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class="sidebar-caption"><a href="/wiki/Chu_sh%C5%8Dgi" class="mw-redirect" title="Chu shōgi">Chu shōgi</a></div></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-above"> <a href="/wiki/Shogi" title="Shogi">Standard shōgi</a> (9×9, drops)</td></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:#ddddff;"> Small variants</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/D%C5%8Dbutsu_sh%C5%8Dgi" title="Dōbutsu shōgi">Dōbutsu shōgi</a> (3×4, for children)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Micro_shogi" title="Micro shogi">Micro shōgi</a> (4×5)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minishogi" title="Minishogi">Minishōgi</a> (5×5)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyoto_shogi" title="Kyoto shogi">Kyoto shōgi</a> (5×5)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Small_variants">Goro goro shōgi</a> (5×6)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Janken_shogi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Janken shogi (page does not exist)">Janken shōgi</a> (6×6; <a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%98%E3%82%83%E3%82%93%E3%81%91%E3%82%93%E3%81%97%E3%82%87%E3%81%86%E3%81%8E" class="extiw" title="ja:じゃんけんしょうぎ">ja</a>, <a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%8C%9C%E6%8B%B3%E5%B0%87%E6%A3%8B" class="extiw" title="zh:猜拳將棋">zh</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judkins_shogi" title="Judkins shogi">Judkins shōgi</a> (6×6)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whale_shogi" title="Whale shogi">Whale shōgi</a> (6×6)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tori_shogi" title="Tori shogi">Tori shōgi</a> (7×7)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yari_shogi" title="Yari shogi">Yari shōgi</a> (7×9)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/EuroShogi" title="EuroShogi">EuroShogi</a> (8×8)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heian_shogi" title="Heian shogi">Heian shōgi</a> (8×8 or 9×8, 12th c.)</li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:#ddddff;"> Standard-size variants</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sho_shogi" title="Sho shogi">Sho shōgi</a> (9×9, 16th c.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hasami_shogi" title="Hasami shogi">Hasami shōgi</a> (9×9, 9 or 18 pc.)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tobi_shogi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tobi shogi (page does not exist)">Tobi shōgi</a> (9×9; <a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B7%B3%E5%B0%87%E6%A3%8B" class="extiw" title="zh:跳將棋">zh</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annan_shogi" title="Annan shogi">Annan shōgi</a> (9×9, neighbors influence movement)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masonic_shogi" title="Masonic shogi">Masonic shōgi</a> (9×9, staggered ranks)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hexshogi" title="Hexshogi">Hexshōgi</a> (85 hex cells)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kawanakajima_shogi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kawanakajima shogi (page does not exist)">Kawanakajima shōgi</a> (<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B7%9D%E4%B8%AD%E5%B3%B6%E5%B0%86%E6%A3%8B" class="extiw" title="ja:川中島将棋">ja</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trishogi" title="Trishogi">Trishōgi</a> (9×10, triangular cells)</li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:#ddddff;"> Large variants</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kyo_shogi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kyo shogi (page does not exist)">Kyō shōgi</a> (10×10; <a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BA%AC%E5%B0%86%E6%A3%8B" class="extiw" title="ja:京将棋">ja</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Okisaki_shogi" title="Okisaki shogi">Okisaki shōgi</a> (10×10)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_whale_shogi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Great whale shogi (page does not exist)">Great whale shōgi</a> (11×11)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oni_shogi" class="mw-redirect" title="Oni shogi">Oni shōgi</a> (11×11; <a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AC%BC%E5%B0%87%E6%A3%8B" class="extiw" title="zh:鬼將棋">zh</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wa_shogi" title="Wa shogi">Wa shōgi</a> (11×11)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chu_shogi" title="Chu shogi">Chu shōgi</a> (12×12)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heian_dai_shogi" title="Heian dai shogi">Heian dai shōgi</a> (13×13)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dai_shogi" title="Dai shogi">Dai shōgi</a> (15×15)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenjiku_shogi" title="Tenjiku