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3FewShogi Chess. Like Chess but 3 Shogi per side. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Roberto Lavieri wrote on Sat, Dec 10, 2005 04:59 PM UTC:

May you give us a better explanation about promotions?. What are the possible promoted pieces in this game once a piece (Chess Pawn, Shogi Pawn or Flying Chariot) has reached the last rank?

💡📝(zzo38) A. Black wrote on Sun, May 27, 2007 05:11 AM UTC:

Here are the promotions as you asked: chess pawn to rook or bishop or knight or queen (your choice), shogi pawn to gold general, flying chariot to dragon king. Shogi pieces are unpromoted when captured.

John Smith wrote on Sun, Dec 21, 2008 05:41 PM UTC:Good ★★★★

This is like Chess without those drawish endgames! The koma are a wee iffy, though. Why did you choose them?

Flowerman wrote on Wed, Feb 24, 2010 08:13 AM UTC:Good ★★★★

Good, but why there is no piece... I don't remember it's real name... Chess players calls it bishop and it promotes to dragon horse... Why not replace one of bishops with it?

Charles Gilman wrote on Sat, Feb 27, 2010 07:22 AM UTC:

Shogi promotability would indeed benefit the Bishop more than the Rook - compare Shoxiang 108, in which the Rooks are Xiang Qi but the Bishops Shogi.

Anonymous wrote on Fri, Apr 30, 2010 11:04 AM UTC:

Can king castle with flying chariot?

Charles Gilman wrote on Mon, May 3, 2010 06:32 AM UTC:

This is a good question. The pieces are not arranged in a Castling-friendly way in Shogi, so I can see why putting a Shogi piece in a FIDE location might make Castling valid. It is for A. Black to give the actual answer, but it would be my guess that Castling is allowed.

zzo38 wrote on Sat, Aug 21, 2010 07:49 AM UTC:

Castling is valid both ways. (I didn't think about this when I typed this, but I agree it is good to allow castling both ways.)

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