Introduction
What is Shogi?
Shogi(Japanese Chess) is a kind of board game on a par with Chess and Reversi and so on. The aim of the game is to mate opponent king by moving your own 20 pieces. You may win almost all other games by your luck, but in Shogi you can hardly. Therfore a child who has good shogi strength can defeat adult.
It is often said that playing shogi is difficult, but take it easy. You can learn the rules of shogi easily, but of cause you have to make hard effort to become strong.
In "The Laboratory of Shogi", "Rules of Shogi" and "Fundamental of Shogi" will be released. Let's play Shogi!
What is Necessary to Play Shogi?
I present you what you need to play shogi. Generally speaking, you need board, pieces and opponent to play shogi. However, even if you don't have nothing, you can play shogi at several shogi websites.
- Shogi Club 24
- This is the most famous shogi website people can play shogi. A lot of Japanese people play shogi every day there. It is difficult to win shogi there because there are many people who have great shogi strength.
Alternatively I recommend searching board or pieces in the Internet for those who are interested in them. They are made of wood or plastic and they are so beautiful. If you want a thick board, you also need two stands to put "pieces in hand".
