From: Pieter Stouten <stoutepf <at> CARBON <dot> dmpc <dot> com>
Date: 24 oct 1995
Subject: Re: Variants

At 20:14 95/10/23, 'Douglas Silfen\". wrote:

>Note for Tori Shogi-- The only way we could get a Goose (promoted swallow)
>to threaten a Phoenix (king) was to drop a swallow and then move it one
>space to promote it to the Goose. ;)
>
I have found tori shogi real fun to play, but it *is* an excercise in
frustration. Virtually none of the pieces have any real sideways action,
and creating a mating net proved very difficult for a mere mortal like me.
I enjoyed Chu quite a bit, but one of the big attractions of tori and
regular shogi (drops) were not there. Hook-movers and lions are cool,
though.

Cheers, Pieter.

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