shogi
Japanese strategy board game
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Summary
shogi is a chess variant[1]. shogi ranks in the top 2% of chess variant entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,452 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Japan[3]
- Subclass of: mind sport[4], abstract strategy game[5], game on cell board[6], chess[7]
- Commons category: Shōgi[8]
- Unicode character: ☖[9], ☗[10]
- Country of origin: Japan[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Shogi[12]
- Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13]
- Stack Exchange tag: https://chess.stackexchange.com/tags/shogi[14]
- Native label: 将棋[15]
- Minimum number of players: 2[16]
- Maximum number of players: 2[17]
- Different from: Shōgō[18]
- History of topic: history of shogi[19]
- Hashtag: 将棋[20]
- Practiced by: professional shogi player[21], female shogi player[22]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: concrete/abstract disjunction anomalies[23]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics[24]
Why It Matters
shogi has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] shogi is known by 72 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]