From: Steve Polley yahoo com> Date: 19 oct 2005 Subject: RE: Spear Program handicaps Your free subscription is supported by today's sponsor: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Did president Bush react quickly enough to hurricane Katrina? http://click.topica.com/= caad3P2a2i6YsbnuqMaa/Nationwide Survey ------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you for the reply. Im wondering- if I set up the handicap=20 position FOR BLACK- and then I play WHITE with a full compliment of men-= =20 would that not essential be a handicap game- as Black would move first=20 and be without six men- i.e. without 2 lances, 2 knights and the bishop=20 and rook. Would that work? Reijer Grimbergen wrote: >=20 > Dear Steve, >=20 > Sorry, but there is no way to play handicap games against Spear. It is > just one of those things that I want to add when I have time (which will > probably be in 2032, when I retire ;-) ). Because of the design of the > program (or better, lack of design) this is not a trivial change. >=20 > Reijer >=20 > Steve Polley wrote: >=20 > > Is it possible to play handicap games with the Spear program? I can se= t=20 > >=20 > > up a six handicap position with the build a position option- but how do= =20 > > I then get white to move first? Thank you. > >=20 >=20 > --=20 >=20 > Reijer Grimbergen > Department of Informatics, Yamagata University > Jonan 4-3-16, Yonezawa, 992-8510 Japan > Tel: +81-(0)238-26-3740 FAX: +81-(0)238-26-3299 > http://gamelab.yz.yamagata-u.ac.jp/ >=20 Your free subscription is supported by today's sponsor: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Frustrated by your Technology? Can't get it to work properly? Get HiWired! 45 min over phone, problem solved. Learn More. http://click.topica.com/= caad3QXa2i6YsbnuqMaf/LightFrog ------------------------------------------------------------------- --^---------------------------------------------------------------- This email was sent to: = shogi-l shogi net EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a2i6Ys.= bnuqMa.= c2hvZ2kt Or send an email to: shogi-unsubscribe topica com For Topica's complete suite of email marketing solutions visit: http://www.topica.com/?p=3DTEXFOOTER --^----------------------------------------------------------------