From: Pieter Stouten EMBL BITNET> Date: 1 jun 1990 Subject: Questions about rules / Suggestion for new E-mail board (part 1) >From: IN%"oluf ifi uio no" "Asle Olufsen" 1-JUN-1990 16:55:20.01 To: STOUTEN EMBL bitnet CC: Subj: RE: Concept Shogi rules -- please check for clarity. Received: from NORUNIT.BITNET by EMBL.bitnet; Fri, 1 Jun 90 16:54 +0100 Received: from NORUNIT (SMTP) by NORUNIT.BITNET (Mailer R2.07) with BSMTP id 9632; Fri, 01 Jun 90 14:29:45 EDT Received: from runix.runit.sintef.no by NORUNIT.sintef.no (IBM VM SMTP R1.2.2MX) with TCP; Fri, 01 Jun 90 14:29:41 EDT Received: from ifi.uio.no (ifi.uio.no.ARPA) by runix.runit.sintef.no (norunix.EARN) (1.2/8.8); id AA18588; Fri, 1 Jun 90 14:24:31 +0200 Received: from uranosi.uio.no by ifi.uio.no with SMTP id ; Fri, 1 Jun 1990 14:29:17 +0200 Received: by uranosi.uio.no ; Fri, 1 Jun 1990 14:29:09 +0200 Date: Fri, 1 Jun 1990 14:29:03 MET DST >From: Asle Olufsen ifi uio no> Subject: RE: Concept Shogi rules -- please check for clarity. To: STOUTEN EMBL bitnet Message-id: uranosi uio no> X-Delivery-Notice: SMTP MAIL FROM does not correspond to sender. In-Reply-To: Your message of Wed, 30 May 90 11:46:00 +0100 Organization: University of Oslo, Norway. X-Envelope-to: STOUTEN >CAPTURING AND DROPPING PIECES >----------------------------- > > 3) There may be no more than one Pawn per vertical row for each player. I would say: There may be no more than one UNPROMOTED pawn per file for each player. I have also read: 4) There may be no more than one unpromoted lance per file for each player. > NOTATION > -------- I have seen that you put a '=' at the end if you can promote but does not (e.g S7d=). > INITIAL SETUP > ------------- > > The representation of the board with the initial setup (which has become > the de facto standard in electronic correspondence Shogi) is given below. > The w and b in front of the abbreviations indicate white and black > respectively. Captured pieces are kept in the boxes at the right side of > the board. What about promoted pices ? > > 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 > +--------------------------------------------+ White in hand: > ] wL ] wN ] wS ] wG ] wK ] wG ] wS ] wN ] wL ] a +------------------+ > +--------------------------------------------+ ] ] > ] ] wR ] ] ] ] ] ] wB ] ] b ] ] > +--------------------------------------------+ +------------------+ > ] wP ] wP ] wP ] wP ] wP ] wP ] wP ] wP ] wP ] c > +-------------------------------------------- > ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] d > +--------------------------------------------+ > ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] e > +--------------------------------------------+ > ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] f > +--------------------------------------------+ > ] bP ] bP ] bP ] bP ] bP ] bP ] bP ] bP ] bP ] g > +--------------------------------------------+ Black in hand: > ] ] bB ] ] ] ] ] ] bR ] ] h +------------------+ > +--------------------------------------------+ ] ] > ] bL ] bN ] bS ] bG ] bK ] bG ] bS ] bN ] bL ] i ] ] > +--------------------------------------------+ +------------------+ > Before I discovered this list I created the following board which I feel is more "clean". +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ | \l/ | \n/ | \s/ | \g/ | \K/ | \g/ | \s/ | \n/ | \l/ | a +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ | | \r/ | | | | | | \b/ | | b +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ | \p/ | \p/ | \p/ | \p/ | \p/ | \p/ | \p/ | \p/ | \p/ | c +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ | | | | | | | | | | d +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ | | | | | | | | | | e +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ | | | | | | | | | | f +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ | /p\ | /p\ | /p\ | /p\ | /p\ | /p\ | /p\ | /p\ | /p\ | g +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ | | /b\ | | | | | | /r\ | | h +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ | /l\ | /n\ | /s\ | /g\ | /K\ | /g\ | /s\ | /n\ | /l\ | i +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 When the pices gets promoted I use a capital letter. > Pieter Stouten, 30 May 1990. Oluf Email: oluf ifi uio no