From: Luke Merritt <clearobscurity <at> HOTMAIL <dot> COM>
Date: 12 feb 1999
Subject: Re: Winning Tai Shogi

>I'm surprised no one said this before but after reading about Tai Shogi
in
>New Rules to Classic Games by R. Wayne Schmittberger I found out that
an
>interesting rule to Tai Shogi is that an Emporer (a.k.a. King) can in
fact
>take the other Emporer when the other Emporer is unprotected.  This
means
>that a Tai Shogi endgame will result in a player taking out their
>opponent's emporer's last defenders.
>
>Any one else hear of this concept?
>
>

Well, I own the book in question...quite good, I must say. I always
thought that aspect of tai shogi was implied from the beginning,
however...(but maybe I'm wrong).

--Luke

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