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Foldable Chu Shogi game set. Handmade borderless solid Maple Middle Shogi

Foldable Chu Shogi game set. Handmade borderless solid Maple Middle Shogi

Regular price $800.00 USD
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Chu shogi (中将棋 chū shōgi or Middle Shogi) is a strategy board game native to Japan. It is similar to modern shogi (sometimes called Japanese chess) in its rules and gameplay. Its name means "mid-sized shogi", from a time when there were three sizes of shogi variants that were regularly being played. Chu shogi seems to have been developed in the early 14th century as a derivative of dai shogi ('large shogi').

Chu Shogi is considered one of the most difficult board games.

Shogi ban - table for playing Shogi with a playing field 12x12.
The shogiban is made of solid white Maple wood with wave grain, final coating - linseed oil + wax.
Thin hand carved lines
The thin lines invite you to contemplate the wood’s beautiful texture.

Foldable borderless board with magnets
Unfolded size - 450x390х20 mm / 17.66"x15.33"x0.77"
Folded size - 450х195х40 mm / 17.66"x7.66"x1.55"
Shogiban weight is 2.3 kg

Maple wood Pieces (koma).
The pieces are hand cut and laser engraving of hieroglyphs
An initial arrangement of pieces in a two-character block style.
A promoted piece has a one-character block style.
92 wooden pieces (+ 4 spare pawns)
Thick pieces - 10 mm thickness.
3 Different sizes of pieces to indicate the value of a piece.

Two Oak boxes to store the pieces. A box for each player.

Chu Shogi full set contains foldable Shogiban, 96 pieces (koma) in a 2 wooden storage boxes.
Full set weight is 3.25 kg

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