How to play Shogi (Japanese Chess)

[@Bonsuzuki]

The interesting thing about Shogi is that you can place the pieces you have taken. The game gets more complicated as you get to the endgame.

[@Wter-oy1dh]

The endgame can start really fast however Though it usually lasts really long

[@Perceval777]

Yes, using the pieces that you've captured from the opponent is a rule inspired by the Sengoku period warfare when many generals betrayed their lords.

[@yuheihattori9036]

in theory games can last forever - in chess you gradually have less and less pieces until eventually an endgame on a nearly empty board while master Shogi matches can last days since its much harder to force an endgame

[@mickeymaples4928]

there really isn't an endgame just a more and more complex middlegame until checkmate

[@melvintnh328]

maybe there isn't an endgame, like crazyhouse in chess

[@elicapri6918]

I need shikamarus help..

[@Alresu]

That would be such a drag though.

[@elicapri6918]

@@Alresu best comment aha

[@PrinceGGucci]

@@elicapri6918 mendokuse~

[@Notorious-AP]

Shikimaru

[@akhildivi243]

Shikamaru would say what a drag and then make a shogi engine to solve all his problems

[@Shad0wmoses]

i always think about how immensely difficult it must have been to create and refine this game and its rules.

[@GuerriIla]

They just mixed chess and checkers and refined it

[@killaved4262]

Yea they just made a chess fangame.

[@killaved4262]

Theres actually a chalange mode with a 30 by 30 map

[@axelpatrickb.pingol3228]

So is every board game in existence. It is a long process of refinement...

[@turretboi]

They already had a base in an indian game i cannot remember the name of. That game is the root of a tree, with chess and shogi as 2 branches.

[@jomme4300]

For Westeners and beginners, there is a new project named shogito, which is shogi but with shapes that show which moves are allowed. For instance, the bishop is x shaped and the rook is a + . This makes it much easier to get into shogi!

[@L1M.L4M]

Or just screenshot something, like how I did. Also includes Orthodox, Omega, Compound, Ultima, and Xiangqi. Idk where Omega, Compound, and Ultima come from

[@avivastudios2311]

Oh, that's very helpful. 😄

[@carlitobecool]

i need shogito

[@tellahsage6477]

That's not really necessary tho. You just need to do a few easy puzzles with the kanji pieces and you'll learn to tell them apart in just a couple hours. I don't know any japanese at all and it worked pretty well for me

[@DeepWebLurker]

That just sucks the soul out of it The use of kanji is part of the appeal

[@bluenosaurus2720]

This is Dark Soul Chess.

[@quixotes4478]

it's like drinking tap water at joey goncia's house

[@verdiernoyama9681]

Naruto's chess.

[@floweylaflower4824]

@@quixotes4478 Shogi rules? What for?

[@YuvrajSingh-vc7ho]

1000th like brutha

[@brojoe44]

@@quixotes4478 it's the fortnite of chess cuz u can drop down anywhere.

[@DJDTHTRP]

I took an ultra-fine Sharpie and marked the pieces with P, B, R, L, N, S, G, and K. On the sides with promotions, I put the letter and a + next to it. That helps you learn. One tip, NEVER promote a Silver General. Being able to back up in two directions is better than the Gold General only being able to back up in one direction.

[@jomme4300]

You could also buy Shogito. In that version of shogi, the pieces are all shaped in the way they are allowed to move. it's really cleverly designed!

[@vladimirlenin843]

It depends Sometimes gold general are better for attacking king

[@Lenioogami]

Excellent tip

[@thanoof]

I was thinking while watching the video about how promoting a silver general might actually be detrimental since the piece only loses its unique two tile-diagonally-backwards movements whereas the other pieces gain (much) more flexibility in exchange for their gimmicks.

[@CarltonBank]

I disagree. The gold is the strongest piece to mate and is often better at protecting and supporting the rooks and bishops during offense. Its highly circumstantial

[@loucipher7782]

*imagine playing chess you can just drop down the opponent queen after you capture them lmfao*

[@tranmarsherest9579]

Ever heard of Crazyhouse or Doublehouse Chess?

[@oscarbautista4156]

There are variants where you can actually do that

[@sesawter4999]

so like in call of duty. the better you play the easier the game is with the bonuses

[@3ybh3lloll3hby3]

Trần Marsherest double house? You mean bughouse?

[@revimfadli4666]

If that would be too easy for you, Hostage Chess might be a good alternative. You must "pay" with another piece you captured, in order to place your captured pieces back onto the board

[@Mr.Atari2600]

I barely understand Chess, so I wonder if Japanese Chess is any easier. *Video explains* Ah, I see my cranium has exploded & my brain has launched up into Mars.

[@warandconquest6522]

If you get a mobile app, a lot of them have English lettering and will show you where you can move your pieces

[@DrRank]

@@warandconquest6522 The Clubhouse Games version on Switch also has that option, along with a "mini" variant with a smaller board size and fewer total pieces.

