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1 | p.boxed Shogi on a 5 x 5 board. |
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3 | figure.diagram-container | |
4 | .diagram | |
5 | | fen:rbsgk/4p/5/P4/KGSBR: | |
6 | figcaption Initial position. | |
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8 | p. | |
2c947b3a | 9 | Minishogi is essentially Shogi on a 5x5 board. The game was invented |
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10 | (or rediscovered) around 1970 by Shigenobu Kusumoto of Osaka, Japan. |
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12 | p | |
13 | | The rules are the same as in | |
77f09ce5 | 14 | a(href="/#/variants/Shogi") Shogi |
2c947b3a | 15 | | . Unlike standard Shogi, there is no knight or lance. |
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16 | | Promotion is only done in the last rank. |
17 | ||
18 | p | |
19 | | See also | |
20 | a(href="https://www.pychess.org/variant/minishogi") Minishogi | |
21 | | on pychess-variants. |