9-Piece handicap

The 9-Piece (九枚落ち kyūmai-ochi) handicap in shogi has all of White's pieces removed except for the king, their right gold, and their line of pawns. (Thus, their rook, bishop, silvers, knights, lances, and the left gold are all missing.)

This handicap is very severe and, thus, not very competitive. It is not deemed an official handicap of the Japan Shogi Association. Its purpose is primarily for teaching shogi novices how to play.

Opening[]

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1...K-42, 2. P-76. The same first moves as the lower handicap. (See: 10-Piece handicap.)

2...G-72. White moves their gold upward and leftward in order to protect the seventh file pawn (on 73) and as well as preparing to move again to further protect the ninth file pawn from an early breech by Black's bishop.

If White were to make the same 2...P-54 move as in the 10-Piece handicap opening, then Black would be able to promote their bishop on the 93 square.

☗4. P-56[]

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This is the line suggested by Kageyama & Kimura (1955).

☗4. P-26[]

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This is the line suggested by Ishibashi (2012).

9-Piece Right Gold[]

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Ishibashi (2012) also discusses a different 9-Piece Handicap variant that removes White right gold (右金落ち) instead of the left gold (左金落ち) shown above.

See also[]

• Handicap (shogi)
• 10-Piece handicap

Notes[]

References[]

• 石橋, 幸緒 [Sachio Ishibashi] (2012). "次は、「九枚落ち」進みましょう". 石橋幸緒の駒落ちレシピ. 長崎出版.
• 影山, 稔雄 [Toshio Kageyama]; 木村, 義雄 [Yoshio Kimura] (1955). 将棋駒落の指し方. 大泉書店. pp. 24–25.

External links[]

• shogi.io: a 9-Piece Right Gold Handicap game record · commentary by Madoka Kitao