From: Kent Krumvieda <kentkr <at> DATAFUSION <dot> COM>
Date: 20 mar 2002
Subject: Re: ANA wingspan article

yes please send me pdf doc

Kentkr <at> datafusion <dot> com

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> [mailto:SHOGI-L <at> TECHUNIX <dot> TECHNION <dot> AC <dot> IL]On Behalf Of Justin Hollingworth
> Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 2:26 PM
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> Subject: ANA wingspan article
>
>
> Finally got round to posting this:
>
> There was an article in December's inflight magazine for ANA about Shogi.
>
> Basically, it covered the history of Shogi, then talked about the town of
> Tendo, Yamagata, where they "make 95% of Japanese shogi pieces." Strange,
> because I thought mine were made in a factory in Kawasaki, but I
> think they
> mean 'real' peices.
>
> Finally there is a brief interview with Habu - his background and history,
> differences between chess and shogi, etc. He is also credited with
> "publishing a book about Shogi in English called Habu's Words" - so sorry,
> Tony, no glory there.
>
> If anyone desperately wants the article, can they e-mail me
> directly. I have
> it scanned in pdf format - the photos are a bit crap but the text is fine.
>
>
> It's just over a meg in size, so that's why I won't post to the group.
>
> Justin