[@PankajKumar-bl4el]

Why don't you check sovereign chess

[@rmms7d031suprateekbose]

I do understand chess and after seeing this video I think that I will be happy learning to play normal chess

[@roblangada4516]

Promotions, capturing units, drops, the Japanese were playing tactical RPGs 800 years ago.

[@KlavierMenn]

Japanese games are all fun, until it gets weird. I mean look at Hanafuda. It is a nice card game in which you win by combining cards to make a suit stronger than the oponent suit (Much like poker) The difference is the biggest suit you can make (Gokou, the Five Brights) When you must collect the Willow and the Caligrapher, Pine with Crane, Cherry Blossom with Curtain, Paulownia with Phoenix and Grass with Moon. There is exaclty one (1) of each in any given deck.

[@pankajrai4257]

Bunch of nerds, right ??

[@PrinceAlhorian]

​@@KlavierMenn I summon Exodia the Forbidden One!!!

[@KlavierMenn]

@@PrinceAlhorian You joke, but there IS a hanafuda archetype in yu gi oh. a cardgame inside another!

[@PrinceAlhorian]

@@KlavierMenn That's actually really cool. My joke comes from the Yu Go Oh having an ultimate hand but requires you to have 5 exact cards from a deck north of about 80 (my magic the gathering decks are about that thick, and when I still played yu gi oh I followed the pattern), this is about the same as you built your entire poker strategy on the remote possibility of getting a royal spaded flush each hand.

[@sunahamanagai9039]

I've played this. Being able to drop captured pieces and the promotion aspect add more dimensions to the game making it harder than western chess or chinese chess imo. It's downright scary. Captured pieces never go away but can be used against you at any point and anywhere on the board.

[@sampatkalyan3103]

There is no western chess lol.

[@seenuvlog14]

its indian chess not western(cause chess is created in india)

[@thanoof]

"Western chess" Tell me you want to make Japanese stuff look superior over anything else without telling me you want to make Japanese stuff look superior over anything else.

[@sunahamanagai9039]

@@thanoof I've only played it on one occasion, and that's my honest opinion. Does it bother you??? If I'm trying to put Asian stuff over "Western," then why did I put the Japanese over Chinese, huh???? And to all those butt hurt I called western chess western chess, that's how it's commonly called and you know it, good grief. Why don't you go change the world instead of nitpicking on a comment???

[@CarltonBank]

@@thanoof Western chess is a term frequently used to distinguish itself from xiangqi and shogi. I highly doubt he used the word western with the intention to be condescending or derogatory.

[@UM96lol]

Always wanted to play shogi, how different from chess could it be? *you can drop a piece on any square on the board* what

[@samgoesbam1108]

It’s like crazy house, but if you can place the pawns at the end of the board

[@calvinbedell]

you just need to know that you can make a pawn go *_left_*

[@abdusselamzahma7474]

Since shogi is more complex, it requires more creativity. Dropping the pieces is actually the fun part of the game

[@roblangada4516]

It's basically a tactical RPG in board game form. Units even "level up". It's quite similar to modern tactical board games like 40k or Battletech where you choose where to place your units. The Japanese were way ahead of their time with this game.

[@d.esanchez3351]

@@roblangada4516 Dropping pieces reminds me of Infinity the game (another sci fi board game) in wich you can parachute spec ops into the board at any time.

[@TheMakoyou]

In Japan, the popularity of Shogi is accelerating due to the success of Sota Fujii, a young genius of only 17 years old, but how well is he known overseas?　He has a winning percentage of 83% and is said to be a genius who has surpassed anime or manga.

[@itsyaboi1245]

If you play shogi in the west you definitely know Fujii

[@roblangada4516]

Most people in the west don't even know other variants of Chess exist.

[@andreyserebryakov2231]

people don't even know chess properly

[@andreyserebryakov2231]

Thanks for introducing him!

[@warandconquest6522]

I only know about it from Naruto

[@shadowman7408]

I know the ending, The king is the children

[@LeoLCDT]

Wrong

[@LeoLCDT]

The king is the next generation

[@shadowman7408]

@@LeoLCDT Liiiies

[@windyboiii771]

oh my god naruto fan yess

[@eagleeye7743]

The king is the children

[@अजिङ्क्यगोखले]

I think shogi's tougher than chess. Here, you can't afford to sacrifice pieces, like in chess. The opponent can use them if you do.

[@Barsikspit]

i mean, u can still sacrifice pieces lol...

[@अजिङ्क्यगोखले]

@@Barsikspit 'Can' is a different thing. Of course, there's no rule as such stating that you can't sacrifice pieces, but it won't be as beneficial as in Chess.

