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From: nrh@lzaz.UUCP (N.R.HASLOCK)
Newsgroups: net.games.chess
Subject: Re: Shogi/Japanese Chess Variant
Message-ID: <511@lzaz.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 27-Feb-86 17:47:12 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb 27 17:47:12 1986
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In article <871@spp2.UUCP>, urban@spp2.UUCP (Mike Urban) writes:
> In article <1020@unc.unc.UUCP> singleto@unc.UUCP (John Singleton) writes:
> >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, ...
> 
> As for Shogi, there is/was a book on the game which included die-cut
> cardboard pieces with both the Japanese glyph and a western symbol
> to simplify learning.
	This book is by Trevor Leggatt and is usable although I found
the icons objectionable.
	The Shogi Association Ltd., P.O. Box 77, Bromley, Kent, ENGLAND.
was publishing a magazine and preparing an introductory book when I
left England in 1978. It had also produced a well researched book of
the Great Shogi Games.
	Shogi rules were fixed around 1600. Prior to then there were
commonly played variants for 12x12 15x15 17x17 19x19 and 25x25.
These was another set of shogi games played on oblong boards. The
book describes the rules for the square boards and The Shogi
Association had had sets made with which to play the games.
	As for Shogi, I can provide a program which knows the rules.
It solves mating puzzles, slowly and at great expense of memory, but
the move verification code could be reused.
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