Definitions for shogi
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1. shoginoun

   a form of chess played on a board of 81 squares; each player has 20 pieces

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1. shoginoun

   Japanese chess; a chess variant created and mainly played in Japan.

2. Etymology: From 将棋.

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1. Shogi

   Shogi (将棋, shōgi, English: , Japanese: [ɕoːɡi]), also known as Japanese chess, is a strategy board game for two players. It is one of the most popular board games in Japan and is in the same family of games as Western chess, chaturanga, Xiangqi, Indian chess, and janggi. Shōgi means general's (shō 将) board game (gi 棋). Western chess is sometimes called (Seiyō Shōgi 西洋将棋 lit. 'Western Shogi') in Japan. Shogi was the earliest chess-related historical game to allow captured pieces to be returned to the board by the capturing player. This drop rule is speculated to have been invented in the 15th century and possibly connected to the practice of 15th century mercenaries switching loyalties when captured instead of being killed.The earliest predecessor of the game, chaturanga, originated in India in the sixth century, and the game was likely transmitted to Japan via China or Korea sometime after the Nara period. Shogi in its present form was played as early as the 16th century, while a direct ancestor without the drop rule was recorded from 1210 in a historical document Nichūreki, which is an edited copy of Shōchūreki and Kaichūreki from the late Heian period (c. 1120).

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1. shogi

   Shogi, also known as Japanese chess or the Game of Generals, is a two-player strategy board game native to Japan. It is the smallest variant of chess and is the most popular of a family of chess variants native to the country. The objective is to checkmate the opponent's king, similar to other forms of chess, but a unique aspect of shogi is that captured pieces can be returned to the board to be used as one's own.

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1. Shogi

   Shogi, also known as Japanese chess, is a two-player strategy board game in the same family as Western chess, chaturanga, makruk, shatranj and xiangqi, and is the most popular of a family of chess variants native to Japan. Shōgi means general's board game. The earliest predecessor of the game, chaturanga, originated in India in the 6th century, and sometime in the 10th to 12th centuries Chinese chess, xiangqi, was brought to Japan where it spawned a number of variants. Shogi in its present form was played as early as the 16th century, while a direct ancestor without the "drop rule" was recorded from 1210 in a historical document Nichūreki, which is an edited copy of Shōchūreki and Kaichūreki from the late Heian period. According to The Chess Variant Pages : Perhaps the enduring popularity of Shogi can be attributed to its 'drop rule'; it was the first chess variant wherein captured pieces could be returned to the board to be used as one's own. David Pritchard credits the drop rule to the practice of 16th century mercenaries who switched loyalties when captured—no doubt as an alternative to execution.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of shogi in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of shogi in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=shogi
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Shogi
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shogi
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5. ^ Wikidata
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