From: Michael Kramer <mkramer707 <at> WORLDNET <dot> ATT <dot> NET>
Date: 15 feb 1997
Subject: Re: are the shogi variants playable?

This explanation is difficult to understand. In particular the meaning of
the phrase "of its side" makes little sense.

M kramer

At 07:35 AM 2/14/97 +0000, you wrote:
>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 <mc4839 <at> mclink <dot> it>
>