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Basic Dai Shogi Rules.
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Basic Dai Shogi Rules. |
| Key to reading the piece movement
diagrams Enemy pieces are captured by occupation. No two pieces can occupy the same square. Cannibalism is not allowed. O A piece can move onto any square so marked (but not jumping over a piece), capturing any enemy piece on that square. X A piece can jump directly to square so marked and if occupied by an enemy piece, then capture that piece. I A straight line indicates that a piece may move as far as desired along that line if the path is clear to the destination square. (1) this indicates that the piece may move to this square, capturing or not, or to capture a piece on this square without moving! (2) this indicates that the piece can jump directly to this square or to occupy this square having just occupied an adjacent 1 square, thus completing a move. The 1 2 combination always allows a maximum of two king moves (or captures) in on move. Note: From the first 1 square, a Lion can move to any adjacent square, even another 1 square. |
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The first (and main) group of pieces are identical to those in Chu Shogi. |
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Piece Name |
Movement |
Promoted Value |
New Movement |
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Pawn - P |
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Tokin - G (+P) |
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Go Between - GB |
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Drunk Elephant - DE |
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Copper General - C |
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Side Mover - SM |
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Silver General - S |
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Vertical Mover VM |
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Gold General - G |
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Rook - R |
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Ferocious Leopard - FL |
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Bishop - B |
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Blind Tiger - BT |
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Flying Stag - FS |
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Drunk Elephant - DE |
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Crown Prince - CP |
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Lance - L |
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White Horse - WH |
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Reverse Chariot - RC |
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Whale - W |
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Side Mover - SM |
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Free Boar - FBo |
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Kylin - Ky |
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Lion - Ln |
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Vertical Mover - VM |
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Flying Ox - FO |
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Bishop - B |
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Dragon Horse - DH |
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Phoenix - Ph |
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Free King - FK |
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Rook - R |
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Dragon King - DK |
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Dragon Horse - DH |
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Horned Falcon - HF |
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Dragon King - DK |
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Soaring Eagle - SE |
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The following 8 pieces are for Dai Shogi
They do not occur in Chu Shogi.
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Gold General - G |
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Stone General - St |
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Iron General - I |
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Cat Sword - CSw |
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Angry Boar - AB |
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Knight - N |
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Evil Wolf - EW |
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Flying Dragon - FD |
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Violent Ox - VO |
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The following three pieces do not promote |
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Free King - FK |
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Lion - Ln |
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The object of the game is to capture the enemy king. This is normally the end of the game... |
King - K |
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But if the opponent has managed to promote the "Drunk Elephant", then "Crown Prince" must also be captured ! |
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There is no special
protection for the Lion in the Dai Shogi rules. |
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Initial set up position. |
