This is a revised edition of a popular series with over 500,000 copies sold.

Shogi is a game in which the player who checkmates the opponent's king first wins. Therefore, the first thing you need to learn is the act of checkmating.

To checkmate means to put the king in check and leave it with no legal moves. Once you learn this concept of checkmating, problems such as "I don't know how to play in the endgame" or "I don't know how to conclude the game" can be easily resolved.

This book starts with the concept of checkmate and clearly explains endgame techniques in a general way. After understanding checkmate, you will learn techniques for winning like 'check', 'forced mate', and 'finishing off'. Just by mastering the basics of these endgame techniques, the endgame, which you may have found difficult, is sure to become much more interesting.

*This book is a renewed version of "Yoshiharu Habu's Shogi: How to Become Stronger in the Endgame," published in 2010, with new information added.

Supervised by Yoshiharu Habu
Size: A5 Format, Pages: 224

Table of Contents

Prologue: Understanding the Endgame
Chapter 1: Understanding Checkmate
Chapter 2: Understanding Check
Chapter 3: Understanding Forced Mate
Chapter 4: Understanding Finishing Off
Chapter 5: Understanding Defense
Chapter 6: Developing Endgame Skills