Shogi – Play & Learn

Shogi is Japanese chess, and it has a twist: pieces you capture come back to fight for you. Shogi – Play & Learn teaches it step by step, with a coach who watches every move. MEET KOMA Koma is your coach, and a cat. Dry, a little cheeky, never mean. Before your move he warns you about threats. After it, he tells you whether it was strong or whether there was something better. Want to find it yourself? Or should he show you, in blue, on your own board? LEARN IN SHORT STEPS • Bite-sized lessons, a few minutes each, on a real board • From how the pieces move to drops, promotion and your first mate in two • Every unit ends with a test game against a bot A MATE A DAY • Hundreds of mate puzzles: mate in 1, 2 and 3 • A new puzzle every day, and a streak to keep going • An optional evening reminder from Koma OPPONENTS WITH CHARACTER Play Tanuki, playful and sometimes silly, and Crane, elegant and patient. Fox and Dragon are coming. They play their own style, without random blunders. After the game, step through it with Koma and see where it turned. MADE FOR CHESS PLAYERS, AND FOR EVERYONE The pieces start as chess-style icons you already know, and the board shows where each can go. When you're ready, switch to kanji, one colour and the traditional look of a real board. Light and evening themes. In English, Dutch and Japanese. No account needed. Your progress stays on your phone.