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Shogi (将棋, shōgi, English: / ˈ ʃ oʊ ɡ i /, [1] Japanese:), also known as Japanese chess, is a strategy board game for two players. It is one of the most popular board games in Japan and is in the same family of games as Western chess, chaturanga, xiangqi, Indian chess, and janggi. Shōgi means general's (shō 将) board game (gi 棋).
Gunjin Shōgi or Japanese Military Chess (軍人将棋), also known as Marching Chess (行軍将棋, Kōgun Shōgi), is a two-player board game, intended for children. Although the pentagonal pieces are shaped like those of Shōgi , the objective is to capture the other player's flag, more similar in gameplay to Stratego (1942) and its ...
Kerry Handscomb of NOST [note 1] gave it this English name. Although not confirmed, he credits its invention to the late Oyama Yasuharu, one of the most famous professional shogi players in history. In the mid-1980s, Handscomb was gifted a set custom made by a Japanese craftsman. Therefore, the game must have been invented before this time.
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Taikyoku shōgi (Japanese: 大局将棋, lit. "ultimate shogi") is the largest known variant of shogi (Japanese chess).The game was created around the mid-16th century (presumably by priests) and is based on earlier large board shogi games.
Minishogi (5五将棋 gogo shōgi "5V chess" or "5×5 chess") is a modern variant of shogi (Japanese chess). The game was invented (or rediscovered) around 1970 by Shigenobu Kusumoto of Osaka, Japan. The rules are nearly identical to those of standard shogi, with the exception that it is played on a 5x5 board and a reduced number of pieces, and ...
The game of shogi has developed independently inside Japan, and its pieces are differentiated by Japanese characters written on them, factors which have impeded the spread of the game outside Japan. By way of comparison, the game of go has spread internationally for a combination of many reasons, including the facts that it originated in China ...
It has gained some adherents in the West, having been praised as "the best of all large chess games" by David Pritchard, [3] and still maintains a society (the Chushogi Renmei, or Japanese Chu Shogi Association) and an online following in Japan. The main reference work in English is the Middle Shogi Manual by George Hodges .