From: Michael Vanier BBB CALTECH EDU> Date: 31 jan 1999 Subject: Chu shogi rules update A follow-up to my follow-up; sorry about that... [Colin Paul Adams] > > > none of the rules for the bigger games are really well established - > > John Fairbairn has told me the only variant he will play is > > Tori. Because for all the others, even Chu, he is not certain of the > > historical rules. > > [Mike Vanier] > Hmm... I figured the Chu rules were pretty well hammered out, give or take > some very fine points. > I asked George Hodges about whether a Lion surrounded by pieces of the same side could make a passing move e.g. "move" to an adjacent square and return to its original square. He confirmed the consensus of this mailing list that such a move is not allowed. Mike