ShogiStep: Learn Openings

Learn openings. Play with confidence. Know how the pieces move, but feel lost in the opening? Remember a sequence in practice, then forget it in a game? ShogiStep: Learn Openings helps you study Japanese chess openings by moving pieces on a board with your cat coach. Created by a Learning Engineering PhD and amateur shogi 2-dan, with commentary supervised by an amateur 5-dan. Understand the reasons, recall the moves, and learn through play. UNDERSTAND WHY EACH MOVE MATTERS Openings are sequences refined through games and study. Memorizing moves alone can leave you unsure when an opponent chooses a different line. Learn what a move prepares, what threat it prevents, and how it helps your pieces work together. Your cat coach explains the ideas alongside the board, making positions easier to follow than notation alone. LEARN MODE: ONE MOVE AT A TIME Highlights show which piece to move and where to place it. Tap or drag to play while reading the commentary. Tap a square reference in the explanation to light up that square on the board. Enlarge the commentary for easier reading. TEST MODE: RECALL, PLAY, REVIEW Try the opening without move guides. A mistake does not end your attempt: after two mistakes, a hint helps you continue. Review the commentary after a correct move. At the end, check your first-try accuracy and mistakes, then practice again. FIND YOUR OPENING AMONG 53 LESSONS Start with Primitive Climbing Silver, Bishop Exchange Reclining Silver, and Double Wing Attack. Explore familiar systems and surprise attacks through five optional packs of 10 lessons each: • Static Rook: Side Pawn Capture, Double Yagura, Gangi, Twisting Rook, Bishop Exchange Rapid Advancing Silver, Right King. • Ranging Rook: Opposing Rook, Third File Rook, Fourth File Rook, Fujii System, Quick Ishida, Masuda's Ishida. • Central Rook: Sente and Gote Gokigen Central Rook, Horn Silver Central Rook, Super-Rapid 3-7 Silver, Bishop Exchange Gokigen Central Rook. • Opposing Strategies & Study: Double Ranging Rook, Right Fourth File Rook, Fourth File Rook vs. Right Fourth File Rook, Tenshukaku Mino, Rapid Climbing Silver, Maruyama Vaccine: Sato's Novelty. • Surprise & Fighting Openings: Pac-Man, Onigoroshi, New Onigoroshi, Wrong-Diagonal Bishop, Iijima Retreating Bishop, Tsukada Special, Ureshino. FOLLOW THE PROS BEYOND THE OPENING Step through professional games or watch them autoplay. Choose Sente or Gote and move the pieces yourself to follow the game. Try the first game free; the Pro Games Pack adds 10 more. PRACTICE IN YOUR SPARE MOMENTS Learn and Test progress is saved separately so you can resume later. Switch sides to practice your opponent's moves, too. Commentary is provided for the recommended side only; it is not shown when practicing the opposite side. Available in Japanese, English, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese. Adjust background music and sound effects in Settings. START FREE. CHOOSE ONE-TIME PURCHASES. Three opening lessons and the first professional game are free. Optional purchases include: • Five opening packs, with 10 lessons each • Pro Games Pack: 10 additional games • Ad removal • Complete Set: all five packs, 10 additional pro games, and ad removal All purchases are one-time purchases, with no monthly fees or automatic renewals. Choose individual packs or unlock the Complete Set. FOR PLAYERS WHO WANT TO • Learn opening play after learning the rules • Go beyond reading notation • Understand the reasons behind each move • Test their memory • Find a favorite opening • Experience professional moves on the board Understand a move. Recall it. Play it. Build confidence in your opening with your cat coach. SPECIAL THANKS Commentary supervision: 枡本 秀男 — Representative of エデュ将棋教室; Japan Shogi Association-certified shogi instructor; shogi 5-dan. Music provided by: Music-Note.jp URL: http://www.music-note.jp/

Minor fixes.