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| | Shogi variant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The game is played on a 7×7 board and uses the drop rule. | | | There are also multiple-player variants: Sannin shogi for three players, and yonin shogi for four. | | | Chu shogi has existed since at least the 14th century; there are earlier references, but it's not clear that they refer to the game as we now know it. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shogi_variant
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| | Basic Rules of Shogi or Japanese chess |
| | Shogi is played on a board of 9 x 9 squares. | | | Shogi is by far the most popular board strategy game in Japan. | | | Shogi is such an aggressive, bloodthirsty game that the players keep attacking each other until one eventually annihilates the other.. |
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http://www.ishipress.com/shogi.htm
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| | Shogi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Shogi for Game Courier - Play Shogi with others online | | | Therefore, when a player first advances a lance pawn, it is usual for the opponent to answer by advancing the opposing pawn, in order to avoid complications later in the game. | | | In Japan, about 200 professional shogi players who are members of Japan Shogi Association have games with each other for seven titles: Meijin, Kisei, Osho, Oza, Oi, RyuO and Kio. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shogi
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| | GNU Shogi manual |
| | Shogi games are generally longer than chess games (about 60-70 moves is typical). | | | The shogi board is 9x9; the chess board is 8x8. | | | Pieces in shogi generally have a much smaller range of movement than in chess (unless they are in hand). |
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http://www.delorie.com/gnu/docs/gnushogi/gnushogi_18.html
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| | Shogi - Japanese Chess |
| | Shogi is a game for two players ('black' and 'white'). | | | Shogi is similar to International Chess in that it is played between two players ('black' and 'white'), and that the object is to checkmate the opponents king. | | | Shogi is the Japanese form of the game. |
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http://www.shogi.net/rjhare
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| | Shogi |
| | S H O G I R U L E S ==================== Shogi is a Japanese board game played by two players. | | | The player moving up the board and making the first move is referred to as black and his opponent white, although in Shogi sets all pieces have the same colour. | | | The removal of the handicaps is considered to be the first move traditionally, hence White makes the first move in handicapped games. |
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http://www.gamerz.net/~pbmserv/shogi.html
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| | Shogi |
| | Shogi is played in competition and has its champions. | | | Shogi is played on the cells of a 9x9 board (shogi-ban). | | | Shogi is Japanese Chess, Chess played in Japan. |
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http://history.chess.free.fr/shogi.htm
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| | Buy Shogi |
| | Shogi Japanese Chess or Shogi or Sho-gi or "The Generals Game" has a major innovation over other games in the Chess family: Pieces when taken are allowed back onto the board. | | | Shogi pieces are pointed wooden counters with Japanese symbols on them, both players having identical sets, orientation being the method of determining which piece belongs to which player. | | | You can learn more about the history of Shogi from The Online Guide to Traditional Games. |
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http://www.mastersgames.com/cat/board/shogi.htm
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| | The Rules of Shogi from Masters Games |
| | The game of Shogi is played Chess is played on a board of 81 squares - 9 x 9. | | | The fascinating facet of the game that makes Shogi a superior Chess variety in many people's minds, is the fact that captured pieces are allowed to re-enter the game. | | | A player with one or more captured pieces can opt to drop a captured piece onto the board instead of moving at any point in the game. |
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http://www.mastersgames.com/rules/shogi-rules.htm
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| | Sensei's Library: Shogi |
| | Shogi (shōgi 将& member of the chess game family. | | | A group run by Japanese shogi players which organizes a monthly tournament for western players. | | | There is in fact a substantial family of shogi games, including Chushogi (中将棋 chūshōgi) which is played on a larger board. |
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http://senseis.xmp.net/?Shogi
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| | Shogi - Japanese Chess - Samurai Chess |
| | Shogi is different from Chess in several ways, but the biggest is that pieces that are captured are used by the player who captured them. | | | Shogi also has a 9 x 9 playing board instead of an 8 x 8 board like Chess. | | | Shogi for You and Me (soon to be Shogi:Samurai Chess™) can easily be used as a tutorial for new players of Shogi. |
