From: Andy Kurnia <akur <at> GAMERZ <dot> NET>
Date: 28 may 1998
Subject: Analysis?

I was cleaning up my mailboxes (of course I mean e-mailboxes), and found a
played-by-e-mail Shogi game I won as White. (My userid is akur.)

Would someone who plays much better Shogi than I do analyze the game and
tell me how I could have played better, please? (Which moves are "wrong",
why, what would you suggest, did I win by luck [because of my opponent's
mistakes], etc.)

Where can I find a freely downloadable information on playing Shogi? (What
openings exist, what the moves are, how I should play them, how I can get a
Shogi rating, how to use each type of piece best [their locations,
formations, functions {defend, attack, both}, when to promote, when not to
promote, etc.], etc.)

Thanks,
akur
--
Summary of Shogi Board 366

Game won by akur.

parra's rating is 1693 (provisional).
akur's rating is 1697 (provisional).

   Black         White
   parra         akur
   1 P-7f        2 P-3d
   3 G-7h        4 P-4d
   5 S-6h        6 G-4b
   7 S-7g        8 G-3c
   9 P-5f       10 S-3b
  11 P-6f       12 R-4b
  13 R-5h       14 K-6b
  15 K-4h       16 K-7b
  17 K-3h       18 S-6b
  19 S-4h       20 G-7a
  21 G-3i       22 P-9d
  23 P-1f       24 P-1d
  25 K-2h       26 P-3e
  27 G-3h       28 S-4c
  29 P-6e       30 S-5d
  31 S-6f       32 S-4e
  33 P-5e       34 G-4c
  35 P-9f       36 R-3b
  37 P-8f       38 P-3f
  39 Px3f       40 Rx3f
  41 S-3g       42 R-5f
  43 Rx5f       44 Sx5f
  45 R*3b       46 B-3c
  47 G-6h       48 B-2d
  49 S-4f       50 N-3c
  51 R-2b+      52 P-4e
  53 S4f-5g     54 R*8g
  55 B-7g       56 Rx8i+
  57 Sx5f       58 N*3f
  59 K-3g       60 +Rx2i
  61 +Rx2c      62 N*2e
  63 K-2f       64 +Rx3h
  65 +Rx2d      66 N-2h+
  67 S*3f       68 +Nx2g
  69 K-3e       70 +Rx3f
  71 Kx3f       72 G*3g
  73 K-3e       74 S*2f


      1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9
    +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+    Black (parra)
  i |\ L/|    |    |    |    |    |    |    |\ L/|  i
    +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+    in-hand: RBPP
  h |    |    |    |    |    |\ G/|    |    |    |  h
    +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
  g |    |/+N\|/ G\|\ P/|    |    |\ B/|    |    |  g
    +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
  f |\ P/|/ S\|    |    |\ S/|\ S/|\ P/|\ P/|\ P/|  f
    +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
  e |    |/ N\|\ K/|/ P\|\ P/|\ P/|    |    |    |  e
    +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
  d |/ P\|\+R/|    |    |    |    |    |    |/ P\|  d
    +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
  c |    |    |/ N\|/ G\|/ P\|/ P\|/ P\|/ P\|    |  c
    +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
  b |    |    |    |    |    |/ S\|/ K\|    |    |  b
    +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+    in-hand: PP
  a |/ L\|    |    |    |    |    |/ G\|/ N\|/ L\|  a
    +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+    White (akur)
      1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9



************************************************************

Game started.... Feb 11 06:04
Last move made.. Apr 19 02:11
Game ended...... Apr 19 02:11

Time used by players:
parra (Black):  33 days, 05:36:46
akur  (White):  33 days, 13:30:17
Total        :  66 days, 19:07:03