[@rhaegarstark3013]

they have to take a turn to place it tho which gives time to win or set up, shikamaru disagrees with this statement

[@omoliemi]

If anything shogi has more sacrifices than chess, since you can continue an attack by constantly creating threats using the opponent's pieces you just captured

[@saito853]

@@अजिङ्क्यगोखले I'm a fairly decent Shogi player, and I would say in fact sacrificing is a big part of Shogi end game. In a lot of high level games you'll see a common trend being the attacker keep sacrificing to gain tempo, and ending the game with the defending side lose while having like 5-10 high value pieces in hand. This also creates a strategic depth, in which if your attack didn't end up in a checkmate sequence, there's a very high chance that you're gonna get checkmated with a counter attack.

[@roynadan6167]

POV: You're a Yakuza fan who's trying to understand how this works

[@killerbug05]

Caught me 😭

[@music8419]

Me too....

[@speedcuber4life590]

I'm a naruto fan

[@charlesvitanza8867]

Got me, plus being pretty good at chess all I'm thinking is "This mini-game is going to give me a stroke"

[@LemonMori]

Yup

[@captainjumptoast]

Just started watching March Comes in Like a Lion. Thought I should at least know what the H this game is even played like.

[@TheMakoyou]

Currently, a 17-year-old prodigy prodigy over March Comes in Like a Lion is very active in Japan. He became a professional in junior high school and has always maintained a winning percentage of 80%, winning two tournaments last year. I hope you will learn his name, Sota Fujii.

[@__FISH_]

same. but i watched this video after i came to the second season's halfway

[@B-Komachi_Mem-cho]

Same here

[@sfisher923]

Here before starting the series Needed a little more context before going in

[@glowstonelovepad9294]

h

[@chickenips3915]

The king is the children and people who live in the village.

[@labeebabeed5420]

Nara shikamaru

[@whippersnapper5618]

Asuma 😭❤️

[@CelestialxPanda]

Hahahahahaa!

[@shinigami_akarshan]

I know🌝🌝

[@parkyamato9450]

@@labeebabeed5420 asuma actually

[@OnlyBugmenWantedHandles]

I live in Japan, own a shogi set, would love to play with others. I hope this ruleset tells me enough and I remember so that I don't get confused, because my Japanese is only middling and there's tons of places communication could get tricky.

[@kobil316SH]

How the hell am I supposed to remember this? I can't even read the pieces

[@Dedonarivl96]

its really easy after you play for a month or so.

[@shogiteacher7093]

@@stumpfjean-luc4950 thank you for saying this. So many people shy away from game because they think they actually have to be able to read the charakters. As though one could deduce the movements of a knight in chess just by seeing it is a horse.

[@rvrmdude]

Hahahahha a

[@amaruchandan3793]

@@shogiteacher7093 very true

[@axaturdoor7553]

51 Worldwide Classics depicts the pieces with their assigned letter in english. Of course, there is a setting for the shogi pieces to be in their original japanese text.

[@seussdoctor9452]

I might add that i) if the same four boards appear by repetition, it is considered a draw, and most often a sequential match begins with changed sides(White/Black in chess terms). ii)delivering perpetual checks(by four) is illegal, and the attacker will lose the game.

[@SgtSupaman]

Just to clarify, does "perpetual check" here just mean any four moves in a row that an opponent gets check, or is this just referring to the repetitive attacks that result in draws in regular chess? If it's the former, that's pretty brutal to the player that is just trying to push the opponent into a planned checkmate or work their way out of an otherwise inevitable incoming checkmate. If it's the latter, then that makes sense to make the repetitive attacker lose rather than giving them a draw.

[@seussdoctor9452]

@@SgtSupaman I am referring to the latter. It may be more accurate to call them “repetitive continuous checks” that are illegal. There’s one tricky part; the board of which one move before the checks begin is counted in the “no repetitive continuous checks by four” rule. Therefore, the King might not be in check when the defender claims the attacker illegal, i.e, the board is in the sequence of “before check (1), check, evades(the same board before check)(2), check, evades(3), check, evades(4)”. This also stands when longer sequences of checks are repeated by four. :)

[@george1764]

I missed the step were I become Meruem?

[@reigenlucilfer6154]

gungi is really different from shogi, though.

[@santinoespinoza7471]

Gungi isnt even real lol

[@reigenlucilfer6154]

@@santinoespinoza7471 would be cool if it was.

[@dylanbernard246]

Oh it's a simple one, you just gotta get radiation poisoning.

[@MatsMatsuo]

Gungi it's a fictional game that looks like shogi but you can combine pieces, at least for what i could see/understand from the anime, adding some "fake 3rd dimension" to the game, but shogi is already way too complex, combining pieces and adding more rules is just insane

[@Liberoin]

I wanna learn so I can play with shikamaru.

[@aekit]

Aasuma never won against him.

[@Liberoin]

At least I can play with him.

[@bushy9780]

@@Liberoin So let me get this straight. If by some crazy miracle, you are transported in an anime world where you can shoot chakra out of your hands, you're main goal would be to play a board game with a fictional character. Priorities, man.

