Hasami Shogi

It is played on a regular shogi board, each player has 9 pawns that move like a chess rook . The first to go are black (sente). Black pawns lie face up, and white pawns (gote) are upside down .

Purpose of the game

To win, you need to capture all the opponent’s pieces except the last. By agreement, the number of required takes can be reduced.

Moves

All pieces move like rooks - to any number of free cells vertically or horizontally.

Capturing Enemy

Unlike shogi , capture of figures is possible only by the method of environment (“taking in pincers”): in order to remove enemy figures from the board, you need to put several of your figures next to them at the same time (in most cases two are enough) in one of the following ways:

1. left and right
2. up and down
3. in case one figure is pressed in the corner, on the field above / below and to the right / left
4. in case several figures are pressed to the corner together, to take it is necessary to surround them all, placing their figures vertically / horizontally from them.

So you can capture one or more pieces of the enemy. For the capture to succeed, the figures must be in adjacent cells. The piece that went on the field between the opponent’s pieces is not removed from the board - in order for it to take, the opponent must first leave the next piece, and then return (spend two moves).

Each player has 18 pawns (which move like a chess rook), occupying the first two rows on the side of each player. Pawns usually look like stones for playing go , and the game can be started both on the shogi board (if you put stones in the cells), and on the small board for go 9x9 (if you put stones on the knots). This option is similar to the first option, except for the purpose of the game and the addition of "jumps".

Purpose of the game

A player wins by lining up five chips vertically and horizontally. These chips must lie outside the first two rows for each player.

Jumping

A figure can jump over the figures (own or enemy) vertically or horizontally, if it is next to them. In this case, the jump is made onto the cell immediately after the target figure. This move does not lead to the capture of this piece.

The above options can be the source of other options for Hasami shogi.

Classic Variants

• To win, you need to capture all the opponent’s pieces (and not all but the last)
• The pieces move only one field horizontally / vertically (greatly slows down the gameplay).
• Shapes move only one field horizontally / vertically. Each player starts with 18 pieces instead of 9. To win, you need to capture all the opponent’s pieces.
• 18 chips for each player, the initial arrangement as in dai hasami shogi, all the rules as in the classic version ^[1] .

Options for Hasami Shogi

• The player can win by placing 5 chips in a row not only horizontally / vertically, but also diagonally.
• Shapes move only one field horizontally / vertically. The player can win by placing 5 chips in a row not only horizontally / vertically, but also diagonally.

Macek

This is a Hasami-like shogi game that is played in Thailand (and Malaysia, under the name Apit-sodok) with the same game tasks. The differences are:

• The size of the board is 8x8.
• Each player has 16 figures (stones) located on the first and third (from himself) rows.
• Capturing pieces is possible in a standard way for chess (in addition to capturing using the environment method).
• The so-called reverse capture (intervention) is possible: if the piece went between two stones of the enemy, it makes a capture of both of them.

• Hasami Shogi from Katsukoshi, The Chess Variant Pages