Doubutsu Shogi (Animal Shogi) is a variant of shogi, the Japanese cousin of western chess. It was invented by professional shogi player Madoka Kitao and designed by fellow professional shogi player Maiko Fujita with the goal of encouraging and teaching young children play shogi.
And now you can play chess using Dobutsu Shogi's board and pieces on Pychess.org, Lichess.org and Chess.com!
- Board and pieces included
- Works with all variants on Lichess and all 8×8 standard pieces variants on Chesscom
- Works with matches, puzzles, analysis and board editor
- Available in 2D
For instructions on how to install it on Lichess and Chesscom, kindly visit:
Dobutsu Chess theme was recently added to Pychess.org. For more info please visit:
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Dobutsu Chess on Pychess |
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Dobutsu Chess on Lichess |
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Dobutsu Chess on Chesscom |
I also created a Shogi-Themed Chess in both 2-Kanji and 1-Kanji versions. You can check them at:
Or view all themes at:
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Dobutsu Chess is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
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Dobutsu Shogi created by Madoka Kitao and Maiko Fujita.
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Modified vector images of Dobutsu Shogi board and pieces are originally by Kadagaden licensed under CC-BY-4.0.
Created using the Stylus browser extension for Lichess.org and Chess.com.