Shogi and Variants

Bottom of page

Primary Items:

• Japanese Chess. Links and rules. (9x9, Cells: 81) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Minishogi. On a 5 by 5 board. (5x5, Cells: 25) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Shigenobu Kusumo.

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

0-9

• 125 Percent Shogi and 125 Percent Xiang Qi. 4-player versions of Oriental variants on cross-shaped boards. (15x15, Cells: 125) By Charles Gilman.
• 3d Minishogi. A variant originally devised for a contest that never materialised. (3x5x3, Cells: 45) By Charles Gilman.
• 3D Shogi. Three dimensional version of Japanese Chess. (9x9x3, Cells: 243) By Larry L. Smith.

A

• Alibishogi. Variant with Shogi-style promotion and drops themed on Alibaba and 40 Thieves. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Gilman.
• American Chu Shogi Association. (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: Joseph Peterson.
• Annan Shogi. Shogi variant where pieces move like a friendly piece directly behind it. (9x9, Cells: 81)
• Annan Shogi . Shogi variant where pieces move like a friendly piece directly behind it (and similar variants). (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Young-Hyun Joo.
• The Art of Shogi. Information on book on Shogi. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Tony Hosking.

B

• Bario Shogi. A shogi game with pieces that can be change typed. (9x9, Cells: 81) By (zzo38) A. Black.
• Beautiful Sun Chess (Meiriqi) . 10x10 blend of FIDE, Shogi, and Xiangqi influences. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Glenn Overby II.
• Beautiful Sun Chess (Meiriqi). A 10x10 blend of FIDE, Shogi, and Xiangqi influences. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Glenn Overby II.
• Bird Shogi. Tori Shogi, or Bird Shogi. A variant of Japanese Chess on a 7 by 7 board. (7x7, Cells: 49) Author: Steve Evans. Inventor: Ohashi Soei.
• Bishogi. An attempt to take the FIDE army further towards Shogi than Chessgi does. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
• Blind Shogi. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Bushi Shogi. Extremely small shogi variant played with cube pieces. (1x2, Cells: 2) Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Georg Dunkel.
• Bushi shogi. Shogi variant on a two-square board! Bushi means Samurai. (1x2, Cells: 2) By Georg Dunkel.

C

• Cannon Shogi . Played on a 9x9 Shogi board, feature various types of 'Cannon' pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Steve Evans. Inventor: Peter Michaelsen.
• Cannon Shogi and Cannon Chess. Played on a 9x9 Shogi board, feature various types of 'Cannon' pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Peter Michaelsen.
• Chaturanga . Part of a document describing various Historical Chess Variants. Author: Nader Daou.
• Chess Dial. Play starts with Shogi, then mutates into Xiang Qi, then FIDE Chess, then Shogi again! (9x10, Cells: 90) By John Smith.
• Chogi. Cross between Shogi and Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jose Correia.
• Choson chess. Korean game, resembling Shogi, mentioned in a novel. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: L. U. Kisljuk.
• Chu Shogi. Shogi variant on 12 by 12 board. (Link.). (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: Roger Hare.
• Chu Shogi. Shogi variant on 12 by 12 board. (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: Antoine Fourrière.
• Chu Shogi . Shogi variant on 12 by 12 board. (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: Steve Evans.
• American Chu Shogi Association. (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: Joseph Peterson.
• German Chu Shogi Association. (12x12, Cells: 144)
• Chu Shogi pictures. Photos of a commercial Chu Shogi set. (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: John Lawson.
• Classic Average. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Kuyan Judith.
• Color Square Shogi. Shogi with color squares you place at beginning of game. (9x9, Cells: 81) By (zzo38) A. Black.
• Crazy 38's. Ben Good's Crazy 38's on the Game Courier. (8x8, Cells: 38) Author: Abdul-Rahman Sibahi. Inventor: Ben Good.
• Cube Shogi. Shogi with cube-shaped pieces. (4x4, Cells: 16) By John Smith.