[@Liberoin]

@@bushy9780 or I can just play with the voice actors

[@BigGreen945]

Would be too much of a drag for him to play with you though.

[@CrystalClearWith8BE]

Memorize the symbols a lot of times and you'll know what piece they are.

[@myboy_]

Wow just stunning advice, thanks

[@garyfleming7028]

That's how I learned them

[@partlygeneric6855]

Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.

[@พัฒนพงษ์ชยากร]

_____ | _____ | _____\

[@provoked_a2797]

@@partlygeneric6855 no it can’t be😢

[@Magnulus76]

Years ago I had a Shogi game that ran on Windows 95 and it had letters to denote their English names. It was very helpful as I don't read Japanese. Using symbols could also be useful, as is found in some Xianqi sets aimed for an international audience. The nearest equivalent in western Chess to Shogi is Bughouse, BTW.

[@techietisdead]

Actually madhouse, bughouse is doubles

[@cesarsales22]

Just like chess, this looks easy to learn the basics but extremely difficult to master

[@surpremeskyking3858]

Even though some look different I'm pretty sure there's something the same like the king each one Ive seen it has a mark with a line going down and 3 across so that's how i memorized it.

[@bonkthesystem]

This seems like a really interesting version of chess and surprisingly similar and easy to learn the rules (but probably hard to master)

[@将棋の部屋]

So wonderful video about how to learn Japanese Chess (Shougi = 将棋), I suppose. Thanks a lot for introducing one of Japan's traditional cultures.

[@ぴーぬ-k8n]

Nice introduction of Shogi to those new to it!an interesting fact is that Shogi has the same ancestry of chess.this is why they are similar in rule Actually nights called 桂馬（けいま）in Japanese include kanji character indicating a horse 馬 there are similarities like this but I think it make shogi difficult that shogi has more blocks on the table and dropping rule that enable troops to be strategic use Shogi is widely considered as a traditional table game in Japan so I found it very surprising to know they are like brothers Sorry for my terrible English

[@the315artist3]

This is a beautiful game! I gotta get a set!

[@aekit]

I came here after watching Shikamaru's importance and March comes like a lion.

[@skymonkstudios2512]

Shogi: Like Chess, but can promote your units like Fire Emblem.

[@horesfan400]

Don't forget you can recruit units you have captured from the battlefield.

[@asmrjackunboxinggames4328]

For you to learn to familiarize with the pieces and characters in them, read and call them by their actual Japanese to English translation of Characters. Pawn - Foot Soldier Bishop - Angle Mover Rook - Flying Chariot Lance - Incense Chariot Knight - Laurelled Horse Silver General Gold General King - Royal General Other King - Jade General Promoted Bishop - Dragon Horse Promoted Rook - Dragon King Other Promotions - Gold ______

[@bugdracula1662]

Is the promoted silver general a gold silver general?

[@L1M.L4M]

I knew Dragon Horse and Dragon King,

[@thanoof]

Those translations make it even harder to remember and familiarize 💀

[@josephc.9520]

I don't have such weaknesses (smirks in Kanji)

[@AllieThePrettyGator]

1:15 the Silver General is also called the Elephant because the way it moves

[@お茶流将棋]

とっても丁寧で、分かりやすいですね🎵

[@deathsheir2035]

Game Setup: Always start from the first rank (of player's perspective) and work forward. Each player takes turn placing their pieces on the board, starting with the King in the center, followed by Gold generals (gold), then Silver Generals (Silver), then knights, then Lance. Setup is left to right, so you would place a Gold General to the left of the king, before placing a gold general to the right of the king. After the first rank is done, you move to the second rank, placing Bishop first, then Rook. Then the third rank, left->right, the pawns. After the board is set up, the player with the Jeweled General (usually the lower ranking player, or the challenger, and it's the king with the differentiating mark), does a piece toss, which involves tossing 5 of their pawns. If the total number of promoted pawns face up, is greater than the unpromoted pawns, the player who tossed, gets to go first, else the other player makes first move.

[@BoojumFed]

I assume the piece toss is done before that player has set up their front line? Or are they expected to set their pieces up completely and redo those 5 after taking them off the board and tossing them?

[@sephtis]

I did not imagine shogi being so much more complicated than chess.

