From: Michael Trent <Michael <at> SHOGI <dot> DEMON <dot> CO <dot> UK>
Date: 7 oct 1995
Subject: Re: King in check

In message  <8B29063.0005057DE8.uuout <at> the-matrix <dot> com> SHOGI-L <at> technion <dot> technion <dot> ac <dot> il writes:

> _Shogi: Japan's Game of Strategy_ doesn't seem to address stalemate, but
> it is stated in _Chess Variations_ that stalemate is illegal in Shogi.

The above two publications are unreliable as far as the rules are concerned.

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