From: James Tanizaki <jtanizak <at> GEORGIATECH-METZ <dot> FR>
Date: 16 jan 1999
Subject: Re: shogi questions

1)   I would suggest try playing a few games without those rules.  Pawns
in hand would become too powerful, they are supposed to be just pawns
after all.

2)   I dont know

"Better an approximate answer to the correct question
    than an exact answer to the wrong question"


On Fri, 15 Jan 1999, Michael Vanier wrote:

> 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
>