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2 | Every captured piece change color and can be dropped back later.
3 | Most pieces can promote on the three last ranks.
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5 p
6 | The following description is often borrowed from the
7 a(href="https://www.pychess.org/variant/shogi") Shogi guide
8 |  on pychess-variants, where I found the pieces images.
9 | Shogi is played on a 9 x 9 board.
10 | The side with a black king starts the game.
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12 p.
13 Captures are achieved by replacement on the destination square.
14 Any captured unit is added to a reserve of "pocket" pieces.
15 At each turn you can drop one of these pieces instead of moving one.
16 A dropped piece must be able to move, theoretically, considering only its
17 position on the board.
18 Pawns cannot be dropped on a file already containing a pawn of the same
19 color. They also can't be dropped to give checkmate.
20
21 h3 Pieces movements
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23 h4 King, rook, bishop
24
25 figure.showPieces.text-center
26 img(src="/images/pieces/Shogi/wk.svg")
27 img(src="/images/pieces/Shogi/bk.svg")
28 img(src="/images/pieces/Shogi/wr.svg")
29 img(src="/images/pieces/Shogi/wb.svg")
30 figcaption From left to right: black & white kings, rook, bishop.
31
32 p These pieces look different but move exactly as in orthodox chess.
33
34 h4
35 | Gold General
36 img(src="/images/pieces/Shogi/wg.svg")
37
38 p.
39 The gold general moves by one square only, either like a rook or diagonally
40 forward.
41
42 figure.diagram-container
43 .diagram
44 | fen:9/9/9/3b5/4Gp3/9/9/9/9 d6,e6,f6,d5,f5,e4:
45 figcaption Gold general movements.
46
47 h4
48 | Silver General
49 img(src="/images/pieces/Shogi/ws.svg")
50
51 p.
52 The silver general moves by one square only, either like a bishop or
53 orthogonally forward.
54
55 figure.diagram-container
56 .diagram
57 | fen:9/9/9/3b5/4S4/5p3/9/9/9 d6,e6,f6,d4,f4:
58 figcaption Silver general movements.
59
60 h4
61 | Knight
62 img(src="/images/pieces/Shogi/wn.svg")
63
64 p.
65 The knight moves like a restricted orthodox knight: two squares forward,
66 and one to the side as the diagram illustrates.
67
68 figure.diagram-container
69 .diagram
70 | fen:9/9/5p3/9/4N4/9/9/9/9 d7,f7:
71 figcaption Knight movements.
72
73 h4
74 | Lance
75 img(src="/images/pieces/Shogi/wl.svg")
76
77 p The lance moves like a rook but only in one direction: forward.
78
79 figure.diagram-container
80 .diagram
81 | fen:9/4p4/9/9/9/4L4/9/9/9 e5,e6,e7,e8:
82 figcaption Lance movements.
83
84 h4
85 | Pawn
86 img(src="/images/pieces/Shogi/wl.svg")
87
88 p.
89 The pawn moves like in orthodox chess (without two squares initial move),
90 and he also captures in this way.
91
92 h3 Promotion
93
94 p.
95 All pieces except the gold general and the king can be promoted,
96 by playing a move arriving on one of the three last ranks.
97 Promotion is optional unless a normal move would result in a blocked piece.
98 Capturing a promoted piece put the non-promoted form in the reserve.
99
100 figure.showPieces.text-center
101 img(src="/images/pieces/Shogi/wq.svg")
102 img(src="/images/pieces/Shogi/wo.svg")
103 img(src="/images/pieces/Shogi/wm.svg")
104 img(src="/images/pieces/Shogi/wt.svg")
105 figcaption.
106 Promotions from left to right: pawn ('Q'), knight ('O'),
107 lance ('M'), and silver general ('T').
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109 p.
110 Minor pieces in this game are the pawn, knight, lance and silver general.
111 They all promote to a gold general: only their appearance differ.
112 The rook and the bishop promote respectively into a Dragon King and a
113 Dragon Horse, which allow them to move like a king in addition to their
114 usual movements.
115
116 figure.diagram-container
117 .diagram.diag12
118 | fen:9/9/9/9/4D4/9/9/9/9 a5,b5,c5,d5,f5,g5,h5,i5,e1,e2,e3,e4,e6,e7,e8,e9,d4,d6,f6,f4:
119 .diagram.diag22
120 | fen:9/9/9/9/4H4/9/9/9/9 a9,b8,c7,d6,f4,g3,h2,i1,a1,b2,c3,d4,f6,g7,h8,i9,d5,e6,f5,e4:
121 figcaption Left: promoted rook. Right: promoted bishop.
122
123 h3 More information
124
125 p
126 | This game is very popular, so a lot of resources can be found online.
127 | You should probably start from
128 a(href="https://lishogi.org/") lishogi.org
129 | .