From: Christopher Vu YAHOO COM> Date: 1 aug 2003 Subject: Re: Shodan --0-1009944825-1059771904=:38528 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I'd like to learn the basic fundamentals of shogi, could you show me where i can get this pamphlet? "T.Rogalski" ACCESS-4-FREE COM> wrote:Larry, Thanks for being such an excellent teacher and strong sparring partner. Of the original players that I remember from the 80's (Troy, Mike, Don), Larry is still hoisting the shogi banner for everyone to see. When I first learned shogi, it took me years to appreciate its' superiority over western chess. My heart refused to accept that any game could be better than chess. I have a four-page article entitled, "Beginner's Lessons No.1, Getting Orientated: Perspectives on Shogi and Chess", which discusses game theory, checkers, shogi, differences of shogi from chess, handicap play, non-handicap play, and summarizes with the statement, "Shogi means the world's greatest game". I do not recall what year I received this great article, or who wrote it, but I would give anyone a copy to read that showed any interest in shogi. Another sentence from the article is "Shogi well deserves to be a popular game in North America". I know I am preaching to the choir, since subscribers to Shogi-L are all members of that choir; however, I bemoan the level of interest of Shogi outside Japan. If there was a scene in the Matrix where Neo inserts a shogi disc, and seconds later exclaims, "Wow! I know Shogi!", a few movie scenes like that would do more to popularize Shogi than all our efforts combined to-date. There is a sentence from a letter published in New In Chess 2003/5, pg. 9 that states, "Although playing Shogi in my opinion doesn't help to improve your western chess, it is certainly worth a try!". My experience is different. I firmly believe that shogi helps your chess because compared to shogi tactics, chess tactics are tame. I remember an instance back in the 80's when I arrived home late one night from a DC shogi club meeting, where I had been played hours of rated shogi. I opened my Chess Life to the nine problems in Chess to Enjoy, and solved all nine problems in less than 10 minutes with 100% accuracy. It was like my brain was magnetized for tactics. I cannot speculate if this phenomena is akin to the temporary Mozart Effect, but I can say that in the few months since reacquainting myself with rated shogi games, my chess rating has improved by 30 rating points. Tim Rogalski 1-Dan Amateur ----- Original Message ----- From: Larry Kaufman To: SHOGI-L TECHUNIX TECHNION AC IL Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 9:16 AM Subject: promotion Mr. Tim Rogalski of Virginia has just earned promotion to Shodan under the Pan-Atlantic rules by maintaining his rating above 1740 for the necessary number of games. Congratulations, Tim! Tim learned shogi over twenty years ago, and has had the goal of becoming shodan ever since. I believe that he is the first American-born player to enter the Dan ranks since the current Pan-Atlantic rating system was created a few years ago. Let me know if I've forgotten someone. I think the last American to become a Dan player was my son Raymond, but I believe that predated the system. Larry Kaufman, Chairman of U.S. Shogi Federation --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software --0-1009944825-1059771904=:38528 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii
I'd like to learn the basic fundamentals of shogi, could you show me where i can get this pamphlet?

"T.Rogalski" <Mik ACCESS-4-FREE COM> wrote:
Larry,
 
Thanks for being such an excellent teacher and strong sparring partner.  Of the original players that I remember from the 80's (Troy, Mike, Don), Larry is still hoisting the shogi banner for everyone to see.  When I first learned shogi, it took me years to appreciate its' superiority over western chess.  My heart refused to accept that any game could be better than chess.
 
I have a four-page article entitled, "Beginner's Lessons No.1, Getting Orientated: Perspectives on Shogi and Chess", which discusses game theory, checkers, shogi, differences of shogi from chess, handicap play, non-handicap play, and summarizes with the statement, "Shogi means the world's greatest game".  I do not recall what year I received this great article, or who wrote it, but I would give anyone a copy to read that showed any interest in shogi.  Another sentence from the article is "Shogi well deserves to be a popular game in North America".
 
I know I am preaching to the choir, since subscribers to Shogi-L are all members of that choir; however, I bemoan the level of interest of Shogi outside Japan.  If there was a scene in the Matrix where Neo inserts a shogi disc, and seconds later exclaims, "Wow!  I know Shogi!", a few movie scenes like that would do more to popularize Shogi than all our efforts combined to-date.
 
There is a sentence from a letter published in New In Chess 2003/5, pg. 9 that states, "Although playing Shogi in my opinion doesn't help to improve your western chess, it is certainly worth a try!".  My experience is different.  I firmly believe that shogi helps your chess because compared to shogi tactics, chess tactics are tame.  I remember an instance back in the 80's when I arrived home late one night from a DC shogi club meeting, where I had been played hours of rated shogi.  I opened my Chess Life to the nine problems in Chess to Enjoy, and solved all nine problems in less than 10 minutes with 100% accuracy.  It was like my brain was magnetized for tactics.  I cannot speculate if this phenomena is akin to the temporary Mozart Effect, but I can say that in the few months since reacquainting myself with rated shogi games, my chess rating has improved by 30 rating points. 
 
Tim Rogalski
1-Dan Amateur
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 9:16 AM
Subject: promotion

     Mr. Tim Rogalski of Virginia has just earned promotion to Shodan under the Pan-Atlantic rules by maintaining his rating above 1740 for the necessary number of games.  Congratulations, Tim!
     Tim learned shogi over twenty years ago, and has had the goal of becoming shodan ever since.  I believe that he is the first American-born player to enter the Dan ranks since the current Pan-Atlantic rating system was created a few years ago.  Let me know if I've forgotten someone.  I think the last American to become a Dan player was my son Raymond, but I believe that predated the system.
 
     Larry Kaufman, Chairman of U.S. Shogi Federation


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