Left Bear-in-the-hole Central Rook

Left Bear-in-the-hole Central Rook (中飛車左穴熊 nakabisha hidari anaguma) is Central Rook opening (戦法) used in Double Ranging Rook games.

Left Bear-in-the-hole Central Rook

☖ pieces in hand: –

9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
香	桂		金					香	1
	王	銀							2
	歩		金	歩	銀	桂		角	3
歩		歩	歩		歩	飛		歩	4
				歩		歩	歩		5
		歩		飛				歩	6
歩	歩		歩	銀	歩	歩	歩		7
香	銀	金	角						8
玉	桂	金					桂	香	9

☗ pieces in hand: –

vs an Ishida (Third File Rook) opponent with a High Mino castle.

It is characterized by building an Bear-in-the-hole castle on the Central Rook player's left side, which is unusual since Ranging Rook castles (including the Bear-in-the-hole) are most commonly built on the player's right side and Bear-in-the-holes built on the left side have usually been used for Static Rook positions.

Although Left Bear-in-the-hole Central Rook was invented by amateur players, it has been used by professional players as well.

See also

• Central Rook
• Fourth File Rook
• Double Ranging Rook

Bibliography

• 藤森, 哲也. 2016. 藤森流中飛車左穴熊破り.
• 杉本, 昌隆. 2014. 対振り革命: 中飛車左穴熊. マイナビ出版.

External links

• Central Rook Left Anaguma (1) · Evernote document by Shun Tokuni