Japanese version of chess

Learn and master the fascinating game of Japanese Chess or "Shogi" with this expert guide and Chess set. Japanese Chess: The Game of Shogi is the ultimate strategy guidebook for players of any skill level to improve their game and winning strategies. Played by millions around the world, Shogi is the uniquely Japanese variant of chess. It is the only version in which an opponent's captured piece can be dropped back onto the board as one's own. This makes for extremely exciting, dynamic gameplay in which momentum can quickly shift back and forth between players. Trevor Legett, expert player and longtime resident of Japan, gives you all the information you need to play the game, form its basic rules to winning tactics.Also included in this book are: Sample game and commentary Discussion of various opening strategies and game positions Explanation of how to read a Japanese score Fold-out Shogi board Sturdy paper playing piecesJapanese Chess features everything you need to get started playing this challenging and fun game!

As some of you out there already know, I’m a huge fan of Shogi, the Japanese version of Chess, and its many variants. Shogi is a dynamic, attacking game enjoyed by millions of players around the world, and in my view is the most exciting of the major Chess variants played today. Chu Shogi is my favourite of the many larger variants of Shogi, and in my estimation is the best-designed game of the lot. I hope that by the end of this very long post you might be inspired to give this unique and fascinating game a try.I have to admit that, as much as I love Chu Shogi, it is substantially more difficult to learn than modern Shogi or Chess. The board is large — 144 squares, as compared to 64 in Chess or 81 in modern Shogi — and each player starts with 46 pieces in their army. In Chess you need to learn the moves of six different types of pieces, whereas in Chu Shogi there are 28 different moves to remember!However, once you get a game or two under your belt, all that complexity will melt away — you’ll be surprised how quickly the rules will become second nature. In this post I’m aiming to help you on that journey, by providing a complete reference to all the rules and piece movements you need to know to get started with this fantastic game.I’ll start first with a brief look at the origins of the game,

China and to a lesser degree have always catered to the Western market in fahsioneing chess sets - both countries have quite ancient versions of chess themselves, Chiangqi in China and Shogi in Japan. The figurative ivory and bone sets made until quite recently in Canton and Hongkong - or in Japanese workshops - all are figurative and represent either traditional society - or at least the images Western clients are supposed to have. Apart from these expensive bibelot carvings, leser chess et have been carved in jade, wood, stone, soapstone and even bamboo...chiangqi and shogi sets are usually not very showy - their main distinction are the carefully fashioned identifying ideograms, reflecting the huge importance of this script in in Eastern society. Guam daimyos Simply and roughly carved wood set depicting feudal Japanese society - the daimyo, his lady, the buddhist priest - and the low caste dragging a heavy burden! These sets seem to have been a simple post-war tourist item, mainly for the US soldiers stationed in Japan and adjacent areas - this set was bought by a US tar in the Island of Guam. Not the least interesting fact are the wooden blocks inside the folding board, minutely taylored to keep every figurine in its place! Almost a metapher of the rigid caste system in feudal traditional Japanese society...with hardly any vertical movement possible....every piece/man in its allotted slot

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Though I really enjoy studying Japanese, it’s that much better when I can combine Japanese with one of my other hobbies, like Legos or fiction novels. Another one of my hobbies is Chess, and lately I’ve been noticing a lack in my vocabulary when trying to express some of the basic chess concepts to my son, who is beginning to show interest in the game.Although the basic piece names (ルーク, etc.) and some of the board Notation (C3, etc.) are expressed based on loanwords derived from English, when you get into the details there is alot of interesting words to learn which can be applied to more than just chess.As with my other vocabulary lists, I will be focusing on words that I have a good understanding of and possibly have used in my own speech, as opposed to just putting any random words down that are related to Chess.チェス: Chessチェス盤 (chesu ban): Chess board番 (ban): player’s turn (ex: 僕の番 = “It’s my turn”)試合 (shiai): match/game入門: an introduction, primer, guide (ex: チェス入門） [sometimes called ガイド]ルール: rules (how to play the game)駒 (koma): piece (of chess of another similar game) [sometimes called ピース]手 (te): a chess move [also used to count number of movies, for example 10手 (juute) = 10 moves]クロ: player playing with black piecesシロ: player playing with white piecesとる (toru): to capture a pieceとりかえす (torikaesu): to re-capture a piece (which has just taken another piece)展開する (tenkai suru): to develop a pieceビショップ: Bishopルーク: Rookポーン: Pawnナイト: Nightキング: Kingクイーン: Queenチェック: “check” (said when you attack the opponent’s king)チェックメート: “checkmate” (said when you attack the opponent’s king and they have no defense and you have won)交換 (koukan): exchange (pieces) [can be used with する to act as a verb](駒が）動く (ugoku): to move (a piece) [intransive](駒を）動かす (ugokasu): to move (a piece) [transitive]アンパサン: en passant (capturing a pawn that has just moved with another pawn)プロモーション（also 昇格): promotion of a pawn to another piece (queen, etc.)キャスリング: Castling (swapping rook and king on either side of the board)圧力をかける (atsuryoku wo kakeru): To apply pressure (to an area of the board)マス (also written as 升): square on the board (count with 1マス (hitomasu), 2マス (futamasu), etc.)一歩 (ippo): one step (i.e. referring to the fact the king can only move one step/square at a time)配置 (haichi): arrangement (of pieces on the board, etc.)並べる (naraberu): to line up (pieces on a board, etc.)空間 (kuukan): space (as in dominating space in the center of the board, etc.)支配する (shihai suru): to dominate局面 (kyokumen): the overall position or state of the board序盤 (joban): early game中盤 (chuuban): middle game終盤 (shuuban): endgame攻撃 (kougeki): attack [also used as a verb with する]反撃 (hangeki): counter attack [also used as a verb with する]棋譜 (kifu): record of a

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