From: Manabu Terao mx3 ttcn ne jp> Date: 15 may 2006 Subject: Re: Definition of 'Higher ranked player 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, Aquinaswannabe hotmail com wrote: > Actually, one other thing. In professional games, amateur games, and=20 > casual games, is furigoma used to decide who gets Sente? In professional games, Furigoma is used to decide who gets Sente for most cases. The exceptions are games of Juni-sen and some title match games. In Juni-sen, who gets Sente is decided by the NSR worker who are in charge of parings and schedule of matches. I heard he uses some kind of lottery= =20 instead of Furigoma to decide which player gets Sente. I do not know in mor= e details.=20 In title matches, Furigoma will be done in the first game and the final gam= e either player can take the title winning the game with even score. For=20 example, the 64th meijin-sen between Meijin Moriuchi and Tanigawa 9 dan is= =20 now in place. At the start of the first game, Furigoma was done and Tanigaw= a=20 9 dan got Sente. And the two players would get Sente each other by a game u= p=20 to 6th game if both player could not take four games by the time. If the sc= ore was tied with 3-3 after the 6th game, then Furigoma would be done again at= =20 the beginning of the 7th(final) game. In amature games, I believe Furigama is conducted in a tournament. In my club, the master of the club who is professional 7 dan coordinates=20 match-paring and instructs the players which gets Sente or Furigoma will= =20 be necessary depending on their strength(grade) difference. In casual games, I think Furigoma is still popular. But I'm sure there are many cases to decide who gets Sente by rock-scissors-paper or something= else, especially in games between children. Manabu Terao --^---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --^----------------------------------------------------------------