From: Sam Sloan <sloan <at> ISHIPRESS <dot> COM>
Date: 12 apr 2000
Subject: Re: Stalemate

At 04:53 PM 4/12/00 +0100, Nick Bardsley wrote:

>Would a professional move into check? No. So why have a rule about it?
>Would a professional stay in check? No. So why have a rule about it?
>Would a professional make an illegal move? No. So why have a rule about it?
>
>Your position is absurd.
>

You seem to know very little about shogi.

At least once a year a professional player does make an illegal move in an
official game and is forfeited as a result.

These games are recorded and are published in the Shogi Yearbook.

Sam Sloan