From: Pauli Misikangas <pmturune <at> CS <dot> HELSINKI <dot> FI>
Date: 25 mar 1999
Subject: Capture a king?

Hi,

I have understood that shogi rules allow a player to move or leave his own
king into a check (probably because of mistake)? Thus, the opponent could
capture the king on the next move. How are these situations handled in
practice? Is the king really captured, or does the player that leaves his
king in check automatically lose (game ends before capturing the king)?

When one's king is checkmated, he is supposed to resign. So, a shogi game
does not really end immediately after the checkmate move, but after
resigning, right? But does the checkmated side have to resign? Or is it
legal to still make a move (of course this makes no sense), thus forcing
the opponent to capture the king on the next move?

PS. I am asking these stupid and theoretical questions because I want to
handle these situations correctly in my shogi program (Shocky).

Best regards,

Pauli Misikangas

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