What is Shogi Ladder? A teaching ladder is a system where you learn together with an opponent one rank above you and an opponent one rank below you.

How does it work? If you choose to participate in a given weekend sign up for the weekly ladder (sign-up closes Friday 23:30 UTC). You will play two even rated games, and will analyze them together with your opponent afterward. This post-game analysis is key, it is the teaching/learning part of the teaching ladder.

How is it going? The 81Dojo club now enjoys 602 members from over 35 different countries! Last week we had 11 participants from 9 different countries. It is the premier English-language club on 81Dojo. New players continue to join each week; the club welcomes players at all levels.

Come join us! We are a community of friendly players who are serious about improving and enthusiastic about learning. What makes the teaching ladder unique is that everyone in the ladder is committed to post-game analysis in a welcoming and constructive atmosphere--it is not a tournament, but a learning tool! If you have the time to play a couple of games this week( until next Friday UTC) please consider signing up!

What is Shogi Ladder? A teaching ladder is a system where you learn together with an opponent one rank above you and an opponent one rank below you.

How does it work? If you choose to participate in a given weekend sign up for the weekly ladder (sign-up closes Friday 23:30 UTC). You will play two even rated games, and will analyze them together with your opponent afterward. This post-game analysis is key, it is the teaching/learning part of the teaching ladder.

How is it going? The 81Dojo club now enjoys 597 members from over 35 different countries! Last week we had 7 participants from 7 different countries. It is the premier English-language club on 81Dojo. New players continue to join each week; the club welcomes players at all levels.

Come join us! We are a community of friendly players who are serious about improving and enthusiastic about learning. What makes the teaching ladder unique is that everyone in the ladder is committed to post-game analysis in a welcoming and constructive atmosphere--it is not a tournament, but a learning tool! If you have the time to play a couple of games this week( until next Friday UTC) please consider signing up!

What is Shogi Ladder? A teaching ladder is a system where you learn together with an opponent one rank above you and an opponent one rank below you.

How does it work? If you choose to participate in a given weekend sign up for the weekly ladder (sign-up closes Friday 23:30 UTC). You will play two even rated games, and will analyze them together with your opponent afterward. This post-game analysis is key, it is the teaching/learning part of the teaching ladder.

How is it going? The 81Dojo club now enjoys 597 members from over 35 different countries! Last week we had 6 participants from 6 different countries. It is the premier English-language club on 81Dojo. New players continue to join each week; the club welcomes players at all levels.

Come join us! We are a community of friendly players who are serious about improving and enthusiastic about learning. What makes the teaching ladder unique is that everyone in the ladder is committed to post-game analysis in a welcoming and constructive atmosphere--it is not a tournament, but a learning tool! If you have the time to play a couple of games this week( until next Friday UTC) please consider signing up!

I'm trying to use a google email, but it flags it as a prohibited domain. I didn't know google accounts were DEAs, can someone help me?

Just started playing shogi, but would like to be able to play online as well. Are there any popular places like lichess, chess.com, and OGS (for GO) to play online?

Ever since the 80s, various electronic products have been created in Chess where you use an actual physical board with game pieces you move around and an enemy AI to challenge as in-built into the electric game board as seen with Talking Chess Computer published by iCore. The oldest of these devices has the AI communicate the movements to the players using voice commands and in recent times they added a mini LCD screen showing where the AI intends to move the piece as seen with Talking Chess Computer. You the player have to move the pieces for the enemy AI physically during its turn and so its assumed you are following fair play using these solo electric powered game boards.

In addition "puzzle games" exist for some of the newer models esp the ones with LCD you play pre-set pieces across the board resembling a game already being played or turning points of a historical match to resemble traditional non-electronic solitaire practise (though you have the AI guiding you if the moves you make are wrong without you having to check the cheat sheet or the answers appendix at the back of a typical puzzle Chess book).

The most advanced of these devices which is too expensive for major store chains like Amazon to carry and sell to the general public, has some magnetic manipulation or some other mechanisms for the board to actually move the opponent AI's physical pieces on its own so you only have to be concerned about removing captured pieces off the board and moving your own pieces.

So I'm wondering do such products exist for Shogi? How advanced is the current commercial products available for sale to the general public? Are the most sophisticated tech of these kinds of products that only professionals have access to capable of moving pieces on their owned via board mechanisms and other impressive feats?

What is Shogi Ladder? A teaching ladder is a system where you learn together with an opponent one rank above you and an opponent one rank below you.

How does it work? If you choose to participate in a given weekend sign up for the weekly ladder (sign-up closes Friday 23:30 UTC). You will play two even rated games, and will analyze them together with your opponent afterward. This post-game analysis is key, it is the teaching/learning part of the teaching ladder.

How is it going? The 81Dojo club now enjoys 596 members from over 35 different countries! Last week we had 6 participants from 6 different countries. It is the premier English-language club on 81Dojo. New players continue to join each week; the club welcomes players at all levels.

Come join us! We are a community of friendly players who are serious about improving and enthusiastic about learning. What makes the teaching ladder unique is that everyone in the ladder is committed to post-game analysis in a welcoming and constructive atmosphere--it is not a tournament, but a learning tool! If you have the time to play a couple of games this week( until next Friday UTC) please consider signing up!

I've just created a project (@psygo/latex_shogi) for drawing Shogi vector diagrams in LaTeX, in a similar way to my Go vector diagrams book. It works much better than I expected, however I would like to also have the more artsy cursive fonts you typically have on premium pieces.

Does anybody know where I could find the font files for them? I think I would only then need to install the files on my Mac/PC, and then be good to go.

I've also asked about this on the TeX Stack Exchange.

