From: Michael Vanier BBB CALTECH EDU> Date: 15 jan 1999 Subject: shogi questions Hi, Some unrelated questions: 1) Does anyone know why the rules prohibiting multiple pawn drops on the same file and pawn drops to give checkmate exist? For the first, I can envision some repetition-of-moves sequences that could arise, but I have no idea why pawns can't drop to give checkmate. 2) Is the Internet Shogi Server still in operation? Cheers, Mike