From: Adam Atkinson <ghira <at> MISTRAL <dot> CO <dot> UK>
Date: 6 feb 2000
Subject: Re: to play shogi on the net

On 06-Feb-00 00:29:41, J. Andrew Lipscomb said:

>Funny y'all mention Chinese chess.  Official tournament sets there are
>not just the Chinese character anymore--either player can insist on
>"picture" pieces, but it never happens.  The side actually used consists
>of the Chinese character plus the English name.

In China? Or in Chinese chess tournaments in the West? I've seen sets
with the Chinese character + English name (produced by Condor games in
Italy) but didn't realise they were "official". The sets at the MSO
looked like those ultra-cheap white plastic hollow disks I have a set
of at home, and I thought those were Chinese-only. Maybe I should have
looked more closely.

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Adam Atkinson (ghira <at> mistral <dot> co <dot> uk)
A psychopath kills for no reason; I kill for money. (M. Blank)