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Kozeriai. A 5x7 variant of Shogi. (5x7, Cells: 35) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Larry Smith wrote on Tue, Apr 6, 2004 04:38 AM UTC:Good ★★★★
Like Fischer's Random Chess.  The Pawn opening can be rather tight but the
nature of the Shogi Pawn makes it interesting..

When the players make their initial set-up, I assume that they are allowed
to create their own individual patterns according to the rules.

Taikyoku wrote on Sat, Apr 10, 2010 10:34 AM UTC:
Of the 7 non-pawn pieces, we can only place 5 at the beginning of the
game.
Are the 2 leftover available for later drop ?

Anonymous wrote on Thu, May 6, 2010 08:16 AM UTC:
Opening reminds Cambodian chess: pawns captures in same way, and they are separated only with 1 rank and threated to be captured by other pawn on first move. But in Cambodian chess pawns can always be protected by knight, and here they can't. Of course, it's clever to move first pawn in front of rook or lance. And what if opponent's rook and lance are on same files? Of course, situations, where any move will sacrifice pawn are rare, but possible... How about playing on 5x9? I am not criticizing this game, 5x7 variant is probably actually more interesting.

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