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2.5 Differences between shogi and chess

Some differences between shogi and international chess have been mentioned elsewhere in this document; I summarize them here for people who are interested in game comparisons. I won't try to deal with the thorny question of which game is "better" although my bias may have already come through :-) In fact, the drop rule makes the two games so different in character that arguing over which game is better is like comparing apples to oranges (you'd be better off comparing chess to Chu shogi (see section 2.4 Shogi variants). However, I believe that if you are a chess fan you'll really like shogi as well, and shogi is also popular with many people who don't particularly like chess.

Here are the significant differences between chess and shogi:

  1. In shogi, captured pieces become the property of the capturer and can re-enter play by being dropped onto almost any vacant square. In chess, captured pieces are out of the gamel PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> GNU Shogi manual: GNU Shogi manual
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    GNU Shogi manual

    1. Introduction  What is GNU shogi?
    GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE  The GNU General Public License.
    2. About the game of shogi  General information, rules, etc.
    3. gnushogi  How to play GNU shogi (gnushogi).
    4. xshogi  The X interface to GNU shogi.
    5. References and links  Where to go for more information.
    6. Acknowledgements  
    7. Bugs  Where and how to report bugs.
    8. Index  


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