From: Aquinaswannabe <at> hotmail <dot> com
Date: 12 may 2006
Subject: More for Manabu Terao

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Sorry again for addressing you in a public forum.

My question is this: when you wrote, "higher ranked player uses Osho,"=20
by "rank" you're referring to the Dan (=1B$BCJ=1B(B) in Shogi skill grading=
=20
of a player, correct?

Manabu Terao wrote:
>=20
> Hello,
>=20
> No, he doesn't. It does not have anything to do with whether Sente or=20
> Gote. It is a custom that a higher ranked player uses Osho.=20
> However, an older player sometimes uses Osho even if he is lower ranked=
=20
> when a younger player shows his respect for seniority.
>=20
> Manabu Terao
>=20
> > Does the player who has plays first (the player who is Sente) always=
=20
> > uses the Jade General (=1B$B!&%N%"=1B(BN, Gyokusho), while the player w=
ho=20
> > plays=20
> > second (the player who is Gote) always uses the King General=20
> > (=1B$B!"=1B(B=FD=1B$B%"=1B(BN,=20
> > Osho)?=20
>=20


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