new server discovered and great site http://81dojo.com/ and the admin is the one and only hidetchi from the famous shogi channel you tube videos http://www.youtube.com/user/HIDETCHI please go and sign up

I found a site called playok.com and you have a choice to play shogi with the original pieces or with western pieces. My name on there is Howdypartner, if you have any questions send me a message.

Thanks for mentioning 81-Dojo.

no problem Hidetchi_81 ...you bring so much to the West with your videos that mentioning your site is the least I can do. I have the same desire as you to let shogi grow and grow in the West.

in 81-dojo.com you can use too superbly designed westernized pieces ;)

hmmm...i also play at 81 dojo as "Hoodnuz". lotsa fun there.

are there physical places in nyc to play shogi? Would like to find some places

Of all the places I've checked so far, and there have been a few, 81dojo ( http://81dojo.com )is definitely the best of them. By far.

Great pieces, both Japanese and westernized pieces, and better analysis and replay capabilities than on other servers (well, those hardly exist on other Shogi servers...)

Checked so far - playok, shogidojo, and a few other sites which shouldn't probably be used by anyone... 

 

Playok is nice, but lacks any aditional functionality other than playing (no replayability and analysis), less convenient graphics, and is just a little bit... underdeveloped.

Shogi dojo has some  strong opponents, but still lacks a lot of features which makes playing on the site comfortable, intuitive, and fun.

 

While they are both ok sites, 81dojo is definitely better in my opinion

concerning the comment about inability to replay games on playok...you have to choose "games" on your account info to review games

anyone know of over the board games in nyc?