From: Ismail Sloan <ishipres <at> BEST <dot> COM>
Date: 23 feb 1997
Subject: Re: A good first move

There are only two first moves in shogi which are any good at all.

The best move we would call in chess notation c3-c4.

This move frees the long diagonal for the bishop.

The other good move is to advance the pawn in front of the rook.

No strong player plays anything other than those two first moves.

Sam Sloan

At 03:12 PM 2/23/97 EST, you wrote:
>I am a beginner at Shogi.  I have only played one game.  What do you
>think is the best first move to make in the game?  What is its counter?
>Thanx.
>
>                                                        --Chuck
>
>Are there any other widely popular chess games in the world besides
>Orthodox Chess, Shogi and Chinese Chess (xiang qi)?
>
>