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http://www.genedavissoftware.com/games
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| | Shogi (PC) - software download |
| | Shogi is a Japanese form of Chess that shares its origins with Western Chess, deriving from the ancient Indian game of Chaturanga. | | | Once experienced, Shogi soon becomes a fantastically intriguing game which is revered by many many board game enthusiasts. | | | This game is based upon Purple's best selling Shogi engine and is renowned for its superb playability for players of all levels; from beginner to expert. |
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http://www.digitalriver.com/dr/v2/ec_MAIN.entry17c?CID=93774&SID=56138&SP=10007&PN=5&PID=482989
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| | The Shogi Page |
| | Shogi is a Japanese board game resembling chess in many ways. | | | Shogi is much like chess: two opponents maneuver pieces on a board with the capture of the enemy King as the objective. | | | In the west, the Shogi Association in England (or wherever you are) typically makes rules to cover problem situations, but these rules may not be known in Japan. |
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http://mattleonard.com/stripe/japan/shogi
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| | Shogi |
| | Shogi, like it's western counterpart, is a game of pure skill. | | | Several levels of handicap are possible between players of uneven strength. | | | Shogi Koma are used to place captured pieces on. |
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http://www.ishigames.com/shogi.htm
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| | GNU Shogi manual |
| | Tori (bird) shogi, played on a 7x7 board with 32 pieces in all; this is the only variant that is known to have been played with drops. | | | Unlike modern shogi, there are a tremendous number of ranging pieces and the game is definitely not played with drops. | | | I hope to eventually extend GNU shogi so that it can play at least some of these games. |
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http://www.delorie.com/gnu/docs/gnushogi/gnushogi_17.html
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| | Shogi |
| | Shogi is played on a 9 by 9 uncheckered board. | | | Shogi is a great game, but it is virtually unknown outside of Japan. | | | To make this excellent game more attractive to the rest of the world, we have styled it to look more like Chess. |
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http://www.crockford.com/chess/shogi.html
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| | Shogi: Japanese Chess (the Chess Variant Pages) |
| | Shogi is played on a 9x9 uncheckered board. | | | Perhaps the enduring popularity of Shogi can be attributed to its 'drop rule'; it was the first chess variant wherein captured pieces could be returned to the board to be used as one's own. | | | Introduction to Shogi geared for western chess players. |
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http://www.chessvariants.com/shogi.html
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| | Shogi |
| | This is one of the most common type of shogi sets that is used by Japanese players. | | | This set comes with wooden pieces and a paper playing board so it is very convenient to carry around because everything packs into one small box which measures 4" x 3" x 2 3/4" (100 x 75 x 7mm). | | | Diagrams illustrating layout of the pieces at the start of play and the way each piece moves are also included. |
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http://www.hirohurl.net/shogi.html
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| | Shogi |
| | The original Indian game was fought out by Kings, their ministers, horsemen, and elephants, on the ground. | | | In this way players will gradually become accustomed to the Japanese characters, but having always the key on the piece. | | | The step-by-step instructions and thorough diagrams make this book invaluable both as a guide for beginners and a review for seasoned players... |
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http://www.leggett.co.uk/shogibook.htm
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| | Shogi Variants is a freeware Windows program to play 'Shogi' (the Japanese member of the chess family of games) or one of 16 other ancient and modern Shogi variants. | | | The program is for games between 2 human players or for play against a computer opponent, and includes full on-line rules, displaying of all legal moves, protection and threats, and the other features you would expect in a program of this type. | | | The ancient games comprise some of the most innovative and ambitious variations ever attempted on the chess theme and in some of the enlarged versions, introduce a menagerie of what must be the most powerful and bizarre pieces ever seen in a board game. |
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http://trout.customer.netspace.net.au
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| | The Shogi Foundation |
