From: George Jost <jost <at> LSEC <dot> LETE <dot> DND <dot> CA>
Date: 26 may 1998
Subject: Gold is better than silver. -Reply

Actually I think there is also a growing number of players in the
high Kiu range such as myself who may still require strong handle
caps when playing dan players. Your  discussion is I think still quite
relevant to us as well. For myself I'd like to hear about strategy
in all types of handicaps  from both sides. The Art of Shogi has
some discussion on this topic as well.

I do have a question though: is there a handicap at which a rank
beginner can have an interesting game against a top notch
professional (such a Habu, Tanakawa, S...)??? I know I had
a good game against a (rusty) low kiu player with a rook
handicap. (He figured a rook bishop game might have been even)

George ;
(Insanity is a frame of mind.)

>>> Larry Kaufman <lkaufman <at> WIZARD <dot> NET> 05/26/98 02:46pm >>>
                      Gold is better than silver - the secret of four piece
handicap.

     For some fifteen years now, my pet topic under the umbrella of shogi
has been how to play four piece handicap ... shogi for both sides.  I am
writing this article now for several reasons: ...  2. I imagine that a rather
high percentage of shogi-L subscribers are in the low kyu range (say
1-4 kyu), which means that they would be offered four piece handicap
by any visiting pros.