Taikyoku Shogi - Rules of The Game - Promotion - Individual Promoted Pieces

Individual Promoted Pieces

New pieces that only appear as a result of promotion are as follows:

Free bird

• Limited range: The free bird can move one to three squares diagonally backward.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line in the four orthogonal directions.
• Jump and range: It can jump up to three pieces diagonally forward, and then optionally continue any number of free squares in that direction.

Great dream-eater

• Jump: The great dream-eater can jump to the third square orthogonally sideways.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line in any direction, orthogonally or diagonally.

Ancient dragon

• Range: The ancient dragon can move any number of free squares in a straight line in the four diagonal directions.
• Ranging jump: It can jump over any number of squares orthogonally forward or backward.

Heavenly Tetrarch king

• Range: The Heavenly Tetrarch king can move any number of free squares in a straight line in any direction, orthogonally or diagonally.
• Jump: It can jump to the second square before (optionally) moving on in that direction.
• It can capture a piece on an adjacent square without moving (igui).

Great falcon

• Range: The great falcon can move any number of squares in any direction, orthogonally or diagonally.
• Jump: It can jump to the second square orthogonally forward before (optionally) moving on in that direction.

Great elephant

• Limited range: The great elephant can move one to three squares diagonally forward.
• Jump and range: It can jump up to three pieces in a straight line diagonally backward or in one of the four orthogonal directions, and then optionally continue any number of free squares in that direction.

Fire ox and violent wind

• Step: The fire ox and violent wind can move one square orthogonally sideways.
• Range: They can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally backward, forward or in the four diagonal directions.

Strong bear

• Limited range: The strong bear can move one or two squares orthogonally backward.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward, sideways or in the four diagonal directions.

Right phoenix

• Limited range: The right phoenix can move one to five squares orthogonally sideways.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line in the four diagonal directions.

Running leopard

• Range: The running leopard can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward, sideways or diagonally forward.

Thunder runner

• Limited range: The thunder runner can move one to four squares orthogonally sideways or backward.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line forward, orthogonally or diagonally.

Rain demon

• Limited range: The rain demon can move one or two squares orthogonally sideways or diagonally backward.
• Limited range: It can move one to three squares orthogonally forward.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally backward.
• Range jump: It can jump any number of squares along either forward diagonal.

Free boar

• Step: The free boar can move one square orthogonally backward.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward, sideways or diagonally forward.

Free dog

• Limited range: The free dog can move one or two squares orthogonally sideways or diagonally backward.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward, backward or diagonally forward.

Running ox

• Limited range: The running ox can move one or two squares diagonally backward.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward, sideways or diagonally forward.

Great horse

• Limited range/range: The great horse moves as a horseman.

Cavalier and strong chariot

• Range: The cavalier and strong chariot can move any number of free squares in a straight line diagonally forward or in the four orthogonal directions.

Free fire

• Limited range: The free fire can move one to five squares orthogonally forward or backward.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally sideways or in the four diagonal directions.

Burning chariot

• Step: The burning chariot can move one square orthogonally sideways.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward, backward or diagonally forward.

Free stag and strong eagle

• Range: The free stag and strong eagle move as a free king.

Free dragon and free tiger

• Range: The free dragon and free tiger can move any number of free squares in a straight line in any direction, orthogonal or diagonal, except orthogonally forward.

Flying crocodile

• Limited range: The flying crocodile can move one or two squares diagonally backward.
• Limited range: It can move one to three squares diagonally forward.
• Range capture: It can jump any number of pieces in one of the four orthogonal directions, as long as these do not include a royal (king or crown prince) or another range-capturing piece. Any piece it jumps over is removed from the board.

Divine tiger

• Limited range: The divine tiger can move one or two squares orthogonally backward.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward, sideways, or diagonally forward to the left.

Divine dragon

• Limited range: The divine dragon can move one or two squares orthogonally left.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward, right, backward or diagonally forward to the right.

Divine turtle

• Step: The divine turtle can move one square diagonally forward to the left or in the four orthogonal directions.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line along either rear diagonal, or diagonally forward to the right.

Divine sparrow

• Step: The divine sparrow can move one square diagonally forward to the left or in the four orthogonal directions.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line diagonally backward or forward to the left.

Free serpent and coiled dragon

• Range: The free serpent and coiled dragon can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward, backward, or diagonally backward.

Free wolf

• Range: The free wolf can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward, sideways or diagonally forward.

Great tiger

• Step: The great tiger can move one square orthogonally forward.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally sideways or backward.

Right dog

• Step: The right dog can move one square orthogonally backward.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward or diagonally backward to the left.

Left dog

• Step: The left dog can move one square orthogonally backward.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward or diagonally backward to the right.

Free bear, free leopard and great whale

• Range: The free bear, free leopard and great whale move as a flying ox.

Running boar

• Step/range: The running boar moves as an earth chariot or vertical mover.

Heavenly horse

• Jump: The heavenly horse jumps at an angle intermediate between orthogonal and diagonal, amounting to one square forward plus one square diagonally forward, in a single motion; or one square backward plus one square diagonally backward, in a single motion.
• It ignores intervening pieces while jumping to its destination, though its destination square must of course be either empty, or occupied by an opponent's piece (in which case the opponent's piece is captured), just as with any other moving piece.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward.

Spear general

• Limited range: The spear general can move one or two squares orthogonally backward.
• Limited range: It can move one, two or three squares orthogonally sideways.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward.

Great leopard

• Step: The great leopard can move one square orthogonally backward.
• Limited range: It can move one or two squares orthogonally sideways.
• Limited range: It can move one to three squares diagonally forward.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward.

