From: Howard Wachtel <howard.wachtel <at> BOWIESTATE <dot> EDU>
Date: 25 nov 1996
Subject: Re: Basic Rules of Shogi -Reply

Sam Sloan wrote:

> Regarding the possibility that a player might chose not to promote a
rook or
> a bishop, it appears that this situation only arises in composed
problems. I
> doubt if this has ever occurred in a competitive game.
 [...]

Troy Conner wrote:

:I have to disagree with this statement; it is not at all uncommon to
:have games where one chooses not to promote the bishop, rook, and
:pawn. I'vehad
:hundreds of games where a dropped pawn mate appeared in an
:important variation,
:and at least a dozen games where one of these nonpromotion was
:actually played.

   Can you post the score of an actual game in which a player chose not
to promote a Bishop, rook or pawn?  I too have seen it only in composed
problems.

   Howard Wachtel