From: Hitoshi Matsubara <matsubar <at> CSLI <dot> STANFORD <dot> EDU>
Date: 17 sep 1993
Subject: introduction to computer shogi

I wrote a technical paper that introduces Computer Shogi
(Shogi is Japanese Chess) researches. This paper describes
why computer shogi is much more difficult than computer
chess.
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Hitoshi MATSUBARA: Shogi (Japanese Chess) as the AI research
target next to chess, ETL-TR-93-23, Electrotechnical Laboratory,
Japan,1993.
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You can get this technical report by 'ftp' from

etlport.etl.go.jp: /pub/kyocho/Papers/PostScript/TR-93-23.ps

(this is a postscript file for A4 style)

also  you can get a copy of the technical report by postal mail
(please send your request to 'matsubar <at> etl <dot> go <dot> jp').

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Hitoshi MATSUBARA

Electrotechnical Laboratory, 1-1-4 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki,
JAPAN 305          matsubar <at> etl <dot> go <dot> jp
(now visiting CSLI, Stanford University, CA, U.S.A.)