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Japanese Chess

shogi applet installation * western game notation * japanese shogi notation
paper shogi boards * japanese chess links
Play Japanese Chess (Shogi) for free with this lite version of 'Shogi: Samurai Chess™'.
It requires Java which is also free.

This Shogi game will only work if Java and the Java plug-in are installed. They are free at www.java.com

Shogi applet provided for free by japanesechess.org

Shogi Introduction

Chess variants all come from an Indian game called Chaturanga created around 600 AD. As the game migrated east and west it changed. Western Chess and Japanese Chess (Shogi) are cousins of the original game from India. Japanese Chess (Shogi) was played in Japan in the modern form about 500 years ago.

Japanese Chess differs from other chess variants because of the drop rule. Pieces captured become yours, and you can choose to drop them back on the board to attack their former army!

Free Shogi Applet ... put a free shogi applet on your web page.

Western Notation for Japanese Chess ... typical notation used by western society to play shogi.

Japanese Notation for Shogi ... after learning western shogi notation, you will eventually want to know how to read Japanese games. Here is the notation for Japanese game records for Shogi.

Free PDF Shogi Boards and Tokens ... just print and play!

Japanese Chess Links

I'll add sections entitled The Board, The Pieces, Setup and The Rules soon, so keep checking back.