From: Benjamin Good <bg18+ <at> ANDREW <dot> CMU <dot> EDU>
Date: 31 jan 1999
Subject: shogi rules

Excerpts from mail: 31-Jan-99 Chu shogi rules update by Michael
Vanier <at> BBB <dot> CALTE
>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


remember that george hodges has a financial interest in keeping the
rules the same as he already has them published, so we can not
necessarily consider him an unbiased source.

ben