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  2. History of shogi - Wikipedia

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    Shogi might thus combine strands from Chinese and Southeast Asian chess. [1] ... so they were probably invented between 1443 and 1591 and modified from the original ...

  3. Shogi - Wikipedia

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    Shogi was the earliest historical chess-related game to allow captured pieces to be returned to the board by the capturing player. [2] This drop rule is speculated to have been invented in the 15th century and possibly connected to the practice of 15th-century mercenaries switching loyalties when captured instead of being killed. [3]

  4. Shogi variant - Wikipedia

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    A shogi variant is a game related to ... When invented Invented by Okisaki shogi: ... which is played on a go board and incorporates elements of Chinese chess. Ko ...

  5. History of chess - Wikipedia

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    In the 13th century, shogi underwent an expansion, creating the game of dai shogi, played on a 15×15 board with many new pieces, including the independently invented rook, bishop and queen of modern Western chess, the drunk elephant that promotes to a second king, and also the even more powerful lion, which among other idiosyncrasies has the ...

  6. List of Xiangqi variants - Wikipedia

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    Congo, invented by Demian Freeling; ... Shogi variant This page was last edited on 9 February 2024, at 16:35 (UTC). Text is available under the ...

  7. Chess - Wikipedia

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    Digital chess clocks were invented in 1973, though they did not become commonplace until the 1990s. ... (Chinese chess), shogi (Japanese chess), janggi ...

  8. Shōgi Zushiki - Wikipedia

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    Shōgi Zushiki "Cultural History of Things and Humans 23 Shogi" Koichi Masukawa, Hosei University Press 1977 ISBN 4-588-20231-6 "Elephant illustration ceremony" Dairoku Matsuura's brushwork 1909

  9. History of games - Wikipedia

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    Other traditional East Asian Chess variants include Shogi (Japan) and Janggi (Korea). Playing cards or tiles were invented in China [46] as early as the 9th century during the Tang dynasty (618–907). [47] [48] [49] The earliest unambiguous attestation of paper playing cards date back to 1294. [50]