... Heh, I kind of let it slide longer. My son was born. Yaw was the one riding herd on me and he moved, so I didn't follow through with the finishing...
G'day Shumby, Just played through it a couple of times , bloody great! Definitely your best yet! Darren. P.S . Dion agrees sean humby <shumby@...> wrote:...
Thanks guys! :) Any suggestions for the next one? I'm going to have to keep improving. Wish I could add sound but the program I found that does so tends to...
I have a question regarding the Emperor's move in Tai Shogi. As we all know, the rule is that the Emperor may not capture a piece which is defended. Suppose...
I would have thought that the rule should be independent of whether White has an unpromoted CP or not - either you can take it or you can't. Note that if White...
Douglas! Thank you! I have been waiting for this for some time. I have 3 questions after reading through the page. 1- Does the Killer Whale only move...
... THANK YOU! ... OK :) ... is there ... I left some out. I corrected it on that page- The Killer Whale: moves one square in any direction except due south. ...
I recently invented Ito Shogi, a significant improvement over my Rutherford's 1-dimensional Shogi. I am attempting to promote this game through its own...
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All, I'm a very visual person so I created a diagram of the piece movement for Great Whale Shogi. I uploaded it to the files section. Thanks again Douglas! ...
You might want to add the pawn/calf piece, but that's optional :) the bottom left piece on the page should be the promoted to Humpback Whale, not Sperm Whale....
Oops. That's fixed now. :) I dont know much about Wikipedia. My image is available for any use. If someone would like to add it to Chessvariants or Wiki, feel...
Thanks. I'm still trying to balance the king's vulnerability and invincibility, a more difficult task than you might realize when dealing with this type of...
Let me add that when I say invincibility, I mean that the king can be pretty near invulnerable in a 1D shogi game without some sort of compensation. ... about...
How about giving me a chance to put in some comments , like.... I was tired when I made that move ..I was even more tired when I made that one! I was tired and...
I must admit I was quite pleased by Shumby's enthusiastic response to this game. I was hoping for a bit more excitement from the crowd, but, eh, what can ya...
Hi Darth, Congatulations on the twins , all the best! Darren ( another father of twins) darth_gollum <darth_gollum@...> wrote: I must admit I was quite...
Dear Darth, Your Ito Shogi game looks great, but I would like some clarification about dropping a captured piece in Ito Shogi: As I understand it there are two...
Hey, Darren, thanks. They spent almost a full month in the NICU, but they came home over the weekend, so I'm living on little sleep. Let me tell you though,...
There is actually an error in the rules. I originally had two dropping restrictions, but removed one, the rule about dropping to deliver checkmate. I removed...
... That's good to hear , I remember going through all like it was yesterday . Enjoy the time , it all goes so quickly , my boys have left home now . (they're...
Dear Chu Shogi friends, we from GCSA would like to invite you to a Chu Shogi tournament in Munich on the first weekend in December (1st&2nd of December). We...
I wish I could make it! It's just too short notice. Have fun and good luck to all! Shumby ... I wish I could make it! It's just too short notice. Have fun and...
Does anyone know if the Shogi-L discussion list (found over on Shogi.net) is still active? I'd like to join, but the website appears to have been inactive for...
Dear Chu Shogi players, since the attachment did not work for all players and it is also not saved in the archive, I want to write the most important...