Shatranjian Shogi

Setup

As in the above diagram.

Pieces

1st Row:
King - Moves as a Western Orthodox King.
Ferz - Moves 1 space diagonal
Elephant - As in Shatranj. Leaps over 1 space diagonally to land on second space.
Knight - As in Western chess.
Rook - As in Western Chess

2nd Row:
War Machine - Leaps over 1 space orthogonally, to land on second space.
Wazir - Moves 1 space orthogonally

3rd Row
Pawns - no 2 move option, no pawn en passant.  Otherwise move and capture like Western pawn.  Pawns can only be dropped on a file which has no pawns of either color, i.e., completely pawnless.

P A W N   P R O M O T I O N

Pawns can promote when:

  (a) moving from [or capturing from] the 6th rank onto the 7th rank. But promotion in this case is optional.  The pawn need not promote yet.
  (b) moving from [or capturing from] the 7th rank onto the 8th rank. But promotion in this case is optional.  The pawn need not promote yet.
  (c) moving from [or capturing from] the 8th rank onto the 9th rank.  Promotion in this case is mandatory.

Promotion is to any piece except King.  And only pawns promote.

Promoted pawns, when captured, retain their promotion value.

Pawns can never promote on the turn they are dropped.  They must move or capture to promote.

Rules

As from piece descriptions above, plus - as in Shogi, a captured piece becomes part of your army and can be dropped back into play.  You may not drop a Western pawn on the 9th rank.  You may not drop a pawn on a file that has a pawn already on it (regardless of color).


******   UNLIKE IN SHOGI ****** 

(a) You may not drop a pawn on a file that has a pawn already on it (regardless of color).
(b) Because of the western Pawn captures (diagonally) double-pawns, triple-pawns, etc. are allowed.
(c) You can drop a pawn to deliver checkmate; as long as the file is free of any other pawns.
(d) Promoted pawns retain their promoted status when captured.

Notes