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The 1443 Shogi Shushu no Zu is lost, but Minase Kanenari's 1591 book Shogi Zu states that he had copied the 1443 book, and that the 1443 book itself was a copy of an older book of which no information survives.) [4] Soon, however, its rules were simplified (removing the weakest pieces) to produce the game of chu shogi (middle shogi), first ...
A king or a gold general does not promote; nor can a piece that is already promoted. When captured, a piece loses its promoted status. Otherwise promotion is permanent. A promoted rook (literally dragon king (龍王 (ryūō)); shortended forms: 龍 (ryū) and 竜 (ryū)) moves as a rook and as a king.
The 10-Piece (十枚落ち jūmai-ochi) handicap in shogi has all of White's pieces removed except for the king and their line of pawns. (Thus, their rook, bishop, golds, silvers, knights, and lances are all missing.) This handicap is very severe and, thus, not competitive. It is not deemed an official handicap of the Japan Shogi Association ...
Shogi, like western chess, can be divided into the opening, middle game and endgame, each requiring a different strategy.The opening consists of arranging one's defenses and positioning for attack, the middle game consists of attempting to break through the opposing defenses while maintaining one's own, and the endgame starts when one side's defenses have been compromised.
The promotion rules and values are reminiscent of microshogi and entirely different from standard shogi: A king cannot promote: K; A tokin (T) promotes to a lance and vice versa: T ↔ L; A silver general promotes to a bishop and vice versa: S ↔ B; A gold general promotes to a knight and vice versa: G ↔ N; A pawn promotes to a rook and vice ...
The "King" in shogi. Ōshō (王将, ōshō) is one of the eight titles in Japanese professional shogi. The tournament is co-sponsored by Sports Nippon and the Mainichi Shimbun with additional support received from ALSOK and the Igo & Shogi Channel . [1] The word also refers to the piece called the "King" in shogi.
Shō shōgi (小将棋 'small chess') is a 16th-century form of shogi (Japanese chess), and the immediate predecessor of the modern game. It was played on a 9×9 board with the same setup as in modern shogi, except that an extra piece stood in front of the king: a 'drunk elephant' that promoted into a prince, which is effectively a second king.
Kiō (棋王) is one of the eight major title tournaments in professional shogi. The word means the " king of the board " (i.e. it is a combination of the kanji characters for board ( 棋 , ki ) and king ( 王 , ō ) ).