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Shogi
    Keywords: Culture & History

Shogi is the Japanese member of the chess game family. It is probably at least as widely played as go in Japan, and its history has run parallel to go's since Sansa. It is played on a 9x9 board, with a distinctive capture rule making pieces you capture yours to place back on the board.

Shogi is much less played outside Japan.

There is in fact a substantial family of shogi games, starting with chu shogi, which is played on a larger board.



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