From: Stephen Lamb NTLWORLD COM> Date: 18 mar 2001 Subject: Re: Art of Shogi: question I reckon the book move B*6g is probably a mistake, since there doesn't seem to be any follow up. However, I'm not sure what the best move is instead. P*7f looks obvious, but after N-6e although there are some options, I don't see anything that would really lead to an advantage for white :( --Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "David J Bush" CSTONE NET> To: TECHUNIX TECHNION AC IL> Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2001 6:53 PM Subject: Art of Shogi: question > My sincere apologies if you have already seen this. > > I posted this twice before, with a .gif image attached. The lack of > response leads me to conclude that no one else got it but myself. > So, I won't post .gif attachments to this mailing list any more. > Here it is with a text-graphics board diagram. You need a monospace > font, such as Courier New, to view it. > > In Hosking's "The Art of Shogi," pages 252-253, Sato-Habu, Ryu-O game 1, > Paris 1994 is shown. 1.P2f P8d 2.P2e P8e 3.G7h G3b 4.P2d Px2d 5.Rx2d P'2c > 6.R2f S7b 7.P1f P1d 8.S3h P6d 9.P7f P8f 10.Px8f Rx8f 11.P'8g R8b 12.P4f S6c > 13.S4g S5d 14.S5f P3d 15.K6h B3c 16.Bx3c+ Nx3c 17.S8h S2b 18.G5h P2d > 19.P3f S2c 20.S7g K4b 21.N3g P6e 22.G4g G5b 23.P9f P9d 24.K5h R6b 25.P7e P4d > 26.R2i K3a 27.K4h K2b 28.S7f P6f 29.Px6f Rx6f 30.S76g R6b 31.N7g P'6f > 32.S7f P7d 33.P'6d Px7e > > 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 > |-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----| > \P/ 2 | \L/ | \N/ | | | | | | | \L/ | a > | | | | | | | | | | > |-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----| > \B/ | | | | \R/ | \G/ | | \G/ | \K/ | | b > | | | | | | | | | | > |-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----| > | | | | | \P/ | | \N/ | \S/ | | c > | | | | | | | | | | > |-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----| > | \P/ | | | | \S/ | \P/ | \P/ | \P/ | \P/ | d > | | | | /P\ | | | | | | > |-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----| > | | | \P/ | | | | | | | e > | | | | | | | | | | > |-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----| > | | | | \P/ | | | | | | f > | /P\ | | /S\ | | /S\ | /P\ | /P\ | | /P\ | > |-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----| > | | | | | | | | | | g > | | /P\ | /N\ | | /P\ | /G\ | /N\ | | | > |-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----| > | | | | | | | | | | h > | | | /G\ | | | /K\ | | | | /B\ > |-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----| > | | | | | | | | | | i > | /L\ | | | | | | | /R\ | /L\ | /P\ > |-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----| > > Sato here played 34.S76e, and Hosking says "again not 34.Sx7e B'6g." > The "again" refers to an earlier variation where the 6th file was not > blocked. But here there is a pawn on 6d, and I don't see the problem with > 34.Sx7e B'6g 35.Sx6g Px6g+ 36.Gx6g. What am I missing, please? What's > white's follow-up? > > Thanks very much for your time! > > David Bush