From: Pieter Stouten EMBL BITNET> Date: 18 jun 1990 Subject: Re: The ladder begins! Just now I received a mail, saying that the Shogi Ladder officially begins. 5 people were mentioned on this ladder. Some days ago the ladder contained already 8 people. Obviously the former mail was older and held up because of the broken link between France and Israel. The only point I want to make is: don't be confused when you suddenly don't understand what is going on. It might be that you are reading prehistoric mail ! What I fail to understand, however, is why not more people want to play for the ladder. The only way to discover the true beauty of Shogi is play ! Since most people are beginners, the argument that one is too weak is not relevant. Cheers, Pieter Stouten bitnet: stouten@embl