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Old 2009-04-24, 10:35   Link #1062
Vexx
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 66
True, chess is "just about completely solved" but shogi's unique side-switching captured-piece drop rule ( mercenary paratroopers for the win) that was added in the 16th C. (?) makes it a far more computationally difficult problem. I'm still in the "learning good openings" stage but find the game fascinating and refreshing - the old regular chess games may move to the back of the closet.

Chinese chess is also interesting but one chess-sister at a time...
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