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	Shogi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The pieces used in these variants of shogi consist of those used in Heian shogi, the king, gold general, silver general, knight, lance and pawn, and those used only in Heian great shogi, the copper general, iron general, side mover, tiger, flying dragon, free chariot and go between.
		It is thought that the rules of modern shogi were fixed in the 16th century, when the drunken elephant was removed from the set of pieces.
		Shogi is also well-known among the general public (amateurs).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shogi (7166 words)

	GNU Shogi manual (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Shogi has five pieces with no counterpart in chess: the gold and silver generals, the lance, the promoted rook and the promoted bishop.
		The term "castle" is used in shogi to denote a defensive formation consisting of (usually) three generals which protect the king.
		Shogi has a well-developed handicap system which is in general use; chess does not.
	www.delorie.com /gnu/docs/gnushogi/gnushogi_18.html (628 words)

	Shogi or also known as Japanese Chess
		Shogi, which is sometimes called, "Japanese chess" is a strategy board game requiring the utmost concentration and skill in order to defeat a worthy opponent.
		Indeed one element of shogi is that captured pieces are not retired but instead may be held in reserve on the side until the opponent chooses to re-activate (i.e.
		Similarly a shogi Rook starts out with the same characteristics as a chess Rook, but once promoted (once it has entered the opponent's 3-row camp) it can alternately move one square diagonally in any direction if desired or still move as a Rook when most advantageous.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Troy/4859/shogi.html (1022 words)

	Buy Shogi
		Shogi is the Japanese version of Chess and some believe the most complex of all traditional Chess variants.
		Shogi Japanese Chess or Shogi or Sho-gi or "The Generals Game" has a major innovation over other games in the Chess family: Pieces when taken are allowed back onto the board.
		Shogi pieces are pointed wooden counters with Japanese symbols on them, both players having identical sets, orientation being the method of determining which piece belongs to which player.
	www.mastersgames.com /cat/board/shogi.htm (217 words)

	Shogi
		Two specifically Shogi pieces are the Gold and Silver Generals: they are like a weaker King.
		Shogi is the only completely up-to-date form of chess.
		Trevor Leggett holds the high degree of Fifth Dan in Shogi, the brush-strokes of his diploma being those of the legendary Past Master Yasuharu Oyama.
	www.leggett.co.uk /shogibook.htm (699 words)

	Like chess, only geekier: Ancient Japanese game of shogi is winning new fans
		At one of several shogi tables scattered throughout the bar, Dawn Danby and Paul Waggoner, occasional chess players, are referring to a flyer that identifies the pieces and their permitted moves.
		Shogi is played on a nine-by-nine board, and all squares and game pieces are the same colour.
		Brian Wold, president of the Canadian Shogi Federation, says there's an added level of complexity to shogi, but "it's not hard with practice." However, the CSF claims a membership of only 50 players, which means competing isn't as simple as heading over to Metropolitan United to play some pickup, as one can do with chess.
	www.hawaii.edu /geog_mr/shogi/hayashi.htm (698 words)

	Shogi Sets, Boards, Tiles, Books, Accessories - Payday Games UK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		SHOGI is featured regularly on television and clubs abound in every corner of the country.
		SHOGI on the other hand, is a major pastime and the professional players, of which there are hundreds, enjoy good income and status.
		SHOGI can be as deep or as shallow as you want it to be; hence the slightly unusual claim that, unlike Western Chess and many other games, it can be great fun to play badly.
	www.paydaygames.com /gameShogi/index.php (503 words)

	Shogi - Chesspedia, The Free Chess Encyclopedia Pushedpawn.org
		Shogi (将棋 shōgi) is one of a family of strategic board games of which chess and xiangqi are also members, which derive from the 6th century Indian game of chaturanga or a close relative thereof.
		Shogi is native to Japan and is sometimes called Japanese chess.
		Shogi Pineapple indicates the order (page is in Japanese); ohashi is depicted on the left and ito on the right.
	pushedpawn.org /test6/Shogi.htm (3469 words)

