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Shogi for Chess Players is a game information page. It is categorized as: Two dimensional, Oriental, ShogiBased. This item is located on a site outside of chessvariants.org.

Shogi for Chess PlayersA game information page
. Introduction to Shogi geared for western chess players.

Author: Douglas Crockford.

Notes

Part of Douglas Crockford's Wrrrld Wide Web: A description of Shogi (Japanese Chess) geared towards orthodox chess players.

Other Information

The board used for this game has 9 row(s), 9 column(s), 81 cells/squares.
This game is a 2 player game.

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