From: Victor Contoski <victorcontoski <at> EMAIL <dot> MSN <dot> COM>
Date: 19 mar 1999
Subject: Re: Tenjiku Shogi - a win for Black?

Dear Colin:

I don't know if you remember me, but we had some correspondence about chu a
year or so ago.  Since that time my wife, who had been seriously ill, has
died, and I haven't had much time for shogi.

I was intrigued by your four-move sequence which appears to win for
Black--except that I don't understand the 5th move.  You give 4..RGnx7e+
"followed by FID7n-8k next move."  But Black's first move was 1.P-8k, so the
FID cannot move there.

With all good wishes,
Vic Contoski


-----Original Message-----
From: Colin Paul Adams <colin <at> COLINA <dot> DEMON <dot> CO <dot> UK>
To: SHOGI-L <at> techunix <dot> technion <dot> ac <dot> il <SHOGI-L <at> techunix <dot> technion <dot> ac <dot> il>
Date: Friday, March 19, 1999 12:21 AM
Subject: Tenjiku Shogi - a win for Black?


>I don't know whether I've been hallucinating today, or just been blind
>for the past 27 months, but the following 4-move sequence appears to
>win for Black:
>
>1. P - 8k, P - 8f
>2. GGn - 3g, VGn - 6f
>3. GGn x 7c, GGn x 7c
>4. RGn x 7e+
>
>followed by FiD 7n - 8k next move.
>
>If White plays a different first move, so as to prevent GGn - 3g, then
>GGn - 7k instead and the same method will suffice.
>if 1. ..., HF - 4f 2. BGn x 4f does the trick.
>
>So my proposal of a restricted first move (neither 1. P - 8k nor 1. P
>- 9k be allowed) seems to be necessary to make the game playable.
>
>Can anyone see any flaws in this (my board is packed away right now -
>I worked this out at work this lunchtime, using Steve Evan's program)?
>--
>Colin Paul Adams
>Preston Lancashire
>