How to play
You complete Hasami Shogi when you reduce the opponent to the documented remaining-piece threshold before your own force reaches that condition. The full Hasami Shogi position determines the outcome; visual shortcuts never replace the documented Hasami Shogi terminal rule.
- Hasami Shogi begins with two opposing ranks of nine identical pieces on a nine-by-nine board with all intermediate squares empty. The Hasami Shogi deal identity and Japan Shogi Association Hasami Shogi rules v1 are stored together. Restarting Hasami Shogi reproduces this opening exactly.
- During Hasami Shogi, you slide one piece any unobstructed orthogonal distance and capture an adjacent enemy line when your moved piece closes the far friendly endpoint. The Hasami Shogi engine rejects profile violations, unavailable material, and every action attempted after Hasami Shogi reaches a terminal result.
- You complete Hasami Shogi when you reduce the opponent to the documented remaining-piece threshold before your own force reaches that condition. The full Hasami Shogi position determines the outcome; visual shortcuts never replace the documented Hasami Shogi terminal rule.
Strategy tips
- A reliable Hasami Shogi plan is to create parallel enclosing threats and avoid leaving a long friendly line whose open endpoint permits a multi-piece counter-capture. A Hasami Shogi hint is legal and deterministic. The next Hasami Shogi hint exposes one bounded action; it never claims a forced Hasami Shogi win.
- A costly Hasami Shogi mistake is to expect diagonal movement or a capture by jumping; Hasami Shogi captures only after an orthogonal slide completes a sandwich. Undo supports studying that Hasami Shogi decision, while restart preserves the original seeded Hasami Shogi opening.
- In the Hasami Shogi endgame, count the exact capture threshold and prefer a secure multi-piece enclosure over a move that exposes your last defensive endpoint. Check every remaining Hasami Shogi action before committing because its terminal rule is enforced immediately.