D

• Dai Dai Shogi. Extremely large Shogi variant invented in the 17th century. (17x17, Cells: 289) Author: Douglas Silfen and Eduard Werner.
• Dai Mitregi. Still larger Mitregi offshoot, replacing the Generals with longer-range pieces. (16x16, Cells: 256) By Charles Gilman.
• Dai Shogi. Shogi variant on 15 by 15 board. (Link.). (15x15, Cells: 225) Author: Roger Hare.
• Dai Shogi pictures. Photos of a commercial Dai Shogi set. (15x15, Cells: 225) Author: John Lawson.
• Dai-Dai Shogi pictures. Photos of a commercial Dai-dai Shogi set. (17x17, Cells: 289) Author: John Lawson.
• Dai-Ryu Shogi. Large Shogi variant with new pieces. (9x16, Cells: 144) By Jared B. McComb.
• Decay Shogi. Pieces decay if held too long. (9x9, Cells: 81) By (zzo38) A. Black.
• Dimensionalized. 3D version of checkers, chess and shogi. (9x9x2, Cells: 162) By Paul Glover.
• Doppelgängerschach. Pieces return as something else on the same 3d board. (6x6x6, Cells: 216) By Charles Gilman.
• Dragon Horse. Moves as Bishop or Wazir. Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Dual Direction Variants. Adding extra moves to pieces in historic forms of Chess. By Charles Gilman.

E

• Easterhouse. Captured pieces switch between Xiang Qi and Shogi boards. (9x19, Cells: 171) By Charles Gilman.
• Elephant Chess Club. Webshop selling internationalized Xiangqi and Shogi sets. (9x9, Cells: 81)
• Eurasia-Chess Chessmen Piece Set. for Chess, XiangQi, Shogi and other Chess variants. By Emmanuel Baud.
• EurasiaChess Shogi . Shogi and mini-Shogi with mixed chess-symbols&Japanese-Kanjis. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Emmanuel Baud.
• EurasiaChess Shogi Graphics. Graphics of shogi pieces mixing European chess symbols & Japanese Kanji. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Emmanuel Baud.
• EurasiaChess: Photos of Chessmen Shogi Pieces adaptation. http://www.eurasia-chess.com. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Emmanuel Baud.

F

• Five-Minute Poppy Shogi. Small shogi variant on a 4 by 5 board. (4x5, Cells: 20) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Oyama Yasuharu.
• Flyover Shogi. A 4-player Shogi with each player facing all 3 others. (Cells: 162) By Charles Gilman.
• Four Player Shogi. Variant of Shogi for four players. (15x15, Cells: 189) By Michael Shipley.
• Fraction Shogi. Shogi with fractional moves. (9x9, Cells: 81) By (zzo38) A. Black.
• Frontofhouse. Captured pieces return with only their forward moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
• Fusion Mitregi. Shogi board, camps full of Mitregi 1st/2nd rank pieces that can combine pairwise. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Charles Gilman.

G

• The Game of Three Generals. Each player has three generals, which command different sections of his army. (9x9, Cells: 81) By John Smith.
• German Chu Shogi Association. (12x12, Cells: 144)
• Gold General. Shogi piece that moves one square but not diagonally backwards. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Grand Shogi. Normal Shogi, but with extra pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Christine Bagley-Jones.
• Great Whale Shogi. Great Whale Shogi by R. Wayne Schmittberger. (11x11, Cells: 121) Author: Douglas Silfen. Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger.
• Great Whale Shogi. Large board based on Whale and Wa Shogi. (11x11, Cells: 121) Author: Douglas Silfen. Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger.
• Gufuu Shogi . Tiny variant on a 2x3 board with four pieces. (2x3, Cells: 6) By Georg Dunkel.

