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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.
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 ...
Shōji, Shoji, Shouji or Shohji is a masculine Japanese given name written with various kanji (正治, 昌二, 昭二, 鐘史 etc.). Notable people with the name include: Shoji Akiyoshi (born 1968), Japanese wrestler; Shoji Gatoh (born 1971), Japanese author; Shōji Hamada (1894–1978), Japanese potter; Shoji Hashimoto (1935–2009), Japanese ...
Meaning Different meanings depending on the kanji used Shōhei , Shohei or Shouhei (written: 昌平, 昇平, 翔平, 祥平, 祥兵, 正平, 宗平, 将平, 頌平, 章平, 勝平 or 尚平) is a masculine Japanese given name.
Meijin (名人) is one of the eight titles in Japanese professional shogi, and is the most prestigious title, along with Ryūō. The word meijin ( 名 mei "excellent, artful", 人 jin "person") refers to a highly skilled master of a certain field (the various arts found in traditional Japanese culture , such as the Japanese tea ceremony , go ...
The name means medium shogi, and the game is sometimes so called (or called middle shogi) in English. Chu shogi has existed since at least the 14th century; there are earlier references, but it is not clear that they refer to the game as we now know it. Chu shogi is best known for a piece called the lion, which moves like a king but twice per turn.
Ryūō (also Ryu-O, Ryu-oh, Ryuuou; in Japanese: 龍王, 竜王, lit."Dragon King") is an annual Japanese professional shogi tournament and the title of its winner.The current Ryūō title holder is Sōta Fujii.
A professional shogi player (将棋棋士 shōgi kishi or プロ棋士 puro kishi "professional player") is a shogi player who is usually a member of a professional guild of shogi players. There are two categories of professional players: regular professional and women's professional.