	Sensei's Library: Shogi
		Shogi (shōgi 将棋) is the Japanese member of the chess game family.
		Shogi is more widely played than go in Japan, especially among young people but in recent years, has been suffering from the same decline in its playing population.
		Shogi is played on a 9x9 (cell) board, with a distinctive capture rule making pieces you capture yours to place back on the board.
	senseis.xmp.net /?Shogi (559 words)

	Chushogi
		Chu Shogi is the most popular historical variant of Shogi other than the main nine by nine version that has survived until today.
		Chu Shogi is played on a board of 12 x 12 squares and each player has 46 pieces (including 12 pawns).
		As in all the games in the Shogi family, in Chu Shogi sets the promoted rank is shown on the reverse side of the piece, and the piece is turned over on promotion to reveal the new rank.
	history.chess.free.fr /chushogi.htm (1177 words)

	Computer shogi takes on Japan's masters
		Habu, who has held all seven of the top Japanese shogi titles and reportedly once earned more than $1 million US a year, is considered by some to be the best shogi player.
		But unlike chess, captured shogi pieces can be redeployed on the board to attack their former master.
		The biggest difference from Western chess, however, is that captured shogi pieces can be redeployed on the board to attack their former master.
	www.hawaii.edu /geog_mr/shogi/efron.htm (946 words)

	Shogi
		Shogi is played in competition and has its champions.
		Several Shogi pieces were excavated in 1943-44 from a grave of the Asakura clan in Fukui.
		One could simply think that Shogi derives from the Chinese Xiangqi, as the game of Go came from China where it was known and played for so long under the name of Weiqi.
	history.chess.free.fr /shogi.htm (1966 words)

	Shogi - Japanese Chess
		Shogi is one of the forms of chess which is generally thought to have developed from the game Shaturanga or Shatranj.
		Shogi is similar to International Chess in that it is played between two players ('fl' and 'white'), and that the object is to checkmate the opponents king.
		Tsume shogi problems are given by means of a diagram, showing the position from which you have to mate the king by consecutive checks.
	www.shogi.net /rjhare (4793 words)

	Shogi in Belarus
		The main European shogi events of 2006 was held in Colmar, France from the 6th to the 9th of July.
		On 9th December 2006, the Minsk Shogi Championship was held.
		During the weekend 25th-27th of August 2006, the 4th International shogi tournament was held in Rivne (Ukraine).
	belarusshogi.net /indexe.php (540 words)

	Amazon.com: Shogi for Beginners: Books: John Fairbairn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Shogi, the Japanese version of Chess, with more that 15,000,000 adherents, is one of the most popular variants of chess in the world.
		Shogi and Chess share a common ancestor and have as their objective the capture of the enemy king.
		Shogi can be a bit intimidating at first with its idiograms and rules that captured pieces can be put back into play, but it is a game that rivals chess in many ways and to me is more enjoyable and complicated.
	www.amazon.com /Shogi-Beginners-John-Fairbairn/dp/4871872017 (1809 words)

	Shogi Board for Palm
		Shogi Board has two views: a game view where games can be played or stepped through, and a database view where a set of different games can be managed.
		It is part of the Swedish Shogi Federation pages, which I host.
		Shogi Board is written in PocketC, a native(!) C-compiler on the Palm by Jeremy Dewey, www.orbworks.com.
	www.cd.chalmers.se /~ralf/palm/shogib.html (742 words)

	Hand Carved Japanese Shogi Pieces (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The sets of Shogi pieces ("koma") available on this page are all hand carved ("tebori") or hand painted on either Siamese or native boxwood ("tsuge").
		Shogi boards of varying specifications may also be purchased here.
		This is the style favoured by the NHK Shogi School.
	www.hirohurl.net /horikoma.html (638 words)