H

• Haiku Shogi. 4-player Shogi with 5+7+5 grouping of orthogonals in both dimensions. (17x17, Cells: 289) By Charles Gilman.
• Half Nearlydouble Chess and offshoots. Chess enlarged and then shrunk again - or vice versa. (5x12, Cells: 60) By Charles Gilman.
• Half Shogi and Half Xiang Qi. Applying the principles of Half Chess to Oriental games. (5x9, Cells: 45) By Charles Gilman.
• Half Shoxiang. A variant with one each of a mixture of Shogi and Xiang Qi pieces on a FIDE board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
• Hand Shogi. Modern shogi variant with many pieces to drop. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: John William Brown.
• Hasami Shogi. Popular Japanese game, playable with Shogi set. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Katsutoshi Seki.
• Heian Shogi. or Early Shogi. A predecessor of Shogi. (9x8, Cells: 72) Author: Steve Evans.
• Heian Shogi . Part of a document describing various Historical Chess Variants. Author: Nader Daou.
• Heian-Dai Shogi. Early Great Shogi. (13x13, Cells: 169) Author: Steve Evans.
• Hex Horngi. To hex cells what Mitregi is to square ones and Tunnelshogi to cubic ones. (Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
• Hex Shogi . A new family of hexagonal Shogi variants. By Fergus Duniho.
• Hex Shogi. A new family of hexagonal Shogi variants. By Fergus Duniho.
• Hex Shogi 41. Hexagonal shogivariant on board with 41 squares. (Cells: 41) By Fergus Duniho.
• Hex Shogi 41. Hexagonal shogivariant on board with 41 squares. (Cells: 41) By Fergus Duniho.
• Hex Shogi 81. A hexagonal Shogi variant on an 81-space board. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Fergus Duniho.
• Hex Shogi 81. A hexagonal Shogi variant on an 81-space board. (Cells: 81) By Fergus Duniho.
• Hex Shogi 91. A hexagonal Shogi variant on a 91-space board. (Cells: 91) By Fergus Duniho.
• Hex Shogi 91. A hexagonal Shogi variant on a 91-space board. (Cells: 91) By Fergus Duniho.
• Hexgi. A Wellisch-style hex interpretation of Shogi, with "officers" using selected orthogonals. (Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
• Hishigata Shogi. Variation of Maka-Dai-Dai Shogi (ultra large Shogi). (19x19, Cells: 361) By Sean Humby.
• Historical Chess Variants . A document describing several historical chess variants. Author: Nader Daou.
• Honeycomb goes East. Shogi and Xiang Qi on a Hex-prism board. (16x9, Cells: 144) By Charles Gilman.
• Honorable Horse. Moves forward as a Knight. Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Hoo Mitregi. Intermediate between Mitregi itself and Dai Mitregi. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Charles Gilman.
• How to Play Shogi. A book on Japanese chess, Shogi. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: John Fairbairn.
• Humpmitregi. Larger Shogi variant with more powerful diagonal pieces. (10x9, Cells: 90) By Charles Gilman.

I

• Idaidakama Shogi. Like Maka-Dai-Dai with drops and new pieces. (19x19, Cells: 361) By (zzo38) A. Black.
• Immobilizer Shogi. Piece that can immobilize other pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81) By (zzo38) A. Black.
• Ito Shogi . (1x21, Cells: 21) Author: Malcolm Webb. Inventor: Jonathan H Rutherford.

J

• Japanese Chess. Links and rules. (9x9, Cells: 81) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Jeweled General. Shogi King. Royal piece moving one in arbitrary direction. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Fergus Duniho.
• Judkin's Shogi. Modern small shogi variant preset using Alfaerie set. (6x6, Cells: 36) By Charles Daniel.
• Judkin's Shogi. Small shogi variant on 6 by 6 board. (6x6, Cells: 36) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: ? Judkin.

