From: "Chiaki Ito" mail com> Date: 21 sep 2003 Subject: Re: Shogi in Bangkok? So much for Thailand! Chiaki ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Kaufman" comcast net> To: colina demon co uk> Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 11:03 AM Subject: Re: Shogi in Bangkok? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "FC1(SW) Shiflett, Mark C." obrien navy mil> > To: colina demon co 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