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Minishogi

Period

Modern

Category Board, War, Replacement, Checkmate, Shogi

Description

Minishogi was invented in 1970 by Shigenobu Kusumoto. It is a Shogi variant with fewer pieces nd played on a 5x5 board.

Rules

The rules are identical to those of standard Shogi, except that it is played with a reduced number of pieces on a 5x5 board, and each player's promotion zone consists only of the rank furthest from the player.

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Origin

Japan

Author

Shigenobu Kusumoto

Creation date

1970

Ludeme Description

Minishogi.lud

Concepts

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Identifiers

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