From: Chiaki Ito <shogi <at> MAIL <dot> COM>
Date: 6 sep 2000
Subject: Proposal for a live English tutoring on the Internet

Stu wrote:

> I currently play almost all my Shogi matches on the ShogiDojo site (name
> 'Stuart') and wondered whether anyone would be prepared to give me a little
> of their time to enhance my Shogi playing ability.  I live in England and I
> am currently rated as 14k, although it does fluctuate widly.
>
> If anyone is prepared to spend a bit of time sharing their knowledge of
> Shogi with me, please drop me a line.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Stu
>

Dear All,

Since I have heard of this sort of opinion several times in and out the
Shogi-L before, I have long thought about giving a live English tutoring on
the Shogi Dojo site, ( http://www.shogidojo.com/eng/engindex.htm ), which I
happen to be in charge of English pages.  I am neither, by far, a
professional player, nor even a strongest amateur player, but having
experiences in teaching Shogi to non-Japanese in English, I would like to
be of help by sharing with you my knowledge about Shogi.  I could also ask
Kume san, webmaster of the Shogi Dojo 24, to open a special English site
for us for this thing.

However, in doing that, I would like your opinion.  The first thing is
about the problem regarding the time difference.  I live in Bangkok,
Thailand, which is GMT +07:00.  The best time which I can think of may be
to do this on Sunday at 1pm in Thailand, which will be Saturday 10pm in
S.F. and L.A, midnight in Chicago, Sunday 1am in NY, 7am in London, and
between the morning and the noon in the rest of Europe depending on where
you live.

Do you think this will work out for you guys or is there a better time?

Also, what level of players should this be targeting?  What are the
specific things, such as jyouseki, mating, review of pro games, castles,
breaking them down, attacking techniques and the use and advanced use of
pawns, that should be taught on that lesson?

I would really appreciate it if you could give me your suggestion on this
matter.

Thank you

Chiaki Ito