From: michael facer <michaelf <at> LAVA <dot> NET>
Date: 27 feb 1997
Subject: Re: shogi ratings/rankings

>
>If you win 8 games in a row, you get promoted in Japan. While this is a
>tough standard to meet, anybody who plays 256 games should win 8 in a row by
>just the random flip of a coin.
>

>
>Sam Sloan
>

So every Shodan after playing 1024  games should be a 5-dan?   Strange, but
I have several Japanese friends who are about 70 years old and have played
many times that number of games--and they are still only 1-2-3 kyu.


Mike