0 a Japanese game played by two people using a square board, in which each player has 20 pieces that can be moved on the board in different ways:
Let's play some more shogi.
She is a professional shogi player.
In yonin shogi, it is checkmate rather than forcing resignation that ends a player's game.
A few of these variants are still regularly played, though none are nearly as popular as shogi itself.
Yonenaga was one of early shogi professionals who played with computer shogi publicly.
In 1612, eight go and shogi players were given individual state support.
The ability for drops in shogi give the game tactical richness and complexity.
