title: 2-Piece handicap
text: # 2-Piece handicap
  
  The 2-Piece (二枚落ち nimai-ochi) handicap in shogi has both of White's major pieces (the rook and the bishop) removed. Thus, White is left with pawns, golds, silvers, knights, and lances.
  
  Black has the usual setup of twenty pieces.
  
  The 2-Piece handicap is an official handicap of the Japan Shogi Association.
  
  ## Openings
  
  ### ☖5...K-52
  
  **Two-Pawn Sacrifice Push**
  
  Two-Pawn Sacrifice Push (二歩突っ切り ni fu tsukkiri).
  
  9. R-38. Black plays Sleeve Rook.
  
  18. S-68. Black's Crab castle is complete.
  
  **Silver Tandem**
  
  Silver Tandem (銀多伝 gin taden).
  
  