From: Manabu Terao <Manabu.Terao <at> JAPAN <dot> SUN <dot> COM>
Date: 18 feb 1999
Subject: Re: shuffle chess(or shogi)

Please let me correct the chart below in my previous post
as I made  mistake. Sorry for any invonvenience caused.

The movable directions of King is apparently 8 directions
and that of Gold is 6 directions.

> The pieces in back rank are located not only symetrical but also in the
> order how many direction they can move from the center to the edges
> in descendant order as bellow
>
>      File   Piece name      Movable directions of the
>                             piece itself
>      1st    Lance           1 direction
>      2nd    kNight          2 directions
>      3rd    Silver          5 directions
>      4th    Gold            7 directions ---> should be 6 directions
>      5th    King            9 directions ---> should be 8 directions
>      6th    Gold            7 directions ---> should be 6 directions
>      7th    Silver          5 directions
>      8th    kNight          2 directions
>      9th    Lance           1 direction

Manabu Terao