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Hey,

sorry that I haven't been updating much because I didn't expect my college assignments could have taken up most of my time. As a result of it, I didn't spend time on reading 'Basic Joseki Essense: Kakugawari' but instead I have spent more time on solving Tsume-shogi!

I remember Hidetchi once wrote this in a personal message to me:

"Most of the professional players say they solved all the problems in Shogi Zukou and Shogi Musou when they were in Shoureikai."

As I do have plans to become a professional player myself, I've spent a lot of time solving 7 to 11 moves Tsume-Shogi, especially since solving 5 moves and below will only take less than 10 seconds for me to solve. In these two years I've spent more time in solving 5 moves and less Tsume Shogi, so you can say that solving 7 - 11 moves Tsume-Shogi is my first real challenge in my Shogi life, although I did try them out before but never put a lot of attention to them. Out of 20 questions I could solve about 16 or 17 problems, although it have taken some time for me to solve. But I am glad that I was able to solve those questions much better with less than 5 minutes as I continue to progress through the questions. Lastly all I can say is that it seems like my path to become a professional player is SUPER tough but I'll keep on trying out my best!

Below are some of the questions that I've tried so I hope you can give it a try! Please highlight the hidden words next to the question picture to reveal the answer!

Question 1:
7 moves - 15 minutes

1. L23+
2. Sx23
3. R'11
4. Kx11
5. L'13
6. S12
7. N23=









Question 2:
7 moves - 15 minutes


1. G'12
2. Lx12
3. N'14
4. Kx13
5. G'24
6. Px24
7. S'22








Question 3:
7 moves - 15 minutes

1. N'43
2. K32
3. S'41
4. Rx41
5. N31+
6. Rx31
7. G'42









Question 4:
7 moves - 15 minutes

1. S'22
2. Kx22
3. +B32
4. K13
5. G'24
6. Px24
7. R15









Question 5:
7 moves - 15 minutes

1. B34
2. K22
3. N33+
4. Nx33
5. R11+
6. Kx11
7. G'12









Question 6:
7 moves - 15 minutes

1. S21+
2. K23
3. S'12
4. Lx12
5. +S22
6. Kx22
7. R'21









Question 7:
7 moves - 15 minutes

1. B21+
2. K13
3. +B22
4. Kx22
5. R'21
6. K33
7. B43+









Question 8:
7 moves - 15 minutes

1. B'44
2. K13
3. B35
4. K22
5. S31=
6. Kx31
7. G'32









Question 9:
7 moves - 15 minutes

1. B'11
2. K21
3. N'33
4.Bx33
5. B22+
6. Kx22
7. G'12









Question 10:
7 moves - 15 minutes

1. B'33
2. K12
3. +B34
4. Sx34
5. S21=
6. Kx21
7. G'22









Question 11:
7 moves - 15 minutes

1. B'32
2. Sx32
3. +R33
4. Kx33
5. B'42
6. K23
7. B24+









Question 12:
7 moves - 15 minutes

1. R'42
2. Kx33
3. R'34
4. Gx34
5. R22+
6. K43
7. +R42









Question 13:
7 moves - 10 minutes

1. R'11
2. Kx11
3. L'13
4. Nx13
5. B'33
6. K12
7. B22+









Question 14:
7 moves - 10 minutes

1. R24
2. Px24
3. P'15
4. K23
5. L33+
6. K12
7. +L22









Question 15:
7 moves - 10 minutes

1. R'16
2. K25
3. S'14
4. +Px14
5. R15
6. +Px15
7. G'24









Question 16:
7 moves - 10 minutes

1. B'42
2. K32
3. N'24
4. Px24
5. B33+
6. Kx33
7. +R43









Question 17:
7 moves - 10 minutes

1. +B33
2. Nx33
3. B43+
4. K24
5. P'25
6. Nx25
7. +B33









Question 18:
7 moves - 10 minutes

1. R'12
2. Kx12
3. N'24
4. +Bx24
5. S23=
6. Kx23
7. B'12









Question 19:
9 moves - 15 minutes

1. B'13
2. K21
3. B'12
4. Sx12
5. B31+
6. Kx31
7. L'33
8. K22
9. L32+







Question 20:
9 moves - 15 minutes

1. S'12
2. Gx12
3. S'32
4. K22
5. S31=
6. K21
7. +Rx12
8. Kx12
9. G'22







I hope you all are about to solve about 10 questions. =) See you all next time!

Regards,
Ryou Takehito