[@U_R_NO_LONGER_ALONE]

打ち歩詰めの説明もしているのは好感が持てますね

[@Aisha_Articphy]

【Pieces】 English　Japanese　Pronunciation Pawn　　　歩兵　　Huhyō Bishop　　 角行　　Kakugyō Rook　　　 飛車　　Hisha Lance　　 香車　　Kyōsha Knight　　 桂馬　　Keima S. General　銀将　　Ginsyō G. General　金将　　Kinsyō King　　　 王将　　Ōsyō King　　　 玉将　　Gyokusyō 【Promotion Pieces】 Pawn　　　と金　　Tokin Bishop　　 竜馬　　Ryūma Rook　　　 竜王　　Ryūō Lance　　 成香　　Narikyō Knight　　 成桂　　Narikei S. General　成銀　　Narigin

[@cmyk8964]

The rules are the same as Chess, except: • The board is 9x9, with your starting area being 9x3. 9 Pawns (歩兵) on the front row, a Bishop (角行) 1 space away from the left end of the middle row, a Rook (飛車) 1 space away from the right end of the middle row, and the following pieces from the center outward in the bottom row: King (王 or 玉), Gold (金), Silver (銀), Knight (桂馬), Lance (香車). • Captured pieces can be placed down in arbitrary places as your own piece. However, 2 Pawns may not occupy the same column. • Pawns do not move 2 spaces or capture en passant. • Knights can only move forward 2 and sideways 1. • Unique piece types: Lances move forward any number of unobstructed spaces. Silver moves 1 space forward or diagonally. Gold moves 1 space orthogonally or forward-and-diagonally. • Promotion: Your opponent’s home 9x3 area is the promotion zone. When a piece moves into, within, or out of the zone (Placing down a captured piece does not count.), the piece has the choice to flip over to its red side and promote, unless the piece cannot normally move anymore, then it MUST promote. • Most pieces promote to a Gold. On top of their existing moves, Rooks and Bishops gain the ability to move like a King. • No castling.

[@shreyaskumar9175]

I don't feel one can say the rules are same as chess lol With new movements and especially dropping pieces you captured. It's a new game

[@eduvigenmella6995]

@@shreyaskumar9175 I agree

[@notpassword]

It's a running joke, watch the video about 5D chess

[@f1r3hunt3rz5]

Shogi is to chess like how chess is to checkers

[@tokumei1933]

Shogi “A sport wherein one fires laser beams from their butt” Maeda, from Asobi Asobase

[@phantomcruizer]

The moves are subtle but the playing is very strategic!

[@kyleeames8229]

No wonder my Japanese friends couldn’t ever explain to me, even when my proficiency in their language was at its peak! Syōgi is to chess what chess is to checkers.

[@Pain420]

This is a bit more complex than I imagined.

[@Bruno-dv3ym]

a "bit"?

[@bioniclink3026]

This is a lot more simple than I would have thought. Neat.

[@frizzlefry176]

I only know about this because of May comes like a Lion. great anime. never thought i'd enjoy an anime about chess, but it was beautifully done. Thanks for explaining!

[@Yurihyuga766]

Came here cause Hifumi Togo from Persona 5 inspired me to play this. Ohh and Kisei from Onmyoji/Onmyoji Arena as well.

[@cayde-473]

I came here for Hifumi as well

[@Unfollowbuki]

Shikamaru nara

[@TheSimmus]

Same ^^ Still looking for the 'Inferno Fireblast' move she talked about :)

[@EdKolis]

There's a PC game called Pawnbarian that come out a few months ago, in which you can play as one of three characters which draw their movement abilities from cards representing chess pieces. Well, two of the three characters do - the third uses shogi pieces! Fun way to learn about shogi even if you don't have a set...

[@Masterhene3]

Its a pretty easy game & you too can win every match with this simple trick, Don't play shogi, just tell everyone that you're really good at it. Undefeated champion even. People challenge you to a match? Decline, they will never be good enough to even hold a candle to your skill. In order for you to remain as the undefeated champ you can't take part in Shogi games. you never play shogi = you never lose at shogi = you're the undefeated champion at shogi. Now you're a shogi master like me.

[@dq-music]

1:59 moving then promoting a piece is rude because the opponent may think that you moved without promotion and but then promoted changing your mind. taking, flipping and putting a piece in one action is the right way.

[@kaze-xo]

That was super concise yet informative! I'm here cuz I was watching an anime called "Ryūō no Oshigoto!" (The Ryuo's Work!), if you've seen the anime, you know that you were not originally watching it for Shogi ;)

[@hurbruh]

lolis 😳

[@shookmin_rv1376]

exactly

[@Eternal_Sufferring]

Ah, finally someone mention this anime. I forgot since I watched it last year.

[@aetheralmeowstic2392]

The drop rule is only present in the standard 9x9 variant The largest variant is taikyoku shogi, which is played on a 36x36 board with over 100 pieces per player and no drop rule, and pieces promote when they capture other specific pieces.

[@snichelsticks8653]

that's awesome as f**ck also absolutely mortifying to look at

[@tellahsage6477]

Gotta be absolutely epic to play a game like that, although i'm pretty sure a single game would take like 10 hours

[@みるきー-f8c]

​@@tellahsage6477 A Japanese TV program tried it, and it takes over 32 hours with 3000 turns

[@theumbrellacorporation1523]

History of this game, I guess: Some Japanese and a wisecrack smarty pants said, “Pfft, chess is for little babies. I’m gonna overcomplicate my own knockoff of this Indian game by adding a bazillion additional rules that HAVE to be memorized to play the game” P.S. Yes I am slightly mad as I write this comment

[@user-is3yn7xr4c]

Lol. Shogi is partly due to the Japanese army strategy.

