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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 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 ...
In shogi, Right King or Right-hand King (右玉 migi gyoku) is a defensive subcomponent of different openings in which the king stays on the right side of the board together with the rook, which protects the back rank (rank 9) as well as the eighth file. It is an exception to the general rule that the king is castled away from the rook.
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 ...
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.
In general, shogi tactics are classified into two categories: (i) piece-related tesujis and (ii) opening/position-related tesujis. ... A fork between a king and a ...
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.
Dai shogi (大将棋, large chess) or Kamakura dai shogi (鎌倉大将棋) is a board game native to Japan.It derived from Heian era shogi, and is similar to standard shogi (sometimes called Japanese chess) in its rules and game play.