Zo Shogi (象將棋)

Zo Shogi (象將棋 'elephant chess')

Zo Shogi is a variant of Sho Shogi in which Drop rule is included and Prince (promoted Elephant) is a non-royal King.

Setup

Pieces

Sui(醉)/Elephant(E): Moves one square orthogonally forward or sideways, or moves one square diagonally. Promotes to Prince.

Tai(太)/Prince(I): Moves one sqaure orthogonally or diagonally.

- In Zo Shogi, Prince is non-royal King.

Rules

About Impasse and Campate:

There is no Impasse (持將棋 'Jishogi'), but there is a Campmate.

- Impasse : See this page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shogi#Impasse

- Campmate : A rule in which the player with the King who reached the last rank wins (Of course, King cannot move to the sqaure being attacked.)

About Prohibition of Threefold Repetition:

The player who made the same situation 3 times first loses.

Except for the above cases, all rules are the same as orthodox Shogi.

Notes

variants.ini :

[zoshogi]
variantTemplate = shogi
pieceToCharTable = PNBRLSE..G.+++++++Kpnbrlse..g.+++++++k
maxFile = 9
maxRank = 9
pocketSize = 8
startFen = lnsgkgsnl/1r2e2b1/ppppppppp/9/9/9/PPPPPPPPP/1B2E2R1/LNSGKGSNL[] w - - 0 1
pieceDrops = true
capturesToHand = true
customPiece1 = e:FfsW
shogiPawn = p
shogiKnight = n
bishop = b
rook = r
lance = l
silver = s
gold = g
king = k
dragonHorse = h
commoner = i
bers = d
promotionRank = 7
doubleStep = false
castling = false
promotedPieceType = p:g n:g b:h r:d l:g e:i s:g
dropNoDoubled = p
stalemateValue = loss
nMoveRule = 0
nFoldValue = loss
flagPiece = k
whiteFlag = *9
blackFlag = *1
immobilityIllegal = true
shogiPawnDropMateIllegal = true

Last revised by Daphne Snowmoon.