Talk:Shogi

message: This talk page is archiving, but there are no links to the archived pages and there is no search window for the archives anywhere to be found on the current talk page. Does anyone know how to add such things? -- Marchjuly (talk) 13:42, 28 February 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Pages have been moved (leaving redirect behind). --TheSandDoctor (talk) 16:34, 28 February 2018 (UTC)
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message: The Repetition (draw) section and uses the phrase "reciprocal zugzwang" and the sennichite article uses "zugzwang." Zugzwang is a German word that's used by chess players to describe a position where a player would rather not move as it would then put themselves at a disadvantage. As you can't skip a move you are in zugzwang. Sometimes you will see a mutual zugzwang. It's a zugzwang for the player whose turn it is to move but if it were the other player's move it would also be a zugzwang for that player.
Zugzwang in chess has little to do with repetition. In chess, the concepts are distinct enough that the word "repeat" or "repetition" never appears in the zugzwang article and the word "zugzwang" never appears in the threefold repetition article.
Thus, I suspect this article and the one for sennichite should not be using the word "zugzwang."  I noticed that the article for shogi on the Japanese Wikipedia article uses ja:最後の審判 (詰将棋) which translates to "Last Judgment (Shogi)" to describe the "zugzwang" position.
When shogi is played in English speaking countries do they use the term "zugzwang?" If so, it has a slightly different meaning for shogi players than how zugzwang is normally used. --Marc Kupper|talk 05:47, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I think that Fairbairn uses the term zugzwang in his shogi book for these cases. But, i have to check. It could be his error (due to misunderstanding) or maybe he was stretching the definition a little. However, it could also have been my error. I'll take a look in the coming weeks. Thanks for the comment. – ishwar  (speak) 20:58, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  zugzwang 

message: The article does not say what people who are enthusiastic about shogi are called. For example, people who enjoy aikido are known as aikidoka. The judoka practice judo, and karateka practice karate.  Kendoka redirects to the kendo article where "kendoka" is used five times but never explained.
Is the word "shogika" ever used to describe people who play shogi or is the game more like chess where they players are known as chess players? Wikipedia has an article on professional shogi player but that also did not shed light on the issue. --Marc Kupper|talk 06:07, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think 将棋家 (shōgika) is even used in Japanese. The word 棋士 (kishi) is used to mean "a (professional) player of [board games]", as in shōgi-kishi or igokishi (for go). In English one would surely say "shogi player", or whatever was suitable, including "shogi enthusiasts" etc etc. Disclaimer: I only really know about go, at which I am a lapsed 3-dan. Imaginatorium (talk) 06:32, 26 August 2018 (UTC)

text: I think "shogika" might only be used as for literary purposes to describe someone as a "craftsman/artist of shogi",  but not in a common everyday context (at least I've never heard it used in such a way). "Kishi" and "joryukishi" are the words used for professional players; amateurs tournmament players usually referred to using the prefix "ama" followed by their dan/kyu when referred to in a formal sense, but I've heard "senshu" used at shogi clubs. Casual players are probably referred to more informally as in "he/she can play shogi" or just using the "san" suffix. -- Marchjuly (talk) 09:29, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  shogika 

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message: Hi, please contribute to the {[redact}} at . OneWeirdDude (talk) 02:10, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shogi Fandom wiki 

message: Nitpicking, but "farthest" is more appropriate for physical distances than "furthest". This article uses furthest and while one can argue that modern usage allows their use as synonyms, I see no reason to add the slight ambiguity which as far as I can see has zero benefit. The rank/row farthest from one player is nearest to the opposite player.40.142.191.79 (talk) 15:09, 30 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  furthest