---- Begin Original Message ---- >From: Pieter Stouten <stouten SHOGI NET> >However, some players (when capturing the opponent's bishop with their own bishop) have the habit of taking their own bishop (rather than their opponent's) off the board and adding it to their pieces in hand, followed immediately by turning their opponent's bishop around and putting it back as their own. Although the end result is the same (a bishop capturing a bishop), the procedure is not legal as I found out a while after that (sorry, Terje, you were right!). Fascinating! I'll go out on a limb here and say that most of us have either done this before or seen this before in a tournament! Well, I personally think it is not a big deal, and I would actually not be very much in favor of an official ban to this procedure. Still, it is less confusing to both players if you do it the standard way, but you have to admit that this is the "cool" way to capture! >Maybe the time is ripe for formalizing rules governing the issues >Doug raised (draws, illegal moves, etc.). As shogi catches on with chessplayers in the west, you'll see people getting very "involved" with shogi rules, and making an official rulebook will soon become absolutely essential to the success of shogi organizing. ---- End Original Message ----

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