📝H. G. Muller wrote on Mon, Jun 2, 2014 04:07 PM UTC:
This is indeed an interesting 11x11 variant, which at first glance seems a cross between Sho Shogi (9x9) and Chu Shogi (12x12). It shrinks the board compared to Chu Shogi by eliminating the duplicats of Bishop, Rook, Horse and Dragon, and having only one of these each.
On closer inspection there are quite some extra differences, though. The Ferocious Leopards of Chu are replaced by (Shogi) Knights from Sho Shogi, which then promote to FL. The Pawns are really 3 different kind of Pawns, the ordinary kind that promotes to Gold, but also those that promote to Silver or Copper. Gold promotes to Bishop rather than Rook.
There also seem to be differences in the way pieces move. The Blind Tiger seems to move like an inverted Silver (not sure if it is still called a Blind Tiger; my reading of the kanji is not that good), and their promoted form ('Flying Stag') does lack the sW moves. Also the pieces to which Dragon Horse and Dragon King promote (Horned Falcon and Soaring Eagle in Chu) now move different, and seem to have the double-move sting in 4 directions in stead of 1 or 2 directions, respectively.
The Lion does not seem to be a Chu-Shogi Lion, but a piece with a 'sting' in 8 directions, which promotes to 'Vermillion Sparrow' (which moves as Chu Lion?). The Free King also promotes, (to Golden Bird, and I am not sure how that moves). The King promotes to an 'Emperor' (?), which is not like the Maka-Dai-Dai Emperor, though, but a KD.
This is indeed an interesting 11x11 variant, which at first glance seems a cross between Sho Shogi (9x9) and Chu Shogi (12x12). It shrinks the board compared to Chu Shogi by eliminating the duplicats of Bishop, Rook, Horse and Dragon, and having only one of these each. On closer inspection there are quite some extra differences, though. The Ferocious Leopards of Chu are replaced by (Shogi) Knights from Sho Shogi, which then promote to FL. The Pawns are really 3 different kind of Pawns, the ordinary kind that promotes to Gold, but also those that promote to Silver or Copper. Gold promotes to Bishop rather than Rook. There also seem to be differences in the way pieces move. The Blind Tiger seems to move like an inverted Silver (not sure if it is still called a Blind Tiger; my reading of the kanji is not that good), and their promoted form ('Flying Stag') does lack the sW moves. Also the pieces to which Dragon Horse and Dragon King promote (Horned Falcon and Soaring Eagle in Chu) now move different, and seem to have the double-move sting in 4 directions in stead of 1 or 2 directions, respectively. The Lion does not seem to be a Chu-Shogi Lion, but a piece with a 'sting' in 8 directions, which promotes to 'Vermillion Sparrow' (which moves as Chu Lion?). The Free King also promotes, (to Golden Bird, and I am not sure how that moves). The King promotes to an 'Emperor' (?), which is not like the Maka-Dai-Dai Emperor, though, but a KD.