shogi">Tenjiku shōgi</a> (16×16)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dai_dai_shogi" title="Dai dai shogi">Dai-dai shōgi</a> (17×17)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maka_dai_dai_shogi" title="Maka dai dai shogi">Maka-dai-dai shōgi</a> (19×19)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maka_dai_dai_shogi#Hishigata_shōgi" title="Maka dai dai shogi">Hishigata shōgi</a> (19×19)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ko_shogi" title="Ko shogi">Kō shōgi</a> (19×19)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tai_shogi" title="Tai shogi">Tai shōgi</a> (25×25)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taikyoku_shogi" title="Taikyoku shogi">Taikyoku shōgi</a> (36×36)</li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:#ddddff;"> Multiplayer variants</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist"> <ul><li><a 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.navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Shogi_variants" title="Template:Shogi variants"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Shogi_variants" title="Template talk:Shogi variants"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Shogi_variants" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Shogi variants"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>A <b>shogi variant</b> is a game related to or derived from <a href="/wiki/Shogi" title="Shogi">shogi</a> (Japanese chess). Many shogi variants have been developed over the centuries, ranging from some of the largest <a href="/wiki/Chess" title="Chess">chess</a>-type games ever played to some of the smallest. A few of these variants are still regularly played, though none are as popular as shogi itself. </p><p>The drop rule, often considered the most notable feature of shogi, is absent from most shogi variants, which therefore play more like other forms of chess, with the board becoming less crowded as pieces are exchanged. This is especially true for variants larger than shogi itself. In fact, the largest well-known variant that features the drop rule is the 11×11 game <a href="/wiki/Wa_shogi" title="Wa shogi">wa shogi</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Predecessors_of_modern_shogi">Predecessors of modern shogi</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shogi_variant&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Predecessors of modern shogi"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some form of chess had almost certainly reached Japan by the 9th century, if not earlier, but the earliest surviving Japanese description of the rules of chess dates from the early 12th century, during the <a href="/wiki/Heian_Period" class="mw-redirect" title="Heian Period">Heian period</a>. Unfortunately, this description does not give enough information to play the game, but this has not stopped people from trying to reconstruct this early form of shogi, which is usually referred to as <a href="/wiki/Heian_shogi" title="Heian shogi">Heian shogi</a> (平安将棋). Piece movements were as in modern shogi, but there was no rook or bishop. The board appears to have been either 9×8 or 8×8. The setup is unknown, but can reasonably be assumed to have been the same as in modern shogi (minus the rook and bishop, and minus a gold general in the 8×8 case), but possibly the pawns started on the second rank rather than the third. It can safely be assumed that the game was played without drops, since the weak pieces promote strictly to gold, instead of just moving like gold. </p><p>By the 16th century the game had taken a form closer to the modern game: it was played on a 9×9 board with the same setup as in modern shogi except that an extra piece (an elephant) stood in front of the king. This form of the game is known as <a href="/wiki/Sho_shogi" title="Sho shogi">sho shogi</a> (小将棋), which means "small shogi". (While 9×9 may not seem small, despite the name, it was smaller than the other shogi variants prevalent at the time.) The elephant was eliminated by the <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Go-Nara" title="Emperor Go-Nara">Emperor Go-Nara</a> (reign 1526–1557), and it is assumed that the drop rule was introduced at about the same time, giving rise to shogi as we know it today. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Historical_variants">Historical variants</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shogi_variant&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Historical variants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are a number of shogi variants played on boards larger than 9×9. These variants are all quite old, and were possibly all played without drops. Michael C. Vanier says, "It is thought that the really huge games (dai dai and up) were never really played to any significant extent [...] and were devised merely so that the creators could have the fun of inventing enormous games, amazing their friends and confounding their enemies. However, the games up to tenjiku shogi at least appear to be quite playable, assuming one has the time."