Jörg Knappen wrote on Tue, Sep 25, 2012 08:18 AM UTC:
After following the long thread on the first move advantage in chess, I am
curious about the first move advantage in Shogi.
The major difference between chess and shogi lies in the "decisiveness"
of the two games: Western chess is rather drawish, while almost all shogi
games come out as wins or losses.
Is there a first move advantage in shogi (I don't know statistics, but I
suspect that there is a first move advantage, although some Shogi pages
claim the opposite) and how large is it?