From: Takako Noda <mxc06231 <at> JA2 <dot> SO-NET <dot> OR <dot> JP>
Date: 15 nov 1997
Subject: Re: "QUEST" yagura (10) 1-3-4

> Takako translates Katsumata:
 (*)I've come to think that
> >investigations are meant for passive strategies. In actual shogi games,
> >stronger players win in the end. ....

Patrick wrote:
> My (over-)interpretation of the sentence in question:
>
> I think what Morishita 8-dan was trying to say was that research of the
> type he was doing (i.e. systematically focused on preparing a counter to
> any move his opponent could possibly make) paradoxically resulted in a
> kind of passivity over the board, in the sense that each move, rather
> than being a self-inspired action, became a self-programmed REaction.
>
> Does this make sense?
>
> In other words, Morishita's preparation was _too_ thorough.  He was left
> without any feeling of freedom or creativity during the game.

Patrick, I admire you! Yes, it does make sense. I deduced from the context
that Morishita was hinting some limits that exist in preparatory
investigations, but had no idea what specifically he was trying to say. He
and his way of saying things...
Anyway, thanks!



Takako Noda