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Shogi
Keywords: Culture & History
Shogi (shougi 将棋) 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.
See the Shogi is much less played outside Japan. There is in fact a substantial family of shogi games, including chuushougi 中将棋 which is played on a larger board. Hikaru79: Is there an online Shogi server (preferably English, but not necessarily)? You know, like KGS or IGS, where you can play Shogi with people around the world, real-time... I want to see what this game is about! =) If not, are there at least any english-language shogi info sites, like a Shogi versin of Sensei's Library or gobase.org? StormCrow: I remember IGS having a Shogi mode, although I don't know if it still works or if people still use it (although I expect it might, but you'd find mostly Japanese players). You can use the UNIX/Gnu program xshogi to connect if it still works (looking further online, I saw notes that the shogi portion of IGS may have been discontinued, I have no further information on that). Perhaps check Yahoo or MSN games. Hikaru79: I tried those. IGS has given up on their shogi and chinese chess servers, so those no longer work. I don't have UNIX, so I can't use xshogi. The japanese Yahoo! has shogi, but I can't read the japanese, so it's no use... x_x TJ: There are free computer programs to play...Shogi Variants seems fun.:) It currently only has kanji sets of tiles, though. There's something called winshogi I used to learn because it has an option to put the moves for each piece on each tile. Winshogi seems a little clunky...just "set up server" and it should actually give you an AI to play against, though. It was fun to try out, but...I'd rather play Go.;)
The best place to play shogi that supports an English version. The gobase of shogi for English readers. A group run by Japanese shogi players which organizes a monthly tournament for western players. ISC gives awards shogi diplomas to its members and official Nihon Shogi Remei certificates if desired. This is a copy of the living page "Shogi" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |