From: Michael Trent <Michael <at> SHOGI <dot> DEMON <dot> CO <dot> UK>
Date: 16 nov 1995
Subject: Re: About SHOGI

In message  <199511160649.PAA03052 <at> tan <dot> business <dot> ynu <dot> ac <dot> jp> SHOGI-L <at> TECHNION <dot> TECHNION <dot> AC <dot> IL writes:

> I am interested in chess games.Recentry,I found TV program introducing
Chinese chess(xiang ti).
> Since I had never played chess games but Japanese chess,I could not
understand Chinese chess.
> Please tell me deferrences between Japanese and Chinese chess games or the
things about other
> chess games.
>

1. Chinese Chess pieces are placed on the intersections of the squares rather
than the squares themselves.

2. Chinese Chess pieces are round as opposed to the pointed pieces of Shogi

3. Chinese Chess pieces are one-sided.

4. In Chinese Chess, only the Pawn promotes (like Chess).

5. In Chinese Chess, draws by agreement are allowed (like Chess).

6. In Chinese Chess, you have 16 pieces a side (like Chess) as opposed to the
   20 of Shogi

7. In Chinese Chess, the captured pieces are not re-used (like Chess)

Isn't it like Chess? :)

If you want more info on Chinese Chess, you should look at the
rec.games.chinese-chess newsgroup.

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| From 'Encounter at Tenryu Temple' - SHOGI magazine Issue 26 July 1980 page 18|
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|          Michael Trent             |       michael <at> shogi <dot> demon <dot> co <dot> uk         |
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