From: Manabu Terao mx3 ttcn ne jp> Date: 05 may 2006 Subject: Re: Jubanshogi? 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello Bruce, Although Osho title match is now a four wins match, it used be a seven games match regardless how one-sided the score was. And, if one player led three games ahead, he was to give a left lance handicap every other game. i.e. If he led the score by 3-0, the=20 forth game was to be a lance handicap one, the fifth was to be an even game, the sixth was to be a lance handicap again, and the final game was to be an even game again. On February 18 in 1952, there should have been a first lance handicap=20 title match game between Yoshio Kimura and Kozo Masuda, since Masuda=20 led the Osho title match by 4-1 at that time. However, Masuda rejected to play the game. The reason of his rejection was not clear. They say he worried about hurting the authority of Meijin by giving a handicap=20 to Kimura who held the Meijin title at that time. It's called Jijnya Jiken(Jinya incident, Jinya is a quality Japanese style inn in Kanagawa prefecture where many title match games have been played.) On January 19 and 20 in 1956, there was the final lance handicap game to= =20 date between Yasuharu Oyama and Kozo Masuda, since Masuda led the Osho=20 title match by 3-0. He won the 4th game with a left lance handicap and=20 the 5th game with even condition. The 6th and 7th games were not held due to Masuda's disease. I heard Oyama played a lance handicap game=20 against the challenger Shigeyuki Matsuda one year before. After that historical game, the rules of Osho title match has been revised twice. One is that a lance handicap occurs if one player led four games ahe= ad. And the other is that the title match becomes a four wins match, not a seve= n games match. There will be no handicap game in Osho title match theoretical= ly since there will be no more game after one player leads the score by 4-0. Manabu Terao Bruce Lindsey yahoo com> wrote: >=20 > I was reading at Sensei's Library about the Jubango > tradition ... >=20 > http://senseis.xmp.net/?JubangoHandicaps >=20 > ... and was wondering if a similar tradition has ever > existed in shogi? >=20 > Especially, I was wondering at how shogi would handle > the very fine handicap distinctions used in Junbango > matches, since "regular" handicaps in shogi *already* > used (some) alternating handicaps. >=20 > Anyone know? I googled for "jubanshogi" and got > nothing. Perhaps there was a similar tradition with a > different naming convention? --^---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --^----------------------------------------------------------------