From: Michael Trent <Michael <at> SHOGI <dot> DEMON <dot> CO <dot> UK>
Date: 3 oct 1995
Subject: Re: does king can move in check?

In message  <2162effc.u8t20e.55cf9-ghira <at> mistral <dot> co <dot> uk> SHOGI-L <at> technion <dot> technion <dot> ac <dot> il writes:

> No problem. You're black. The "b" row is full of your pawns. The "a" row
> contains your king and 8 other pieces. You have no pieces in hand. You have
> no moves. Your king is entirely hemmed in by your pieces. Artificial
> position? Certainly.

Hmm, clever - I didn't think of that :)

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