Shogi · Japanese Chess

Play Shogi, Japanese chess, against the computer, free, 3 levels. Captured pieces come back as yours

CategoryGames
Addressbw-shogi.w.brewinth.net

About

Shogi, Japanese chess, where a captured piece is not gone: it becomes yours, to drop back onto the board, so a game can turn until the very last move. Open the page and play the computer at once, no sign-up. Why you will keep playing • Three computer levels: easy, medium, hard • Your pieces in hand sit under the board: tap one and drop it • Entering the promotion zone, the game asks whether to promote, so there is nothing to remember • Undo, hints, move list, resume later The complete rules • 9×9 board, Sente moves first, five-sided wooden tiles with kanji • Pieces may promote in the last three rows, and must when they could not move otherwise • Captured pieces go to your hand and can be dropped back as your own • No two unpromoted pawns on one file, and no pawn drop that gives checkmate • A side with no legal move loses Start in seconds: pick a level and who moves first, then make your first move · Thai and English · light and dark themes · a rules page that explains the moves and promotion Part of Brew Minigame, classic board games you can play for free