From: Ricardo Massamitsu Nonomura <nono <at> AOL <dot> COM <dot> BR>
Date: 21 feb 1999
Subject: No Subject

Hi All,

I`m not sure if it`s useful to begin a Go vs. Shogi thread, cause I think
it`s more a question of taste. Chess, Shogi and Go have their beauty, and
particularly I find Go the most fun among the three... unfortunately I
cannot find a discussion list on Go...
By the way... does exist a Shogi database like Chessbase?

Ricardo Massamitsu Nonomura
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----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Vanier <mvanier <at> BBB <dot> CALTECH <dot> EDU>
To: <SHOGI-L <at> techunix <dot> technion <dot> ac <dot> il>
Sent: Sunday, February 14, 1999 8:03 PM


>I was just re-reading Larry Kaufman's interesting comparison's of chess
>and shogi games when I noticed this:
>
>> From: Larry Kaufman <lkaufman <at> WIZARD <dot> NET>
>>
>>      In my opinion the key points to consider in comparing the games are
>> [...] variety of play (a major objection to checkers and
>> some might say to Go), [etc.]
>
>Even though this is off-topic for a shogi list, I find it very surprising
>that anyone could claim that Go lacks variety of play.  Both strategically
>and tactically the variety is astounding.  I can certainly sympathize with
>the view that chess/shogi tactics are in general more fun than Go tactics
>(since I lean to this view myself) but the variety is certainly there.
>Maybe we should start a "go vs. shogi" discussion :-)
>
>Mike