Shogi

Shogi (Japanese Chess)

Categories:  Board Games Traditional

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Rules

http://www.ricoh.co.jp/SHOGI/rules/erules.html

You can find out about opportunities to play Shogi live at Timetable. Please report any external links that have broken or have changed to contain inappropriate material. More information about how tournament play works can be found in Using Clocks and MSO Rules.

MSO Shogi Champions

YearNameCountryFlagTitle
2001 Masahiro Yamaguchi Japan Flag of Japan Champion
2001 Eduard Werner Germany Flag of Germany Champion
2001 Frederic Pottier France Flag of France Champion
2001 Rasa Miseikyte Lithuania Flag of Lithuania Champion
2000 Sato Ayumu Japan Flag of Japan Olympiad Champion
1999 Larry Kaufman USA Flag of Usa Champion
1998 Larry Kaufman USA Flag of Usa Olympiad Champion
1997 Eric Cheymol France Flag of France Olympiad Champion

Full results and other winners can be found in Results.

MSO Shogi Ranked Players:

GRANDMASTER:    Eric Cheymol  Frederic Pottier  Larry Kaufman
INTERNATIONAL MASTER:    Demis Hassabis  Guillaume Schmidt  Hans Segers  Marc Theeuwen  Mathijs Litjens
CANDIDATE MASTER:    Fassil Bekele  Steve Lamb


External Links

http://yamajunn.hp.infoseek.co.jp/Shogi_Opening/Shogi_Opening.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shogi
http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/Shogi_-_Strategy_and_tactics/id/2122917
http://www.pathguy.com/chess/Shogi.htm