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whale shogi

shogi variant invented by R. Wayne Schmittberger in 1981; the pieces are named after types of whale
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whale shogi

Summary

whale shogi is a shogi variant[1]. It draws 1 Wikipedia views per month (shogi_variant category, ranking #18 of 21).[2]

Key Facts

  • whale shogi is credited with the discovery of R. Wayne Schmittberger[3].
  • whale shogi's instance of is recorded as shogi variant[4].
  • +1981-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of whale shogi[5].
  • whale shogi's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07qvd8[6].
  • whale shogi's BoardGameGeek ID is recorded as 28936[7].

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Works and Contributions

whale shogi is credited with the discovery of R. Wayne Schmittberger[3].

Why It Matters

whale shogi draws 1 Wikipedia views per month (shogi_variant category, ranking #18 of 21).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_whale-shogi_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{whale shogi}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/whale-shogi}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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