From: Leung Kai Wan HKUSUA HKU HK> Date: 17 oct 1998 Subject: Re: A Tsume-like problem Hi, Someone people advised me that the problem was a very famous one and had existed for many years. I thank their information but have to make it clear that I haven't learnt that before. It is just a coincidence. Indeed I tried to explain the concepts of useful/useless interposing pieces last week but found it difficult to describe in words. So I visited Patrick Davin's tsumeshogi Q&A at http://www.vega.or.jp/~patrick/shogi/ladder/help.html and found a diagram which showed how interposing pieces can be useful in defencing. So I tried to add something to make an illustration. For simplicity, I considered how pawns could be useful at first. Interestingly, I solved it and found it helpful in explaining drop pawn mate too. This is how the problem came to me. I didn't state it last time becaused this might be a hint and therefore decided to tell it later. You may believe or not, but I have never intended to steal the works of others. For your additional information, I am writing a few shogi pages in Chinese at URL http://web.hku.hk/~leungkw/shogipage/Index.html . Information such as rule, tsumeshogi, handicaps have been included. You may see the problem at http://web.hku.hk/~leungkw/shogipage/Tsume.htm . I also wish to write something about opening, tesuji and a vocabulary list. The whole stuff is expected to be completed in a few weeks. Completion will be announced in this list in due course. If you need help in displaying Chinese, please read the note at the end. It does not relate with shogi such that I should not bother other people for this matter. Again, thanks to those who told me the history of the problem. But please be reminded I did not commit in plagarism and never intend to do so. Comments and critisms about my shogi pages are welcomed. Best regards, Kai Wan Leung Hong Kong kaiwan graduate hku hk P.S. Would you like to visit my pages but your computer can not display Chinese, please follow the instructions as follows: If you have IExplorer, click the "Products Support" from "Help" menu. Download and install the "Traditional Chinese Language Support Pack". Your computer will do the rest for you. If you use Netscape 4, also get the Support Pack from Microsoft first. It provides the necessary Chinese font for you. Once you have the font, choose "Preferences" from "Edit". Click the "Fonts" in "Appearance". Choose "Traditional Chinese" for the "For the Encoding" item and specify the Chinese font. The file name is "mingliu.ttf". Choose "Traditional Chinese (Big5)" in "View", "Encoding" section. Alternatively, you may also get an addon software instead. I recommend njwin from http://www.njstar.com/ for you. The same procedures also enable displaying Japanese characters in western windows. You need only replace the Chinese Language Pack and font file by Japanese ones. Wish these help.