From: Hiroki Kawada <kawada <at> MERL <dot> HITACHI <dot> CO <dot> JP>
Date: 15 may 1996
Subject: Re: Female shogi players ...:

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