diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8348214..b417157 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .vscode/
-*.ini
+shoginet.ini
 YaneuraOu/
 Fairy-Stockfish/
 __pycache__/
 /YaneuraOu-by-gcc*
-/fairy-stockfish-largeboard*
\ No newline at end of file
+/fairy-stockfish-largeboard*
diff --git a/variants.ini b/variants.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee23b43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/variants.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[checkshogi:shogi]
+checkCounting = true