robison@eosp1.UUCP (Tobias D. Robison) (05/03/84)
References: In Shogi (Japanese Chess), the pieces of the two players are distinguished by the way they are pointing, not by color. A player can "move" by placing a piece he has captured on the board as his own. I do not know if multi-board Shogi is played (with teammates allowed to exchange captured pieces). It would probably be quite exciting. All Shogi players learn early how to guard their territory against paratroop drops behind the lines by the opponent's captured pieces. This is quite hard to do since the board is larger in two ways: - It's 9x9 - The pieces have less mobility than in our Western Chess In Shogi, several different kinds of pieces can be promoted, but the promotions are smaller in degree. A captured piece returns to its uncaptured value. CL+R recently published an article on Shogi. - Toby Robison (not Robinson!) allegra!eosp1!robison decvax!ittvax!eosp1!robison princeton!eosp1!robison