From: Pieter Stouten <stoutepf <at> CARBON <dot> DMPC <dot> COM>
Date: 15 nov 1996
Subject: Shogi opening theory (forwarded mail from Thomas Majewski)

|Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 13:10:30 EST
|From: Thomas Majewski <dewabmaj <at> ibmmail <dot> com>
|Subject: Re: Shogi opening theory
|To: shogi-l <at> techunix <dot> technion <dot> ac <dot> il

Hi Matt,

at the German Open in Weilburg I asked Kitajima, 4. Dan pro, how
they get the latest professinal games. He told me that they get it
mainly on disk and that their programs have databases too. It
seems, this kind of software exists then.

But I wonder whether this is of any use to us poor people outside
of Japan. So, why not produce something ourself. I think I would
help if my help is of any use.

It would certainly benefit the editors of western shogi magazines.

Cheers,
Thomas

Thomas Majewski
WABCO
Hannover, Germany
DEWABMAJ(a)IBMMAIL.COM

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Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 17:57:50 +-100
From: Matt Casters <matt <at> netpoint <dot> be>
Subject: Shogi opening theory
To: shogi-l <at> techunix <dot> technion <dot> ac <dot> il

Hello Shogi-L,

I was wondering : in chess you have opening theory on CD-ROM.  Is
there such a thing for shogi ?  A collection of professional games
for example ?

If such a thing does not exist, I wouldn't mind starting a project
myself.  Maybe we could make a web-client for entering games and a
database for PC/mac/Unix.
This would surely benifit people who would like to study shogi and
learn more from professional games. (not to mention people who
write shogi-programs...)

what do you think ?

Matt Casters