From: Aquinaswannabe <at> hotmail <dot> com
Date: 9 may 2006
Subject: For Manabu Terao

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Sorry for addressing a post to you in a public forum, but I'm afraid my=20
question might get buried.

What happens if two players just play casually and don't really have any=
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ranks? In such a case, how do they decide who uses the Jade General?

Also, what happens if two players have the same rank? How do they=20
decide who uses the Jade General?

Manabu Terao wrote:
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> Hello Shogi fans,
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> Aquinaswannabe <at> hotmail <dot> com wrote:
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> > Thanks everyone for answering the question about Jade General.
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> > What happens if two players were to play a game, one older, the other=
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> > younger, but the younger player has a higher rank, does the younger=20
> > player use Jade General or King General?
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> The younger player usually uses King General in the abovementioned case.
> The typical example is the 64th Meijin-sen currently in place between=20
> Meijin
> Moriuchi and Challenger Tanigawa 9dan. Younger and higher ranked=20
> Moriuchi=20
> has used and will use King General for the series.
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> However, the younger and higher ranked player sometimes uses Jade=20
> General
> to show his respect for the seniority. I think it's often found in case=
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> that the older player declared retirement from his professional career
> in some days later.
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> Manabu Terao
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