From: Kuniholm mail sdccu net Date: 29 may 2006 Subject: Japanese Shogi Books for the "illiterate" 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/= caaePuwa2i6YsbnuqMaa/PC Powerscan ------------------------------------------------------------------- First of all, as a beginning Shogi player, let me thank all of you who are = making the game more accessible to the West.=20 Having read both the Aono/Fairbairn bilingual books, it occured to me that= a lot could be gained from available books on Shogi in Japanese only, just= from consultation of the diagrams and examination of the move sequences, e= ven though the finer points of the commentary might be lost.=20 A Japanese friend of mine is going back home this summer and said she could= pick up a few books for me. My question to anyone who has seen them is: ar= e any or all of the following=20 essentially diagram and answer books that do not require much reading abili= ty? Or would you specifically recommend others?=20 Habu's four volumes on tesuji=20 Sato's three volumes on the Yagura=20 Mori Keiji's two endgame Books=20 Urano Masahiko(?)'s 3 and 5 move tsumeshogi books=20 Rakuraku(?)'s Next Move Series (216 problems)=20 Thanks,=20 Eric Kuniholm=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 --^----------------------------------------------------------------