Chu Shogi evert823 - KaijiAUT

Oh god, for some reason I didn't thought about, that at fourth row it already promotes... Should have played the rook.

I give up now. Congratulations! We can have another game if you also want. 

Thanks for the game. Yes we should play another game. I hope that won't turn as bad as my current game against dax00.

In case either of you were wondering, (#208) Ph-4d was the losing move for Gote.

I was surprised by Gote's Gold participating in the attack. I'm always determined to keep my Gold involved in some castle, and it felt like a big decision to start sending my own Gold away from my King.

Is it because it was too slow?

Golds are very good at attack. They are elite soldiers, so I call upon them when the task is heavy. In exchange, it's wiser to give them extra protection. If that protection is already in place, then it may be wise to use a Gold up front, especially in tight combat, with lots of pieces huddled together.

There are a few openings in my preparation where the main advanced steppers are Gold and Silver, with Gold in front. But that preparation has only been used twice.

My castles tend to be shoddy. The way I see it, if you can just keep the enemy far away, there is no need for a castle.

It depends on what you mean by slow. Slow play is fine, as long as you don't waste moves or play inaccurately. Ph-4d was definitely inaccurate, though.

In that position, Gote really cannot yield. BT-5f would have been my move there.

@evert823 

Great I am looking forward to our next game! I hope I do better this time

@dax00 

As always thanks for analysis. Yes in the end the Phoenix move turned out bad. Obviously at that point I made it to open move options for my poor placed bishop, but well...

About the offensive Golds I think similar as dax00, but sometimes move them out too soon and unprotected. In Chu shogi, without drops, a castle is not needed that much, and the great quality of a gold is, that it doesn't have much directions from where it can be attacked. Also without drops I think the gold is not so easy to catch like in shogi (I am not sure how to explain it... the inability to move back diagonally is not such a big problem in chu shogi without drops). Also it is easy to protect against a lion. In my tournament game with Vincent I moved my gold forward early and he didn't move any step mover. So he ended up being not able to trade it off (because of material loss) and the gold crrated a zone of control I could use to lead the direction of the game. But if the opponent moves a step mover against it, he has good chances to trade it for a less powerful step mover, so usually protection is needed. That's what I think. 

This is incorrect. Retreat of slow pieces is important in locked positions. Since most lines for advance are diagonal, diagonal retreat ability is much better in tight combat than orthogonal retreat ability. This is the main reason why I almost always start with a silver. My bronzes are reserved for attacking specific structures, for suicide missions, and for defense.

My advice for golds is that they are to be used when you are very confident they will not need to retreat.

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