All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Checkmate! My Shogi Club President can't be this Cute! Have you ever wanted to learn how to play shogi (Japanese chess), but found the pieces intimidating?

The first floor has 12 rooms for playing shogi games including a spacious 21 tatami ... can use chairs instead of sitting in "seiza," or Japanese sitting style with the legs folding underneath ...

Madoka Kitao, a Japanese professional shogi player, explaining the game Source: Madoka Kitao Shogi, Japanese chess, is a two-player strategy board game native to Japan. As each Shogi piece has ...

A native of Tokyo, Kitao developed enthusiasm for shogi, as a second-year senior high school student, when the game, a Japanese answer to chess, became popular among her classmates. She frequently ...

TOKYO -- A match during the top-level Meijin shogi ranking ... and Chida conducted a post-game analysis session alone with the match commentator and record keeper. (Japanese original by Susumu ...