From: George Jost HOTMAIL COM> Date: 22 feb 1999 Subject: Go v.s Shogi and Mails without subject titles!! Some discussion on Go and Shogi. Personally I have not played Go but I don't think one can discount its variety because of the types of pieces available. The interest in that game is in the patterns and combinations and I believe its branching factor is greater than Shogi. (Shogi has a higher branching factor than chess.) It is difficult to implement a computer Go opponent which is very strong. Thus obviously this game is not to be dismissed lightly. My recentment of Go comes from the reactions of chess players who will look at go because it is truly different and dismiss Shogi because it is "just a variant of chess". I have also noticed more females willing to play Go than Shogi ... It is however a good game as it was when my grandfather played it as a diversion from Law School. (For him any alternative to Law School was welcome but he particularily enjoyed playing Go with his board using pieces made out of nuts and bolts.) It would be nice if list members would put an appropriate subject title on their mails so that those who are disinterested don't have to read them!!! > >Of course go lacks variety. It has only got one type of piece :-) > >Rikard ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com