What is Shogi Ladder? A teaching ladder is a system where you learn together with an opponent one rank above you and an opponent one rank below you.

How does it work? If you choose to participate in a given weekend sign up for the weekly ladder (sign-up closes Friday 23:30 UTC). You will play two even rated games, and will analyze them together with your opponent afterward. This post-game analysis is key, it is the teaching/learning part of the teaching ladder.

How is it going? The 81Dojo club now enjoys 592 members from over 35 different countries! Last week we had 5 participants from 5 different countries. It is the premier English-language club on 81Dojo. New players continue to join each week; the club welcomes players at all levels.

Come join us! We are a community of friendly players who are serious about improving and enthusiastic about learning. What makes the teaching ladder unique is that everyone in the ladder is committed to post-game analysis in a welcoming and constructive atmosphere--it is not a tournament, but a learning tool! If you have the time to play a couple of games this week( until next Friday UTC) please consider signing up!

I conducted an experiment on Shogi with ChatGPT.

"Shogi First Steps" answers basic questions for beginners who want to learn the game.
It cannot provide advanced analysis or advice. The basic information covered includes:

Introduction to Pieces and Movements;

Gakoi (Defensive Castles);

Fundamental Rules;

Basic Strategies for Beginners;

Links in the Shogi World.

Graphic references and verification links were included to help avoid potential "hallucinations" by the AI.

It wasn’t possible to insert kifu and databases of openings, even brief ones, as the AI seems to struggle with remembering the shogiban reference system and move sequences.

https://chatgpt.com/g/g-fS4FeFBEO-shogi-first-steps

Feedback, suggestions, and corrections are welcome.

P.S. Sometimes, the GPT can be a bit reluctant to respond with images/diagrams. Insist and ask to see them.

Can you guys please help me translate this table from ShogiClub24? Specifically the 2nd columm. Except the rows of 2dan to 3kyu. https://www.shogidojo.net/24member/comparison/

So I recreated Shogi on ChessCraft and it does not have ANY DROPS! I want to recreate a irl match in this recreation.

I'm working on a small project and I'm looking for a Shogi opening book or complete games to download directly. I need it to help recognize strategies starting from a kif or sfen file. Is there a link to a database file?

Thank you very much.

I'm 62, and my nephew is 13. He's very much into chess, but our difference in the experience was a problem. My top USCF rating was 2130 a long time ago. He didn't know how to mate with a rook. So I had to give quite a lot of handicap. He still wanted to play.

Last weekend we had a hike and he started talking about chess variants. At one point I asked him if he had heard of Chinese Chess or Japanese Chess. He got immediately interested in Shogi. In a very surprisingly level of enthusiasm.

After dinner, I showed some introductory videos about the game, and he was completely taken. That's the game he wants to play.

I ordered a set, and so 10/22/2024 we both played the first Shogi game of our lives. The pieces are in Kanji, which he wanted, but I found it to be less of a problem. After half an hour I could read the board. But not very well.

I hung my bishop, and let him promote his rook next to my king. So for the next game, he's going to be the senior. I now have a book about the absolute basics, he has a memory stick of about 30 videos I downloaded for him. Soon we'll see the progress.

I would like to have feedback from shogi player on their experiences and preferences and what they would like to find in a mobile game or web app if you could answer this questionnaire that takes no more than 3 min thank you:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSecwFh5aEaA4uLdWtgq04RmC867WYfXrC-nGn28T33\_IMnbVg/viewform?usp=sf\_link

Hello all - I'm an enormous fan of Dobutsu Shogi, and I play over a real board with several friends.

As a fun woodworking project, I'd like to make a wooden Dobutsu Shogi set with the aesthetic of a "real" Shogi set. Picture a tiny Shogi ban, with four legs and everything.

I don't have any Japanese language skills and I was wondering if anyone could help me determine the kanji for the pieces.

One Character Set

For a one-character set, perhaps the existing Japanese names for the pieces (Chick, Hen, Elephant, Giraffe, Lion) make perfect sense here?

Two Character Set

For a two-character set, some creativity might be required.

It could be nice if the two Lions have different characters, to parallel the two kings in Shogi. Maybe Forest Lion and Sky Lion? I realize the King General and Jewel General differ only by one diacritical, but that might not be possible here.

For the remaining pieces there are so many options. I like the idea of "Gold Giraffe" and "Silver Elephant", because that introduces a references to standard shogi pieces, generally matches the colors of the animals, and also corresponds slightly to the way the pieces move.

The Hen will probably only use one, very stylized character, because its parallel the Tokin only uses one character. Also the Chick/Hen tile will be the smallest in the set.

Anyway I would love to hear anyone's ideas or suggestions! Thanks in advance.

What is Shogi Ladder? A teaching ladder is a system where you learn together with an opponent one rank above you and an opponent one rank below you.

How does it work? If you choose to participate in a given weekend sign up for the weekly ladder (sign-up closes Friday 23:30 UTC). You will play two even rated games, and will analyze them together with your opponent afterward. This post-game analysis is key, it is the teaching/learning part of the teaching ladder.

How is it going? The 81Dojo club now enjoys 589 members from over 35 different countries! Last week we had 7 participants from 6 different countries. It is the premier English-language club on 81Dojo. New players continue to join each week; the club welcomes players at all levels.

Come join us! We are a community of friendly players who are serious about improving and enthusiastic about learning. What makes the teaching ladder unique is that everyone in the ladder is committed to post-game analysis in a welcoming and constructive atmosphere--it is not a tournament, but a learning tool! If you have the time to play a couple of games this week( until next Friday UTC) please consider signing up!

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“Un Autunno da Leoni 2024”
https://system.81dojo.com/ja/tournaments/4826