Help - Booze features and settings

Games Supported

The current version of booze plays Shogi, Tori Shogi and Mini Shogi.

Shogi is often referred to as Japanese Chess. It is played on a 9 by 9 board and is famous for it's "drop" rule that allows you to place captured pieces back on the game board.

Tori Shogi (roughly translated: Bird Chess) is a variation of Shogi played on a 7 by 7 board.  The pieces are all named after birds and have some fairly odd movement patterns.

Mini Shogi is a variation that is played on a 5 by 5 board. Aside from the size of the board, the rules are the same as regular Shogi.

Game Menu

From the game menu you can take back your bad moves and control certain behaviors of the game.

The promotion mode controls how the program behaves when you are in a position to promote a piece.  "Always Ask" will always consult you when there is a decion that can be made.  "Auto Promote" will promote pieces without asking if it thinks that it would be a good idea, otherwise it will ask.  "Always Promote" will promote every time without asking.

View Menu

"Show Last Move" highlights the piece that the engine last moved with a red hue.

"Show Available Moves" highlights squares that the currently selected piece can move to green and enemy pieces that you can capture red.

Help Menu

The help menu will bring you back here.