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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.
   4
   5 p
   6   | The following description is often borrowed from the
   7   a(href="https://www.pychess.org/variant/shogi") Shogi guide
   8   | &nbsp;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.
  11
  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
  22
  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').
 108
 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 in Japan, so a lot of resources can be found
 127   | online. A good starting point is the
 128   a(href="https://www.pychess.org/variant/shogi") Shogi page
 129   | &nbsp;at pychess-variants, where you can also play, and / or the
 130   a(href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shogi") Wikipedia page
 131   | .