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Shogi (Japanese Chess)

Categories:  Board Games Traditional Games

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Rules

http://www.ricoh.co.jp/SHOGI/rules/erules.html

You can find out about opportunities to play Shogi live at the timetable. Please report any external links that have broken or have changed to contain inappropriate material. More information about how tournament play works can be found in clocks and in MSO rules.

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MSO Shogi Champions

Year	Name	Country	Flag	Title
2012	Gergely Buglyó	Hungary		Olympiad Champion
2001	Frederic Pottier	France		Olympiad Champion
2000	Sato Ayumu	Japan		Olympiad Champion
1999	Larry Kaufman	USA		Olympiad Champion
1998	Larry Kaufman	USA		Olympiad Champion
1997	Eric Cheymol	France		Olympiad Champion

Full results and other winners can be found in Results.

MSO Shogi Ranked Players:

GRANDMASTERS:

  Chiaki Ito, Eric Cheymol, Frederic Pottier, Larry Kaufman

INTERNATIONAL MASTERS:

  Demis Hassabis, Gert Schnider, Guillaume Schmidt, Hans Segers, Marc Theeuwen, Mathijs Litjens, Ruud Stoelman, Tony Hosking

CANDIDATE MASTERS:

  Fassil Bekele, George Fernandez, Steve Lamb

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External Links

http://yamajunn.hp.infoseek.co.jp/Shogi_Opening/Shogi_Opening.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shogi
http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/Shogi_-_Strategy_and_tactics/id/2122917
http://www.pathguy.com/chess/Shogi.htm