From: Michael Vanier <mvanier <at> BBB <dot> CALTECH <dot> EDU>
Date: 31 jan 1999
Subject: Re: shogi rules

> Date:         Sun, 31 Jan 1999 20:04:26 -0500
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> From: Benjamin Good <bg18+ <at> ANDREW <dot> CMU <dot> EDU>
>
> 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
>

I think this is a bit unfair; George regularly publishes supplements to the
Middle Shogi manual including whatever errata he (or anyone else) finds in
the manual.  Also I strongly suspect that the amount of money he makes off
of Middle Shogi is pretty miniscule.

Mike