From: Adam Atkinson <ghira <at> MISTRAL <dot> CO <dot> UK>
Date: 17 mar 1997
Subject: Apology

In case this is not obvious, I did _not_ intend to come across as being
"against" _The Art of Shogi_. I apologise to the author (and everyone else)
if that's the impression people got. I don't think my comment about
non-promotion should be taken as "daming criticism" at all.

Since the book is clearly NOT aimed at beginners, I think Mr Sloan's
objection to my comment is unreasonable. I have a "not for total beginners"
book on chess which has an aside about underpromotion in it which I found
very interesting: perhaps I have a morbid fascination with pathological
examples.

I am far from being an expert player of Shogi. Indeed, I'm hardly a player
at all as all I really do is relatively easy Tsume-shogi. I really don't
know how common draws or non-promotion are in real play. (Has anyone here
_ever_ not promoted a rook/bishop/pawn?)

Adam Atkinson (ghira <at> mistral <dot> co <dot> uk)
"That's the biggest shark I've ever seen" he said, superficially.