<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The same 12th-century document which describes the Heian form of shogi also describes a variant played on a 13×13 board, which is now called <a href="/wiki/Heian_dai_shogi" title="Heian dai shogi">Heian dai shogi</a> (平安大将棋). As with the smaller Heian shogi, the rules for this game have not been completely preserved. </p><p>The most popular large-board variant is <a href="/wiki/Chu_shogi" title="Chu shogi">chu shogi</a> (中将棋), played on a 12×12 board. The name means <b>medium shogi</b>, and the game is sometimes so called (or called <b>middle shogi</b>) in English. Chu shogi has existed since at least the 14th century; there are earlier references, but it is not clear that they refer to the game as we now know it. Chu shogi is best known for a piece called the lion, which moves like a king but twice per turn. The game was still commonly played in Japan in the early 20th century, but has now largely died out. It has, however, gained some adherents in the West. The main reference work in English is the <i>Middle Shogi Manual</i> by George Hodges. </p><p>Other large medieval shogi variants were <a href="/wiki/Wa_shogi" title="Wa shogi">wa shogi</a> (11×11, sometimes played with drops), <a href="/wiki/Dai_shogi" title="Dai shogi">dai shogi</a> (大将棋, "great shogi", 15×15), <a href="/wiki/Tenjiku_shogi" title="Tenjiku shogi">tenjiku shogi</a> (天竺将棋, literally "Indian shogi", but meant "exotic shogi", 16×16), <a href="/wiki/Dai_dai_shogi" title="Dai dai shogi">dai dai shogi</a> (大大将棋, "great great shogi", 17×17), <a href="/wiki/Maka_dai_dai_shogi" title="Maka dai dai shogi">maka dai dai shogi</a> (摩訶大大将棋, "ultra great great shogi", 19×19) and <a href="/wiki/Tai_shogi" title="Tai shogi">tai shogi</a> (泰将棋, "grand shogi", 25×25). These variants date back at least to the 17th century. Tai shogi was thought to be the world's largest <a href="/wiki/Chess_variant" title="Chess variant">chess variant</a>, but recently records of an even larger variant, <a href="/wiki/Taikyoku_shogi" title="Taikyoku shogi">taikyoku shogi</a> (大局将棋, "ultimate shogi", 36×36), was discovered. However, there is no evidence that any of them were commonly played apart from dai shogi. While a few sets for dai dai shogi, maka dai dai shogi, and tai shogi are known to have been made, they appear to have been intended as display pieces and not for actual playing. Furthermore, the sources for the rules of almost all the larger variants tend to disagree with each other on many particular issues, even including the very moves of the pieces, such that only for chu shogi and dai shogi is it well-known what the historical rules were, and some small lacunae still arise in the latter with rare situations. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name</th> <th>Board size</th> <th>Pieces each</th> <th>Piece types</th> <th>Different moves</th> <th>When invented</th> <th>First mentioned</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sho_shogi" title="Sho shogi">Sho shogi</a></td> <td>9×9</td> <td>21</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kamakura_period" title="Kamakura period">Kamakura period</a></td> <td></td> <td>Ancestor of modern shogi. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shogi" title="Shogi">Shogi</a></td> <td>9×9</td> <td>20</td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>16th century</td> <td></td> <td>Introduced piece drops </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Heian_shogi" title="Heian shogi">Heian shogi</a></td> <td>8×8 or 9×8 or 9x9</td> <td>16 or 18</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>~1120 or before;<br /><a href="/wiki/Heian_period" title="Heian period">Heian period</a></td> <td></td> <td>An early form of shogi. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wa_shogi" title="Wa shogi">Wa shogi</a></td> <td>11×11</td> <td>27</td> <td>17</td> <td>22</td> <td>17th century; <a href="/wiki/Edo_period" title="Edo period">Edo period</a></td> <td>1694<br /><i><a href="/wiki/Edo-era_shogi_sources" class="mw-redirect" title="Edo-era shogi sources">Shōgi Zushiki</a></i></td> <td>All pieces are named after animals. Occasionally played. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chu_shogi" title="Chu shogi">Chu shogi</a></td> <td>12×12</td> <td>46</td> <td>21</td> <td>28</td> <td>Early 14th century?; <a href="/wiki/Muromachi_period" title="Muromachi period">Muromachi period</a></td> <td>1350<br /><i>Yūgaku ōrai</i></td> <td>Smaller version of dai shogi with fewer pieces (eliminating the least powerful ones) and different start setup. The most popular of the large variants. