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a chess variant that evolved directly from [[Shatranj]], just like the western [[Chess|chess]]. It is played on 9x9 board. Compared to chess, Shogi pieces have limited mobility, but this is compensated by the fact that captured enemy pieces can be [[Piece Drop|dropped]] on the board as one's own. This leads to the wild, tactical game. Shogi has greater [[Branching Factor|branching factor]] than chess. Development of Shogi programs has taken slightly different route than in chess programming. The stress is on [[Pattern Recognition|pattern recognition]] and [[Selectivity|selective search]] techniques. However, with the advent of [[NNUE]] <ref>[[Yu Nasu]] ('''2018'''). ''&#398;U&#1048;&#1048; Efficiently Updatable Neural-Network based Evaluation Functions for Computer Shogi''. Ziosoft Computer Shogi Club, [https://github.com/ynasu87/nnue/blob/master/docs/nnue.pdf pdf] (Japanese with English abstract)</ref> along with adaptations of [[Stockfish]] to Shogi such as [[YaneuraOu]] <ref>[https://github.com/yaneurao/YaneuraOu GitHub - yaneurao/YaneuraOu: YaneuraOu is the World's Strongest Shogi engine(AI player), WCSC29 1st winner, educational and USI compliant engine]</ref>, and [[Kristallweizen-kai]] <ref>[https://github.com/Tama4649/Kristallweizen/ GitHub - Tama4649/Kristallweizen: 第29回世界コンピュータ将棋選手権 準優勝のKristallweizenです。]</ref>, and the consequent [[Stockfish NNUE]] hype <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=74059 Stockfish NN release (NNUE)] by [[Henk Drost]], [[CCC]], May 31, 2020</ref>, both worlds seem to reunite again.

{| class="wikitable"|-! Notation! Image ! colspan="2" | Name ! colspan="2" | Movement|-! K| [[FILE:Shogi kingShogiBoardAndPieces.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|100px]] | 玉/王| [[King]]| Shogi board and pieces, together with their starting position and moves one square in any direction,<br/ref> orthogonal or diagonal| style="font-family: monospace;" |. . . . .<br/>. ○ ○ ○ .<br/>. ○ K ○ .<br/>. ○ ○ ○ .<br/>. . . . .<br/>|-! R| [Image from [FILEhttp:Shogi rook.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|100px]] | 飛| [[Rook]]| moves any number of squares<br/>in an orthogonal direction| style="font-family: monospace;" |. . | . .<br/>. . | . .<br/>─ ─ R ─ ─<br/>shogihub. . | . .<brcom/>. . | . .<brplayers/>|-! +R| [[FILE:Shogi rook p.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|100px]431 Yoshinori Kimura] | 龍王| Promoted Rook<br/>or Dragon King| moves as a Rook<br/>or as a King| style="font-family: monospace;" |('''1999'''). . | . .<br/>. ○ | ○ .<br/>─ ─+R ─ ─<br/>. ○ | ○ .<br/>. . | . .<br/>|-! B| [[FILE:''The History of Shogi bishop''.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|100px]] | 角| [[Bishop]]| moves any number of squares<br/>in a diagonal direction| style="font-familyhttps: monospace;" |\ . . . /<br/>. \ . / .<br/>. . B . .<br/>. / en. \ wikipedia.<brorg/>wiki/ . . . \<br/>|-! +B| [[FILE:Shogi bishop p.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|100px]Japan_Foundation Japan Foundation Newsletter] | 龍馬| Promoted Bishop<br/>or Horse| moves as a Bishop<br/>or as a King| style="font-family: monospace;" |\ . . . /<br/>. \ ○ / .<br/>. ○+B ○ .<br/>. / ○ \ .<br/>/ . . . \<br/>|-! G| [[FILE:Shogi gold.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|100px]] | 金| Gold General | moves one square orthogonally,<br/>or one square diagonally forward| style="font-family: monospace;" |. . . . .<brXXVI/>. ○ ○ ○ .<br/>Nos. ○ G ○ .<br/>. . ○ . .<br/>. . . . .<br/>|-! S| [[FILE:Shogi silver.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|100px]] | 銀| Silver General | moves one square diagonally5–6,<br/>or one square straight forward| style="font-family: monospace;" |. . . . .<br/>. ○ ○ ○ .<br/>. . S . .<br/>. ○ . ○ .<br/>. . . . .<br/>|-! +S| [[FILE:Shogi silver p.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|100px]] | 成銀| Promoted Silver| moves like a Gold General | style="font-familyhttps: monospace;" |. . . . .<br/>. ○ ○ ○ .<br/>web. ○+S ○ archive.<brorg/>. . ○ . .<br/>. . . . .<brweb/>|-! N| [[FILE:Shogi knight.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|100px]] | 桂| [[Knight]] | jumps one square straight forward<br20151105233924/>plus one square diagonally forward| style="font-familyhttps: monospace;" |. ☆ . ☆ .<br/>. . . . .<br/>. . N . .<br/>. . . . .<br/>www. jpf. go. . .<brjp/>|-! +N| [[FILE:Shogi knight p.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|100px]] | 成桂| Promoted Knight| moves like a Gold General | style="font-family: monospace;" |. . . . .<brj/>. ○ ○ ○ .<brpublish/>. ○+N ○ .<brperiodic/>. . ○ . .<brjfn/>. . . . .<brpdf/>|-! L| [[FILE:Shogi lancejfn26_5.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|100px]pdf pdf] | 香| Lance| moves any number of squares<br/ref>in straight forward direction| style="font-family: monospace;" |. . | . .<br/>. . | . .<br/>. . L . .<br/>. . . . .<br/>. . . . .<br/>|-! +L| [[FILE:Shogi lance p.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|100px]] | 成香| Promoted Lance| moves like a Gold General| style="font-family: monospace;" |. . . . .<br/>. ○ ○ ○ .<br/>. ○+L ○ .<br/>. . ○ . .<br/>. . . . .<br/>|-! P| [[FILE:Shogi pawn.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|100px]] | 歩| [[Pawn]]| moves and captures one square<br/>straight forward| style="font-family: monospace;" |. . . . .<br/>. . ○ . .<br/>. . P . .<br/>. . . . .<br/>. . . . .<br/>|-! +P| [[FILE:Shogi pawn p.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|100px]] | と金| Promoted Pawn| moves like a Gold General| style="font-family: monospace;" |. . . . .<br/>. ○ ○ ○ .<br/>. ○+P ○ .<br/>. . ○ . .<br/>. . . . .<br/>|}* ○ - singel step* ☆ - jump* |-\/ - sliding directions

* [[GPS Shogi]]* [[IS]]* [[Kristallweizen-kai]]

* [[WCSC05|WCSC05 19951994]]