王
King (Ōshō / Gyokushō) 王 / 玉
Movement: One square in any direction.
When promoted: Does not promote. Checkmate ends the game.
Shogi Pieces and How They Move
Shogi has 8 kinds of pieces. All except the king and the gold general can promote in the last three ranks.
飛
龍
Rook (Hisha) 飛
Movement: Any number of squares orthogonally.
When promoted: Dragon (Ryū): rook moves plus one square diagonally.
角
馬
Bishop (Kakugyō) 角
Movement: Any number of squares diagonally.
When promoted: Horse (Uma): bishop moves plus one square orthogonally.
金
Gold General (Kin) 金
Movement: One square forward, diagonally forward, sideways or straight back (6 directions).
When promoted: Does not promote.
銀
全
Silver General (Gin) 銀
Movement: One square forward or diagonally in any direction (5 directions).
When promoted: Moves like a gold general.
桂
圭
Knight (Keima) 桂
Movement: Jumps two forward and one sideways, over other pieces. Forward only.
When promoted: Moves like a gold general.
香
杏
Lance (Kyōsha) 香
Movement: Any number of squares straight forward.
When promoted: Moves like a gold general.
歩
と
Pawn (Fuhyō) 歩
Movement: One square straight forward; captures the same way.
When promoted: Tokin: moves like a gold general.
Promotion is optional, except that a pawn or lance reaching the last rank, or a knight reaching the last two ranks, must promote — otherwise it could never move again.