While this is true, it is equally hard to keep up an offense when you position a great piece in the perfect spot and it then changes to a weak piece. Heck, it's hard to even give a value to pieces when considering trades. In chess it's easy: okay, I'm trading a knight for a bishop, no problem. In shogi it's pretty easy too, since the ranking of values is pretty obvious (R, B, G, S, N/L, P). But in this game it's really tough to tell, since the pawn is also a rook. Is it wise to trade that for a silver/bishop?! I kid you not, this is an unpredictable, difficult game!

S-2iv+B