From: "'Gary Whelan'" <gwshogi <at> ENTERMAIL <dot> NET>
Date: 23 dec 2002
Subject: Re: Longest Shogi game?

Someday when I'm retired and my kids are grown
and gone and my wife has no use for me and I'm
still in good health and I have absolutely no
commitments for a week or so and I can stay awake
for eight hours a day maybe I'll play a ("quick"!)
game of Tai Shogi!

Weren't those large games often played in
monasteries?  Seems like a requirement.


Tai Shogi with 352 pieces available in the game
usually takes around a
thousand moves per player
which at a wuick rate of play/8 hours per day
takes around a week per game

----- Original Message -----
From: "Randy Andrews" <whitetiger123 <at> JUNO <dot> COM>
To: <SHOGI-L <at> TECHUNIX <dot> TECHNION <dot> AC <dot> IL>
Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2002 5:02 AM
Subject: Re: Longest Shogi game?


> Tim Krabbe has an interesting web page about
chess records of various
> kinds.
> http://www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/records/records.htm
> The funniest one, is the draw claimed by 50
move rule on move 70!!
> 269 moves (538 shogi moves) is the longest
chess game.
> In 1995, Piket defeated Lautier the Amber
Blindfold tournament in
> 151 moves (302 shogi moves).  Both players
played without sight of the
> board.
>
>
>
>
>
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