Modern Shogi

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MODERN SHOGI

Kosintsev I.G.
kosintsev.i.g@gmail.com
(22.04.2011)

Modern Shogi is a variant of Shogi - japanese board game played by two players [1].
The initial with the 9x9 board, 18 white and 18 black pieces is follows

White:
1) King (K) e2;
2) General (G) d2,f2;
3) Rook (R) a1,i1;
4) Bishop (B) b2,c2;
5) Knight (N) g2,h2;
6) Pawn a3, b3, c3, d3, e3, f3, g3, h3, i3.

Black:
1) King (K) e8;
2) General (G) d8,f8;
3) Rook (R) a9,i9;
4) Bishop (B) b8,c8;
5) Knight (N) g8,h8;
6) Pawn a7, b7, c7, d7, e7, f7, g7, h7, i7.

The moves of the pieces:
1) King moves one step in any direction,
2) General moves one step in any direction,
3) Rook moves vertically or horizontally any distance,
4) Bishop moves diagonally any distance,
5) Knight moves (jump over other pieces) two step vertically or horizontally and
one step to left or right from this direction,
6) Pawn moves one step forward.

Apart from the King all pieces can promote. After promotion their moves are as follows:
1) Promoted General moves as General and Knight,
2) Promoted Rook moves as General and Rook,
3) Promoted Bishop moves as General and Bishop,
4) Promoted Knight moves as General and Knight,
5) Promoted Pawn moves as General.

The aim of the game is to capture the opponent's King.
Other rules of this game are identical with rules of classical Shogi [1].

Internet resources:
1. Shogi.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shogi