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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.
George Robert "Bob" Dekle Sr. (born May 23, 1948) is an American lawyer who was an Assistant State Attorney in Florida's Third Judicial Circuit from 1975 through 2005. During this time, he served as lead prosecuting attorney in the 1980 Orlando ...
in 1987. The gameboard
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comprises 9×10 interlocking triangular
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cells. The game is in all respects the same as shogi
, also known as Japanese chess, is a strategy board game for two players. It is one of the most popular board games in Japan and is in the same family of games as Western chess, '' chaturanga, Xiangqi'', Indian chess, and '' janggi''. ''Shōg ...
, 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, promotion, 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 (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 ...
s
* 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-c ...
– a variant with hexagonal cells
** Masonic Shogi
** Space Shogi – a 3D variant
** Triangular Chess
Triangular chess is a chess variant for two players invented by George R. Dekle Sr. in 1986. The game is played on a hexagon-shaped gameboard comprising 96 triangular cells. Each player commands a full set of chess pieces in addition to three ex ...
– a chess variant
A chess variant is a game related to, derived from, or inspired by chess. Such variants can differ from chess in many different ways.
"International" or "Western" chess itself is one of a family of games which have related origins and could be c ...
with triangular cells
References
Bibliography * * {{Shogi variants Board games introduced in 1987 Abstract strategy games Shogi variants