From: Larry Kaufman <lkaufman <at> COMCAST <dot> NET>
Date: 18 sep 2002
Subject: Re: unmoved drop in promotion zone always unpromoted?

----- Original Message -----
From: "T. Lawrence Pitts" <tlpitts <at> ORO <dot> NET>
To: <SHOGI-L <at> TECHUNIX <dot> TECHNION <dot> AC <dot> IL>
Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 9:43 PM
Subject: unmoved drop in promotion zone always unpromoted?


> Please forgive a simple rules question regarding drops in standard (9x9)
> shogi.
>
> If I read the rules correctly, when a piece is dropped in the promotion
> zone, it remains in its unpromoted state until completing a turn in which
it
> has actually been moved. Only then does it have the option of being
> promoted.
>
> So, one cannot ever have a piece remain at the spot on which it was
dropped
> and assume promoted status there on a subsequent turn during which some
> other piece is moved.  Correct?
>
     Correct.