| | Work is at present underway on a new project - a collection of shogi games by Western amateur players..... | | | The Shogi Foundation was originally established in England in 1996 to help spread the playing of shogi (Japanese chess) world-wide. | | | The first publication 'The Art Of Shogi' has been very well received by not only amateur players but also Japanese men and women professional players. |
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http://freespace.virgin.net/skp.stratford
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| | ICGA: Japanese Chess - Shogi |
| | Shogi programs are being developed to win against a top human player by 2010. | | | There are more than ten million Shogi players in Japan, and there is a professional association. | | | The Game Informatics research group was founded under the Information Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ), and covers the computer-shogi research. |
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http://www.cs.unimaas.nl/ICGA/games/shogi
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| | ChessBase.com - Chess News - When a Shogi champion turns to chess |
| | Yoshiharu HABU, the undisputed champion of Shogi (a complex game which is the Japanese equivalent of chess), is a top celebrity in Japan. | | | The Shogi Renmei (the Shogi federation) is composed exclusively of professional players, active and retired, who also handle the whole organisation of tournaments and the contracts with the sponsors. | | | Ever since he joined the Professional School of Shogi at the age of twelve, Mr Habu, who is now 31 years old, has been known as the one of the most gifted player in the history of this ancient game. |
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http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=314
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| | Games Board Games Abstract Battle Games Shogi |
| | Shogi: Japan's Game of Strategy - Extracts and diagrams from the book of the same title, by Trevor Leggett. | | | Shogi - The Next Generation - Rules for a variant of Shogi playable in three dimensions instead of just two. | | | Ningen Shogi - Every spring, they have the festival Human Japanese chess game in Tendo. |
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http://www.iper1.com/iper1-odp/scat/id/Games/Board_Games/Abstract/Battle_Games/Shogi
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| | Shocky |
| | I was interested in shogi but didn't have anyone to play with. | | | If you are interested in shogi game engines, you must read his YSS 7.0 technical explanation. | | | At that time, there was not many freeware shogi programs, and my Shocky seemed to be the strongest of them. |
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http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/pmturune/Shocky_e.html
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| | Shogi |
| | Leggett's is one of the few highly qualified and recognized authorities on Shogi and the first foreigner to compile a book on the ancient Japanese version of the chess game. | | | His book is a 'must read' for anyone with an interest in the game. | | | Also if you would like to try playing Shogi yourself and don't have a set - but have the patience to make one... |
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http://www.leggett.co.uk/shogi.htm
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| | MindZine - Lautier on Shogi |
| | Moreover, he is the person who acquainted many of the top Shogi players to our game of chess, and thanks to his efforts, quite a few of them have become genuinely interested in our game. | | | It's actually quite surprising to see how Shogi is far more popular than Go in Japan, and at the same time, how every Westerner has at least once come across Go, but very few have heard of Shogi. | | | JL: The world of Shogi players made a deep impression on me. The well-known FIDE slogan, "Gens Una Sumus", totally meaningless when applied to the petty politics and appalling incompetency of the FIDE bureaucrats, suits the Shogi world perfectly. |
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http://www.msoworld.com/mindzine/news/iview/laut_shogi.html
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| | ISshogi |
| | ISshogi has been participating the Computer Shogi Championship (run by CSA) for the last five years, has already won the tournament three times including latest victory at 11th Championship on Mar 10-12, 2001, with amazing 9 points out of 9 games. | | | At this point in time, it is fair to claim that ISshogi is the strongest shogi (Japanese chess) playing program in the world. | | | Here you can see all the games played by ISshogi in the past tournaments. |
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http://www.platz.or.jp/~isshogi/index-e.html
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| | Asian Versions of the boardgame Chess: Shogi, Makruk, Xiang-Qi, Jang-Ki |