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Heian_dai_shogi" title="Heian dai shogi">Heian dai shogi</a></td> <td>13×13</td> <td>34</td> <td>13</td> <td>14</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Heian_period" title="Heian period">Heian period</a></td> <td>1230<br /><i>Nichūreki</i></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dai_shogi" title="Dai shogi">Dai shogi</a></td> <td>15×15</td> <td>65</td> <td>29</td> <td>36</td> <td>~1230; Kamakura period</td> <td>1300<br /><i>Futsū Shōdōshū</i></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tenjiku_shogi" title="Tenjiku shogi">Tenjiku shogi</a></td> <td>16×16</td> <td>76</td> <td>36</td> <td>43</td> <td>15th or 16th century; Muromachi period</td> <td>1694<br /><i>Shōgi Zushiki</i></td> <td>Enlarged version of chu shogi with more pieces (adding even more powerful ones) and different start setup. One of the relatively more popular large variants. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dai_dai_shogi" title="Dai dai shogi">Dai dai shogi</a></td> <td>17×17</td> <td>96</td> <td>64</td> <td>68</td> <td>15th century; Muromachi period</td> <td>1443<br /><i>Shōgi Rokushu no Zushiki</i></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Maka_dai_dai_shogi" title="Maka dai dai shogi">Maka dai dai shogi</a></td> <td>19×19</td> <td>96</td> <td>50</td> <td>76</td> <td>15th century; Muromachi period</td> <td>1443<br /><i>Shōgi Rokushu no Zushiki</i></td> <td>Occasionally played, though with altered rules. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tai_shogi" title="Tai shogi">Tai shogi</a></td> <td>25×25</td> <td>177</td> <td>93</td> <td>101</td> <td>15th century; Muromachi period</td> <td>1443<br /><i>Shōgi Rokushu no Zushiki</i></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Taikyoku_shogi" title="Taikyoku shogi">Taikyoku shogi</a></td> <td>36×36</td> <td>402</td> <td>208</td> <td>300</td> <td>Edo period</td> <td>1694<br /><i>Shōgi Zushiki</i></td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Of the historical large-board variants, only wa (11×11), chu (12×12), tenjiku (16×16), and maka dai dai shogi (19×19) have gained a limited following today. There is a society for chu shogi in Japan, as well as some efforts to revive maka dai dai shogi, though both efforts have changed the rules slightly from the historical ones – more significantly for maka dai dai shogi, unlike for chu shogi whose former popularity still lies within living memory. Tenjiku shogi gained some Western following around the turn of the millennium, although not with the historical rules. <br /> <br /> </p> <table> <tbody><tr> <th>Development of Shogi Variants </th></tr> <tr> <td style="min-width:40em; height:1em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div style="white-space:nowrap"> <table style="border-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate;"> <tbody><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em">Heian Shogi<br />平安将棋</td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px dashed;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px dashed;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em">Heian dai shogi<br />平安大将棋</td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px dashed;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px dashed;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px dashed;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px dashed;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px dashed;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px dashed;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px dashed;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px dashed;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px dashed;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em">Dai Shogi<br />大将棋</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px dashed;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;border-bottom:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px dashed;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em">Chu Shogi<br />中将棋</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em">Dai dai shogi<br />大大将棋</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em">Tenjiku Shogi<br />天竺大将棋</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em">Wa Shogi<br />和将棋</td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px dashed;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px dashed;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px dashed;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em">Sho Shogi<br />小将棋</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em">Maka Dai Dai Shogi<br />摩訶大大将棋</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px dashed;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px