[@omegadeadpool2947]

@@user-is3yn7xr4c Almost all variations of Chess were due to War Strategies, from the Indian Chaturanga/Shatranj to Shogi to the wierd Gengis Khan version all were based on Wars and it's strats, except when it reached Europe

[@similar_username]

that's just saying "Some indian and a wisecrack smarty pants said, “Pfft, checkers is for little babies. I’m gonna overcomplicate my own knockoff of this Iraqi game by adding a bazillion additional rules that HAVE to be memorized to play the game” since checkers is as similar to chess as it is to shoji, since the bazillion rules you said was added. the rules makes it a fun brain game wouldn't it be boring if there was no rules and a white pawn can just shoot the black king with a gun from move 1?, it's strategy on who can out rule a person.

[@similar_username]

@@theumbrellacorporation1523 again, that is looking at it from a chess only perspective. in places where they actually play shoji, it's just their version of chess, i.e. they're recognisable as they grew up with it. chess is very much in the same vain, you only know it as you grew up to know it. and considering you can't read kanji (I'm assuming), you see those pieces as just the same wooden piece with white ink, but they literally spell out what it is instead of using it's figure in chess to determine it's path. you don't memorize the path it takes, you memorize the role they are and with that see where that role can move. like play a game where you can't recognize the pieces. both chess and shoji must have considerable determination in memorising rules, (do you know the En Passant in chess?) but in terms of common games, they just depend on where you grew up in. dropping a piece in shoji comes naturally as you play it, like using a queen you grow to see it's potential.

[@Fadexpl]

​@@similar_username I don't agree, shogi has objectively more complex rules than chess. Shogi has 14 different pieces and 10 different movesets to remember (because most promoted move the same as gold general). It also has additional rules about dropping pieces. Chess has 6 different pieces with 6 different movesets, and all of them can be explained in just a few words. There are just a few outlier rules - en passant, initial pawn move, castle, rules regarding draw.

[@raughboy188]

Also there's one thing nobody bothers to mention, you can't drop pawn in last row of opponents camp for a good reason because unpromoted pawn can't move backwards verticaly and it's unpromoted when you drop it 8th row is as far as you can go because you can drop pawn where it cannot move. For High value pieces like lance for eyample 7th row is as far as you can go when you wanna drop it. Rows i mentioned are from your perspective as a player.

[@spaceman6029]

i think the last thing you said was incorrect. ive been playing shogi online for a little over a year (not straight) and its always play to capture the king, not play to checkmate. also, if you are in check (not mate) and you make a move that doesnt save the king, its on you. you dont have to say "check" and if they dont realize it, then they lose. other then that, great intro to shogi!

[@HD-fy2wu]

That means the code used to make the shogi on that website is wrong, you win by checkmating your opponent's king, not capturing it, just like in chess. Either the person who writes the code doesn't know or he is simply too lazy. You know, just checking whether a king has been taken at the end of each turn is much easier to code, compared to checking whether a position is a checkmate.

[@eduvigenmella6995]

You play to checkmate, there is no capturing the king. Saying "check" is not required in shogi, and leaving the king in trouble is simply in illegal move.

[@みるきー-f8c]

There used to be many kind of shogi. Taikyoku-shogi, the biggest one, surprisingly required very big board and 804 piece conposed of many types and their backs

[@TheBmb-ki8gj]

Man I’ve always seen Shogi in anime but only vaguely known how it’s played, so this was very interesting.

[@alexsamaniego9061]

Thanks. the Dropping the Piece had me the most confused when I played the Yakuza games.

[@connorschultz380]

This chess variant is cool. ~~bad jokes~~ 5D shogi with multiverse time travel?

[@curtisbrown547]

think this is complicated?? the japanese also developed taikyoku shogi which has over is played on a 36*36 board an has over 444 individual pieces, it's so complicated it takes multiple sessions to play a single game, and the rules are not even necessarily complete because of how few boards were found

[@bushy9780]

80% of comments: Im here because of (insert anime name) 20% of comments: Wow, its just like chess!

[@Bruno-dv3ym]

it is chess, but harder and weirder!

[@sfisher923]

Me who came from both Anime in my case - March comes in like a lion (3-gatsu no lion)

[@similar_username]

@@sfisher923 I'm more a fan of Ryuuou no Oshigoto! (Loli does shoji)

[@sfisher923]

@@similar_username Thanks for the Recommendation I guess

[@yoman8027]

Will you do some how to play of the shogi variants? Like chu shogi, dai shogi, tori shogi, hasami shogi or gunjin shogi.

[@skinnyalien2151]

Anyone else from march comes in like a lion?

