From: Richard Sams <rjfs <at> parkcity <dot> ne <dot> jp>
Date: 2 dec 2004
Subject: Re: Encyclopedia of Shogi Openings

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On 2004.12.1, at 04:31  PM, Manabu Terao wrote:

> Although I have not seen the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings and
> cannot compare one with the other, 'Shogi Senpo Dai Jiten' is
> written for Japanese readers and I think it's difficult for
> ordinary Westerners to read.
>
Maybe it would be simpler just to say "Shogi Senpo Dai Jiten" is in=20
Japanese!

I am sure there is no English translation of this book. Tony Hosking=20
undoubtedly found it in the shogi library which he jointly owns with=20
Les Blackstock. As far as I know, Tony cannot read Japanese apart from=20
the kanji for the shogi pieces. That is enough, of course, to read=20
shogi game scores and all the opening variations in this book, but not=20
being able to read evaluations of positions is a problem. I think=20
"ordinary Westerners" (assuming that Tony Hosking falls into this=20
category) can get a lot of information from shogi opening books without=20
reading the comments, which are usually quite sparse anyway. The only=20
problem with "Shogi Senpo Dai Jiten" is that the theory is presumably=20
about 20 years out of date ...

Richard Sams


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