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Knightmate. Win by mating the knight. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
H. G. Muller wrote on Mon, Dec 28, 2015 09:54 PM UTC:
I still consider that a dubious claim. From what I have seen from engines playing it, Shogi is all about attacking the King with drops. To alter the King move has a much larger impact in making it unlike Shogi than making a small minority of the pieces you could drop to catch that King vaguely resemble a Gold General makes it more Shogi-like. <p> E.g. dropping a Gold two squares in front of a King in Shogi often leads to an unavoidable mate (Hishi). Dropping a Commoner in front of a Royal Knight does nothing of the sort. It is not even a mate threat, despite you having other Commoners in hand.