From: Alessandro Castelli MCLINK IT> Date: 14 feb 1997 Subject: Re: are the shogi variants playable? At 05.08 13/02/97 -0500, Benjamin Good wrote: > >what's korean shogi? > North Korean Shogi Same rules of Shogi but: Each piece has the movements of the piece, of its side,it controls If a piece controls different pieces it has all the moves of all those.If a piece does not control any piece of its side,it then has its usual moves. There are some other Korean Shogi variants: For Example: South Korean: Each piece has the movements of the pieces, of the same side, that control it: the pieces project their movement to others.If a piece is controled by several different pieces, it has the move of all those pieces.If a piece is not controlled by any of the pieces of its side, it then has its usual moves. Kim Il Sum: To move without capture,a piece has the movements of the friend pieces that control it,but to capture,the piece has the movements of the friend pieces it controls. etc. The President of AISE (Italian Association of Chess Variants) Alessandro Castelli mclink it>