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From: singleto@unc.UUCP (John Singleton)
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Subject: Re: Shogi/Japanese Chess Variant
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Date: Wed, 19-Feb-86 12:31:41 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 19 12:31:41 1986
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Summary: Relevant book

In article <22300020@uiucdcsp> leimkuhl@uiucdcsp.CS.UIUC.EDU writes:
>Is there a book?
>-Ben Leimkuhler

The book, "Games Ancient and Oriental", a Dover paperback, contains descriptions
of several chess variations including Shogi, Chinese chess, Burmeses chess,
Tamerlane's version and others.  There are sample games of most versions.
This book is a reprint of a much earlier work (around 1900?) so the language
may seem dated but there is enough detail on each of the games to be able to
learn the moves.

I was able to obtain chess sets for both shogi and chinese chess in San
Francisco in 1978, the chinese set in a shop in chinatown (where else?), and
the shogi set at a shop in the "Oriental Trade Center"(or something like that).