In Double Static Rook games (相居飛車, ai ibisha), it is common for both players to try and keep pace with their opponent as they develop their pieces during the opening, and avoid moves that would result in a disadvantage.
The main lines of this kind of game can be categorized into Yagura, Bishop Exchange, Double Wing Attack, and Side Pawn Picker, but there are many variations that these could be sub-divided into.
In a Double Static Rook opening, there is no clear advantage to Sente nor Gote, and there are strategies that can be adopted by either position.
In Yagura or Bishop Exchange, the silver and gold are lined up vertically to create a strong defense to stop the incoming rook from advancing.
To be able to respond to these attacks, the king is normally kept near the center so that the entire camp can be quickly defended, and the Central House formation is often used.
In games against Ranging Rook, the Static Rook side may choose to stick with a simple castle and immediately initiate a rapid attack or take the time to build up a stronger castle and play a slow game.
In even games, this forward marching rook pawn (飛車先 hisha saki) bears down directly on the opponent's bishop, which in the initial position is undefended.
Climbing Silver formations may be used with several different Static Rook openings such as Fortress, Double Wing, and Bishop Exchange.
Reclining Silver can often be played as a component of different Static Rook openings such as Double Wing or Bishop Exchange.
Most Static Rook openings coincide with a castle development on the player's left side of board.
In the adjacent diagram is an example of a castle built on the left side of the board paired with a Static Rook position.
Some openings like Fortress and Bishop Exchange openings have the king moved leftward away from the rook in compact castles while openings like Double Wing Attack and Side Pawn Capture have rather minimal castle formations with much less king safety in a trade off of defending wider areas within the Static Rook side's camp in order to defend against future piece drops.
The player subsequently moves their up to the middle e rank and then down to central file (B-7e ... B-5g for Black, B-3e ... B-5c for White.)