From: Jos Uiterwijk <uiterwyk <at> CS <dot> RULIMBURG <dot> NL>
Date: 2 feb 1996
Subject: Re: Shogi, Chess, Football, Soccer, Hockey, and Sushi!!!

At 17:55 1-02-96 -0500, you wrote:

< SNIP SNIP >

>P.S. Have you heard of Western Chess with drops? I have but I have never
>played. I guess it would not have the same balance that Shogi has. Nor of
>course, the tradition. What do you think?

Being a beginner in Shogi (but liking the game very much) I played a few
times Chess with drops. I don't know if this is a known chess variant
(I guess it has to be, but I couldn't find it in Pritchard's book on
Chess Variants quickly). It is like bughouse (where you play with two
persons against two, and give any captured piece to your partner to be
dropped by him). However, I played it on only one board, which means that
you have to switch any captured piece for the same piece of your own
colour (you thus need two sets of chess pieces). The games I played really
were fun! (Any info on this chess variant appreciated)

>--
>George (613)-765-2895 :)
>e-mail: jost <at> bnr <dot> ca
>In Shogi, your rook may come back to haunt you ...
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>
Jos Uiterwijk
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