Shogi (1587)
Playtime: 60
Min. Age: 8
Players: 2
Publisher: Nintendo Co., Ltd., SYU Creation, Volume-One Products, (Unknown), Global Partner, L'Impensé Radical, Marigó, L. P. Septímio, (Self-Published), pieco design, F.X. Schmid, Hanayama, U3, The Shogi Association, The Elephant Chess Club, Aztral Games, Yellow Mountain Imports, LPSA, Kumon, Origineering Enterprises Ltd, ilexberry B.V., Ancient Chess, Ishi Press International, Logy Games, nestorgames, Japon Brand, Eyeup, Pàcly, XVIe, Shogi.cz, (Public Domain), The Games Gang, LTD, Nekomado, Invicta Games, Philos, Gentosha Education
Designers: (Uncredited)
Artists: Hermann Friedl, Néstor Romeral Andrés, Tomoko de Haas Kita, Mitsuo Yamamoto, Masahiro Nakajima, Madoka Kitao, Maiko Fujita
Mechanics: Grid Movement, Square Grid, Pattern Movement
Min. Age: 8
Players: 2
Publisher: Nintendo Co., Ltd., SYU Creation, Volume-One Products, (Unknown), Global Partner, L'Impensé Radical, Marigó, L. P. Septímio, (Self-Published), pieco design, F.X. Schmid, Hanayama, U3, The Shogi Association, The Elephant Chess Club, Aztral Games, Yellow Mountain Imports, LPSA, Kumon, Origineering Enterprises Ltd, ilexberry B.V., Ancient Chess, Ishi Press International, Logy Games, nestorgames, Japon Brand, Eyeup, Pàcly, XVIe, Shogi.cz, (Public Domain), The Games Gang, LTD, Nekomado, Invicta Games, Philos, Gentosha Education
Designers: (Uncredited)
Artists: Hermann Friedl, Néstor Romeral Andrés, Tomoko de Haas Kita, Mitsuo Yamamoto, Masahiro Nakajima, Madoka Kitao, Maiko Fujita
Mechanics: Grid Movement, Square Grid, Pattern Movement
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Of Japanese origins, Shogi is played on a 9 by 9 board, and the object is to capture the opponent's king. There are two main differences with Western chess. First, not only pawns but almost every piece can promote if it reaches the opponents three last rows. Second and most distinctive characteristic is that captured pieces become property of the capturing player and during his turn he can "parachute" or "drop" them back to the board instead of performing a normal move. Because of this feature, similar to Bughouse, the game can last longer than a Chess game, the board generally stays fairly crowded and there is no simplification going into the endgame. However, the endgame is typically more rapid with many possibilities for attack and ways to achieve a checkmate, which also makes draws/ties very rare.
According to "A World of Chess" by Jean-Louis Cazaux & Rick Knowlton (2017, ISBN 978-0-7864-9427-9), Bishop, Rook and Drunk Elephant were introduced to the 9x9 Shogi creating Sho Shogi, the immediate predecessor of Shogi, in the middle of the 15th century. Modern Shogi where created with the introduction of the drop rule and the removal of the Drunk Elephant piece in Sho Shogi. This happened between 1567 and 1587 (earliest recording of modern Shogi). The latter date is based upon a picture in the diary of the samurai Matsudaira Ietada, dated 1587, which shows a game identical to the one of today.
According to "A World of Chess" by Jean-Louis Cazaux & Rick Knowlton (2017, ISBN 978-0-7864-9427-9), Bishop, Rook and Drunk Elephant were introduced to the 9x9 Shogi creating Sho Shogi, the immediate predecessor of Shogi, in the middle of the 15th century. Modern Shogi where created with the introduction of the drop rule and the removal of the Drunk Elephant piece in Sho Shogi. This happened between 1567 and 1587 (earliest recording of modern Shogi). The latter date is based upon a picture in the diary of the samurai Matsudaira Ietada, dated 1587, which shows a game identical to the one of today.
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The game was also published under these names:
Study Shogi ,
Japansk schack ,
Shogi ,
Western Shogi Set ,
Mikado ,
将棋 ,
Pocket Magnetic Shogi Set ,
Сёги ,
かおのある将棋: Expressive Shogi ,
わんにゃん将棋 ,
おおきな森のどうぶつしょうぎ: Dobutsu Shogi in the Greenwood ,
Shogi: Japanese chess game ,
Let's Catch the Lion! 9×9 ,
Shogi Perfecto Zen ,
Samurai ,
Dobutsu Shogi in the Greenwood ,
Universal Shogi ,
Basic Shogi Set ,
Dōbutsu Shōgi in the Greenwood ,
Shogi Perfecto ,
將棋 ,
Design Shogi ,
Shogi Perfecto Iki ,
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