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sente/☗/king & gote/☖/king is an old convention, not exclusive to lishogi, but I don't think it's widely known. This convention probably originated from 駒落ち/piece-handicap and 定先/josen, but it's a bit…

For amateur players, the distinction between 玉将/gyokusho and 王将/osho is meaningless. Most amateur players don't care about that. Also, gyokusho and osho have nothing to do with sente and gote. When pr…

After the update, fairy stockfish seem to be weaker than before. Maybe it has something to do with a impasse command.

check shogi can accidentally lose after 3 moves, so please don't warn me. It's annoying

It is a general feature of chess engines that the longer the game goes on, the stronger the bot becomes. You need to get a decisive advantage in the opening before the game drags on. I know that even …

That's a very good idea. And I have noticed two concerns. The first one is the possibility of forcing the opponent to commit a violation. For instance, there are illegal moves like double pawns or dro…

There are many overseas players at lishogi, and many of them have the same skill level as high-ranked players in Japan. This really surprises me. Many shogi books are written in Japanese. Although som…

When you put dropped pieces on the board, you need to move a piece already deployed on the board. Otherwise you can't put dropped pieces on the board. I found that bug on android chrome.

I'm playing lichess games on my ipad and the board size is too big: I want to adjust it, but the resize handle is missing in mobile Safari.

If there are ongoing games during a tournament, the organizer ought not to end the tournament until the ongoing games are completed, even if the time limit has expired. It is wierd since the voided ga…