shogi
Eastern chess variant
Shogi is Japanese chess, played on a nine-by-nine board with twenty pieces per side.
The distinctive feature is that captured pieces can be returned to the board as your own—a rule that makes draws rare and endgames complex.
Pieces are flat wedges with Japanese characters, all the same color, distinguished only by which direction they point.
Male crowned ruler
Fall or release
- promotionRank increase or publicity
- checkOrder to pay
- checkmateInescapable capture position
- matePartner or companion
capture · castle · handicap · endgame · middlegame · opening · attack · defense
Hard decorative varnish
- samuraiFeudal Japanese military caste
- bushidoSamurai honor system
- xiangqiTraditional Chinese board game
- chessStrategic board game
go · professional · amateur · sensei
Methods to achieve goals
- calculationMathematical problem-solving process
- positioningArranging in specific locations
- anticipationState of awaiting something
- foresightAbility to anticipate futures
counterplay · initiative · prophylaxis · planning · formation · maneuver · adaptation · finesse
king
Male crowned ruler
drop
Fall or release
mate · capture · castle · handicap · endgame · middlegame · opening · attack · defense · sacrifice
japan
Hard decorative varnish
- samuraiFeudal Japanese military caste
- bushidoSamurai honor system
- xiangqiTraditional Chinese board game
chess · go · professional · amateur · sensei
tactics
Methods to achieve goals
- calculationMathematical problem-solving process
- positioningArranging in specific locations
- anticipationState of awaiting something
foresight · counterplay · initiative · prophylaxis · planning · formation · maneuver · adaptation · finesse · reading
kimura
Rotational shoulder submission
- tabletop gamesboard games, board game, card games, card game, backgammon
- two-player gameschess, checkers, backgammon, tic-tac-toe, Connect Four
- board gamesboard, checkers, Monopoly, chess, xiangqi
- Japanese culturesamurai, kabuki, sumo, origami, tea ceremony
- strategy gameschess, strategy, checkers, go, Go
- Asian gamesgo, judo, karate, kendo, mahjong
shogichess
Strategic board game
checkers · xiangqi · draughts · backgammon · Go
shogitic-tac-toe
Three-in-a-row grid game
rock-paper-scissors · coin flip · Chutes and Ladders · checkers · dice games
shogisports
Competitive physical activities
athletics · outdoor games · video games · gambling · games of chance
- shoji screenJapanese paper-panel partition