Fairy chess piece for more than just a few piece types. One challenge of producing such a summary is that piece values are dependent upon the size of boards they are played on, and the combination of other pieces on the board. On an 8×8 board, the standard chess pieces (pawn, knight, bishop, rook, and queen) are usually given values of 1, 3, 3, 5, and 9 respectively. When the basic pieces wazir (W), ferz (F), and mann (WF = K), are played with a similar mix of pieces, they are typically valued at around 1, 1.5, and 3 points respectively. Three popular
Shogi notation A piece that promotes is indicated with 成 following the piece's character, such as ７三桂成 (N-73+). If a piece does not promote, this is indicated with 不成 following the piece's character, such as ７三桂不成 (N-73=). There is an alternate symbol for unpromotion: 生 is sometimes used instead of 不成. Unlike western notation, numbering Japanese game records is not obligatory. Although players' moves often aren't numbered, shogi moves are always counted per player's move. This is commonly seen in checkmate problems where a "3-move" ３手 checkmate problem would mean a move sequence of black-white-black. This is unlike western chess which counts