From: Gerald Laabs <glaabs <at> INTER <dot> NET>
Date: 2 aug 2003
Subject: Re: Beginner's Lessons No.1, Getting Orientated: Perspectives on Shogi and Chess

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For a good assessment of How to Play Shogi by John Fairbairn, this url =20=

takes you directly to the book on amazon.com; <a =20
href=3D"http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/4906574971/=20
howtojapanemart">How to Play Shogi</a>  There are sample pages, reviews =20=

and ordering directions here.
For a slightly broader view of what is available, including longtime =20
favorite Shogi: Japan=92s Game of Strategy by Trevor Leggett, go to =20
http://home.inter.net/glaabs/index.html  and enter "shogi" in the =20
amazon search box in the left column of the page.

Question: Is it just me, or is worldwide interest in shogi on the rise?

With all good wishes,

Gerald Laabs
How to Japanese http://home.inter.net/glaabs/index.html

On Friday, August 1, 2003, at 04:02  PM, T.Rogalski wrote:

> =A0
> In my opinion, the best shogi primer is John Fairbairn's "How to Play =20=

> Shogi".=A0 It is 24 pages packed full of concentrated shogi =20
> information.=A0 Ex. page 24 is a raw listing of dozens of shogi =
proverbs =20
> -- very useful.=A0
> =A0
> Maybe another Shogi-L member would know if=A0"How to Play Shogi" is =20=

> still available somewhere?
> =A0
> Tim
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Christopher Vu
> To: SHOGI-L <at> TECHUNIX <dot> TECHNION <dot> AC <dot> IL
> Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 5:05 PM
> Subject: Re: Shodan
>
> I'd like to learn the basic fundamentals of shogi, could you show me =20=

> where i can get this pamphlet?
>
> "T.Rogalski" <Mik <at> ACCESS-4-FREE <dot> COM> wrote:
>
>
> Larry,
> =A0
> Thanks=A0for being such an excellent teacher and strong sparring =20
> partner.=A0 Of the original players that I remember from the 80's =
(Troy, =20
> Mike, Don), Larry is still hoisting the shogi banner for everyone to =20=

> see.=A0 When I first learned shogi, it took me years to appreciate =
its' =20
> superiority over western chess.=A0 My heart refused to accept that any =
=20
> game could be better than chess.
> =A0
> I have a four-page article entitled, "Beginner's Lessons No.1, Getting =
=20
> Orientated: Perspectives on Shogi and Chess", which discusses game =20
> theory, checkers, shogi, differences of shogi from chess, handicap =20
> play, non-handicap play, and summarizes with the statement, "Shogi =20
> means the world's greatest game".=A0 I do not recall what year I =20
> received this great article, or who wrote it, but I would give anyone =20=

> a copy to read that showed any interest in shogi.=A0 Another sentence =20=

> from the article is "Shogi well deserves to be a popular game in North =
=20
> America".
> =A0
> I know I am preaching to the choir, since subscribers to Shogi-L are =20=

> all members of that choir; however, I bemoan the level of interest of =20=

> Shogi outside Japan.=A0 If there was a scene in the Matrix where Neo =20=

> inserts a shogi disc, and seconds later exclaims, "Wow!=A0 I know =20
> Shogi!", a few movie scenes like that would do more to popularize =20
> Shogi than all our efforts combined to-date.
> =A0
> There is a sentence from a letter published in New In Chess 2003/5, =20=

> pg. 9 that states, "Although playing Shogi in my opinion doesn't help =20=

> to improve your western chess, it is certainly worth a try!".=A0 My =20=

> experience is different.=A0 I firmly believe that shogi helps your =
chess =20
> because compared to shogi tactics, chess tactics are tame.=A0 I =
remember =20
> an instance back in the 80's when I arrived home late one night from a =
=20
> DC shogi club meeting, where I had been played hours of rated shogi.=A0 =
=20
> I opened my Chess Life to the nine problems in Chess to Enjoy, and =20
> solved all nine problems in less than 10 minutes with 100% accuracy.=A0 =
=20
> It was like my brain was magnetized for tactics.=A0 I cannot speculate =
=20
> if this phenomena is akin to the temporary Mozart Effect, but I can =20=

> say that in the few months since=A0reacquainting myself with rated =
shogi =20
> games, my chess rating has improved by 30 rating points.=A0
> =A0
> Tim Rogalski
> 1-Dan Amateur
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Larry Kaufman
> To: SHOGI-L <at> TECHUNIX <dot> TECHNION <dot> AC <dot> IL
> Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 9:16 AM
> Subject: promotion
>
> =A0=A0=A0=A0 Mr. Tim Rogalski of Virginia has just earned promotion to =
Shodan =20
> under the Pan-Atlantic rules by maintaining his rating above 1740 for =20=

> the necessary number of games.=A0 Congratulations, Tim!
> =A0=A0=A0=A0 Tim learned shogi over twenty years ago, and has had the =
goal of =20
> becoming shodan ever since.=A0 I believe that he is the first =20
> American-born player to enter the Dan ranks since the current =20
> Pan-Atlantic rating system was created a few years ago.=A0 Let me know =
=20
> if I've forgotten someone.=A0 I think the last American to become a =
Dan =20
> player was my son Raymond, but I believe that predated the system.
> =A0
> =A0=A0=A0=A0 Larry Kaufman, Chairman of U.S. Shogi Federation
>
>
>
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For a good assessment of How to Play Shogi by John Fairbairn, this url
takes you directly to the book on amazon.com; <<a
=
href=3D"http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/<fontfamily><param>Verdana<=
/param>4906574971</fontfamily>/howtojapanemart">How
to Play Shogi<</a>  There are sample pages, reviews and ordering
directions here.