K

• Kamikaze Mortal Shogi. Send your Kamikazes on suicide missions in this Shogi variant. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Fergus Duniho and Roberto Lavieri.
• Kamikaze Mortal Shogi. Send your Kamikazes on suicide missions in this Shogi variant. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Fergus Duniho and Roberto Lavieri.
• Kasparov's Premiere at Shogi. Chess world champion plays a game of Shogi. (9x9, Cells: 64) Author: Dr. René Gralla.
• Ki Shogi. Variant of Shogi played without a board, and pieces are cubes. By Larry L. Smith.
• Ki Shogi. Variant of Shogi played without a board, and pieces are cubes. By Larry L. Smith.
• Kilyow. Invented by Furugouri Akio(古郡章雄) in 1991. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Yu Ren Dong.
• King. Royal piece moving one in arbitrary direction. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Fergus Duniho.
• Kirby's Shogi. (9x9, Cells: 81) By (zzo38) A. Black.
• Kokusai Sannin Shogi. Three-handed Shogi variant. (Cells: 127) Author: John Fairbairn and George F. Hodges. Inventor: Tanigasaki Jisuke.
• Korean Shogi. Shogi variant where pieces move like a friendly piece directly behind it. (9x9, Cells: 81)
• Kozeriai. A 5x7 variant of Shogi. (5x7, Cells: 35) By Jan Paerke.
• Kyoshogi . Variant of Shogi on a 10x10 board. (10x10, Cells: 100)
• Kyoto Shogi and Hex Kyoto Shogi . Small shogi variants. (Link.). (5x5, Cells: 25)

L

• Lance. Moves one or more squares straight forward. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Larger Wildeurasian variants. increasing the 2+2+1 piece groups from three to five or six. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Charles Gilman.
• Lion. Powerful piece from Shogi variant.
• Little Trio. Small variant combining Chess, Shogi, and Xiang-Qi. (7x7, Cells: 49) By Jared B. McComb.
• Little Trio. (7x7, Cells: 64) Author: Nicholas Jay Wolff. Inventor: Jared B. McComb.
• Long-King Shogi. Long-king moves very far but don't let it get captured. (9x9, Cells: 81) By (zzo38) A. Black.

M

• Mad Queen Shogi. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
• Maka-Dai-Dai Shogi. Historical ultra large Shogi variant. (19x19, Cells: 361) Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
• Maka-Dai-Dai Shogi pictures. Photos of a commercial Maka-dai-dai Shogi set. (19x19, Cells: 361) Author: John Lawson.
• Makruk (Siamese Chess) . Part of a document describing various Historical Chess Variants. Author: Nader Daou.
• Medusa Shogi. (11x11, Cells: 121) Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Gary K. Gifford.
• Medusa Shogi. (11x11, Cells: 121) By Gary K. Gifford.
• Medusa Shogi. A Shogi variant of Pillars of Medusa, which is based on Turkish Great Chess. (11x11, Cells: 121) By Gary K. Gifford.
• Microshogi. Small shogi variant on a 4 by 5 board. (4x5, Cells: 20) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Oyama Yasuharu.
• Microshogi . Small shogi variant on a 4 by 5 board. (4x5, Cells: 20) Author: Steve Evans. Inventor: Oyama Yasuharu.
• Millennium Chu Shogi . http://pika.cs.nctu.edu.tw/lit/MillenniumShogi.zip. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Yu Ren Dong.
• Minishogi. On a 5 by 5 board. (5x5, Cells: 25) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Shigenobu Kusumo.
• Minishogi setuper. Minishogi you can set up pieces at beginning of the game. (5x5, Cells: 25) By (zzo38) A. Black.
• Mitred Framing 1: 8x8 to 10x10. Adding a rim of forward-only pieces around a FIDE-size board. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Gilman.
• Mitred Framing 2: 9 files to 10x10. Puts most pieces of 9-file variants on FIDE board and adds extra rim including middle-file piece and Shogi-style extras. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Gilman.
• Mitregi. Shogi variant with more powerful diagonal pieces. (10x9, Cells: 90) By Charles Gilman.
• Mitregi with compounds of duals. An extra border around the Gnuqi and Wildebishogi array houses forward-only counterparts. (11x11, Cells: 121) By Charles Gilman.
• Mortal Shogi. Play this Shogi variant in which pieces may die. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Roberto Lavieri and Fergus Duniho.
• Mortal Shogi. A Shogi variant in which pieces aren't all immortal. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Roberto Lavieri and Fergus Duniho.

