From: "Larry Kaufman" <lkaufman <at> comcast <dot> net>
Date: 20 sep 2003
Subject: Re: Shogi in Bangkok?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "FC1(SW) Shiflett, Mark C." <mcs <at> obrien <dot> navy <dot> mil>
To: <shogi-l <at> colina <dot> demon <dot> co <dot> uk>
Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2003 5:44 PM
Subject: RE: Shogi in Bangkok?


> Colin
>
> A while back, somebody on the list posted an article about Thai chess.  I
> can't remember the name of it, but it's very similar to Shogi, except it's
> played on a chess board.  Most pieces corresponded to their Shogi
> equivalents, but bishops, as I recall, moved like a Shogi Gold.
>
     Thai Chess is much more like International Chess than it is like Shogi.
The only specific resemblance to shogi is that the "bishops" (or whatever
they call them) move like the Shogi Silver (not the gold). Otherwise it's
rather like the old version of chess with the queen that moves only one
square diagonally.

> Very respectfully,
>
> Petty Officer Shiflett
> US Navy

         Larry Kaufman