	Shogi
		The shogi board consists of files (vertical columns) labeled a-i from top to bottom, and ranks (horizontal rows) labeled 1-9 from right to left.
		The player moving up the board and making the first move is referred to as fl and his opponent white, although in Shogi sets all pieces have the same colour.
		Promotion is optional, provided that the piece still can make a legal move in case it is not promoted: if a Pawn or a Lance move to the last row, or a Knight moves to either of the last two rows, it must be promoted.
	www.gamerz.net /pbmserv/shogi.html (1586 words)

	SAN FRANCISCO / Venerable Japanese game's high-stakes battle / Shogi players vie for title and $300,000 -- contest ...
		Shogi's popularity abroad is increasing gradually, Nakahara said, noting that 36 players from 20 countries competed last year at a tournament in Tokyo, where the American team won the group competition.
		The most prescient shogi piece, which moves like a rook in chess, is the "flying chariot," named centuries before any flying machines.
		Most accounts say India was the origin of the common ancestor of shogi and chess, as well as of their Chinese cousin xiangqi.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/10/12/BAGFMLM8SF48.DTL (823 words)

	An Introduction to Shogi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Shogi pieces lie flat on the board and most are 2-sided, the flip side indicating a promoted piece.
		(The shogi King and the two Golds are the only pieces ineligible for promotion, by the way.) But the ability to drop in captured pieces combined with promotion makes the latter stages of a shogi match quite interesting.
		In shogi the most feared pieces in play are those nine little pawns on each side.
	www.paulzilla.org /japanese/ShogiIntro.htm (1061 words)

	GNU Shogi manual (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Most of these were invented before modern shogi (in some cases hundreds of years before), are much larger than modern shogi and are not played with drops.
		Tori (bird) shogi, played on a 7x7 board with 32 pieces in all; this is the only variant that is known to have been played with drops.
		Unlike modern shogi, there are a tremendous number of ranging pieces and the game is definitely not played with drops.
	www.delorie.com /gnu/docs/gnushogi/gnushogi_17.html (691 words)

	Shogi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Shogi is similar to chess, but with some key differences:
		On this page you will find a range of Shogi sets including the standard Japanese set (Shogi set 2) and some budget-priced sets such as Shogi set 1 which represents excellent value for money.
		This is one of the most common type of shogi sets that is used by Japanese players.
	www.hirohurl.net /shogi.html (680 words)

	ICGA: Japanese Chess - Shogi
		Shogi has the same origin as chess, but it has developed uniquely in Japan.
		Current level of computer Shogi is almost equivalent to high level of amateur and near the professional.
		Shogi programs are being developed to win against a top human player by 2010.
	www.cs.unimaas.nl /ICGA/games/shogi (385 words)

	Takodori's Entrance to Shogi World
		Shogi is a classic boardgame which is Japanese version of chess.
		Right now, there are one commercial shogi program called Shogi for You and Me V1.2 and two free shogi programs such as Samurai Chess DEMO and Samurai Chess Lite(Applet) there.
		European Shogi Event Calender was upadeted on December 17.
	shogi.typepad.jp /eweblog (2549 words)

	Shogi
		Shogi is a great game, but it is virtually unknown outside of Japan.
		If you undertook the task of designing equipment for Shogi with the sole objective of discouraging Chess players from wanting to learn it, it would be hard to improve on the traditional Shogi equipment.
		In Shogi, all pieces except the king and the gold general can be promoted.
	www.crockford.com /chess/shogi.html (584 words)

	Shogi for You and Me 1.2 - MacUpdate
		First I should explain that Shogi is a version of Chess, or Chess is a version of Shogi.
		Shogi is different from Chess in several ways, but the biggest is that pieces that are captured are used by the player who captured them.
		Shogi also has a 9 x 9 playing board instead of an 8 x 8 board like Chess.
	www.macupdate.com /info.php/id/16805 (304 words)

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