The short and sweet of it is that Shogi is chess with a few alterations. You are still trying to capture you opponent's king, and most of the pieces operate the same way. Shogi is a variation of ...

The simplified version is played with a set of pieces that include a lion and a giraffe. Kitao, a shogi player with the title of 2-dan in the women-only ranking system, retired after playing ...

TENDO, Yamagata Prefecture--Shogi prodigy Sota Fujii proved that his mastery over the Japanese board game extends even when the pieces become life-size and he's dressed up as a warlord. The 19 ...