| | Even experienced players will value it and be fascinated by its support in playing more ancient and complicated versions on boards of up to 25 by 25 squares with more than 100 different pieces moving or jumping according to complicated rules. | | | Steve Evans' Shogi Variants V.1.55 (1998) runs under Windows 3.11 or 95/98 and features concise and clearly laid out help screens for the original game (available here, 381 kB) and all variants (download from the author), and it is accompanied by historical remarks to each of the versions. | | | (09 x 09) Shogi: The usual nowerdays version as from the 16th century; captured pieces may be dropped into play (re-used by the opponent). |
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http://www.gwdg.de/~bhaug/variants.htm
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| | Shogi - Japanese Chess Software Program |
| | Many strong chess players have found Shogi to be a great game to play. | | | Pieces can drop into empty squares near to the enemy Shogun, and the essence of the game is to spot such mating attacks. | | | As well as the game itself, this software has a large graphical encyclopedia of Shogi history and explains the rules and some basic strategies. |
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http://www.chesscentral.com/beyond_chess/shogi.htm
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| | CPB: The Evolution of Chess by Lex Kraaijeveld |
| | The largest known Shogi variant, Tai-Kyoku Shogi, was played on a board of 36x36 squares with 402 pieces per side. | | | moves of the pieces and rules of play) and assuming Heian Shogi the ancestor of the whole group (i.e. | | | all character states of Heian Shogi are by definition plesiomorphic; Heian Shogi is generally considered the oldest Shogi variant by Japanese Shogi historians). |
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http://www.cpb.bio.ic.ac.uk/staff/kraaijeveld/lexchess.html
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| | IGN: AI Shogi Preview |
| | The Shogi version of the game was here for play at TGS, while the Go and Mah-Jong versions were shown only on video (and no, we can't figure out why these titles aren't all on the same UMD.) | | | A.I. is planned to be a series of games, classic board games with traditional cerebral challenges. | | | You have pawns up front, and more tricky pieces in the back -- take apart your opponent's force to give him no move in order to win the game. |
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http://psp.ign.com/articles/551/551489p1.html
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| | Shogi in and around Royston |
| | All Shogi players from absolute beginners to experts will be very welcome to come for a game, a coffee, or just to watch. | | | The Royston Shogi Club (RSC) is a friendly association of Shogi players in Royston, Cambridge and surrounding districts. | | | More recently the 3-round Shogi Tournament, latterly known as the 'Doug McGown Memorial Shogi Tournament', formed part of the 1-day Royston Shogi Congress, along with the British Open Tori-Shogi Championships and an all-play-all Mini-Shogi (5x5 Shogi) Competition. |
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http://www.hollandnumerics.demon.co.uk/ROYSTON.HTM
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| | Sekita Shogi |
| | The program has something for everybody, computer plays 10 levels whether you are a novice shogi player or well on your way to becoming a Grand Master. | | | Sektia Shogi 5 for Windows95/98/NT Japanese Version 98.12.11 (sekita5j.lzh 213KB) | | | Sekita Shogi 5 for FreeBSD Japanese Version 98.12.16 (sekita5fbsdj.tgz 273KB) |
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http://www.m-net.ne.jp/~sekita/english.html
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| | Chess - Online Guide |
| | Japanese Chess or Shogi or Sho-gi or "The Generals Game" has a major innovation over other games in the Chess family: Pieces when taken are allowed back onto the board. | | | If a player cannot move, that player has lost which serves to remove one of the more tedious aspects found in the European game. | | | Masters Traditional Games sells the current Jaques Staunton tournament pieces as well as historical Jaques replicas made from the original patterns. |
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http://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/Chess.htm
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| | xshogi - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF) |
| | With xshogi you can play GNU Shogi, set up arbitrary positions, force variations, or watch xshogi manage a game between two shogi programs. | | | Furthermore, it can be used as an interface between two players on different displays. | | | The Internet Shogi Server is currently embedded in the Internet Go Server (IGS). |
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http://www.gnu.org/software/xshogi/xshogi.html
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| | Chess - Free Encyclopedia |
| | Many variants and relatives of chess are played throughout the world; amongst them, the most popular are Xiangqi (in China), Shogi (in Japan), and Buddhi Chal (in Nepal), all of which come from the same historical stem as chess. | | | Although many countries make claims to have invented it, the preponderance of evidence is that chess originated from the Indian game Chaturanga, about 1400 years ago. |
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http://www.wacklepedia.com/c/ch/chess_1.html
