Annan shogi also called Korean shogi, is a variant

Shogi variant

Many variants of shogi have been developed over the centuries, ranging from some of the largest chess-type games ever played to some of the smallest...

 of shogi

Shogi

, also known as Japanese chess, is a two-player board game in the same family as Western chess, chaturanga, and Chinese Xiangqi, and is the most popular of a family of chess variants native to Japan...

 (Japanese chess). Annan shogi is a popular shogi variant in Japan.

Gameplay

The game is played as standard shogi, except that, when a piece has a friendly piece on the square directly behind it, it has the movement of that piece instead of its own. A variant rule is that a piece may move like any friendly piece that protects it. The setup is somewhat different from standard shogi.

The game should not be confused with Korean chess

Janggi

Janggi , sometimes called Korean chess, is a strategic board game popular in Korea. It derived from Xiangqi , which itself is thought to be a descendent of the Indian chess game Chaturanga...

, a variant of chess that is played in Korea, but which resembles xiangqi

Xiangqi

Xiangqi is a two-player Chinese board game in the same family as Western chess, chaturanga, shogi, Indian chess and janggi. The present-day form of Xiangqi originated in China and is therefore commonly called Chinese chess in English. Xiangqi is one of the most popular board games in China...

 (Chinese chess) rather than shogi.

Setup

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9	| 8	| 7	| 6	| 5	| 4	| 3	| 2	| 1
香 車	桂 馬	銀 将	金 将	王 将	金 将	銀 将	桂 馬	香 車	一
	飛 車						角 行		二
歩 兵		歩 兵	歩 兵	歩 兵	歩 兵	歩 兵		歩 兵	三
	歩 兵						歩 兵		四
									五
	歩 兵						歩 兵		六
歩 兵		歩 兵	歩 兵	歩 兵	歩 兵	歩 兵		歩 兵	七
	角 行						飛 車		八
香 車	桂 馬	銀 将	金 将	玉 将	金 将	銀 将	桂 馬	香 車	九

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See also

• Shogi variant
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