From: Albyn Jones <jones <at> REED <dot> EDU>
Date: 26 aug 1993
Subject: Re: *!*!*! 2nd EUROPEAN SHOGI WORKSHOP !*!*!*

this has nothing to do with the shogi workshop.
 
I play go a lot on the internet these days via the IGS (internet
go server).  There is also an internet chess server, and someone is
in the process of setting up a chinese chess server.  perhaps the
shogi world needs a shogi server?  IGS allows me to play go any time
of the day or night (as long as someone else is logged in to the server)
with a nice graphics display in an Xwindow client.  the server records
the game and mails the record to me afterwards, keeps the game clock,
etc.  I haven't been playing shogi at least in part because i have no
partners, and am not patient enough for email/postal games.  The IGS
also allows others to watch a game in progress and comment to each
other (ie. kibitz, invisible to the players).  this is a great
teaching/learning tool.
 
albyn
jones <at> reed <dot> edu