From: Chiaki Ito <shogi <at> MAIL <dot> COM>
Date: 14 nov 2002
Subject: Re: Need advice for improvement

my suggestion is that you keep playing on 24 despite your loss, and as larry
advised, try some handicap matches.  it is just that you always have to play
a player better than you in order to get better.  also, you can watch others
game and see the patterns in the opening.  you can familiarize yourself
jyouseki by doing that, though you sooner or later need good books to get
more proper knowledge.

ganbatte ne!

chiaki

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dana B Moreland" <dbmoreland <at> RAYTHEON <dot> COM>
To: <SHOGI-L <at> TECHUNIX <dot> TECHNION <dot> AC <dot> IL>
Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 10:07 AM
Subject: Need advice for improvement


> I am just a beginner at Shogi. I have been playing for about one year. I
> live in the Denver CO USA area.
> I have played face to face vs some of the college students at the Teikyo
> University here in Denver. When playing vs a casual player (someone who
> knows how to play but doesn't play much) I win most of the time. When I
> play vs someone who plays fairly regularly I win 1 out of every 2 or 3
> games. So I beleave my level is something above the true beginner level of
> 15 kyu.
> However I have tryed to play on Shogi Dojo 24 and I get killed in every
> game I have played. I have tryed playing both in the free room and in the
> regular room vs those rated 14 or 15 Kyu, and have lost every game, badly.
> In some earlier posts to this list someone mentioned that the ratings of
> the players on Shogi Dojo 24 did not reflect "true" strength ratings
> especialy at the lowest levels. For example someone rated 15 kyu on Shogi
> Dojo 24 was not a true beginner but was more like a 10 kyu "club" player.
> So my question is, as a true beginner, how can I improve my Shogi play to
> where I can compete on Shogi Dojo 24 at the 15 Kyu level? Are there some
> books you can recommend that I can study. Or a computer shogi program I
can
> play against. Or another online game area where I can play vs other true
> beginners. Or should I just stay on Shogi Dojo 24 and try to learn from
the
> games I always loose (for now) and hope that I will learn this way. As for
> playing face to face, the only players I know of are the Teikyo University
> students, however I get very few opportunities to play vs them, only about
> once per month.
>
> Thank you for your help,
> Dana Moreland