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Feb 13, 2004 4:08 pm
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again, sorry. the previous version, sans page numbers and other details, was something I had intended for a friend, and I had edited it somewhat for clarity's...
i'm still not completely happy with the ko shogi translation; it still needs work, but I simply lack the japanese skills to tackle it with any authority....
About the Tollbridge: Even with the long-range shot, this piece is still vulnerable. It's just powerful. That's why there's only one. And its loss would ...
Lynn, I must disagree with you on several points here. Unless I misunderstand the rules (which is entirely possible), there are two tollbridge-moving pieces:...
... after ... can ... and ... Try ... its ... Greg, I really don't like parsing messages, so let me answer each point in order. 1. Okay, there are two pieces...
as the Tollbridge's and Holy Monk's moves stand right now, the following should represent the pieces' firing pattern; that is, the spaces around it (10 spaces...
aw, fer cripes' sakes, the diagram didn't come out. anyways, I see your point now about its (mostly) color-bound attack; perhaps you're right, and my...
... attack; ... that ... and ... One of the problems with large variants is their length of play. With a lot of pieces and a huge field, it takes significant...
I have a few questions about Ko that I'd like to toss out there and see what people think. When certain pieces promote (like the Tollbridge or Drum, for ...
... and ... Good questions! As to the "return to initial position after promotion": If the initial position is friend-occupied, the piece might wait until the...
This work on Ko Shogi is fascinating. I understand that Ko Shogi is the same than "Wide Shogi" addressed by John Fairbairn in his famous paper (by the way, I...
This work on Ko Shogi is fascinating. I understand that Ko Shogi is the same than "Wide Shogi" addressed by John Fairbairn in his famous paper (by the way, I...
Chessvariants.com will soon be hosting a multivariant Chess variant tournament with the web-based PBM system, Game Courier. The deadline for signing up is...
Hi everybody, I am writing a new open source Shogi Variants Program. It is largely based on Steve Evans Shogivar Program, but it will have more features. It...
... Great! ... Actually, also the Japanese shogi programs do it the chess-like way, but that doesn't mean your program has to do it as well. The Chu Shogi...
The reason some Shogi programs use the checkmate condition is probably because the coder built it on a pre-existing Chess program like Sargon. One of the...
Hello, I should make clear that the current program will not contain an engine. It will have all the rules for all the variants, for validating any moves (So...
Is anyone working on a detalied graphic description of piece movement for Ko Shogi? Just from the text description, it is difficult to figure out some of the...
... but that ... programs I'm ... I decided to do it the chess-way (with checkmate) for the simple variants, like most other shogi-programs do, and by...
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Mar 15, 2004 4:36 pm
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... They did. In Sho-Shogi, its precedessor, there were no drops and a drunken elephant which got eliminated because of the drops (too easy to get an extra ...
... You can play Shogi against other online opponents with Game Courier, which is at http://play.chessvariants.com/pbm/ Game Courier lets you play a multitude...
... Courier, which ... online. ... you your ... There is also a gameroom for Shogi at Yahoo! games: http://games.yahoo.com/games/login2?page=shg But there's...
In another discussion group there came up the topic about making the board and pieces for games which are often either difficult or impossible to obtain. The...
If you're not concerned about the wedge shape of the piece, I've found that using wooden discs (available in bulk from wood-supply stores) make for nice,...
Leaving aside for now the troubling fact that the Fire Demon and Water Buffalo have identical moves... In newsgroup discussions (from about 5 years ago) I...
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