From: Colin Paul Adams <colin <at> COLINA <dot> DEMON <dot> CO <dot> UK>
Date: 4 mar 2000
Subject: Re: The number of potential shogi players(Was:Re: The number of

>>>>> "Manabu," == Manabu, Terao <mt_shogi <at> LYCOS <dot> NE <dot> JP> writes:

    Manabu,> If the consensus is made that the shogi population
    Manabu,> outside Japan will sooner or later reach 30 million,

I think that is most unlikely.

You have reached this figure by assuming that 10% of casual chess
players will become exposed to, and at least slightly interested in,
shogi.

I would suggest that 1% is over-optimistic, let alone 10%.
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Colin Paul Adams
Preston Lancashire