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Invincible castle! Really?
This is a well known mystery. A certain potion of Shogi beginners end up with this castling. It seems as if they come up to this with their own idea,, but it is not the first time in Shogi history this castling was played. There is even a name for this formation. It is called "Invincible castling. (無敵囲い)
I bet you it is not! There are many sins or no-no's this "castlng" commited.
- Rook and King sit closely to each other.
- King is sitting at its original place.
- Bishop's head is unprotected.
My advice is simply "don't do this." You will not get any mileage out of it. It will only make your opponent "invincible"
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Other Useful sites
Shogi Entries on Wikipedia went through a dramatic improvement over the last 10 years and I will not speak lightly on those articles any longer. You will learn a great deal from Wikipedia site pages alone. Additionally , there are many 'modern' reference mediums you can explore. See Resources section of this site for more.
References I originally suggested below still exists but no longer updated. although they are still relevant, some links have disappeared. Main problem being a demise of flash player based pages.
The one site I wholeheartedly recommend is Takodori's Entrance to Shogi World.This site introduces you to the variety of Shogi articles. In particular, You will want to take a look at "Basic Shogi information available in English on Internet (1)" for general Shogi information and "Basic Shogi information available in English on Internet (2)" for English literature on various Shogi techniques available on-line .
You have to get used to the Classic Kanji Pieces
Like symbols better than Kanji? Too bad. Your going to have to get used to the Classic Kanji Pieces. Sure, it is much easier to see symbolic pieces rather than pieces with Kanji characters on them. However, most of reference materials that are available online are shown with Classic styles. If you don't get used to it, then you'll regret it later. It's better to learn now, than later. If you don't know what every piece stands for, then your opponent has a huge advantage over you, and your basically screwed. Trust me. Learning the Kanji on the pieces are easy.
As such, this site uses custom shogiboard applet which shows the shogi board like this. Usage should be intuitive enough, but please take a quick look at this short guide on how to navigate the board.