From: John Kenney EMBL-HEIDELBERG DE> Date: 15 feb 1993 Subject: Re: A shogi problem from a rank beginner This problem had been posed: >Don't ask me how I got into this predicament. My question is, >would there have been any way to save BOTH the black B+ and the >black R+? I ended up sacrificing the B+. Also, this setup >illustrates my earlier question about the allowed positions >for the dropping of lances. With the following position: 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 +--------------------------------------------+ White in hand: | | | | |+bB | | | | | a +----------------+ +--------------------------------------------+ | N N L P P P P P| | | | wG | wS | | | |+bR | | b | P | +--------------------------------------------+ | | | | bK | | wP | | | | | | c | | +--------------------------------------------+ +----------------+ | | | wP | | |+wB | wR | | | d +--------------------------------------------+ | | bN | bL | | | | | | | e +--------------------------------------------+ | | | | | | | | | | f Black in hand: +--------------------------------------------+ +----------------+ | | | | | | | | | | g | N L G S P P P P| +--------------------------------------------+ | P P P | | | | | | | | | | | h | | +--------------------------------------------+ | | | | | | | | | | | | i +----------------+ +--------------------------------------------+ Without much analysis I would move +B-a6. This pins the gold to the king and attacks White's Rook, and if White's Bishop can be drawn away from defending the Silver then Black's +R can capture the Silver putting pressure on the King. John. Kenney Heidelberg-EMBL DE