From: Reijer Grimbergen ETL GO JP> Date: 5 sep 1997 Subject: Re: Another quick question: Chuck S Smith JUNO COM> writes: > I know the fastest possible game of chess is a victory in two moves: > White Black > ----- ----- > 1. f3 e5 > 2. g4 Qh4++ > Is it known what the quickest victory of Shogi is? Thank you. > --Chuck > BTW, I will soon be moving to Messiah College so I will probably > unsubscribe soon. I will have an ISP at College, but I don't want a lot > of mail in there. :-( There are a number of ways to end a shogi game in 7 moves. I remember trying to find as many as possible with some other shogi players about ten years ago. I think there are about ten ways to mate. Here are two examples: 1.P2f 2.K4b 3.P2e 4.K3b 5.P2d 6.R4b 7.Px2c+. 1.P9f 2.P5d 3.B9g 4.K5b 5.Bx3a+ 6.G4a-5a 7.S*5c. Anyone remembering other ones? Reijer -- Reijer Grimbergen Electrotechnical Laboratory Palcious Tsukuba 302 1-1-4 Umezono 1-24-8 Ninomiya Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki-ken Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki-ken 305 JAPAN 305 JAPAN E-mail: grimberg etl go jp Tel: 0298-59-1606 WWW: http://www.etl.go.jp:8080/etl/suiron/~grimberg Tel: +81-(0)298-54-5080 extension: 67431 Fax: +81-(0)298-54-5918