[@starboystudios4147]

Hai! 😁🖐🏻

[@maxyole-smith7535]

Just started it lol, thought it might help if i had some vague idea what they were doing

[@png-fiedadzag4432]

Nope, i know Shogi from "Pop Team Epic"

[@lorddashdonalddappington2653]

man you gotta admit that chess has shogi beat in visual clarity

[@honeyjuice219]

Nice video, i wish i had a friend irl

[@picklejuice123.2]

This made me sad

[@rodrigocorral2040]

(Y) S ame

[@honeyjuice219]

@@rodrigocorral2040 you have Xbox account?

[@rodrigocorral2040]

@@honeyjuice219 no, but I have a discord...

[@hungryhughes1916]

I’m learning with my grandmother She’s beating me tho

[@daruty2593]

never seen such a calm explanation of anything before wtf

[@MisterJang0]

You don't have to checkmate your opponent's king in Shogi, you can just capture it to win the game, so you can win the game if your opponent is careless about their king. The king in western chess being uncapturable eliminates this same carelessness from being much of a problem.

[@davidmella1174]

The king is never captured. Either the opponent resigns or they forfeit through an illegal move.

[@josephwallace352]

Waiting patiently for all the shogi variations!

[@not2tired]

Such as Duck Shogi and Shogi Bughouse

[@kurohaizaki8951]

Everyone: I want to learn how to play so I can play with Shikamaru! Me: I wanna learn so I can play with Hifumi XD

[@zachnado69]

Hifumi who? Hifumi Yamada?

[@kohaiame2691]

@@zachnado69 I thought that too. 😂

[@VeritasEspiritoria]

@@zachnado69 Hifumi Togo, a character from the videogame persona 5, she's known as a talented shogi player that "teaches" the main character strategy and real time tactics through shogi.

[@zachnado69]

@@VeritasEspiritoria i see

[@VeritasEspiritoria]

@L That could be as well, but i doubt that someone that's already a player and knows about the pros is here on a tutorial

[@Rikucaster18]

Thanks for this breakdown. We appreciate it.

[@-johnny-deep-]

Good intro. I've been trying to find some reference for the official dimensions of *standard* Shogi pieces and and the size of the squares on it. I have come up empty so far. Surely there must be something official, particularly for the pieces and boards used in the Japanese tournament games? I've seen some sites with boards with 37x35 mm squares, and others with 36x33 mm squares. Some places even have boards with perfectly square squares, which I think is just wrong. I realize in some sense it doesn't really matter, but I'd like to buy a board and pieces as close to the Japanese cultural standard as possible. Or perhaps even make my own!

[@garyfleming7028]

I like the perfectly square squares.

[@shiger1]

Hi, I saw two mistakes in your video. Not sure if somwone had have already told you yet. So i'll point them out for you. First, and foremost IMPORTANT! >> ALL regular game sets have BOTH sides on BLACK ink. > You used on the top of the board the "Jade King, or, 「GYOKU 玉」instead the [Ou 王]" The first (gyouku) means Jewel, or Jade. And is used by "Sente" (the lower level player), while the OU (king /emperor) is used by "Gote", which is the player with more game experience. When both players are on the same strengh level, they do one of 2: The senior goes last (take Ou, and GOTE position), or they do the "Furigoma", toss 5 "panws" (usually the older one), and if the one who tossed the panw got more "panws [Fu]" he start the game as Sente. If there more promoted panws [TOKIN] then he get GOTE [Ou], and them the can Alternate the positions. or keep the OU the player who win the game. And one little point! STANDRD board are also RECTANGULAR. {30 cm by 33 cm} (a little large/ tall than wide, like the pieces) The NARROW sides are the side near the players. And the "Large" sides are the ones across the players. (foldable portable board, usually goes the blending vertically "by the large side 15x33cm"). Only Low quality sets, or "pportable" magnetic are usually the only ones of square (same size all 4 sides) sizes. Cheers. PS: I am not the stronger player, just a regular "8kyu (900 elo rating)" by FESA (Federation of European Shogi Asociations).

[@Ggdivhjkjl]

You mean the rules aren't the same as regular chess except for some differences?

[@juststanding8228]

Nice and clear instructions, gonna play this with the boys next week

[@franbh94]

Btw, you are not obligated to inform your opponent that their king is in check. You can go and capture their king if it is exposed. Edit: Pronouns

[@Redpoppy80]

That should have been mentioned.

[@crowndotm3866]

Thank you! Glad I found this. Kept running into references to the pieces in various anime, and finally just watched an anime episode that identified it as "shogi." ^_^

[@nobody5333]

As someone who has never played chess, shogi is like practicing with weights. I was utterly dumbfounded by the fact that chess players have TWO rooks and don't have to worry about which pieces die.

