From: Douglas Dysart UCBEH SAN UC EDU> Date: 14 may 1997 Subject: Did Kasparov throw it?? OHS Championship Hi all, I just sparked off a huge debate on chess-l about the recent big match. it makes you wonder if maybe we could do the same with shogi. how about Habu challenging IBM or Microsoft to see if they can create a Deep Blue-like shogi machine. After all, he's never had any trouble mopping have computers, has he? Maybe here in the States we could match Chiaki Ito up with, say, Shogi Master On Steroids. it would be a huge marketing ploy and give great exposure to this under-exposed game. :-) (BTW, Chiaki, your presence will be missed here when you leave for Japan. Come back soon, OK?) I need your help, anybody. i lost the results to my big handicap tourney that I sponsored last year. i posted the results, but john Stryker and I have both lost the results! Maybe they're in the archives around August '96. If anybody remembers, PLEASE let me know. I'll be very very grateful. It'll also give more credibility to the recent Ohio Shogi Championship we just had (hope we have it again soon, but with more people). Thank you all, Doug Dysart