I am a regular Chess player, not very much a Shogi, Xiangqi, Makruk, etc..

Thanks to this site and introducindg my self into different games. Readind a comment in other forum about Chess Improvements made me thing about which is the most complex strategic game.

If we take this games (maybe more that do not come to my mind now) Chess, Xiangqi, Shogi and Makruk, which one will be the most complex one?

I understand "Go" is a monster in terms of strategy.

What do you people thing?

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Any variation of shogi on large boards. I think Taikyoku shogi is the hardest of all.

What a crazy game and looks like a very complicated one for sure.

I will change the question then and reduce the topic to a 8x8 or 9x9 board.

@Pokshtya Acording to your comment it will be probably Shogi then?

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In that case, I would recommend Chu Shogi. A stunningly beautiful variant of shogi without the drop rule.
lishogi.org/

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@oruro
Korean chess, Janggi glukkazan.github.io/xiangqi/janggi.htm, is a nightmare for one who is stick to "western" pieces, because knights and bishops are restricted more than in XiangQi. Koreans had played also chess on more gigantic boards: look at glukkazan.github.io/xiangqi/gwangsanghui-kanji.htm , but I doubt if you would find such devoted players nowadays who would dedicate so much time for one game that might take more than 150 moves!
Yet if you would like to learn some chess-like game, one of the most complicated traditional games is Rithmomachia, glukkazan.github.io/elimination/rithmomachia.htm , which involves not only strategic plan building, but also application of maths! I would love to see 2 AIs playing rithmomachia for understanding why medieval players enjoyed it.

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Amazing @kalnap

Thanks a lot!!!

and btw @oruro you can enjoy my chess variants there

glukkazan.github.io/checkmate/fairy-eater-chess.htm
glukkazan.github.io/checkmate/esoteric-fairy-eater.htm
glukkazan.github.io/checkmate/grand-dice-chess.htm?selector=2
glukkazan.github.io/checkmate/tile-chess.htm

note that the GDC must be played strictly with four dice

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