dashed;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px dashed;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px dashed;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em">Shogi<br />将棋</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em">Tai Shogi<br />泰将棋</td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px dashed;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px dashed;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px dashed;border-bottom:1px dashed;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td 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style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px dashed;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em">Taikyoku Shogi<br />大局将棋</td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"></tr> </tbody></table> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Modern_variants">Modern variants</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shogi_variant&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Modern variants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>These are some of the new and old shogi variants which have been invented. Time will show which if any of the many recently invented variants stand the test of usage and competition from other games, and stay in use. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Small_variants">Small variants</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shogi_variant&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Small variants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name</th> <th>Board size</th> <th>Pieces each</th> <th>When invented</th> <th>Invented by</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=9_grid_shogi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="9 grid shogi (page does not exist)">9 grid shogi</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>3×3</td> <td>Various</td> <td>2016</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Teruichi_Aono" title="Teruichi Aono">Teruichi Aono</a></td> <td>Uses 40 different piece combinations and start positions. The first and last rank are the promotion zones. All other rules are the same as the traditional shogi. Designed to teach shogi. Its name in Japanese is ９マス将棋 <i>kyu-masu shogi.</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dobutsu_shogi" class="mw-redirect" title="Dobutsu shogi">Dobutsu shogi</a></td> <td>3×4</td> <td>4</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Madoka_Kitao" title="Madoka Kitao">Madoka Kitao</a></td> <td>Children's game.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also sold as "Let's Catch the Lion!" </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Micro_shogi" title="Micro shogi">Micro shogi</a></td> <td>4×5</td> <td>5</td> <td>Modern, but before 1982</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yasuharu_%C5%8Cyama" title="Yasuharu Ōyama">Ōyama Yasuharu</a>?</td> <td>Pieces alternate between promoted and demoted state after each capturing move. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Minishogi" title="Minishogi">Mini shogi</a></td> <td>5×5</td> <td>6</td> <td>~1970</td> <td>Shigenobu Kusumoto</td> <td>He may have rediscovered it instead of inventing it. Comparatively popular. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kyoto_shogi" title="Kyoto shogi">Kyoto shogi</a></td> <td>5×5</td> <td>5</td> <td>~1976</td> <td>Tamiya Katsuya</td> <td>Pieces alternate between promoted and demoted state after each time they are moved. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Goro goro shogi</td> <td>5×6</td> <td>8</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Each player's promotion zone consists of the two farthest ranks from the player. There are also no long-range pieces such as rooks and bishops, although there is a variant where each player has a knight and a lance.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Judkins_shogi" title="Judkins shogi">Judkins shogi</a></td> <td>6×6</td> <td>7</td> <td>Before April 1998</td> <td>Paul Judkins of <a href="/wiki/Norwich" title="Norwich">Norwich</a>, England</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Whale_shogi" title="Whale shogi">Whale shogi</a></td> <td>6×6</td> <td>12</td> <td>1981</td> <td>R. Wayne Schmittberger of USA</td> <td>All pieces named after <a href="/wiki/Cetaceans" class="mw-redirect" title="Cetaceans">cetaceans</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tori_shogi" title="Tori shogi">Tori shogi</a></td> <td>7×7</td> <td>16</td> <td>Late 18th century</td> <td>Toyota Genryu</td> <td>All pieces named after birds. Uses the drop rule. One of the more popular shogi variants. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Yari_shogi" title="Yari shogi">Yari shogi</a></td> <td>7×9</td> <td>14</td> <td>1981</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Christian_Freeling" title="Christian Freeling">Christian Freeling</a>, Netherlands</td> <td>Except for the general (king) and the pawn, all pieces have a strong emphasis on their vertical movement, like that of the shogi lance. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/EuroShogi" title="EuroShogi">EuroShogi</a></td> <td>8×8</td> <td>16</td> <td>After 2000</td> <td>Vladimír Pribylinec</td> <td>Pieces are two colored cubes with chess symbols. A rotation of the man promotes the unit or changes its colour. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ogi_(Komayo_chess)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ogi (Komayo chess) (page does not exist)">Ogi</a></td> <td>8×8</td> <td>18</td> <td>After 2000</td> <td>Cyril Veltin</td> <td>This version introduces the <a href="/wiki/Princess_(chess)" title="Princess (chess)">princess</a> piece.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Standard-size_variants">Standard-size variants</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shogi_variant&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Standard-size variants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name</th> <th>Board Size</th> <th>Pieces each</th> <th>When invented</th> <th>Invented by</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%AB%E6%96%B9%E6%A1%82" class="extiw" title="ja:八方桂"> Eight-directional knight shogi</a></td> <td>9×9</td> <td>20</td> <td>Early 20th century</td> <td>Unknown</td> <td>Shogi with knight that can jump in all eight directions (八方桂). When it promotes, it gains additional power of gold general. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Cannon shogi</td> <td>9×9</td> <td>20</td> <td>February 1998</td> <td>Peter Michaelsen</td> <td>Shogi plus <a href="/wiki/Xiangqi" title="Xiangqi">xiangqi</a>-type and <a href="/wiki/Janggi" title="Janggi">Janggi</a>-type cannons. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hasami_shogi" title="Hasami shogi">Hasami shogi</a></td> <td>9×9</td> <td>9 or 18</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Like <a href="/wiki/Ludus_latrunculorum" title="Ludus latrunculorum">ludus latrunculorum</a>. Not much like shogi. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Hand shogi</td> <td>9×9</td> <td>19 pieces</td> <td>Early 1997</td> <td>John William Brown, Lewisville, Arizona</td> <td>Starts with 10 pieces each side in hand.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Annan_shogi" title="Annan shogi">Annan shogi</a></td> <td>9×9</td> <td>20</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>A Korean variation of standard shogi where pieces gain the powers of the pieces behind them. Popular in Japan. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Unashogi</td> <td>9×9</td> <td>20</td> <td>1994</td> <td>Edward Jackman</td> <td>Starts with all pieces in hand. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Masonic_shogi" title="Masonic shogi">Masonic shogi</a></td> <td>9×9</td> <td>20</td> <td>1987</td> <td>George R. Dekle, Sr.</td> <td>Ranks indented like brickwork, adapted moves; otherwise like shogi. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hexshogi" title="Hexshogi">Hexshogi</a></td> <td>85 cells</td> <td>20</td> <td>1986</td> <td>George R. Dekle, Sr.</td> <td>Hexagonal cells, adapted moves; otherwise like shogi. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Trishogi" title="Trishogi">Trishogi</a></td> <td>9×10</td> <td>20</td> <td>1987</td> <td>George R. Dekle, Sr.</td> <td>Triangular cells, adapted moves; otherwise same as shogi. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Large_variants">Large variants</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shogi_variant&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Large variants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name</th> <th>Board size</th> <th>Pieces each</th> <th>Piece types</th> <th>Different moves</th> <th>When invented</th> <th>Invented by </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Okisaki_shogi" title="Okisaki shogi">Okisaki shogi</a></td> <td>10×10</td> <td>22</td> <td>9</td> <td>11</td> <td>~1996</td> <td>Masayuki Nakayachi </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_whale_shogi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Great whale shogi (page does not exist)">Great whale shogi</a></td> <td>11×11</td> <td>28</td> <td>17<sup id="cite_ref-greatwhale_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-greatwhale-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>28</td> <td>1981 </td> <td>R. Wayne Schmittberger </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ko_shogi" title="Ko shogi">Ko shogi</a></td> <td>19×19</td> <td>90</td> <td>34</td> <td>53</td> <td>Late 17th century; Edo period</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ogy%C5%AB_Sorai" title="Ogyū Sorai">Ogyū Sorai</a> (attributed) Based partly on <a href="/wiki/Xiangqi" title="Xiangqi">xiangqi</a> and projectile weapons. </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The most recent traditional large board variant is <a href="/wiki/Ko_shogi" title="Ko shogi">ko shogi</a> (廣将棋 or 廣象棋 "wide shogi", 19×19), which is played on a <a href="/wiki/Go_(board_game)" class="mw-redirect" title="Go (board game)">go</a> board and incorporates elements of <a href="/wiki/Chinese_chess" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese chess">Chinese chess</a>. Ko shogi is unusual for the interdependence of its pieces and the complex rules of promotion, but likewise there is no evidence that it was ever played. