Editing Shogi (section)

== Notation ==
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[[File:ISF6 final.jpg|thumb|A shogi game record]]

There are two common systems used to notate piece movements in shogi game records. One is used in Japanese language texts while a second was created for western players by George Hodges and Glyndon Townhill in the English language. This system was updated by Hosking to be closer to the Japanese standard (two numerals).{{sfn | Hosking | 1997 | p=20–21}}{{sfn | Hosking | 1997 | p=263–265}} Other systems are used to notate shogi board positions.  Unlike chess, the origin (11 square) is at the top right of a printed position rather than the bottom left.

In western piece movement notation, the format is the piece initial followed by the type of movement and finally the file and rank where the piece moved to. The piece initials are K (King), R (Rook), B (Bishop), G (Gold), S (Silver), N (Knight), L (Lance), and P (Pawn). Simple movement is indicated with '''-''', captures with '''x''', and piece drops with '''*'''. The files are indicated with numerals 1–9. The older Hodges standard used letters a–i for ranks, and the newer Hosking standard also uses numerals 1–9 for the ranks. Thus, '''Rx24''' indicates 'rook captures on 24'. Promoted pieces are notated with '''+''' prefixed to the piece initial (e.g. '''+Rx24'''). Piece promotion is also indicated with '''+''' (e.g. '''S-21+''') while unpromotion is indicated with '''=''' (e.g. '''S-21='''). Piece ambiguity is resolved by notating which square a piece is moving from (e.g. '''N65-53+''' means 'knight from 65 moves to 53 and promotes,' which distinguishes it from '''N45-53+''').

The Japanese notation system uses Japanese characters for pieces and promotion indication and uses Japanese numerals instead of letters for ranks. Movement type aside from drops is not indicated, and the conventions for resolving ambiguity are quite different from the western system. As examples, the western Rx24 would be '''{{lang|ja|2四飛}}''' in Japanese notation, +Rx24 would be '''{{lang|ja|2四龍}}''', S-21+ would be '''{{lang|ja|2一銀成}}''', S-21= would be '''{{lang|ja|2一銀不成}}''', and N65-53+ would be '''{{lang|ja|5三桂左成}}''' showing that the leftmost knight jumped (implicitly from the 65 square), which distinguishes it from '''{{lang|ja|5三桂右成}}''' in which the rightmost knight jumped.

Although not strictly part of the notational calculus for games, game results are indicated in Japanese newspapers, websites, etc. with wins indicated by a white circle and losses indicated by a black circle.
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