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Playing on this site 対局

Clocks, handicaps, reading the notation, and the manners that go with the game.

1. Clocks — byoyomi and Fischer

   How the clocks work on this site — main time, byoyomi, Fischer increments and correspondence games.

2. Handicaps, and why uwate moves first

   In a handicap game the stronger player removes pieces from their own side — and moves first. The standard handicaps and how seats work.

3. Reading shogi notation

   The site's own move notation, the Western (Hodges) notation used in English books and the explorer, Japanese notation, and KIF files.

4. Etiquette and reactions

   The bows and phrases that frame a shogi game, and the tap-to-send reactions that carry them online.

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