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Subject: Re: Shogi variant

Author: Pekka Karjalainen

Date: 05:58:45 11/18/99

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On November 17, 1999 at 20:07:24, Pete Galati wrote:

>I've allways had a great deal of trouble identifying the pieces so I've never
>really sat down with the program for very long (it's frustrating for me).  The
>way you describe it makes it sound somewhat counter-intuitive which is part of
>the reason I also never got good at all at games like Othello, also rather
>counter-intuitive, or Go, I don't have a clue with Go.

  Shogi is quite like chess, only the pieces keep on coming back and back until
you get the king.  Obviously, that makes the endgame completely different.

  If you have a problem with the characters, there is shogi software that uses
symbolic pieces instead of kanji.  If you want to learn the game it is probably
a better idea to start with something like that.  You might consider asking at
the shogi mailing-list for such programs when/if you want to give the game one
more try.  Or you can ask me via e-mail if I can find some program that I have
used previously.  (I don't play shogi at the moment.)

  My apologies for drifting off-topic.  I will post no further on shogi
programs.

  Pekka



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