From: Chris Sterritt <chris <at> ADMS-RAD <dot> UNISYS <dot> COM>
Date: 10 jul 1990
Subject: Re:  Any ideas how we can help Maurizio ? (2)

Hello,
 
Pieter Stouten wrote earlier:
>What I would like is people
>asking specific questions, which then can be answered.
 
Okay, here's a tactical one that seemed to come up in a couple of friendly
games that I played, as I was teaching two people I work with how to play
Shogi (we play western chess every thursday at lunch, and now shogi
sometimes too).  We were all trying to figure out how to deal with the
Shogi-style pawns, and it seems that one of their major capabilities is
to support stronger pieces so that the stronger pieces can control the
middle rows.
 
So two questions, I guess:
 
	1) is this a resonable thing to do with pawns?
	2) How important is control of the central rows (as opposed to the
		center, horizontally and vertically)?
 
 
	thanks in advance,
	chris sterritt