From: Larry Kaufman <lkaufman <at> COMCAST <dot> NET>
Date: 20 dec 2002
Subject: Re: Longest shogi game?

----- Original Message -----
From: "'Gary Whelan'" <gwshogi <at> ENTERMAIL <dot> NET>
To: <SHOGI-L <at> TECHUNIX <dot> TECHNION <dot> AC <dot> IL>
Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 11:32 AM
Subject: Longest shogi game?


> Does anyone know the length of the longest shogi
> game on record?  The shortest professional game?

     As for the shortest game, I understand that on one or perhaps more than
one occasion in professional play, the player who was supposed to move
second mistakenly made the first move and was forfeited on the spot!!

     Larry Kaufman