The Mino castle (美濃囲い minō gakoi or 本美濃囲い hon minō gakoi) is a castle used in shogi. Mino castle is a very commonly used defensive formation that may be used within both Ranging Rook and Static Rook positions against both Ranging Rook and Static Rook opponents. The castle has several variants and may be the initial springboard for other further castle developments (such as the Silver Crown castle variants and the Right Fortress). Due to its popularity, several methods of attacking the Mino castle have been well studied.
The Minocastle (美濃囲い minō gakoi or 本美濃囲い hon minō gakoi) is a castle used in shogi. Minocastle is a very commonly used defensive formation that may be...
Nobunaga's campaign to defeat the Saitō clan in their mountaintop castle and conquer Mino Province, Japan. It was a short, two-week siege, fought between...
Nobunaga and Nobutada died at Honno-ji incident. Later, Nagayoshi took MinoCastle with the help of his relatives from the Ikeda clan side of his family...
and was much closer to the castle, so Gifu Castle was protected by two large rivers. It also commanded the main route into Mino Province from then Tōkaidō...
several moves to create (compared to other Ranging Rook castles like Minocastle). A Minocastle may transition into a Right Fortress. Crab ☖ pieces in...
the Fujii System includes countermeasures against Left Minocastles as well as Anaguma castles. In the latter case, characteristically, if the opponent...
Mino Province (美濃国, Mino no kuni) was a province of Japan in the area of Japan that is today southern Gifu Prefecture. Mino was bordered by Ōmi to the...
Ōsumi castle avoids one of the weaknesses of the Minocastle and some other ranging rook castles: Black cannot defend the point at 28. The Ōsumi castle is...
example of a castle built on the right side of the board paired with a Ranging Rook position (Fourth File Rook). The castle is a Minocastle. Examples of...
rather than Ranging. The castles mainly used in Double Static Rook games are Yagura (Fortress), Gangi (Snowroof), and Left Mino (often seen vs Ranging Rook...
Kai Province (甲斐国) through Mino Province (美濃国), and the daughter of Toyama Naokado (遠山直廉), a warlord (国人) in southeast Mino province, became the adopted...
1528 in Tara Castle, Mino Province (present-day Kani, Gifu Prefecture). In the Akechi Family Tree recorded in "Zoku Gunsho Ruiju" and the "Mino no Kuni Shokki"...
considered easier for beginners but still popular with professionals is the Minocastle. The king is placed in a safe position, while the three generals work...
of Takenaka Shigemoto, the lord of Ōmidō Castle in the Ōno District of Mino Province and a retainer of the Mino-Saitō clan. In 1556, Shigeharu had his first...
Battle of Gifu Castle (岐阜城の戦い, Gifu-jō no Tatakai) took place in September 1600 that led to the destruction of Gifu Castle in Gifu, Mino Province (modern-day...
Here White starts to create the Minocastle structure giving up the possibility of making a Bear-in-the-hole castle. 5. B-77. Moving up the bishop to...
(Baiona) Castle of Salvaterra, (Salvaterra de Miño) Castle of Sobroso, (Mondariz) Castle of Soutomaior, (Soutomaior) Castle of Tebra, (Tomiño) Castle of Ubeiras...
consisted of the troops of Owari, Mino, and Ise Provinces. He launched the Siege of Ichijōdani Castle and Siege of Odani Castle. Nobunaga successfully destroyed...
Iwamura Castle (岩村城, Iwamura-jō) was located in the southeastern area of Mino Province in Japan. Its ruins can be found in the modern-day municipal subdivision...
prevents the player from making the usual Minocastle. Therefore, Central Rook's castle is often an Incomplete Mino. In the adjacent diagram, Black has formed...
The rook has moved from the 28 square to 68, the king has moved into a Minocastle, and the bishop's diagonal has been closed by advancing the sixth file...
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