Hey Shogivar fans, My name is Sean, but everyone calls me Shumby. I've been researching/playing shogi and it's variants for about a year now. I've gotten to a...
This is a rough question..... I've "finished" a game of Tai shogi. (whew) Something happened that seemed to ruin the entire game. After about 600 moves I had...
... Victor Contoski, a well-known American poet and correspondence chess master who disappeared a few years ago, was addicted to Dai dai. Due to his bad health...
... send you if ... I would really appreciate that, thank you. You can send it to Shumby@... at your convenience. ... I agree. I need to talk to more...
... show how ... below ... internationally? ... the ... the ... the ... years ago. ... did ... uploaded ... I dont fully agree. Not to say I dont think it...
... with ... all ... and ... the ... know). ... Wow... this is an old message... I guess I'll still reply... I find that there are many differences between...
Hi Shumby There's some new pages on DaiDai here... http://www.luckydog.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/games/shogi/daidai.htm From there you can get to new pages on Dai...
Vic is alive and well. I believe he has given up games of all sorts to pursue other interests. He is quite active with these other interests. He writes my...
rockwell
rockwell@...
Dec 27, 2005 12:29 am
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... Please give him my best regards (and my email address, if possible). Obviously he has also stopped answering email several years ago. Cheers Edi...
da_1_n_only_shumby <shumby@...> wrote: --- In shogivar@yahoogroups.com, "daveharper_1" ... Dave!!! That's a great page ya got there! How long has that...
... Your Western Chess set also doesn't have the piece name written on it, right? Your Shogi pieces do. Wouldn't it be nice to have them written in a...
I found learning Shogi pieces trivial and Chu Shogi fairly straightforward. Beyond that you have to work a bit harder. The problem is not that they are hard to...
As a matter of personal (worthless) opinion, I find that symbols that represent the moves of the piece and dont depict the actual name of the piece have no...
I was definitely not suggesting any change. The alternative pieces are just that - alternatives. Used for beginners and starting out. Any proper game would use...
... sorts to ... interests. ... within ... If it's not too much to ask... I would greatly like to speak with Mr. Contoski. Any assistance reaching him (or him...
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the shogivar group: Is Wa shogi better with or without drops? o WITH drops o WITHOUT drops To vote,...
shogivar@yahoogroups....
Jan 5, 2006 4:47 pm
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... destroyed ... not ... This ... checked ... What about this: I've been trying to wrap my head around this game a little bit. I realize that "making up"...
Did anybody play a game of Ko-Shogi? What is it like? Regards, Jochum....
Jochum Drechsler
drjochum@...
Jan 11, 2006 10:15 pm
1153
Sean Humby <shumby@...> wrote: --- In shogivar@yahoogroups.com, "da_1_n_only_shumby" ... destroyed ... not ... This ... checked ... What about this: ...
Sorry, I haven't the game info in front of me, but ... Is there not also a Crown prince that promotes to Emperor? I was sure you had at least 2 royal pieces in...
[responding to his own question] Play starts with 2 royal pieces: Crown Prince + Emperor - both must be captured to win. Crown Prince will promote to Emperor...
Why shouldn't it be played seriously? Honestly? Because it's too long? ... That seems like a cop out... have you ever done a 1000+ piece jigsaw puzzle? ;) I'm...
I think your suggestion is a reasonable one, although it is doubtful that such a rule would have existed since I don't believe there is any notion of "check"...
*I think your suggestion is a reasonable one, although it is doubtful that such a rule would have existed* *since I don't believe there is any notion of...
... From: shogivar@yahoogroups.com [mailto:shogivar@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of sean humby Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 5:37 PM To: shogivar@yahoogroups.com...
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