver to 4f.
- When White’s bishop comes to 4d, put the right gold on 3h and drop a pawn on 3d.
What to watch for
- The order. A silver on 4f with the third-file pawn still on 3g is blocked by White’s 4d.
- A bishop on 3e. Without the king on 5h first, a White bishop there reaches 5g.
- White’s bishop on 4d. It stops the silver going on to 3e, which is why the gold and the pawn drop come next.
What it is played against
The Double Wing Attack, where White meets the silver on 4f with the bishop on 4d. shogilounge goes on with a bishop trade on 4d, the knight to 7g, the silver to 3e and a switch to the left with the pawn to 7e; ja.wikipedia describes the same plan.
Play it against the bot.
The bot’s search levels, 9 to 12, open from a book that holds two of these openings, the Fourth File Rook and the Yagura; the Mino levels play the openings people play. Either way the review afterwards shows you where the game left the line. Try the line, then try the plan.