From: R J Hare <rjhare <at> TATTOO <dot> ED <dot> AC <dot> UK>
Date: 26 mar 1997
Subject: Re: The Art of Shogi

Re TAOS:

I would agree with the following criticism, and was going to mention it
myself - I found all these diagrams a little tricky to follow - and I know
the moves. A novice would I think find them a little confusing.

> 2. I think it's better a have a single position in a diagram where an
> error is possible :
> in the diagrams 4 and 5, there are too many marked squares, a beginner
> can be confused in the bishop's and horse's moves (the same for rook and
> dragon).
>
> The same problem appears with tsume :
>
> diag 62 : the lance 7h works in the tsume on the upper left corner
> diag 63 : the rooks 5a and 5i are connected, the 5a rook can work in the
> 3 problems
>           the 6g bishop protects the 9d square for a pawn drop
> diag 66 : the 6f bishop removes the N*9c solution


Roger Hare