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Trishogi is a
Trishogi is a shogi variant
A shogi variant is a game related to or derived from shogi (Japanese chess). Many shogi variants have been developed over the centuries, ranging from some of the largest chess-type games ever played to some of the smallest. A few of these variant ...
for two players created by George R. Dekle Sr. in 1987. The gameboard comprises 9×10 interlocking triangular
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cells. The game is in all respects the same as shogi, except that piece moves have been transfigured for the triangular board-cell geometry.
Trishogi was included in ''World Game Review'' No. 10 edited by Michael Keller.
Game rules
Trishogi has the same types and numbers of pieces as shogi, and all normal shogi rules apply, including initial setup (see diagram),drops
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, promotion
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, check, and checkmate. As in shogi, pieces capture the same as they move. But the triangular geometry creates special move patterns for the pieces.
Piece moves
The diagrams show how the unpromoted pieces move. As in shogi, adragon king
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(promoted rook) moves as a rook and as a king. A dragon horse
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(promoted bishop) moves as a bishop and king.
See also
*Shogi variant
A shogi variant is a game related to or derived from shogi (Japanese chess). Many shogi variants have been developed over the centuries, ranging from some of the largest chess-type games ever played to some of the smallest. A few of these variant ...
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* Also by George Dekle:
** Hexshogi
Hexshogi is a shogi variant for two players created by George R. Dekle Sr. in 1986. The gameboard comprises 85 hexagonal cells. The game is in all respects the same as shogi, except that piece moves have been transfigured for the hexagonal board ...
– a variant with hexagonal cells
** Masonic Shogi
** Space Shogi
Space shogi is a three-dimensional shogi variant invented by George R. Dekle Sr. in 1987. The gamespace comprises nine 9×9 shogi boards stacked vertically. Each player controls a standard set of shogi pieces.
Space shogi was included in ''Wor ...
– a 3D variant
** Triangular Chess – a chess variant with triangular cells
References
Bibliography * * {{Shogi variants Board games introduced in 1987 Abstract strategy games Shogi variants