SHOGI11 This is a "Shogi" tournament (Japanese chess)The players are setting up their chess pieces. Reigning champ, at right is Akira Watanabe. He is defending his crown Yasumitsu Sato.

Amid a global chess boom, shogi eyes its own winning moves About 6.2 million people in Japan played shogi in 2019, and the Japan Shogi Association has 55 branches overseas. | GETTY IMAGES By Joel ...

Shotest Shogi brings a chess-like game to the Live Arcade that is big overseas in Japan but flies under the radar ... Move a piece down to the opponent's third of the board and they can be ...

Shogi is a tabletop game from Japan that plays a bit like chess. Some of the pieces are different, many of the rules are foreign, but the strategy, tactics, and cerebral challenge are all there.

The board used in shogi is a grid of nine squares by nine squares. Each player starts with 20 wedge-shaped pieces, ... Japanese universities step up to help international students after Harvard ban.

Kio is a major shogi title, established almost 50 years ago, and Kazuhito has provided pieces and boards for the match from almost every year since 2009. Pieces found under collapsed house ...