Frog Jump (Shogi) - Frog Jump

Japanese: 蛙跳び(将棋) - かえるとび
Frog Jump (Shogi) - Frog Jump

...When there is a difference in skill, the game is called a koma-ochi game, in which the stronger player removes pieces in the following order depending on the difference in skill between him and his opponent: left rook, bishop, rook, rook and left rook, rook and bishop, rook, bishop and two rooks, and then two knights (a so-called six-piece handicap), and the stronger player who removed his pieces always starts the game first.
[Playing shogi]
Other ways to play using shogi pieces include Tsumi Shogi, in which pieces are stacked and then removed without collapsing; Frog Jump, in which nine pieces are placed on the three central lines and players compete to see who can reach the opponent's side first; Scissors Shogi, in which players place pieces on the lower row and try to capture the opponent's pieces by sandwiching them; and Mawari Shogi, an adaptation of Sugoroku, in which players roll gold generals instead of dice and move around the board to move up. [Masukawa Koichi]
[Tactics and terminology]

[Terminology relating to the King's enclosure]
A formation often used in Mino Swinging Rook.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "frog jump (shogi)" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…また技量に差のある場合は駒落(こまおち)戦といって,上手が相手との技量の差に応じて左香車,角,飛車,飛車と左香車,飛車と角,飛車と角と2枚の香車,さらに2枚の桂馬(いわゆる6枚落ち)という順に駒をはずして,駒を落とした上手がつねに先手で勝負を始める。
【将棋遊び】
 将棋の駒を使った他の遊び方として,駒を積み上げて崩さないように取り除いていく積(つみ)将棋,中央3筋に9枚の駒を置いて相手側に早く達するのを競う蛙跳び,下段に駒を並べて相手の駒をはさんで取りあうはさみ将棋,金将をさいころ代りに振って盤上の周囲を回りながら上っていくすごろくの応用の歩回り(回り将棋)などがある。【増川 宏一】
〔戦法と用語〕

【王の囲いに関する用語】
美濃振り飛車に多用される囲い。…

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