Tanigawa Kouji no Shougi Shinan II - Meijin e no Michi - Shinban Tsumeshougi - Tsugi no Itte (Japan) (Disk Writer)

This is a Famicom Disk System title that teaches shogi, the Japanese version of chess, through a series of tactical problems. Released exclusively in Japan, it was authored by (or at least endorsed by) Tanigawa Kouji, a legendary professional shogi player. The "Disk Writer" suffix suggests it was distributed at retail via Nintendo's Disk Writer kiosks, where blank disks could be written with the game. It is a sequel to the original Tanigawa Kouji no Shougi Shinan, focusing on the middle game and endgame rather than basic rules.

The player is presented with a series of tsumeshogi (checkmate) puzzles. Each puzzle shows a board position, and the goal is to find the correct sequence of moves that leads to checkmate. The game likely offers multiple difficulty levels, hint systems, and records progress. Because the entire interface is in Japanese, the menus and instructions are not localised, but the core activity of moving pieces by selecting a square and pushing a button should be familiar to anyone who has played a digital board game.

It holds a niche place in the FDS library as a pure, no-nonsense shogi puzzle collection. For fans of shogi or retro puzzle games, it provides an enormous amount of content without any arcade distractions. Compared to later shogi games on SNES or PlayStation, this one is more austere but also more focused. If you can navigate Japanese menus, it remains a solid way to sharpen your tsumeshogi skills on original hardware.