Editing Shogi (section)

=== Check ===
When a player's move threatens to capture the opposing king on the next turn, the move is said to ''give check'' to the king and the king is said to be ''in check.'' If a player's king is in check, that player's responding move must remove the check.<ref name="shogi2">{{cite web|url=http://www.shogi.or.jp/shogi/hon/05.html|script-title=ja:反則について3.王手放置|title=Hansoku ni Tsuite 3. ōtehōchi|language=ja|trans-title=About rule violations: 3. Leaving your king in check|publisher=日本将棋連盟 (Japan Shogi Association)|quote=王手をかけられたら, 玉が逃げるなど, 必ず王手を防ぐ手を指さなければなりません。王手がかかっているのに違う手を指すのは反則です. [When your king is placed in check, the king must escape, etc. so you must play moves that prevent checks. If your king is in check, ignoring the check and playing a different move is a violation.]|access-date=17 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140926053955/http://www.shogi.or.jp/shogi/hon/05.html|archive-date=26 September 2014}}</ref> Ways to remove a check include moving the king away from the threat, capturing the threatening piece, or placing another interposing piece between the king and the threatening piece.

To announce check in Japanese, one can say ''ōte'' ({{lang|ja|王手}}), however, this is an influence of international chess and is not required, even as a courtesy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shogi.or.jp/faq/index.html#rule|script-title=ja:将棋のルールに関するご質問 — Q: 対局中に王手をかけたら, ｢王手をかけたのに,『王手』と発声しないのは反則だ｣と言われました。そのような規定はあるのでしょうか。|title=Shōgi no Ruru ni Kansuru Goshitsumon — Q: Taikyokuchū ni Ōte wo Kaketara, "Ōte wo Kaketa noni, 'Ōte' to Hasseishinai no wa Hansoku da" to Iwaremashita. Sonoyō na Kitei wa Aru no Deshōka.|trans-title=Questions about the Rules of Shogi — Q: I've been told that not saying "Ote" when you place your opponent in check is against the rules. Is there really such a rule?|publisher=日本将棋連盟 (Japan Shogi Association)|quote=A: たまにそういう主張をされる方がいらっしゃいますが, そのような規定は一切ありません。 [A: Occasionally you will hear such a thing being asserted, but there is absolutely no such rule at all.]|access-date=9 December 2014}}</ref> It may be common to announce ''ōte'' in beginner matches or for local rules to dictate that you have to announce it.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-09-26 |title=【将棋のルール】対局時のマナーについて {{!}} ゼロから始める将棋研究所 |url=https://shogi-joutatsu.com/archives/1127 |access-date=2022-08-12 |website=shogi-joutatsu.com |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017 |title=将棋入門～将棋のルールまとめ～ |url=https://xn--pet04dr1n5x9a.com/%E5%85%A5%E9%96%80%E7%B7%A8/%E5%B0%86%E6%A3%8B%E3%81%AE%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB.html |access-date=2022-08-12 |website=将棋講座.com |language=ja}}</ref> Announcing a check vocally is unheard of in competitive tournaments.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}