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Zo Shogi (象將棋)

Zo Shogi (象將棋 'elephant chess')

 

Zo Shogi is a variant of Sho Shogi in which Drop rule is included and Prince (promoted Elephant) is a non-royal King.

 

Setup

files=9 ranks=9 holdingsType=-1 promoOffset=9 promoZone=3 maxPromote=7 promoChoice=+ graphicsDir=/graphics.dir/alfaeriePNG/ whitePrefix=w blackPrefix=b graphicsType=png squareSize=54 darkShade=#C8E0A8 lightShade=#F0FFC0 symmetry=none royal=9 pawn:P:fW:chinesepawn:a3,b3,c3,d3,e3,f3,g3,h3,i3,,a7,b7,c7,d7,e7,f7,g7,h7,i7 bishop:B:B:bishop:b2,,h8 elephant:E:fsWF:elephant:e2,,e8 rook:R:R:rook:h2,,b8 lance:L:fR:lance:a1,i1,,a9,i9 knight:N:fN:knight:b1,h1,,b9,h9 silver:S:fWF:silvergeneral:c1,g1,,c9,g9 gold:G:WfF:goldgeneral:d1,f1,,d9,f9 king:K:K:king:e1,,e9 tokin:T:WfF:promotedshogipawn:, horse:H:BW:promotedbishop:, prince:I:WF:guard:, dragon:D:RF:promotedrook:, apricot:A:WfF:promotedlance:, scepter:C:WfF:promotedknight:, whole:W:WfF:promotedsilver:,

Pieces

Sui(醉)/Elephant(E): Moves one square orthogonally forward or sideways, or moves one square diagonally. Promotes to Prince.

Tai(太)/Prince(I): Moves one sqaure orthogonally or diagonally.

- In Zo Shogi, Prince is non-royal King.

 

All pieces except Elephant are identical to orthodox Shogi.

 

Rules

1. There is no Impasse (持將棋 'Jishogi'), but there is a Campmate.

- Impasse : See this page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shogi#Impasse

- Campmate : A rule in which the player with the King who reached the last rank wins (Of course, King cannot move to the sqaure being attacked.)

2. The player who made the same situation 3 times first loses.

 

Except for the above cases, all rules are the same as orthodox Shogi.

 

Notes

variants.ini :

[zoshogi]
variantTemplate = shogi
pieceToCharTable = PNBRLSE..G.+++++++Kpnbrlse..g.+++++++k
maxFile = 9
maxRank = 9
pocketSize = 8
startFen = lnsgkgsnl/1r2e2b1/ppppppppp/9/9/9/PPPPPPPPP/1B2E2R1/LNSGKGSNL[] w - - 0 1
pieceDrops = true
capturesToHand = true
customPiece1 = e:FfsW
shogiPawn = p
shogiKnight = n
bishop = b
rook = r
lance = l
silver = s
gold = g
king = k
dragonHorse = h
commoner = i
bers = d
promotionRank = 7
doubleStep = false
castling = false
promotedPieceType = p:g n:g b:h r:d l:g e:i s:g
dropNoDoubled = p
stalemateValue = loss
nMoveRule = 0
nFoldValue = loss
flagPiece = k
whiteFlag = *9
blackFlag = *1
immobilityIllegal = true
shogiPawnDropMateIllegal = true



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By Daphne Snowmoon.

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Web page created: 2022-12-29. Web page last updated: 2023-02-26

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