From: Patrick Davin <patrick <at> LYRA <dot> VEGA <dot> OR <dot> JP>
Date: 18 sep 1997
Subject: TsumePara article mentions SHOGI-L

A column appearing in the September issue of the Japanese magazine
"Tsumeshogi Paradise", (pp 102-103, by Mutsuaki Kido, who writes a
regular chess column for "TsumePara"), mentions SHOGI-L and some
other pieces of the international internet shogi scene.

The article:

* describes SHOGI-L in fair detail (membership breakdown, topics of
  conversation, subscription information, etc) for the Japanese
  audience.

* describes Shogi Nexus and the Tsumeshogi Challenge.  (TsumePara
  contributes problems to the Challenge, and in return I mention
  their excellent magazine at every opportunity.  :-) )  Kido-san
  points out that the response to the Tsumeshogi Challenge amounts
  to about 10% of the SHOGI-L members, remarkable when compared to
  (print) magazine quizzes, which typically attract less than 1% of
  their subscribers.  (Thanks, everybody!)
    <http://www.vega.or.jp/~patrick/shogi/>

* mentions Eric Cheymol's shogi page, especially Eric's recent
  "adventure in Japan", which I hope nobody has missed.
    <http://www.imaginet.fr/~echeymol/>

The article gives the (correct) impression that we "foreign" shogi
fans, considering our small absolute number, support our hobby in
an overwhelmingly more active manner than do the vastly more numerous
Japanese fans.  Hopefully, reading this will spark a few more Japanese
fans to positive participation in SHOGI-L and shogi on the internet.
Meanwhile, let's keep up the good work!