Kakinoki Shogi :Japanese Chess
Japanese chess with captured pieces.
義一 Kakinoki
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Description
The app offers a Japanese version of chess with the unique rule of using captured pieces. It includes multiple game modes, seven computer difficulty levels, and options for piece appearance and move assistance.
Shogi is a Japanese version of chess.
A player can use (drop) captured pieces.
This rule makes this game complicated and profound.
There are 10 million players and a few hundred professional players in Japan.
Features:
- Human vs. computer, human vs. human, computer vs. computer.
- 7 levels of computer play.
- Handicap games.
- Choose Western or Japanese pieces.
- Show the legal moves of the selected piece.
- Hint
- Show score option
- Game log.
- Undo of moves.
- Save/Load game file.
- Send game record by mail.
- Show history of moves.
- Help about Shogi rules.