From: Ralf Lundberg <ralf <at> CS <dot> CHALMERS <dot> SE>
Date: 12 aug 2000
Subject: Re: Regarding Shogi Impasse

I have to admit that I have something to learn from Sam Sloanes
story of Xiangqi.. I certainly am not competent to judge the
consequenses of using one or the other rule set.

Before ending this thread from my part (it became wider than I
expected) I will make the following notes:

The tournament in question has about 25 participants from around
the globe. A large majority of these are Japanese, as well as the
tournament organizers. So it is not local in a geographical sense,
and I expect the rules mentioned come from Japan, although I have
no further idea of their history.

Also, I never actually proposed they should be used widely. I just
wanted to state that I this way discovered them, and that I liked
them.:-)

I too can see the large drawbacks of not having a unique set of rules.

Regards,
   Ralf.
--
___________________________________________________________________
Ralf Lundberg           http://www.cd.chalmers.se/~ralf/index.html
ralf <at> carmenta <dot> se        (email home: <ralf <at> cs <dot> chalmers <dot> se)