From: Albrecht Heeffer <al <at> RIOS <dot> IMPAKT <dot> NETPOINT <dot> BE>
Date: 26 aug 1996
Subject: Re: Playing live on the internet?

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On Monday, 26 August, 1996 12:47 PM, Colin Paul Adams[SMTP:colin <at> COLINA <dot> DEMON <dot> CO <dot> UK] wrote:
>Today (Monday 26th, 1030 UTC) I tried to play shogi on the internet.
>I have Matthias Mertz's GNU xshogi, and I followed his instructions
>for connecting (to igs.nuri.net). When I did a "who all 3" command,
>I found I was the only person logged on for shogi.
>
>Is there another ISS site, or was I just unlucky at this time of
>day?
>
>

The Java Shogi server (http://dora.olu.info.waseda.ac.jp:8080/shogi/index.html)
is becoming very popular the last couple of months. My guess is that this technology
will soon replace telnet-based connections like IGS. For those of you who haven't
tried it, I can really recommend the site. Graphics are excellent, there are always
players willing to play, at any possible moment of the day and the software is
continuously improved by Ryo Neyama. In the current version you can challenge an
opponent of your strength (between 15 Kyu and 5 dan). I played about ten games
a week during the summer months and never had to wait for an opponent.

Remember that you need a java-enabled browser like Netscape (32-bit) or Microsoft
Internet Explorer 3.0 on any platform that supports it. Java Shogi does not
work through a firewall.

Hope to see you on the Java Shogi server to play a game!

 Albrecht Heeffer
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