From: "george (g.) jost" <jost <at> BNR <dot> CA>
Date: 5 mar 1996
Subject: Habu and the Crown ...?

It has been said that professional Shogi will be relatively boring now because
Habu, the 7 crown winner, is likely to stay around for years to come.

I don't quite understand the professional Shogi scene. What is the difference
between the seven tournaments? I mean if you are a Grand Slam winner in
Tennis, you have to beat other players on different soil.

Also, even if Habu does stay around. Won't his opponents be studying his
game rearing to beat him? Perhaps he will always prevail but "the underdogs"
should be coming in droves. Ah well, it all might come out as quite interesting?

P.S I heard that Habu's feat made it to people magazine!!! I wonder if
they have had any multi-game tournaments: Go Master, Chess Master, Chinese
chess master, and Thai chess master battle each other in other games on
pint system? Of course more mediocre players may be able to prevail over the
Grand Masters in the big picture... Just a though that crossed my mind.