N

• Nana-Shogi. Shogi variant on a tiny board. (3x3, Cells: 9) By Georg Dunkel.
• Narikin Shogi. Shogi with promoted gold generals. (9x9, Cells: 81) By (zzo38) A. Black.
• Nested Shogi. A variant hiding Shogi on its diagonals. (17x17, Cells: 177) By Charles Gilman.
• Ninth Century Indian Chess . Part of a document describing various Historical Chess Variants. Author: Nader Daou.

P

• Paper Shogi Board and Tokens Craft Project. Free Shogi game PDFs of several styles of boards and Shogi pieces that you can print out and use to make your own Shogi board. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Terrance Davis.
• Partnership Mitregi. Unthemed 4-player variant with most pieces always moving toward or across the River. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
• Pawn Shogi. Experimental shogi variant with different types of pawns. (7x7, Cells: 49) By Eric Greenwood.
• Photos of Homemade Symbolic Shogi Pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Fergus Duniho.
• Point-Power Shogi. A shogi variant with ever growing supply of pieces on a TI-92 calculator. (9x9, Cells: 81) By (zzo38) A. Black.

Q

• QB Goes East 162 squares. Quadruple Besiege versions of Shogi, Xiang Qi, and offshoots using double sets on 2 9x9 boards. (Cells: 162) By Charles Gilman.
• QB Goes East 98 squares. Quadruple Besiege versions of Shogi, Xiang Qi, and offshoots using single sets on 2 7x7 boards. (Cells: 98) By Charles Gilman.
• Quadd Shogi. Shogi with 4 squares for each one space in normal Shogi. (18x18, Cells: 324) By (zzo38) A. Black.
• Questions and answers: Shogi. Shogi FAQ. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.

R

• Rules for historic Shogi variants. Author: George F. Hodges.
• Rutherford's 1-dimensional Shogi. Modern one-dimensional chess variant, based upon Shogi. (1x17, Cells: 17) Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Jonathan H Rutherford.
• Rutherford’s 1-dimensional Shogi. Modern one-dimensional chess variant, based upon Shogi. (1x17, Cells: 17) By Jonathan H Rutherford.
• Ryu Shogi. Large modern shogi variant. (7x12, Cells: 84) By Jared B. McComb.