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Multiplayer_variants">Multiplayer variants</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shogi_variant&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Multiplayer variants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name</th> <th>Board size</th> <th>Pieces each</th> <th>When invented</th> <th>Invented by</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sannin_shogi" title="Sannin shogi">Sannin shogi</a></td> <td>7×7×7 hexagonal</td> <td>18</td> <td>~1930</td> <td>Tanigasaki Jisuke</td> <td>For three players </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Yonin_shogi" title="Yonin shogi">Yonin shogi</a></td> <td>9×9</td> <td>9</td> <td>1993</td> <td>Ota Mitsuyasu</td> <td>For four players </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="One-dimensional_variants">One-dimensional variants</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shogi_variant&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: One-dimensional variants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Name </th> <th>Board size </th> <th>Pieces each </th> <th>When invented </th> <th>Invented by </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ito_shogi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ito shogi (page does not exist)">Ito shogi</a> </td> <td>1×31 </td> <td>7 </td> <td>2007, updated 2022 </td> <td>Jonathan Rutherford </td> <td>Two-dimensional moves translated to a one-dimensional board<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Three-dimensional_variants">Three-dimensional variants</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shogi_variant&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Three-dimensional variants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name</th> <th>Board size</th> <th>Pieces each</th> <th>When invented</th> <th>Invented by</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Space_shogi" title="Space shogi">Space shogi</a></td> <td>9×9×9</td> <td>20</td> <td>1987</td> <td>George R. Dekle, Sr.</td> <td>Orthodox shogi in a 3D gamespace </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shogi_variant&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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.cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nlab.itmedia.co.jp/nl/articles/1606/10/news088.html">"まさに最初からクライマックスプロ棋士考案の「9マス将棋」、スタッフと対局してみた"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=%E3%81%BE%E3%81%95%E3%81%AB%E6%9C%80%E5%88%9D%E3%81%8B%E3%82%89%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%9E%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9+%E3%83%97%E3%83%AD%E6%A3%8B%E5%A3%AB%E8%80%83%E6%A1%88%E3%81%AE%E3%80%8C9%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B9%E5%B0%86%E6%A3%8B%E3%80%8D%E3%80%81%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%83%E3%83%95%E3%81%A8%E5%AF%BE%E5%B1%80%E3%81%97%E3%81%A6%E3%81%BF%E3%81%9F&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnlab.itmedia.co.jp%2Fnl%2Farticles%2F1606%2F10%2Fnews088.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShogi+variant" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" 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<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%98%E3%82%83%E3%82%93%E3%81%91%E3%82%93%E3%81%97%E3%82%87%E3%81%86%E3%81%8E" class="extiw" title="ja:じゃんけんしょうぎ">ja</a>, <a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%8C%9C%E6%8B%B3%E5%B0%87%E6%A3%8B" class="extiw" title="zh:猜拳將棋">zh</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judkins_shogi" title="Judkins shogi">Judkins shōgi</a> (6×6)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whale_shogi" title="Whale shogi">Whale shōgi</a> (6×6)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tori_shogi" title="Tori shogi">Tori shōgi</a> (7×7)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yari_shogi" title="Yari shogi">Yari shōgi</a> (7×9)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/EuroShogi" title="EuroShogi">EuroShogi</a> (8×8)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heian_shogi" title="Heian shogi">Heian shōgi</a> (8×8 or 9×8, 12th c.)