From: Aquinaswannabe hotmail com Date: 13 may 2006 Subject: For Wormz regarding North and South players 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------- The Chinese traditionally places North points downward on a map. Is=20 this also a custom for Japanese Shogi? I'm asking this because you=20 mentioned that Sente is North player, and the player with Sente is=20 placed at the bottom of a shogi diagram. wormz wrote: >=20 > The answer is no. >=20 > The Jade General goes to the lowest graded player (or the younger, it=20 > depends on the situation). The Osho is ought to be for the best of the= =20 > two players, since it is, in the game spirit, the official emperor that= =20 > leads the country. >=20 > Then you decided who starts with furigoma, or with who has the handicap.= =20 >=20 > Sente is North player (black), Gote is South player (white). >=20 > I hope this helped >=20 > Mathieu Grandadam > Shogi France - www.shogi.fr >=20 >=20 > Aquinaswannabe hotmail com a =E9crit : > > Does the player who has plays first (the player who is Sente) always= =20 > > uses the Jade General (=A5=C9=B1N, Gyokusho), while the player who play= s=20 > > second (the player who is Gote) always uses the King General (=A4=FD= =B1N,=20 > > Osho)?=20 > > > >=20=20=20 >=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 --^----------------------------------------------------------------