Kyoto Shogi (京都将棋 Kyōto Shōgi "Kyoto Chess") is a modern variant of Shogi (Japanese Chess). It was invented by Tamiya Katsuya c. 1976. In 2006, a tournament was held in Munich, Germany. Kyoto Shogi is played like Standard Shogi, but with a reduced number of pieces on a 5×5 board. However, the pieces alternately promote and depromote with every move, and the promotion values are entirely different from Standard Shogi. Image:Kyoto shogi.png