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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A Japanese game similar to chess that is played on a board with 81 squares, each player having 20 pieces.

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  • noun Japanese chess; a chess variant created and mainly played in Japan.

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  • noun a form of chess played on a board of 81 squares; each player has 20 pieces

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Japanese shōgi : Japanese shō, commander-in-chief, chief chess piece (from Middle Chinese tsiaŋ`, general; also the source of Mandarin jiàng) + Japanese ki, chess (from Middle Chinese kɦi; also the source of Mandarin).]

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From Japanese 将棋 (しょうぎ, shōgi).

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