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Two things to note: 1) Alpha Zero beats AlphaGo Zero and AlphaGo Lee and starts tabla rasa 2) "Shogi is a significantly harder game, in terms of computational

Two things to note: 1) Alpha Zero beats AlphaGo Zero and AlphaGo Lee and starts tabla rasa 2) "Shogi is a significantly harder game, in terms of computational complexity, than chess (2, 14): it is played on a larger board, and any captured opponent piece changes sides and may subsequently be dropped anywhere on the board. The strongest shogi programs, such as Computer Shogi Association (CSA) world-champion Elmo, have only recently defeated human champions (5)"

pacaro 9y ago
Shogi is a fun game, it always feels a little sad that it doesn't get more exposure outside of Japan (and my understanding is that, by and large, in Japan it is considered an "old persons" game) Because captured pieces change sides, there is less of an "endgame" scenario, and as a beginner (like me) it is very easy to put too many captured pieces back into play, which makes it hard to defend everything and essentially you end up giving them back to your opponent
- foobaw 9y ago
  It briefly became popular in the otaku culture from an anime called Hunter X Hunter.
  - mikekchar 9y ago
    I'm curious to see if "San Gatsu no Lion" (the Lion of March) will spark interest. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in more slice-of-life/drama kinds of things. It's quite a beautiful anime/manga, even if the shogi isn't quite centre stage.
    - sanxiyn 9y ago
      Recommendation seconded, Sangatsu no Lion is a lovely work. On the other hand, it has been running for 10 years (!), if it could spark interest like Hikaru no Go, it would have happened already.
      - muraiki 9y ago
        Shion no Ou is another good shogi anime. I haven't read the manga.
- kaffeemitsahne 9y ago
  I've been interested in learning both shogi and xiangqi for a while. If anyone knows a nice engine with graphical frontend for either game, I'd love to know. Wasn't able to find much the last time I looked.
  - apetresc 9y ago
    The best place to play Shogi online against others at http://81dojo.com/ http://81dojo.com/
- glandium 9y ago
  It recently got renewed attention when Fujii Sota, 14 year old turned pro at the youngest age since Kato Hifumi, and subsequently had a record breaking winning streak (29).
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pacaro 9y ago

Shogi is a fun game, it always feels a little sad that it doesn't get more exposure outside of Japan (and my understanding is that, by and large, in Japan it is considered an "old persons" game) Because captured pieces change sides, there is less of an "endgame" scenario, and as a beginner (like me) it is very easy to put too many captured pieces back into play, which makes it hard to defend everything and essentially you end up giving them back to your opponent

foobaw 9y ago
It briefly became popular in the otaku culture from an anime called Hunter X Hunter.
- mikekchar 9y ago
  I'm curious to see if "San Gatsu no Lion" (the Lion of March) will spark interest. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in more slice-of-life/drama kinds of things. It's quite a beautiful anime/manga, even if the shogi isn't quite centre stage.
  - sanxiyn 9y ago
    Recommendation seconded, Sangatsu no Lion is a lovely work. On the other hand, it has been running for 10 years (!), if it could spark interest like Hikaru no Go, it would have happened already.
    - muraiki 9y ago
      Shion no Ou is another good shogi anime. I haven't read the manga.
kaffeemitsahne 9y ago
I've been interested in learning both shogi and xiangqi for a while. If anyone knows a nice engine with graphical frontend for either game, I'd love to know. Wasn't able to find much the last time I looked.
- apetresc 9y ago
  The best place to play Shogi online against others at http://81dojo.com/ http://81dojo.com/
glandium 9y ago
It recently got renewed attention when Fujii Sota, 14 year old turned pro at the youngest age since Kato Hifumi, and subsequently had a record breaking winning streak (29).

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