Better Moves for Better Shogi

Shogi is the Japanese variety of chess. It is the most popular board game in Japan. The main added feature is that a captured piece becomes a member of the opposing army and can be dropped back into the game later on. This book is by far the best and the most advanced book ever written in the English language about shogi. It goes through all aspects of the game, including complicated opening variations.

Better Moves for Better Shogi

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Japanese Chess: The Game of Shogi

The ancient game of chess has its roots in India, where the legendary emperor Ravana used it to exercise his generals in strategy and tactics. Played by millions around the world, shogi is the uniquely Japanese variant of chess.

Japanese Chess is the ultimate book on shogi for beginners and experienced players alike. Its step-by-step instructions and easy-to-follow diagrams lead the reader through the strategies and intricacies of one of Japan's most popular board games. Shogi is the only variation of chess in which an opponent's captured piece can be dropped back onto the board as one's own. This makes for extremely exciting, dynamic game play in which momentum can quickly shift back and forth between players.

This essential resource includes a shogi board bound right into it, folding out for use with the included shogi pieces.

Japanese Chess: The Game of Shogi

Trevor Leggett rose to the rank of fourth dan in shogi. For many years he was the head of Japanese-language broadcasts for the BBC, and was the compiler and translator of A First Zen Reader, A Second Zen Reader, and the author of Zen and the Ways...