Shogi, a 20-piece board game popular in Japan, is similar to chess as two players alternate in moving one piece at a time to checkmate the opponent’s king. But unlike chess, players can reuse ...

Shogi professional Madoka Kitao recently ended her playing career but the contribution she made to the traditional board game will be felt for generations to come. Kitao, 43, devised “Dobutsu ...

A match during the top-level Meijin shogi ranking tournament on Dec. 13 came to an unusual end when 40-year-old Akira ...

KYOTO--Shogi prodigy Sota Fujii made history again, becoming the first player to win all eight major titles of the board game on Oct. 11. Fujii, 21, defeated Takuya Nagase, 31, the Oza holder ...