From: Dick Iwakura <dickcon <at> MA <dot> KCOM <dot> NE <dot> JP>
Date: 11 mar 1999
Subject: Re: Japanese Phrases

Hi, Kevin

I believe Sonoko is the name of female but am not quite sure.
I may ask your opponent for you in JAVA site when I would
meet him sometime (but maybe soon).
Please tell me his handle name and strength.

Regards
Dick / a member of JAVA Shogi Site Committee



On Thu, 11 Mar 1999 00:55:25 EST
Kevin Delashmit <KDelash107 <at> AOL <dot> COM> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I've been playing Java Shogi for the last few months
> And, secondly... the following happened when I lost the last game that I
> played...<yes, I have been winning some... :)  >   My opponent broke my edo
> castle and cornered my King, his last piece in hand was the Gin and the drop
> to checkmate was obvious... he delayed dropping the piece and as his time was
> running out I sent a message asking him if he intended to make the last move
> before he ran out of time. He replied "sonoko is coming" .  When I questioned
> this he said "sonoko is a white faced actress" and when I again pointed out
> that he needed to make his last play he replied "you need to study sonoko".
> He then let time run out instead of making the winning move.
>     Can someone tell me if there is meaning to this...
>
>