From: fabien.osmont teambridge ch Date: 25 jun 2007 Subject: Re: P. 143 of "Shogi for Beginners" This is a multipart message in MIME format. --=_alternative 0027DE5EC1257305_= Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Yes, I think he's wrong. A few monthes ago we had already a big discussion in the french forum with "beginners" about this point and we verified the information we had. So I can confirm now that the King is for the "theorically" stronger player, and the "Jade General" is for his "challenger". It is clearly written in the japanese official rules. Nevertheless, in the western amateur world, I've never seen people really taking care of this. Fabien Aquinaswannabe hotmail com wrote on 25/06/2007 04:15:36: > > On P. 143 of "Shogi for Beginners," John Fairbairn writes, "It is not > important but a convention that many players like ot follow, for a bit > of extra atmosphere perhaps, is that if a set has two types of king, > Black takes the one marked [Kanji character for 'jade'] and White take > marked [kanji character for 'king']." > > Is John Fairfairn wrong about this? > > > --^---------------------------------------------------------------- This email was sent to: shogi-l shogi net EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a2i6Ys.aCqKR7.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=TEXFOOTER --^---------------------------------------------------------------- --=_alternative 0027DE5EC1257305_= Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII"
Yes, I think he's wrong.

A few monthes ago we had already a big discussion in the french forum with "beginners" about this point and we verified the information we had.
So I can confirm now that the King is for the "theorically" stronger player, and the "Jade General" is for his "challenger".
It is clearly written in the japanese official rules.

Nevertheless, in the western amateur world, I've never seen people really taking care of this.

Fabien

Aquinaswannabe hotmail com wrote on 25/06/2007 04:15:36:

>
> On P. 143 of "Shogi for Beginners," John Fairbairn writes, "It is not
> important but a convention that many players like ot follow, for a bit
> of extra atmosphere perhaps, is that if a set has two types of king,
> Black takes the one marked [Kanji character for 'jade'] and White take
> marked [kanji character for 'king']."
>
> Is John Fairfairn wrong about this?
>
>
>
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