From: Larry Kaufman <lkaufman <at> comcast <dot> net>
Date: 22 may 2007
Subject: Re: R+L-Handicap with Anaguma


 Both are playing wrong. It is extremely bad for Bonanza to try to put his=
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king where the missing lance would be; it does this only because it has a=
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strong liking for the Anaguma in general, and has not been instructed=20
specifically against doing this when giving this handicap. You should attac=
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where the lance is missing at rook and lance handicap anyway, but especiall=
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when the king heads for this side.
     By the way, are you using version 2 of Bonanza, or the old version 1? =
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had the idea that this sort of behavior was corrected in version 2.

     Larry Kaufman (amateur 5 Dan)

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From: "Bernhard C. M=E4rz" <shogi4fun <at> arcor <dot> de>
To: <shogi <at> topica <dot> com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 8:57 AM
Subject: R+L-Handicap with Anaguma




Hi,

when I play against Bonanza with (taking) R+L-Handicap, he mostly makes
the Anaguma castle to his left side (the side without his lance).
Still I'm attacking as always at his right side.

But in this situation I recognize, that I didn't take advantage of the
missing lance. And speaking exactly, the missing lance saves one move
for Bonanza.

So I didn't have any advantage and R+L-Handicap probably will have the
same moves/result as only R-Handicap.

Who is playing wrong?

    There are two possibilities:


1) I'm playing wrong: I should use specialy technices and take advantage
of the missing lance also in this situation.

OR

2) Bonanza is playing wrong and shouldn't play Anaguma in this
situation. Or more specialy, maybe in R+L-Handicap it's okay and in
R-Handicap not or vice versa, so R- and RL-Handicap should be played
different, but Bonanza didn't take the full effort of it.

Thanks,

Bernhard


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