What are the shogi equivalents of Fool's and Scholar's mate?

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In western chess, the Fool's mate and Scholar's Mate are two well-known mates that take very few moves from the starting position. What would be the shogi equivalents to these, or, more generally, what are the fastest checkmates in shogi?

In Xiangqi there is the famous 2 cannon mate (not that this helps you...) — Hauke Reddmann, Apr 05 '21 at 10:50

score 11 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 01 '16 at 07:25

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A very fast checkmate (6 moves) is described here:

1. P-7f P-8d 2. P-5f P-5d 3. R-5h S-4b 4. P-5e Px5e 5. Bx5e P-8e 6. Bx7c+ mate

_{apologies in advance for everyone who feels insulted because of the use of figurines instead of real Shogi pieces - I couldn't find another analysis board}

edited Jun 01 '16 at 07:25

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answered May 31 '16 at 13:25

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Try lishogi.org so offensive to use this – xiaodai Apr 05 '21 at 00:25

score 7 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 25 '19 at 10:41

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P-2f 2. K-4b 3. P-2e 4. K-3b 5. P-2d 6. R-4b 7. Px2c+ Checkmate

The King is trapped by his own Rook on 4b. It's a bad idea to have the King and Rook close together or an early mate like this could happen in the worst case

edited Jan 25 '19 at 10:41

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answered Jan 24 '19 at 09:47

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What are the shogi equivalents of Fool's and Scholar's mate?

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