From: tn <tn%PANIX.COM <at> VM <dot> TAU <dot> AC <dot> IL>
Date: 3 apr 1995
Subject: Re: George Hodges

Thanks everyone for the info on George Hodges. Interesting
to know that non-Japanese deeply getting into Shogi variants.
Those shogi variants are really interesting to study as an
entertainment/game and also as a historical object.

But I also think it would be very difficult to really
appreciate the beauty of those games without high level
matches being played. As far as I can tell, there's not
much public interest in Tori Shogi, etc. even in Japan, as
Sam indicated a few days ago, and I don't know the interest
level of pro shogi players on those variant games.

I personally would be very much interested in learing more
on those, but the "real" shogi is taking up too much of my
time already!

-Taki