[@qo7052]

they do have to worry about which pieces die. Pawns are generally given a value of one, bishops and knights are 3, rooks are 5, and queens are 9. these values are considered throughout a professional game of chess and if more points are threatened, the defender will usually block the attack with a less valuable piece.

[@harishpatil5055]

"I have never played chess yet I can make judgements about what game required what to think".

[@nobody5333]

@@harishpatil5055 yes, because I have a little something called “friends” who actually do play the game.

[@baoelectronicboardgame4558]

Wonderful presentation. Applause from Bao Electronic Game-The African Bao in digital format.

[@sneed.]

Thing:😐😐 Thing (Japan): 😱😱😱

[@phil4863]

This game is way more complicated than chess! I love it. May take 6 3 months or more to play fluidly

[@ichangednametoamorecringyo1489]

finally have an excuse that will get me to learn kanji

[@davidmella1174]

Same

[@shadowman7408]

But it seems to me that some promoted pieces become less useful no? like promoted Lance can no longer move forward any amounts

[@friedrichsimon5518]

The lance will then be at least in the 3rd last row. So forward moving any amount is at most 2 spaces. But yes, there are situations where you don't want your pieces to promote and you don't have to (as long as you could move it again).

[@shadowman7408]

@@friedrichsimon5518 ah yes I see thanks!

[@crowreligion]

I think silver is almost equivalent to gold It doesnt seem like promoting

[@kotatsu-de-mikan]

Shogi is a very interesting and strategic game. I want it to be more popular outside of Japan! Thank you for introducing it.

[@XD-nl1wl]

cus the drop piece rule shogi's complexity is way bigger than normal chess

[@Agent_Connors7]

4:33 the genuine smile on his face 🥲

[@javelinman7]

This is just what I needed right now.

[@Seanderson3]

i played this once and agreed on a draw after mutual brain hurt

[@rhobidderskag1121]

I get using the captured pieces but how come they get to ODST drop pod them wherever they want? Seems OP.

[@HamiltonBops]

Now Hifumi will be proud of me

[@d4rkmn643]

Took me a while to find this comment

[@ansettwise0005]

Few more rules: 1. About the stalemate, Unlike chess, shogi has a different rules about it. Following conditions are considered a lose: i. You have no legal move, and any moves will lead to a check. I know it's a stalemate in chess, but it's a lose to the player who have no legal moves in shogi ii. Threefold repetition, if these moves are checking, the attacking side loses. Otherwise it's a stalemate. iii. Both kings are in the opposite side of promoting zone, and are unable to attack the opponent's king effectively. Then the game ends, the result is decided by calculating the value of the pieces.

[@hanafuda4832]

I think the game pieces are too big for their squares or maybe the Shogi board is just too small. The King fills up the entire square and can possibly push other pieces away if you move it.

[@AstroFox77]

Yeah, its kinda meant to do that, it accentuates the power of the piece compared to the others. I have multiple Shogi sets and they’re all like that.

[@10A.Official.YT.account]

チェスと将棋は似ていますが思考法が全く異なるのも面白いところです Shogi is similar to chess but the way of thinking is completely different, which is interesting

[@ellim7205]

here because I’m a simp for akashi seijuro (kuroko no basket)

[@yoman8027]

I hope he does some variant in a future. Like... "Heian Shogi, also known as Ancient Shogi, how to play. The rules are the same as regular Shogi, except for these changes; for a refresher of those rules, check out this video. During set up, don't place any Rook or Bishop. Pieces may not be dropped. The first player to checkmate their opponent, wins."

[@somecrazee9926]

May God Bless you all and your loved ones

[@Vintagesonic1]

Cool, now go away.

[@somecrazee9926]

@@Vintagesonic1God Bless. Hopefully you considered following the Lord.

[@png-fiedadzag4432]

Well yeah, hopefully my god will help me in Shogi competitions

[@anshumansharma9817]

How do we capture them and can they move backwords and like in chess how pawn capture and is a prompted piece is able to move like is did before getting promoted

[@alessandro5889]

Let's face it: we are here because of shikamaru

[@Lohesed]

You're not wrong.

[@ethansilverstein26]

LMAO FAX 🤣

[@goodday-nq8zq]

I'm here because Ryuo's work is never done

[@bogdanmendryshora9337]

True

[@henry8154]

Actually I'm here because of shikadai.

[@ijansk]

The rules for pieces' moves are crazy, my brain shuts down.

[@kiseiryuo1071]

The difficult part of shogi is that you always have to think about which pieces to throw away when attacking the enemy's line. The discarded piece becomes the opponent's weapon, so if you make a mistake in attacking, your opponent may finish you off with the piece you were using until a while ago. Also, when you don't have enough pieces to cripple your opponent, there is also a strategy such as making the opponent attack on purpose in order to obtain the pieces from the opponent.

[@Supersmallchibiwolf]

I remember seeing this game as a kid years ago. I also love that it's beloved by the dad's of Ranma and Akane in Ranma 1/2. Cool video. ^_^