Flying stag and copper elephant

• Step: The flying stag and copper elephant can move one square orthogonally sideways or in the four diagonal directions.
• Range: They can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward or backward.

Right army

• Step: The right army can move one square orthogonally forward, backward, left or diagonally left.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line right, orthogonally or diagonally.

Left army

• Step: The left army can move one square orthogonally forward, backward, right or diagonally right.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line left, orthogonally or diagonally.

Beast bird and captive bird

• Limited range: The beast bird and captive bird can move one or two squares orthogonally backward.
• Limited range: They can move one to three squares orthogonally sideways.
• Range: They can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward or in the four diagonal directions.

Gliding swallow

• Range: The gliding swallow moves as a rook.

Buddhist spirit

• Area move/double capture: The Buddhist spirit can move as a lion, or
• Range: It can move as a free king.

Teaching king

• Jump and range: The teaching king can jump up to three pieces along a straight line in any diagonal or orthogonal direction, and then optionally continue any number of free squares in that direction.

Great shark

• Limited range: The shark can move one or two squares diagonally backward.
• Limited range: It can move one to five squares diagonally forward.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line in the four orthogonal directions.

Furious fiend

• Area move/double capture or jump: The furious fiend can move as a lion; or
• Limited range: It can move three squares in any direction, orthogonal or diagonal. (A normal move: it can only capture once and cannot jump when doing this.)

Leopard king

• Limited range: The leopard king can move one to five squares in any direction, orthogonal or diagonal.

Goose wing

• Step: The goose wing can move one square in the four diagonal directions.
• Limited range: It can move one, two or three squares orthogonally sideways.
• Range: It can move any number of squares orthogonally forward or backward.

Left iron chariot

• Step: The left iron chariot can move one square in the four orthogonal directions.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line diagonally backward to the right.

Right iron chariot

• Step: The right iron chariot can move one square in the four orthogonal directions.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line diagonally backward to the left.

Plodding ox

• Step: The plodding ox can move one square in the four diagonal directions.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward or backward.

Wind snapping turtle

• Limited range: The wind snapping turtle can move one or two squares diagonally forward.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward or backward.

Running tile

• Limited range/range: The running tile moves as a running tiger or running bear.

Young bird

• Limited range: The young bird can move one or two squares orthogonally sideways or diagonally backward.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward or backward.

Playful cockatoo

• Limited range: The playful cockatoo can move one or two squares diagonally backward.
• Limited range: It can move one to three squares diagonally forward.
• Limited range: It can move one to five squares orthogonally sideways.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward or backward.

Walking heron

• Limited range: The walking heron can move one or two squares orthogonally sideways or diagonally forward.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward or backward.

Tiger soldier

• The tiger soldier can move one square orthogonally backward.
• Limited range: It can move one or two squares orthogonally forward.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line diagonally forward.

Running dragon

• Limited range: The running dragon can move one to five squares orthogonally backward.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward, sideways or in the four diagonal directions.

Heavenly Tetrarch

• Limited range: The Heavenly Tetrarch can move one to four squares in any direction, orthogonal or diagonal.

Elephant king

• Limited range/range: The elephant king moves as a ceramic dove.

Peaceful mountain

• Limited range: The peaceful mountain can move one to five squares orthogonally forward or sideways.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line in the four diagonal directions.

Chinese river

• Step: The Chinese river can move one square orthogonally forward or backward.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally sideways or in the four diagonal directions.

Free chicken

• Limited range/range: The free chicken moves as a woodland demon.

Free ox, free horse and free pig

• Step/limited range/range: The free ox, free horse and free pig move as a free pup.

Longbow general

• Limited range: The longbow general can move one to five squares orthogonally sideways.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward, backward or diagonally forward.

Burning general

• Limited range: The burning general can move one or two squares orthogonally backward.
• Limited range: It can move one to three squares orthogonally sideways.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line forward, orthogonally or diagonally.

Cross-bow general

• Limited range: The cross-bow general can move one or two squares orthogonally backward.
• Limited range: It can move one to three squares orthogonally sideways.
• Limited range: It can move one to five squares diagonally forward.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward.

Mountain crane

• Range: The mountain crane can move as a free king.
• Jump: It can jump to the third square and (optionally) continue in that direction.

Rushing boar

• Step: The rushing boar can move one square orthogonally forward, sideways or in the four diagonal directions.

Sword general

• Step: The sword general can move one square orthogonally backward.
• Limited range: It can move one to three squares forward, orthogonally or diagonally.

Bird of paradise and multi general

• Range: The bird of paradise and multi general move as a white horse.

Bear’s eyes and venomous wolf

• Step: The bear’s eyes and venomous wolf move as a crown prince.

Mountain witch

• Range: The mountain witch can move any number of free squares in a straight line backward, orthogonally or diagonally.
• When it reaches the first rank, it must stay there until captured.

Flying falcon

• Step: The flying falcon can move one square orthogonally forward.
• Range: It can move any number of squares in the four diagonal directions.

Spirit turtle

• Jump: The spirit turtle can jump to the third square in the four orthogonal directions.
• Range: It can move as a free king.

Treasure turtle

• Jump: The treasure turtle can jump to the second square in the four orthogonal directions.
• Range: It can move as a free king.

Great bear

• Step: The great bear can move one square orthogonally sideways or backward.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line forward, orthogonally or diagonally.

Wizard stork

• Range: The wizard stork can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally sideways, backward or diagonally forward.

Raiding falcon

• Step: The raiding falcon can move one square diagonally forward.
• Step: The raiding falcon can move one square orthogonally sideways.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward.

Great eagle

• Range: The great eagle can move as a free king.
• Jump: It can jump to the second square in any direction, orthogonally or diagonally, and (optionally) continue moving in that direction.