Shogi

This article is about modern shogi, a Japanese form of chess. This page will talk about the modern 9 by 9 shogi. The variant's ancient "grandfather" originated in the 1100s, but was modified to create much larger variants and was lost. It then morphed into sho shogi in the 1500s (small chess, as all other variants being played at the time were at least 11 by 11). After a few decades, an emperor decided to remove the Drunk Elephant and add the ability to put captured pieces back into the game as your own, thus making the variant many in Japan and some in other countries play today. The game even features a mechanic where any pieces that reach your opponent's starting rows can promote to become more powerful. To set up the game, place a King in the middle of the row closest to you. Put two Gold Generals on the left and right of the king. Place 2 Silver Generals beside the Gold Generals. Place 2 Knights and then 2 Lances in the same fashion. In the second closest row, place a Rook on the second to leftmost square, and a Bishop on the second to rightmost square. On the third closest row, place 9 Pawns. You are now ready to play!