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Polish woman to join professional shogi training program

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Karolina Styczynska, a 22-year-old Polish college student. The Japan Shogi Association said June 23, 2013, that Styczynska has passed an examination to join a program to train professional female players of the game, known as Japanese chess. She is the first foreign woman to join the Kenshukai training program. So far, no foreign woman has become a professional shogi player.

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Polish woman aims to be pro 'shogi' player

TOKYO, Japan - Karolina Styczynska, a 20-year-old Polish university student, plays ''shogi,'' a Japanese game similar to chess, with another student on Dec. 12, 2011, at her home in Warsaw. (Photo by Aleksander Dunin, Kyodo News contract cameraman)

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Polish woman loses 1st game in bid to become pro shogi player

Karolina Styczynska of Poland, who is bidding to become the first foreign female professional player of shogi, or Japanese chess, loses her first game of a qualifying tournament in Tokyo on Dec. 2, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Polish woman teaches shogi to children

Karolina Styczynska (far L) from Poland teaches shogi to children at K. International School Tokyo on Oct. 2, 2015. She is the first foreign woman to reach the 3-kyu level in the traditional board game and is aiming to advance to 2-kyu to become professional. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Polish Styczynska to be 1st foreign female "shogi" player

Karolina Styczynska of Poland poses with a large "king" piece from "shogi," a chess-like Japanese board game, in Tokyo on June 28, 2015, after she was entitled to become a professional shogi player. Styczynska, a 24-year-old student at Yamanashi Gakuin University who took up shogi after coming across it in a popular Japanese manga, will become the first foreign female shogi player. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Polish woman aims to be pro 'shogi' player

TOKYO, Japan - Karolina Styczynska, a 20-year-old Polish university student, plays ''shogi,'' a Japanese game similar to chess, with another student on Dec. 12, 2011, at her home in Warsaw. (Photo by Aleksander Dunin, Kyodo News contract cameraman)(Kyodo)

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Polish woman loses in pro shogi debut

Karolina Styczynska from Poland, who became the first foreign female professional player of the chess-like Japanese board game shogi on Feb. 20, 2017, reviews her game after losing to Sakura Ishimoto in her pro debut in Osaka on March 9. Styczynska, a 25-year-old native of Warsaw, first came across shogi when she was a teenager reading "Naruto," a popular manga series published in Japan which has been translated into more than 30 languages including Polish. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Polish woman loses in pro shogi debut

Karolina Styczynska (L) from Poland, who became the first foreign female professional player of the chess-like Japanese board game shogi on Feb. 20, 2017, reacts after losing to Sakura Ihsimoto in her pro debut match in Osaka on March 9. Styczynska, a 25-year-old native of Warsaw, first came across shogi when she was a teenager reading "Naruto," a popular manga series published in Japan which has been translated into more than 30 languages including Polish. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Polish woman loses in pro shogi debut

Karolina Styczynska (L) from Poland, the first foreign female professional player of shogi, or Japanese chess, loses in her pro debut to Sakura Ishimoto (R) in Osaka on March 9, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Polish woman becomes 1st foreign female pro shogi player in Japan

Karolina Styczynska is seen during a match of the chess-like Japanese board game shogi against professional player Minami Sadamasu in Tokyo on Feb. 20, 2017. The 25-year-old Polish woman became the first foreign female professional player after beating the pro to boost her ranking. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Polish woman becomes 1st foreign female pro shogi player in Japan

Karolina Styczynska (L) plays a match of the chess-like Japanese board game shogi against professional player Minami Sadamasu in Tokyo on Feb. 20, 2017. The 25-year-old Polish woman became the first foreign female professional player after beating the pro to boost her ranking. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Polish woman becomes 1st foreign female pro shogi player in Japan

Karolina Styczynska, a 25-year-old Polish woman, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Feb. 20, 2017, after becoming the first foreign female professional player of the chess-like Japanese board game shogi as she won a match the same day to boost her ranking. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Polish woman becomes 1st foreign female pro shogi player in Japan

Karolina Styczynska, a 25-year-old Polish woman, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Feb. 20, 2017, after becoming the first foreign female professional player of the chess-like Japanese board game shogi as she won a match the same day to boost her ranking. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo