From: The Blues is the Healer <92kmotorka <at> GW <dot> WMICH <dot> EDU>
Date: 29 jan 1993
Subject: Castling

Hello.  I am relatively new to shogi and this list.  I have ordered
the much talked about book, _Beginner's Guide To Shogi_, but in the
meantime, I have a question concerning something that keeps coming
up in the files I look through from the shogi list.  This is
castling and castling problems.  What exactly does this refer to?  I
assume it has something to do with protecting the king, but
specifically how?
 
Also, in the LADDER STANDING file, is there any way to know how
strong a player is?  Some list it before the name, but most don't.
I'm about a 999kyu--a special classification they've invented just
for me--but I'm in the middle of my first e-mail game and have been
thinking of maybe trying the ladder.  With only 20+ names, however,
I get the feeling it would be like walking into a firing range with
a bull's eye painted on my rump.
 
Thanks for castling info.  Any body have any of these problems for
posting, like the Tsume problems?
 
 
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