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| | Eric Cheymol's Shogi Page |
| | Shogi will participate in the International Games Festival which will be held in Cannes from the 15 to the 19 february 2006. | | | European Shogi Archives including past tournaments and elo lists up to 1st january 2000. | | | All commented games posted by Reijer in his "The Week in Shukan Shogi" weekly reports are now in the games collection. |
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http://eric.macshogi.com
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| | British Chess Magazine: Games - Mahjong, Dominoes, Draughts, Checkers, Shogi, Cribbage, Poker Chips, Roulette, Chinese ... |
| | Foldable, hinged wooden board (33 cm x 29.5 cm - shogi boards are not supposed to be square!) and plastic pieces 15 mm thick board. | | | Foldable plastic magnetic shogi board (25 cm x 23 cm) and pieces. | | | Mahjong • Dominoes • Draughts • Games Compendiums • Shogi • Chinese Chess &; Cribbage • Poker Chips • Roulette • Chinese Checkers • Solitaire • Books • For all Poker Equipment, Software and Poker and Blackjack Books, click here |
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http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/games
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| | Canadian Shogi Federation |
| | Our goal is to promote the game of shogi in Canada and provide a forum in which players can contact one another for the purpose of setting up and/or joining an already existing shogi club. | | | Play shogi here on the best Internet shogi server. | | | For information about playing shogi in the following cities, please send an e-mail: |
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http://platz.jp/~tanase/csf/csf.html
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| | Shogi Details |
| | Shogi (GNEshogi) plays a game of Japanese chess (shogi) against the user or it plays against itself. | | | CNR Warehouse > Games > Strategy and War > Shogi | | | Gnushogi is an modified version of the gnuchess program. |
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http://www.linspire.com/lindows_products_details.php?product_id=2161
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| | MSO Cambridge 2001 Schedule and Entry Fees |
| | This event is part of Japan 2001 - due to the kind support of the Japan Foundation, visiting professionals will be in attendance: Mr Aono 9-dan, Mr Maeda 8-dan and Mr Ajiki 2-kyu. | | | The highest placed entrant of any nationality will win the title of British Open Shogi Champion. | | | The highest placed British entrant will win the title of British Shogi Champion. |
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http://www.msoworld.com/cambridge/2001/schedule.html
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| | IGN: Morita Shogi |
| | Designed by renowned Japanese chess player Kazuro Morita, Morita Shogi boasts one of the most advanced AI systems found in a PlayStation 2 board game. | | | Offering more than 4000 possible game situations, Morita Shogi also boasts a speed of up to 50 times faster than its PSOne counterpart and several different game modes and customization options. | | | Not yet ranked -- see 3396 rated PS2 games |
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http://ps2.ign.com/objects/014/014072.html
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| | Shogi Club 24 |
| | You can play the Shogi Game on this FREE site. | | | You will be able to find your good match players. | | | (C) Copyright Shogi Club 24 Co.,Ltd. 2001-2005 All rights reserved. |
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http://www.shogidojo.com/eng/engindex.htm
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| | Shogi.Net links page |
| | Komodo Dragon Coffee House (Shogi and other games) | | | Shogi Dojo / Shogi Club 24 (live online play) | | | Junichi Takada's shogi links (>400 Japanese, >100 English) |
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http://www.shogi.net/shogi-links.html
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| | Shogi Links |
| | Toudaiji Gakuen High School Go and Shogi Club [J] | | | Aichi Institute of Technology Go and Shogi Club [J] | | | Kansai Gaidai University Go and Shogi Club [J] |
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http://www.ff.iij4u.or.jp/~jun1/shogi_link_e.html
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| | Catalog |
| | 4 Great Games The beginner's guide to Western chess, shogi (Japanese chess), xiangqi (Chinese chess) and go (Weiqi). By Tony Hosking |
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http://www.yutopian.com/cat.jsp?category=CJ
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| | Chu Shogi |
| | Roger Hare has a Chu Shogi page that gives a fairly accurate online description of the game. | | | For extensive information on Chu Shogi, The Middle Shogi Manual and playing equipment can be purchased from: | | | A more complete description of the rules is included in the Chu Shogi Library starter set and can be viewed online here, and also in my program. |
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http://www.colina.demon.co.uk/chu.html
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