From: Hans_Geuns EURONET NL> Date: 27 nov 1995 Subject: Tsume Shogi/Japanese terms Dear Shogi fans, I have two questions concerning Tsume Shogi/Japanese terminology. I tried to find the answer by myself and also asked some strong Shogi players, but I still haven't found a clear answer. Maybe a Tsume Shogi fan can shed some light on this ? As far as I know/understand, in the solution of a Tsume Shogi problem Black should only have one correct move in each position (unless White makes a mistake and does not play the best defence move). If Black has two (or more) moves that lead to a forced mate, we would have a "yozume" ("extra mate") and the tsume-problem would not be a "real" (or correct) Tsume Shogi problem. But sometimes we see that Black on his _last_ move has two possibilities to give mate. Is this also (called) a "yozume" or not ? (Example: White: K3a, N2a, L1a, P4c, P3c, P2c, P1d Black: G5b Black has B, G, G, N in hand Solution: 1.G'3b Kx3b 2.N'2d Px2d 3.B'4a K2b 4.G'2c K3a 5.G3b mate But 5.B3b+ is also mate. Is this a "yozume" ? If this is not considered to be a "yozume", would you still see this kind of problem as a bit flawed, not so "good" as other problems in which Black really has just one correct move in each position ?) My other question is about the Japanese language. In a book about Tsume Shogi I found the term "chakushu-henkoo". If I understood this correctly, the meaning would be: "a variation started by a Black move". White variations were simply called "henka". In a good Tsume Shogi problem a "chakushu-henkoo" should not lead to mate (if White defends correctly). But what I could not figure out, is this: Does "chakushu" here only refer to the very _first_ Black move or can it be any (Black) move that starts a variation ? A Black variation on the third move should not lead to mate, of course, but would it also be called "chakushu-henkoo" ? (As far as I understood it, the answer would be: yes. But I am not sure.) Hans Geuns ---------------- geuns euronet nl