Hi group, I have two questions about tai shogi rules. An emperor can only take an opponent piece if that piece is not defended. What means defended for an...
... As to the Teaching King in Maka-Dai-Dai and Tai, that was my bad. It now reads simply three-step Lion move. I hacked out those rule sheets on my...
... It ... Ok, I see. I will implement the three-step Lion move then. I am grateful for the rule sheets, because they save me some time. Otherwise I would...
... simply ... in ... I don't understand your reasoning for correlating the Emperor and the Lion. Nor for the extrapolation of their restrictions. The Lion is...
... Hi, ... lion ... (unless ... the ... that ... any ... since ... should ... perform ... Emperor ... would ... is ... not ... I agree with your explanation....
... emperor, ... Nice example: according to the current restrictions in Chu, the far white Lion does not actually defend that near white Lion since its ...
... interrupt27> Nice example: according to the current restrictions interrupt27> in Chu, the far white Lion does not actually defend interrupt27> that near...
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Jul 3, 2004 5:02 pm
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... by ... to ... so ... I'd be happy to implement it either way. However with a hidden defender, the fact of defending the piece only gets known after the...
... Kristof> The hidden defender will also not defend the Kristof> attacked lion from another enemy piece, so technically it Kristof> shouldn't be a defender. ...
Colin Paul Adams
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Jul 3, 2004 6:07 pm
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... it ... by ... Fine, than that's how I will implement it. ... away ... I meant extension for the GGS game server. I was looking for a gameserver that I...
... Kristof> Then for consistency I would say that an Emperor in Tai Kristof> shogi cannot capture any piece, because it is defended by Kristof> the opposing...
Colin Paul Adams
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Jul 3, 2004 6:55 pm
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... of ... I had a problem sending email to your address. Both times it was send back, though I hadn't noticed the first time. I have put the extension in the...
... black ... by ... to ... so ... Then I suggest that the restrictions for the Chu Lion needs further clarification. The current explanation of its...
... llsmith> Then I suggest that the restrictions for the Chu Lion llsmith> needs further clarification. The current explanation of llsmith> its restrictions...
Colin Paul Adams
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Jul 3, 2004 7:38 pm
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... the ... I forgot to mention something that's not in the README, to run the Services you will probably need to add the path to the DLL's: for example: ...
... of ... defend ... I believe that there is a little more that needs to be remembered than that. :-/ These are the current restrictions on the Chu Lion's...
Hi, ... an ... eligible ... Yes, this is how I implemented it in the end. And also for the emperor. I interpreted "defends" as the piece can move to or...
... versions ... The Emperor is different. It cannot defend a piece on an attacked cell, since such a move would then result in its subsequent capture. Given...
... with ... take ... apparent ... Are you sure about this? I choose it this way because than it would be consistent with the lion case. In fact there is no...
... attacked ... capture. ... the ... the ... says ... to ... Do you allow an Emperor to move to a empty cell(not attacked by other opposing pieces) defended...
Hi, ... other ... Yes, that it allowed. It may even move to an undefended square and let itself be captured by the opposing emperor. The rule only states...
... This ... Definitely an interesting line of discussion. In Maka-Dai-Dai, having the only Emperor would be an advantage. With the harsh restriction, the...
... Yes, I am working on that. It'll be an appendix (in pdf-format) to an article on Ko Shogi in a future issue of "Variant Chess". Once the article is...
Hi, I'd like to announce that it is now possible to play Shogi Variants on GGS (the Generic Game Server). GGS is a game server that allows people to play many...
... You're welcome! I am also grateful to the authors of GGS who wrote this fine Server, and want to run my extensions. I have uploaded a textfile with a...
Hi group, I am wondering if there is any information available about tori-shogi (strategy, openings). I found out there was a tori-championship once, but I...
I irregularly follow this group, being just a casual gamer. I just headed over here to announce my own adaptation, when I saw that somebody else is already...
Dear Shogi-Friends, Günther Mensching is organizing a chushogi tournament for early 2005. Please find the information below. If you are interested in the...