S

• Sankaku Shogi. Small Shogi variant played on a board of 44 triangles with no drops and a teleporting Emperor. (7x8, Cells: 44) By Larry L. Smith.
• Sankaku Shogi . Small Shogi variant played on a board of 44 triangles with no drops and a teleporting Emperor. (7x8, Cells: 44) By Larry L. Smith.
• Senterej . Part of a document describing various Historical Chess Variants. Author: Nader Daou.
• sFhIoDgEi. A variant nesting two different smaller variants within it. (17x17, Cells: 289) By Charles Gilman.
• Shanghai Palace Chess. A blend of Chinese, Japanese, and Western Chess. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Gary K. Gifford.
• Shatar (Mongolian Chess) . Part of a document describing various Historical Chess Variants. Author: Nader Daou.
• Shatranji. Chessgi with Shatranj pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
• Sho Shogi. Historic predecessor of shogi. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Sho Shogi (Little/Small Shogi) . Part of a document describing various Historical Chess Variants. Author: Nader Daou.
• Shocky. A program that plays Shogi. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Pauli Misikangas.
• Shogessi (The Allday Wars) . An original large, multiplayer Chess/Shogi variant. (Cells: 231) By Eric Watkins.
• Shogi. Play the Japanese form of Chess, in which captured pieces can be dropped back as your own. (9x9, Cells: 81) (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Shogi . Westernized version using Alfaerie graphics. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: David Howe and Fergus Duniho.
• Shogi (Japanese Chess). Links and rules. (9x9, Cells: 81) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Shogi - Japan's Game of Strategy.. Book teaching how to play Shogi. Author: Trevor Leggett.
• Shogi 3D. Three dimensional version of Japanese Chess. (9x9x3, Cells: 243) By Larry L. Smith.
• Shogi : Japan's Game of Strategy. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Trevor Leggett.
• Shogi FAQ. Questions and answers about Shogi (Japanese Chess). (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Shogi for Beginners. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: John Fairbairn.
• Shogi for Beginners. A book on Japanese chess, Shogi. Author: John Fairbairn.
• Shogi for Chess Players . Introduction to Shogi geared for western chess players. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Douglas Crockford.
• The Shogi Foundation . Organization selling books on Shogi and a portable shogi set. (9x9, Cells: 81)
• Shogi Photo. Photo of crafted Shogi set. Author: Victor Vermette.
• Shogi Pieces. Graphics of shogi pieces and symbols. Author: David Howe.
• Shogi Pieces. Photos of Homemade Symbolic Shogi Pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Fergus Duniho.
• Shogi Programs. Links to different programs that play Shogi. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Moshe Rapaport.
• Shogi set. Photo's of shogi (Japanese chess) set. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Jean-Luc Muraro.
• Shogi Set. Photo's of wooden Shogi (Japanese chess) set. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Shogi set. Photographs of a Shogi set. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Shogi Software. Shogi Software. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Terrance Davis.
• Shogi Variant Program. Home page of a freeware program, that allows humans to play shogi and 11 variants of shogi. (Link.). Author: Steve Evans.
• Shogi Variant Software . Index of shogi variant software (in Japanese). Author: Edward Strickland.
• Shogi Variants Site. Wikipedia dedicated to Shogi Variants. Author: Joseph Peterson.
• Shogi web site . Web site on Shogi and its variants. Author: Roger Hare.
• Shogi with Cannons. (9x9, Cells: 81) By John Smith.
• Shogi With Pokémons. Pokemons with special powers are added to an otherwise normal shogi board. (11x11, Cells: 121) By (zzo38) A. Black.
• Shogi, Mortal Shogi, and Kamikaze Mortal Shogi . Optimized ZRFs for Japanese Chess and some recent variants. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Shogi-of-Chesstonia. 9 x 12 Shogi Variant that includes a Queen and some Modern Shatranj Pieces. (9x12, Cells: 108) By Gary K. Gifford.
• Shogi-of-Chesstonia. 9 x 12 Shogi Variant that includes a Queen and some Modern Shatranj Pieces. (9x12, Cells: 108) By Gary K. Gifford.
• Shogi-set Nearlydouble Variants. Variants using two Shogi sets, minus a second King aside, but with moves adjusted for a large board. (13x12, Cells: 156) By Charles Gilman.
• Shogi: Cut-Out Symbolic Shogi Pieces. Make your own Shogi set. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Shoxiang 108. A combination of Shogi and Xiang Qi on a number of ranks divisible by both 2 and 3. (9x12, Cells: 108) By Charles Gilman.
• Sigma 4 Shogi. (7x7, Cells: 49) By Daniel Roth.
• Silver General. Shogi piece that moves one square diagonally, or forward. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Sittuyin (Burmese Chess) . Part of a document describing various Historical Chess Variants. Author: Nader Daou.
• Southern Shogi. Shogi variant where pieces move like friendly pieces `south' of them. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Katsutoshi Seki.
• Swedish Cannon Chess. Mats Winther's new piece and game on the Game Courier. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Abdul-Rahman Sibahi. Inventor: Mats Winther.
• Symgi. A Shogi variant with back ranks filled with symmetric pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Charles Gilman.

