More pictures: my shōgi board and pieces

Chess and I: click here for the homepage. Click here for the page Pictures; and here for the page The day I learned how to play shōgi (shogi, Japanese chess), including section §5 with explanations about this set.

March 2025.

My international and western-chess-friendly shōgi set follows the same principles as the cardboard set for crazyhouse I made in the Autumn of 2024: a. any piece reverses colour if you overturn it, and b. promotion is made by putting a promotion tile under the piece.

(With standard shōgi sets, a. there exists no colour differentiation for player one vs. player two, and b. promotion is made by overturning the piece.)

§1 Here is my handmade set

§2 The paper board

§3 Some heterodox pieces

§4 The making of