Meanings
alternative tsume-shogi · alternative tsumeshogi
- uncountableboard gamesShogi problems in which the goal is to find a forced checkmate.
The average branching factor of tsume-shogi has not been calculated yet, as far as we know. The numerical results of this paper show that the average branching factor of tsume-shogi is about 5.
2001 June, Masahiro Seo, Hiroyuki Iida, Jos W.H.M. Uiterwijk, “The PN∗-search algorithm: Application to tsume-shogi”, in Artificial Intelligence, volume 129, numbers 1–2, Amsterdam: Elsevier, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 256Synonyms: tsume
Synonyms & antonyms
nounShogi problems in which the goal is to find a forced checkmate.
Origin
- Japanese詰将棋“shogi mating problems”
- Englishtsume shogi
Borrowed from Japanese 詰将棋 (tsumeshōgi, “shogi mating problems”).
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