A silver general, known as an elephant in Sittuyin, and as a queen in Makruk, is a Shogi, Sittuyin, and Makruk peace can move one square diagonally or one square directly forward, giving it five possibilities.
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Promotion in Shogi edit
Because an unpromoted silver can retreat more easily than a promoted one (see below), it is very common to leave a silver unpromoted at the far side of the board. A silver general never needs to promote, and it is often advantageous to keep a silver general unpromoted; it is easier, for example, to extract an unpromoted silver from behind enemy lines, whereas a promoted silver, with only one line of retreat, can be easily blocked.