From: Tony Salvaggione <SalvaAC <at> AOL <dot> COM>
Date: 10 nov 1996
Subject: Re: Shogi in Seattle area

In a message dated 96-11-09 05:32:09 EST, you write:

<< And, getting to the point, I need someone to play with.

 Are you / Do you know anyone in the Seattle are who knows how to play and
 would be intersted in doing so? >>

I've gotten help in finding local players from Ishi Press (who were stingy
about giving out their address list (which is a good thing)), or contacting
Nihon Shogi Renmei.  Also see if you can post flyers in areas with higher
Japanese populations.  Another good idea, if you're willing to wait to reap
the harvest, is to teach the game to schoolkids.  I taught a group of sixth
graders last year, who have now fallen in love with the game and are willing
to learn anything I or anyone else wants to teach about shogi.

Take heart.  Starting up is the slowest.  We went for three years in Chicago
with a club whose meetings averaged at two or three players.  Now 12 is not
uncommon, and we're still growing.