From: "'Gary Whelan'" <gwshogi <at> ENTERMAIL <dot> NET>
Date: 22 oct 2002
Subject: Re: Handicap games on Tokyo Dojo

Thank you Yoshi, I hope to catch you there some
day.

Gary

>Dear Gary,
>
>It is OK to challenge Dan people for a
>handicapped match as long as they are
>in Free room. (They will refuse if they do not
>like to play handicapped
>match.)
>Concerning the pause before the first move,
>possibly, he accepted to play
>with you casually without checking you
>challenged the handicapped match!
>Then he needed some time to start. Even for dan
>people, some people are not
>familiar with handicapped match very much.
>
>For your information, there is a club for
>handicapped match on Tokyo dojo.
>Dan people of that club normally wait in 11-kyu
>room to be challenged by the
>club member (you need to access by "official
>guest" as 12-kyu to challenge
>for a handicapped match. (difficult to
>explain...) This club is called
>"Koma-ochi village".
>They are very kind and teach very well after the
>match.
>
>Someday, please catch me at Tokyo dojo. I will
>take you to the club!!
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Yoshi Niwata (HN: Daruma78, Tokyo dojo)
>
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> Subject: Handicap games on Tokyo Dojo
>
>
> Has anyone else tried this?  Lately, I've been
> logging on to Tokyo Dojo and challening Dan
level
> players to handicap games.  As long as it's
> a "free" game they're perfectly willing to play
> (though there is sometimes a long pause before
> the first move, as if my opponent is startled to
> see some of his pieces missing!).  Is this OK to
> do or am I committing some oafish breach of
> etiquette?
>