From: Howard Wachtel <U13054 <at> UICVM <dot> BITNET>
Date: 26 dec 1993
Subject: Stalemate in Shogi?

    At our Shogi club, one of the members tries to introduce a beginner to
the game by playing with only his King against the entire army of pieces
for the beginner (or only the back rank pieces).  (He often wins by taking
a few of the beginner's pieces and mating him.)
    A distinct possibility in this situation would be that the beginner could
"stalemate" the lone King of the experienced player.  That is, the King is
not in check but has no legal moves as it would be in check wherever it
tried to move.  What would be the outcome of such a game?  A draw as in
chess?
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Howard K. Wachtel              University of Illinois at Chicago
Howard.Wachtel <at> uic <dot> edu   or    U13054 <at> UICVM <dot> CC <dot> UIC <dot> EDU