Recognized Chess Variant: Shogi
Shogi is the variant of chess that is most widely played in Japan, where the game has reached great heights. There are many organized events, professional players with a detailed rating system, etc. Shogi is known to many as `Japanese Chess'.Shogi received a small but enthousiastic group of players in the west. People often praise the game for its strategic and tactical possibilities, and state that the game is more complex to play than `regular' chess. Due to the rule that taken pieces can reappear as reinforcements of the opponent, draws are not common.
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