Xref: utzoo rec.games.chess:2933 rec.games.board:2572 soc.culture.japan:2577 comp.sources.wanted:8482 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!ucsfcgl!cca.ucsf.edu!root From: root@cca.ucsf.edu (Systems Staff) Newsgroups: rec.games.chess,rec.games.board,soc.culture.japan,comp.sources.wanted Subject: Re: Shogi (Japanese Chess) Summary: Information source for shogi Message-ID: <2313@ucsfcca.ucsf.edu> Date: 17 Aug 89 19:20:01 GMT References: <131@castle.ed.ac.uk> <34077@apple.Apple.COM> Organization: Computer Center, UCSF Lines: 32 In article <34077@apple.Apple.COM>, lowerre@Apple.COM (Bruce Lowerre) writes: > In article <131@castle.ed.ac.uk>, ssj@castle.ed.ac.uk (S Johal) writes: > > A number of us here are anxious to promote interest in Shogi, i.e. > > Japanese Chess. Is anyone out there interested in playing e-mail > > Shogi? Does anyone have a Shogi playing program? > > Does anyone know how to play it? Is it a REAL game or just another > Fairy Chess game? Shogi is widely played in Japan but not much in the west. I don't care for it myself but I sometimes think I'll take another look just as soon as I have mastered go (a REAL game, not a toy like chess :-). Books on shogi and equipment for it are available from Ishi Press International 1400 N. Shoreline Blvd. Building A-7 Mountain View, CA 94043 (415) 964-7294 Thos Sumner Internet: thos@cca.ucsf.edu (The I.G.) UUCP: ...ucbvax!ucsfcgl!cca.ucsf!thos BITNET: thos@ucsfcca U.S. Mail: Thos Sumner, Computer Center, Rm U-76, UCSF San Francisco, CA 94143-0704 USA OS|2 -- an Operating System for puppets. #include