From: Jonathan Tisdall <jtisdall <at> C2I <dot> NET>
Date: 14 oct 1999
Subject: java and shogi\chess

Hello all,

I don't know how many here have ever visited the Mind Sports Olympiad site
at www.msoworld.com but we are slogging away, doing our best. At the
moment, some real progress in promoting xiangqi is being made, thanks to
some very enthusiastic groups happy to pitch and try to help, and our
coverage of a match between their more or less world champion vs the rest
of the world.

I have since been asked why we do not have a simple (java) shogi viewer,
like the one being used to demonstrate the xiangqi game. So I thought I
should ask - is there a very simple shogi viewer java applet? I think the
xiangqi one is very basic indeed, but it allows nice clear viewing and
simple text notes, and is very clear and elegant. It is tiny and loads
quickly. Does such a thing exist for shogi, and is it for use or sale?

On the subject of Habu and others in the chess simul vs. Lautier - Joel has
an article about his trip which will be appearing in Europe Echecs, and he
will be doing an interview with me in a few weeks, which will go up at the
MSO site. So we should finally get some insight.

jt