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2. Taikyoku shogi - Wikipedia

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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.

3. Micro shogi - Wikipedia

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   Each player has a set of 5 wedge-shaped pieces. The pieces are of slightly different sizes. From largest to smallest (or most to least powerful) they are: 1 king; 1 bishop; 1 gold general; 1 silver general; 1 pawn; The king is blank on the opposite side, the silver has a lance on the opposite side, the gold a rook, the bishop a tokin, and the ...

4. Shogi strategy - Wikipedia

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   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.

5. Shogi - Wikipedia

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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 .

6. List of Japanese board games - Wikipedia

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   Chinese Mahjong with Japanese rules: Mahjong: Shadow Hunters (シャドウハンターズ, shadō hantāzu) 2005: Game Republic: 4–8: Supernatural themed, strategic, secret team play: Bang!, Mafia: Shogi and variants (将棋, shōgi, generals' chess) Japanese chess: 16th Century: Traditional: 2: Played on a 9×9 board; can use captured pieces ...

7. Tsume shogi - Wikipedia

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   They might consist of the pieces making geometric shapes, a theme which is used throughout the problem, the removal of all pieces on the board (called a Smoke Mate), or a set number of moves. One of the most famous tsume artists is Kanju Itou, who in 1755 wrote Shogi Zukou ( 将棋図巧 ), a famous collection of artistic tsume problems. [ 3 ]

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9. Whale shogi - Wikipedia

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   The pieces of the two sides do not differ in color, but instead each piece is shaped like a wedge, and faces forward, toward the opposing side. This shows who controls the piece during play. Because this is a Western shogi variant, and kanji for the whales are difficult even for the Japanese, the pieces use Latin letters rather than kanji.