Shogi

Shogi (Japanese将棋, also outdated :象戏/象棋/象棊) is the Japanese version of chess.

Chess came from Imperial China over Korea or Burma and Malaysia in the 8th century Japan. The Shogi has changed in Japan to many variants. There were various board sizes of three times three to 36 times 36 fields and about eight hundred pawns ( Taikyoku - Shogi; "Ultimate Shogi "). Today ( " bird - Shogi " ) are played, the presented below Shogi and Variants Chū - Shogi ( "Middle Shogi " ) and Tori - Shogi. The most common size of the board was and is nine times nine fields large.

There are distinctive differences from other chess games and similarities:

The Shogi game stones (驹, coma ) are not assigned color: your affiliation with a player is indicated by the direction in which they are on the field; when they are beaten, they can be used again by the enemy. Reached a figure of the opponent starting area, they can be transported: the flat, pentagonal tile is flipped, and the new figure with extended move options appears on the back. Beaten conversion figures are reduced to its initial value, so it can not be transported figures used.

Although the Japanese game of chess has moved far from the continental Asian chess (Indian Chess Chaturanga, Chinese Chess Xiangqi ) away, there are clearly recognizable similarities. The possible moves of the characters King, Chariot (tower), horse and soldier ( Bauer) are similar to those of all other chess games.

2.1 Tournaments
2.2 Germany 2.2.1 Shogi Germany eV

4.1 Dobutsu Shogi
4.2 Chū - Shogi

Stones and Zugvorschriften

● piece moves arbitrarily far in this direction ○ stone attracts a field in this direction

The Chess Player Werner Golz made known to a wider circle the Shogi in Germany. He developed for Shogi - interested without any knowledge of the Japanese language easy to understand ideographic representation of the game characters. The top of this tiles shows the possible moves of the original tiles, the underside of the conversion figures, if available.

Transportation

When the train a character within the zone of the rearmost three rows - the area in which the playing pieces of the opponent are placed at game start - starts or ends, this figure can be promoted. Note that a character that is used in this area can not be moved immediately, but only when it is pulled a second time. Even characters who are beaten in the transported state can only be used in the non- promoted state.

On the carriage can be omitted as long as the non- promoted character still has at least a theoretical legal train available: A spear that is pulled to the back row, has to be transported. But bring them up the next to last row, it must not be transported, even if the last field is occupied by another piece: Your own character can move or be hit, causing the lance a legal train would enable again.

Notation

To write down a Shogipartien the notation of the international chess ajar shorthand notation is used. I and the lines with numbers from 1 - - The rows of the letters from a to 9 respectively. Seen from Black from the right corner square is called " 1i ", the top left corner square is " 9 ".

The meanings of the other symbol is visible with reference to the following tables:

Note: The symbol " - " is often omitted.

* When recording of moves the symbol of the farmer is usually omitted. Examples:

Note: Although there is a German notation for shogi, have become accustomed to because of the international nature of the Shogiszene in Germany most Shogispieler to use the English notation.

Game operation in Europe

In Europe there are currently (July 1, 2010) 400 active players. These are organized in 17 national associations, including Shogi Germany eV and the Austrian Shogiverband. The largest national association represents more than 80 players with the Ukraine. Here also play relatively many children and adolescents. The following are the associations of Germany and France, each with 60 to 70 players, as well as Belarus, Sweden, Russia and the Netherlands with 30 to 40 players.

The umbrella association of national organizations is the FESA ( Federation of European Shogi Associations). Its tasks are, on the one organizing the annual European (ESC European Shogi Championship ) and a parallel event open tournament ( WOSC World Open Shogi Championship ), on the other hand, the construction and maintenance of a rating system with ELO numbers for the active players and the award of of ranks (20 Kyū to 6 Dan ).

Tournaments

The national associations regularly conduct tournaments. The problem of Shogiszene in Europe, that there are very few players. A tournament with 20 participants is already a major event and about 40 people there outside of Ukraine only once a year, when the FESA their ESC / WOSC aligns. At almost all tournaments, players participate from several countries.

Cooling-off periods for tournaments are usually chosen so that a game about a half to two hours long ( eg, 45 minutes per player plus 30 seconds Byōyomi ). Thus, for three to four games to one day play. Many tournaments are played on a weekend with five to seven rounds over two days or four rounds in one day.

Germany

In Germany play (as of 1 July 2010) 68 people organized Shogi. Active players there should be several hundred of the play more or less regularly over the internet. In contrast to the chess scene there except the National Association No registered societies, but only loosely organized clubs or game nights, each with about half a dozen players. The largest group is called " Shogi Palatinate " with around 20 players in Ludwigshafen active.

By 2009, three to four weekend tournaments per year were held in Germany. In 2010, with the Electoral Palatinate Grand Prix alone in Ludwigshafen the offer extended to nine tournaments a year. In addition, organized Shogi Germany eV Internet rankings. The most important tournament in Germany is the annual German Open Championship ( ODM), which was obtained in October 2009 in Paderborn, Germany by Karl Wartlick. In November 2009, a German Women's Championship was held in Ludwigshafen for the first time. First German champion of the ladies is Kirstin Auburger who also played in the second Bundesliga Women for TSG Mother City chess.

Shogi Germany eV

Shogi Germany eV, in short: ShD, Shogi is the umbrella organization of Germany. It was founded shortly after the opening of the inner German border in November 1989 in Heidelberg as a sub-organization of the European Shogiverbandes ( FESA ) under the leadership of Pieter Stouten ( NL). The main objective of the Association is to build a platform for the dissemination and promotion of Japanese chess. The first chairman is currently Jochen Drechsler.

The ESC / WOSC

The most important Shōgiveranstaltung Europe is held every summer ESC / WOSC. ESC means European Shogi Championship and the five rounds in a knockout system discharged European Championship. Qualified are the 32 by ELO strongest on ESC / WOSC participating European players. The WOSC is the World Open Shogi Championship, a sort of open European Championship, the players can also participate from outside Europe. The WOSC goes over nine rounds. The rounds of the ESC are integrated into the WOSC, the game results of the ESC so will also count towards the WOSC. In the third tournament of the European Championship event will be played in Blitzshōgi.

ESC / WOSC 2010 2010, the event was first held in Hungary on 16 and 17 April at the University of Debrecen instead. The following players each reached the top three places:

ESC / WOSC 2011 2011 will be held this event first held in Ludwigshafen between the 14th and 17th of July. Through targeted advertising and an extensive touristic additional program (including lectures and workshops for beginners) to Ludwigshafen recommends the players and players from other European and non- European countries ( mainly China and Japan).

Handicap Games

Unlike the other games of the chess family, it is customary to play with default (handicap ) in Shogi. The stronger players is assumed to reflect the weaker a few figures. These are taken from the game before the start of the match and can not be like the captured pieces reinstated. The system is as far established that handicap games in Europe can even be used to evaluate for the ELO numbers. If the measured difference in ELO numbers of the skill level of two opponents known and not too large, an approximate equality can be made in a game by selecting the right setting. For more interesting games can also play with greater strength difference come about and beginners have very soon a chance against moderately strong players.

Variants

Dobutsu Shogi

Dobutsu Shogi, International: Let's Catch the Lion, is a variant on 3 × 4 fields, which was developed in 2009 in order to introduce young children to the Shogi game.

Chū - Shogi

Chū - Shogi (Japanese中将棋) is an ancient Shogivariante, but which is still played today even occasionally in Europe. It has to Shogi following differences:

The board is larger ( twelve times twelve fields in size).
Captured pieces are not used again.
There are no jumpers.
Each player has at the start of 46 characters.

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