For a slightly broader view of what is available, including longtime
favorite S<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param>hogi: Japan=92s Game of
Strategy by Trevor Leggett,</fontfamily> go to
http://home.inter.net/glaabs/index.html  and enter "shogi" in the
amazon search box in the left column of the page.


Question: Is it just me, or is worldwide interest in shogi on the rise?


With all good wishes,


Gerald Laabs

How to Japanese http://home.inter.net/glaabs/index.html


On Friday, August 1, 2003, at 04:02  PM, T.Rogalski wrote:


<excerpt>=A0

<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>In my opinion, the best shogi
primer is John Fairbairn's "How to Play Shogi".=A0 It is 24 pages packed
full of concentrated shogi information.=A0 Ex. page 24 is a raw listing
of dozens of shogi proverbs -- very useful.=A0</smaller></fontfamily>

=A0

<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>Maybe another Shogi-L member
would know if=A0"How to Play Shogi" is still available =
somewhere?</smaller></fontfamily>

=A0

<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>Tim</smaller></fontfamily>


----- Original Message -----

<bold>From:</bold>
<underline><color><param>1999,1999,FFFF</param>Christopher =
Vu</color></underline>

<bold>To:</bold>
=
<underline><color><param>1999,1999,FFFF</param>SHOGI-L <at> TECHUNIX <dot> TECHNION <dot> A=
C.IL</color></underline>

<bold>Sent:</bold> Friday, August 01, 2003 5:05 PM

<bold>Subject:</bold> Re: Shodan


I'd like to learn the basic fundamentals of shogi, could you show me
where i can get this pamphlet?


<bold><italic>"T.Rogalski"
=
<<<underline><color><param>1999,1999,FFFF</param>Mik <at> ACCESS-4-FREE <dot> COM</co=
lor></underline>></italic></bold>
wrote:



<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>Larry,</smaller></fontfamily>

=A0

<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>Thanks=A0for being such an
excellent teacher and strong sparring partner.=A0 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.=A0 When I first
learned shogi, it took me years to appreciate its' superiority over
western chess.=A0 My heart refused to accept that any game could be
better than chess.</smaller></fontfamily>

=A0

<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>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 <italic>the world's
greatest game</italic>".=A0 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.=A0 Another sentence from the article
is "Shogi well deserves to be a popular game in North =
America".</smaller></fontfamily>

=A0

<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>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.=A0 If
there was a scene in the Matrix where Neo inserts a shogi disc, and
seconds later exclaims, "Wow!=A0 I know Shogi!", a few movie scenes like
that would do more to popularize Shogi than all our efforts combined
to-date.</smaller></fontfamily>

=A0

<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>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!".=A0 My experience is different.=A0 =
I
firmly believe that shogi helps your chess because compared to shogi
tactics, chess tactics are tame.=A0 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.=A0 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.=A0 It was like my brain was
magnetized for tactics.=A0 I cannot speculate if this phenomena is akin
to the temporary Mozart Effect, but I can say that in the few months
since=A0reacquainting myself with rated shogi games, my chess rating has
improved by 30 rating points.=A0</smaller></fontfamily>

=A0

<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>Tim =
Rogalski</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>1-Dan =
Amateur</smaller></fontfamily>


----- Original Message -----

<bold>From:</bold>
<underline><color><param>1999,1999,FFFF</param>Larry =
Kaufman</color></underline>

<bold>To:</bold>
=
<underline><color><param>1999,1999,FFFF</param>SHOGI-L <at> TECHUNIX <dot> TECHNION <dot> A=
C.IL</color></underline>

<bold>Sent:</bold> Friday, August 01, 2003 9:16 AM

<bold>Subject:</bold> promotion


<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>=A0=A0=A0=A0 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.=A0 Congratulations, Tim!</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>=A0=A0=A0=A0 Tim learned shogi =
over
twenty years ago, and has had the goal of becoming shodan ever since.=A0
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.=A0 Let me know if I've forgotten someone.=A0 I think the last
American to become a Dan player was my son Raymond, but I believe that
predated the system.</smaller></fontfamily>

=A0

<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>=A0=A0=A0=A0 Larry Kaufman, =
Chairman
of U.S. Shogi Federation</smaller></fontfamily>




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</excerpt><fontfamily><param>Geneva</param>Fall down seven times.  Get
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