From: Colin Paul Adams <colin <at> COLINA <dot> DEMON <dot> CO <dot> UK>
Date: 8 jun 1998
Subject: Who wins?

Under the traditional rules for Tenjiku Shogi and Chu Shogi, the
endgame King versus King is not a draw.

Can anyone tell me a simple algorithm for determining which side wins?

(For those of you who don't know these games (!!!!! - surely not?),
they are play on a square board, 16x16 and 12x12 respectively. King
moves as in Shogi/Chess. The repetition rule, which prevents a draw
due to exhaustion of the moves space, is roughly:
"Repetition of position is not allowed. A move that would cause the
same position to occur with the same side to move is not allowed".)
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Colin Paul Adams
Preston Lancashire