Center Vanguard Pawn
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Center Vanguard Pawn vs Fourth File Rook
☖ pieces in hand: –
| 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| 香 | 桂 | 金 | 桂 | 香 | 1 | ||||
| 王 | 銀 | 飛 | 2 | ||||||
| 歩 | 歩 | 金 | 歩 | 銀 | 角 | 歩 | 歩 | 3 | |
| 歩 | 歩 | 歩 | 歩 | 4 | |||||
| 歩 | 歩 | 5 | |||||||
| 歩 | 歩 | 歩 | 銀 | 6 | |||||
| 歩 | 歩 | 歩 | 歩 | 7 | |||||
| 角 | 玉 | 銀 | 金 | 飛 | 8 | ||||
| 香 | 桂 | 金 | 桂 | 香 | 9 |
☗ pieces in hand: –
In shogi, Center Vanguard Pawn (5筋位取り go-suji kuraidori or 中央位取り chūō kuraidori) is a Static Rook opening used against a Ranging Rook opponent.
The term vanguard pawn (位取り kuraidori) refers to a positioning of a pawn advanced to the middle rank supported by generals as a phalanx-like attacking formation.
This vanguard pawn is positioned up to the middle rank on the central (fifth) file.
