From: Pieter Stouten EMBL BITNET> Date: 4 jul 1990 Subject: Mistake in the rules in Leggett's "Shogi - Japan's Game of Below a question caused by a mistake in Leggett's book ("Shogi - Japan's Game of Strategy", see SHOGI BOOKS file in the archive). Since several of the subscribers seem to have Leggett's book, I thought it wise to repost it with the answer. Q: >In the rules-file it is not stated (in contradiction to the rules provided >by LEGGETT) that a moving pawn (as opposed to a dropped pawn) HAS to be >promoted when crossing the promotion line. who wins? Leggett or the >SHOGI RULES-file? A: Leggett is wrong. Such errors can be disastrous when they spread ! The ONLY forced promotions occur when an unpromoted piece does not have a legal move anymore when it remains unpromoted. This applies to pawns and lance moving to the last row (back rank) and a knight moving to one of the last two rows. Pieter Stouten embl bitnet>