Answers.Body: <p>It's not a sacrifice, it's a trade after 1. Gxc2 G*b3 and taking the elephant on a3 next.</p>
  
  <p>On the other hand, since doubutsu shogi is strongly solved, you can use an engine/tablebase (e.g. <a href="https://github.com/fuzxxl/dobutsu" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/fuzxxl/dobutsu</a>) to set up and see the solution anyway. (I haven't done this, though.)</p>
  
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Body: <p>In the following <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C5%8Dbutsu_shogi" rel="nofollow noreferrer">dobutsu shogi</a> position, is Gc3xc2 a bad move?</p>
  
  <pre><code>  ABC 
   +---+
  1|   | g
  2|lce|
  3|E G|
  4| L | *C
   +---+
  </code></pre>
  
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Comments.UserDisplayName: Dag Oskar Madsen
Tags: <analysis><chess-variants><sacrifice><shogi><unorthodox-pieces>
Title: Is this a sound elephant offer?
ThreadText: # Is this a sound elephant offer?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2018-11-08)
  
  In the following [dobutsu shogi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C5%8Dbutsu_shogi) position, is Gc3xc2 a bad move?
  
  ```
    ABC 
   +---+
  1|   | g
  2|lce|
  3|E G|
  4| L | *C
   +---+
  
  ```
  
  **Tags:** analysis, chess-variants, sacrifice, shogi, unorthodox-pieces
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Shogi and variants are on-topic according to this meta discussion: https://chess.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/201/are-international-variants-on-topic  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_2 on 2020-06-05. Score: 4
  
  It's not a sacrifice, it's a trade after 1. Gxc2 G\*b3 and taking the elephant on a3 next.
  
  On the other hand, since doubutsu shogi is strongly solved, you can use an engine/tablebase (e.g. <https://github.com/fuzxxl/dobutsu>) to set up and see the solution anyway. (I haven't done this, though.)
  
  
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