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# **Shogi**

Play Shogi online in multiplayer, in hotseat mode, or against strong engines.

[Analysis board](https://game-circle.de/games/shogi/analysis)

2 - 2 Players

Bots available

Engine analysis

**Open Lobbies**

Loading lobbies...

## **Leaderboard**

| Rank | Player | Rating | Games | Win Rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |

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## **Analyze your games**

An engine goes through your game move by move and shows you where you played well and where the game turned. Free, no subscription and no daily limit.

[**Open analysis board **](https://game-circle.de/games/shogi/analysis)

- ### **After the game**

  Open “Analyze game” after every finished game: each move gets a grade, from best move to blunder.
- ### **Free analysis board**

  Set up any position, try out variations and let the engine calculate along.
- ### **Load games**

  Load your GameCircle games with one click or paste a game as a link or as text.

## **Features**

### **Play online with friends**

Create a lobby, share the link, and start your Shogi game together in real time.

### **Hotseat mode**

Play Shogi with a friend on the same device and take turns move by move.

**Engine Support**

### **Play against engines**

Practice against Fairy-Stockfish and other engines across multiple strength levels.

**v14+ **

**Fairy-Stockfish **

Adaptive Difficulty

## Sitemap

See the full [sitemap](https://game-circle.de/sitemap.md) for all pages.