No.3

September 2025

Admittedly, the third issue has evolved differently from what was originally planned. It contains no game analyses, no tournament reports, not even a single shogi diagram — a lack that might seem almost unthinkable for a shogi magazine. But what it does have is everything that resonated most with our readers: interviews and portraits of remarkable people, vivid memories from Minsk’s gaming community, and historical explorations.

Highlights in this issue:

• An interview with Andrei Kasperovich — an enthusiast and promoter of chess-related games, former FESA President, and one of the founding figures of the modern Belarusian shogi community — reflecting on its history and current state.
• Dariko Todua: the story of the girl who became the face of Minsk shogi.
• The mystery of the first commercial localization of shogi outside Japan. (Сontinued.)
• The origin of the game of draughts. (Сontinued.)

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