From: et CURSORE IT> Date: 8 mar 2000 Subject: Re: # of potential shogi players --------------559C39FC1AB97A71DE2BA454 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I play often chess on fics 2 nice variation using shogi rules, the best i can do to invite people to play shogi is http://utenti.tripod.it/giocareago/kasparov99english.htm Then they ask me where i can play shogi? My answer is shogidojo, when they see japanes pieces, there is panic crisis, and they will never play shogi :) in this life :))))) enrico Douglas Dysart wrote: > >From: Colin Paul Adams COLINA DEMON CO UK> > > 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%. > > I've been promoting shogi for years, and my experience has been that, even > in a conservative and close-minded town like Cincinnati, OH, many chess > players will try shogi. I would say about 15% of the chessplayers here have > tried it and about 5% stick with it for a long time. > > So, I have to side with Manabu on this one. It's easy to get 10% of > chessplayers to at least try it, but it's hard to get them to stick with it. > You have to really push them and hype up shogi a lot. > > Cheers, > Doug Dysart > http://world.conk.com/world/dougd > * * Chess > * * *** Teacher, > * OHIO * * TD, and > * * ***** * ***** Promoter > * SHOGI * * *** * > * * * * * > * CLUB * *********** > * * * * > *********************** ******* > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com --------------559C39FC1AB97A71DE2BA454 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I play often chess on fics 2 nice variation using shogi rules, the best i can do to invite people to play shogi is
http://utenti.tripod.it/giocareago/kasparov99english.htm

Then they ask me where i can play shogi? My answer is shogidojo, when they see japanes pieces, there is panic crisis, and they will never play shogi :) in this life :)))))

enrico
 
 

Douglas Dysart wrote:

>From: Colin Paul Adams <colin COLINA DEMON CO UK>
>     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%.

I've been promoting shogi for years, and my experience has been that, even
in a conservative and close-minded town like Cincinnati, OH, many chess
players will try shogi.  I would say about 15% of the chessplayers here have
tried it and about 5% stick with it for a long time.

So, I have to side with Manabu on this one.  It's easy to get 10% of
chessplayers to at least try it, but it's hard to get them to stick with it.
  You have to really push them and hype up shogi a lot.

Cheers,
Doug Dysart
http://world.conk.com/world/dougd
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       *  OHIO   *                *         TD, and
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