T

• Tai Shogi. Very large Shogi variant. (25x25, Cells: 625) Author: Roger Hare.
• Tai Shogi pictures. Photos of a commercially available Tai Shogi set. (25x25, Cells: 256) Author: John Lawson.
• Taikyoku Photographs. (36x36, Cells: 1296) Author: David Howe and Edward Strickland.
• Taikyoku Shogi. Extremely large shogi variant. (36x36, Cells: 1296) Author: Isao Umebayashi and Larry L. Smith.
• Taikyoku Shogi (Unlimited Chess) Playing Pieces. (36x36, Cells: 1296) Author: Robert Kalin.
• Tee Garden Shogi. Not itself a spelling mistake, but inspired by several potential ones. (9x9, Cells: 72) By Charles Gilman.
• Tenjiku Shogi pictures. Photos of a commercial Tenjiku Shogi set. (16x16, Cells: 256) Author: John Lawson.
• Tetrahedral Shogi and Tetrahedral Hexgi. Shogi-based 3d variants on an enlargement of the Tetrahedral Chess board. (9x9x9, Cells: 165) By Charles Gilman.
• Three Player Hex Shogi 91 . A hexagonal Shogi Variant for three players. (Cells: 91) By Fergus Duniho.
• Three Player Hex Shogi 91. a hexagonal Shogi variant for three players. (Cells: 91) By Fergus Duniho.
• Time Travel Chessgi. One can travel backwards or forwards in time, bringing along all one's possessions. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
• Tori Shogi. Tori Shogi, or Bird Shogi. A variant of Japanese Chess on a 7 by 7 board. (7x7, Cells: 49) Author: Steve Evans. Inventor: Ohashi Soei.
• Tori Shogi. Bird Shogi. (7x7, Cells: 49) Author: Eduard Werner. Inventor: Ohashi Soei.
• Tori Shogi. A variant of Japanese Chess on a 7 by 7 board. (Link to Roger Hare's shogi site.). (7x7, Cells: 49) Author: Roger Hare.
• Tori Shogi pictures. Pictures of a commercial Tori Shogi set. (7x7, Cells: 49) Author: John Lawson. Inventor: Ohashi Soei.
• Typhoon (Revised) . (12x12, Cells: 144) By Adrian King.
• Typhoon (Revised). (12x12, Cells: 144) By Adrian King.

U

• U12 Shogi. A new kind of large shogi game. (12x12, Cells: 144) By (zzo38) A. Black.
• Ultimate Shogi. Taikyoku Shogi. Extremely large shogi variant. (36x36, Cells: 1296) Author: Isao Umebayashi and Larry L. Smith.
• Unashogi. Parachute all pieces, starting with an empty board. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Edward Jackman.
• Unidirectional arrays on standard boards. Both players in the same direction, as Viking Chess, but on boards of correspondiyng face-to-face variants. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.

W

• Wa Shogi. Large Shogi variant from the 17th century or earlier. (11x11, Cells: 121) Author: Douglas Silfen.
• Wa Shogi. A variant of Japanese Chess on an 11 by 11 board. (Link.). (11x11, Cells: 121) Author: Roger Hare.
• Wa Shogi pictures. Photos of a commercial Wa Shogi set. (11x11, Cells: 121) Author: John Lawson.
• Whale Shogi. Shogi variant. (6x6, Cells: 36) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger.
• Whale Shogi. Small Shogi variant. (6x6, Cells: 36) Author: Douglas Silfen and Karl Scherer. Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger.

X

• Xorix Shogi. Automated, rule-enforcing preset for playing Xorix Shogi on Game Courier. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: (zzo38) A. Black.
• Xorix Shogi. Shogi where piece movement are XORed with captured pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81) By (zzo38) A. Black.

Y

• Yari Shogi. Modern Shogi variant. (7x9, Cells: 63) By Christian Freeling.
• Year of the Pig Variants. Subvariants extending the forward moves in assorted previous variants old and new. By Charles Gilman.
• Yonin Shogi. 4-handed Shogi variant. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Jared B. McComb. Inventor: Ota Mitsuyasu.
• Yoto. Variant with heavy Xiang Qi influences marks Year of the Ox. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Charles Gilman.
• Yo[n]o Shogi. 4-player Shogi variant with all 8 kinds of piece (fewer of some) on a standard Shogi board. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Charles Gilman.

Top of page

Total items listed: 230

Contact us

The Chess Variant Pages

About us