Help For MiniShogi

Introduction

Welcome to the network MiniShogi server. The rules of MiniShogi are below. The move notation is described on the help page for shogi. Other commands are the same for all pbmserv games.

Rules for MiniShogi MiniShogi is a Japanese board game based on Shogi. The rules are identical to Shogi except that it is played with fewer pieces on a smaller 5x5 board, and the promotion zone is only the last rank.

The opening setup looks like this:

      5    4    3    2    1   
    +----+----+----+----+----+    White (player2)
  a |\ R/|\ B/|\ S/|\ G/|\ K/|  a
    +----*----+----+----*----+    
  b |    |    |    |    |\ P/|  b
    +----+----+----+----+----+
  c |    |    |    |    |    |  c
    +----+----+----+----+----+
  d |/ P\|    |    |    |    |  d
    +----*----+----+----*----+    
  e |/ K\|/ G\|/ S\|/ B\|/ R\|  e
    +----+----+----+----+----+    Black (player1)
      5    4    3    2    1   

If you do not already know how to play Shogi, then please read the shogi help page to understand the rules of MiniShogi.