From: CM <maybry <at> HOME <dot> COM>
Date: 25 jan 2000
Subject: Re: sekita shogi

Eduard,

I have had the same questions as you and have not been able to get an
opinion on which software version of shogi is best. The only one I have
tried so far is ShogiVar (http://www.netspace.net.au/~trout/index.html).
It is not very strong at all as I am a beginner at shogi and can always
beat it if I'm just sure to concentrate and not do anything stupid. But,
you can play many of the various versions of shogi with this program so
it is nice for that.

I download a version of Sekita shogi from the Japanese site but I can't
read the menus. Which version do you have and where did you download it
from?

What I would really like to see in a shogi program is the ability to get
it to play any opening you choose, much like many chess programs allow.
Of course, what I really want is human opponents but they seem hard to
come by. You're in Israel, right? Too bad, I'm in the US.

Have you tried the Internet Shogi Dojo site
(http://www.shogidojo.com/dojo/dojoindex.htm)? At that site you can play
and watch games over the internet.

-Chris

"dr. Eduard Werner (Edward Wornar)" wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> does anybody have experience with sekita shogi? I downloaded it some days ago,
> and on the first level (the only available in the not registered version) I can
> beat it though I still have a losing record. Which Shogi-Program would you
> recommend to me for training? I'm entirely new to Shogi (but I used to be an
> ELO-2000 chess player). Maybe Shotest would be for me? I would mostly
> appreciate a program that also teaches a bit ...
>
> Best
>
> Edi
>
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