From: Yoko Ishizuki U WASHINGTON EDU> Date: 15 may 1996 Subject: Re: Female shogi players ...: I think one of the reasons is that girls have fewer chances to play shogi than boys in their childhood. On Wed, 15 May 1996, Hiroki Kawada wrote: > At 1:52 PM 96.5.14 -0400, george (g.) jost wrote: > >Hi, how many female Shogi players are there out? I have taught my > >girl friend to play and she can play a wicked game considering that > >she does not really enjoy the game. (She does seem to enjoy beating me > >though ;) ) It seems that almost all of the Shogi-L members are male ... > >Perhaps, guys just like the internet more or is it shogi? > > I also wonder why. In professional go players there are many female > players as strong as male players. In professional shogi no female player > has 4 or more dan which is rated among male players, though some female > players have beaten male players many times. I think most of women don't > prefer to killing or capturing enemy pieces, but enclosing own land on go > board is more peaceful action and does not seem savage. > My wife hates me when I play shogi or watch shogi TV program. She has > never been interested in playing shogi. But she seems to be interested in > humorous personality of professional shogi players. > > Hiroki > Hiroki Kawada * "After the defeat > Mechanical Engineering Res. Lab., * it is a valuable time." > Sec. 15, Hitachi, Ltd., * K. Yonenaga, > Kandatsu 502, Tsuchiura, * Shogi (Japanese chess) player > Ibaraki 300 Japan > -- Yoko Ishizuki : Department of Economics : email : yokoi u washington edu University of Washington : Box 353330 : web : http://weber.u.washington.edu/~yokoi/ $eattle, WA 98195-3330 :