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Shogi is a Japanese board game played by two players. The object of the game is to capture the opponent's King. Shogi is played on a nine-by-nine board. The vertical rows are called files, the horizontal ones ranks or just rows. Each player has twenty pieces (with Japanese names in parentheses): one King (O-sho), two Gold Generals (Kin-sho), two Silver Generals (Gin-sho), two kNights (Kei-ma), two Lances (Kyo-su), one Rook (Hi-sha), one Bishop (Kaku-gyo) and nine Pawns (Ho-hei). The player moving up the board and making the first move is referred to as black and his opponent white, although in Shogi sets all pieces have the same colour. They are differentiated only in direction: pieces pointing away from a player are his. The pieces lie flat on the board and have their Japanese name written on them.
