From: Steve Polley yahoo com> Date: 4 may 2006 Subject: RE: 2nd Meijin game Your free subscription is supported by today's sponsor: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Is your computer freezing up or slowing down? Repair corrupt files and harmful errors - protect your PC Take a 2-minute PC health check-up at no charge! http://click.topica.com/= caaeKAPa2i6YsbnuqMaa/PC Powerscan ------------------------------------------------------------------- There is no link to the game yet- But I saw the final position at=20 Takadori's blog. Do you know it? Google "Takodori's Entrance to Shogi=20 World." I wish we could see the Meijin games on the net- I read that=20 Japan is losing shogi players; that the game is not as popular as it=20 once was in Japan. Therefore, I would urge them to make the game more=20 available to the rest of the world through the net. I have watched=20 other matches from the 7 Crowns live on the net-but the Meijin- which is= =20 really the World Championship- isn't on the net. It dosen't make sense=20 to me. Plus, Moriuchi would be very popular among chess players if he=20 were better known. In mu opinion, he is a wonderful representative for=20 the game.=20=20 sean humby wrote: > Steve, >=20 > That seems relatively unusual to me..... seems like Moriuchi felt pretty > good about his chances! >=20 > A "Sitting King" is avoided like the plague as the middle of the board= =20 > is a > dangerous place to be, just like western chess. Additionally one of the > shogi proverbs says to push your opponent's king to the back rank to=20 > win. So > by having a sitting King you're in double jeopardy. >=20 > Do you have a link to that game so I can see this sitting King=20 > confidance? > :) >=20 > Shumby >=20 >=20 > On 5/4/06, Steve Polley yahoo com> wrote: > > > > Your free subscription is supported by today's sponsor: > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Is your computer freezing up or slowing down? > > Repair corrupt files and harmful errors - protect your PC > > Take a 2-minute PC health check-up at no charge! > > http://click.topica.com/caaeKAPa2i6YsbpS85oa/PC Powerscan > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > I just studied the final position of the 2nd Meijin game- I haven't > > played the whole game- just seen the final position, but it appears tha= t > > Moriuchi didn't move his King at all during the game. Is that unusual > > in Shogi- or does it happen more often than it does in Western Chess? > > > > > > > > >=20 --^---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --^----------------------------------------------------------------