</li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="6" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Chushogi_photo.jpg/150px-Chushogi_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Chushogi_photo.jpg/225px-Chushogi_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Chushogi_photo.jpg/300px-Chushogi_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="874" data-file-height="859" /></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Standard-size variants</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sho_shogi" title="Sho shogi">Sho shōgi</a> (9×9, 16th c.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hasami_shogi" title="Hasami shogi">Hasami shōgi</a> (9×9, 9 or 18 pc.)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tobi_shogi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tobi shogi (page does not exist)">Tobi shōgi</a> (9×9; <a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B7%B3%E5%B0%87%E6%A3%8B" class="extiw" title="zh:跳將棋">zh</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annan_shogi" title="Annan shogi">Annan shōgi</a> (9×9, neighbors influence movement)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masonic_shogi" title="Masonic shogi">Masonic shōgi</a> (9×9, staggered ranks)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hexshogi" title="Hexshogi">Hexshōgi</a> (85 hex cells)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kawanakajima_shogi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kawanakajima shogi (page does not exist)">Kawanakajima shōgi</a> (<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B7%9D%E4%B8%AD%E5%B3%B6%E5%B0%86%E6%A3%8B" class="extiw" title="ja:川中島将棋">ja</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trishogi" title="Trishogi">Trishōgi</a> (9×10, triangular cells)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Large variants</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kyo_shogi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kyo shogi (page does not exist)">Kyō shōgi</a> (10×10; <a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BA%AC%E5%B0%86%E6%A3%8B" class="extiw" title="ja:京将棋">ja</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Okisaki_shogi" title="Okisaki shogi">Okisaki shōgi</a> (10×10)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_whale_shogi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Great whale shogi (page does not exist)">Great whale shōgi</a> (11×11)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oni_shogi" class="mw-redirect" title="Oni shogi">Oni shōgi</a> (11×11; <a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AC%BC%E5%B0%87%E6%A3%8B" class="extiw" title="zh:鬼將棋">zh</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wa_shogi" title="Wa shogi">Wa shōgi</a> (11×11)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chu_shogi" title="Chu shogi">Chu shōgi</a> (12×12)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heian_dai_shogi" title="Heian dai shogi">Heian dai shōgi</a> (13×13)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dai_shogi" title="Dai shogi">Dai shōgi</a> (15×15)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenjiku_shogi" title="Tenjiku shogi">Tenjiku shōgi</a> (16×16)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dai_dai_shogi" title="Dai dai shogi">Dai-dai shōgi</a> (17×17)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maka_dai_dai_shogi" title="Maka dai dai shogi">Maka-dai-dai shōgi</a> (19×19)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maka_dai_dai_shogi#Hishigata_shōgi" title="Maka dai dai shogi">Hishigata shōgi</a> (19×19)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ko_shogi" title="Ko shogi">Kō shōgi</a> (19×19)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tai_shogi" title="Tai shogi">Tai shōgi</a> (25×25)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taikyoku_shogi" title="Taikyoku shogi">Taikyoku shōgi</a> (36×36)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Multiplayer variants</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sannin_shogi" title="Sannin shogi">Sannin shōgi</a> (hex board, 7 cells per side, 3-player game)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yonin_shogi" title="Yonin shogi">Yonin shōgi</a> (9×9, 4-player game)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">3D variants</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Space_shogi" title="Space shogi">Space shōgi</a> (9×9×9 variant)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Miscellaneous variants</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gunjin_Sh%C5%8Dgi" title="Gunjin Shōgi">Gunjin Shōgi</a> (various sizes)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1&useformat=desktop" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; 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