From: Stephen Lamb <SJL <at> ALS <dot> CO <dot> UK>
Date: 6 sep 2000
Subject: Re: MSO

Hi Stuart,

As well as the suggestions from the others
(I think getting the back issues of Shogi
Magazine is a great one BTW), there are two
other bilingual shogi books that you should
get if you have the money: the classic
"Better Moves for Better Shogi" (BMFBS) and
"Guide to Shogi Openings" (GTSO).

BMFBS is a little advanced, but if you can
more or less follow Tony's book then I think
you would be ready for it. It would make a
good companion to Tony's book as well, as his
book focuses more on the opening (in my
opinion) whereas BMFBS focuses more on the
middle game and end game.

GTSO is an opening book in the form of
"what's the next best move?". It's a little
out of date now, but is still worth getting if
you have the money.

The only problem is that I'm not sure where
you can order these books from nowadays.
Perhaps someone else on the list can help with
that.

Also, I'd be willing to give you a little
private tuition on Shogi Dojo (or via e-mail
etc.)  Contact me privately to arrange a time
and place.

--Steve Lamb, UK, 4 Dan.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stuart Patterson [mailto:stuart <at> HIPPOCAMPUS <dot> SCREAMING <dot> NET]
> Sent: 05 September 2000 21:34
> To: SHOGI-L <at> TECHUNIX <dot> TECHNION <dot> AC <dot> IL
> Subject: MSO
>
>
> Unfortunately for myself, I was only able to attend the MSO
> Shogi event for
> one day (Thursday) as a spectator.  One of the reasons for
> not entering the
> tournaments was that I consider myself to be particularly
> weak in my Shogi
> playing strength.  Ater discussing this with various people at the
> tournament, I think I'm convinced that I will attempt to
> enter some of the
> competitions at next year's MSO.
>
> In relation to this and Chiaki Ito's comment on tutoring 1
> Dan players, I
> wonder if any of you have any suggestions how I can increase my Shogi
> playing strength?  At present I have Tony Hosking's book 'The
> Art of Shogi'
> which I'm working my way through, but as previously
> mentioned, teaching
> yourself from a book cannot compare to one-to-one tutoring.
>
> 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
>