How about a game of Japanese Chess, i.e. Shogi? Now playing Shogi4 — Page 15

Thanks a bunch.  Sorry I hadn't kept up with it.

+B-5i

Note that I also corrected my promoted rook's position, which I noticed was incorrect.  Otherwise, I think you got it, and thanks again :)

darth_ender said:

Thanks a bunch.  Sorry I hadn't kept up with it.

+B-5i

B-3h

Note that I also corrected my promoted rook's position, which I noticed was incorrect.  Otherwise, I think you got it, and thanks again :)

 To clarify, was it you or me who had your promoted rook in the wrong spot? If it was me, then could you give me the right coordinates, because I imagine that might affect my moves a bit.

I had my rook exactly where I wanted it: on 8h (you can see the move on the last page).  You had it placed on 9h in the diagram.  I will wait to move to see if you wanted to place it in the correct spot.  FYI, the picture of all the Links is a link to the updated diagram (minus your most recent move).

darth_ender said:

I had my rook exactly where I wanted it: on 8h (you can see the move on the last page).  You had it placed on 9h in the diagram.  I will wait to move to see if you wanted to place it in the correct spot.  FYI, the picture of all the Links is a link to the updated diagram (minus your most recent move).

 I had it wrong on my board, but it's fixed now. At least it wouldn't have affected my mother moves too much.

I didn't get the picture before...clever. :)

Rx5h

darth_ender said:

Rx5h

 S*4g

+Bx4h

link

darth_ender said:

+Bx4h

link

 I dropped my SG on 4g, not 4h, so you may want to correct that.

Thanks.  Sorry for the error.  Then I meant +R-4h

L*3i

Bx4i

link

darth_ender said:

Bx4i

link

 There isn't a think in 4i...my lance is in 3i.

Oh.  Oops again.  R-2d

link

JEDIT: Forgot to say check

No problem.

K-1h

Finally!  G*2e check

Is that a typo...?

You only have one legal move, so I'll make it for you.

Ric: K-2i

Then I play G-2h checkmate.

And now I'll give you the brief commentary that it would have been better to block my rook on 2d with drops rather than move your king.  You would have lasted longer.  But truthfully I'm glad this game is over.  Where I placed the second rook slowed me down a lot.

RicOlie_2 said:

Is that a typo...?

 I'm not sure.  Don't I have a Gold?  I thought I had captured one.

JEDIT: Oh, I see what I did.  I somehow typed the wrong square.  I meant 2g, and I knew that's where I wanted it on the diagram.  Somehow I typed the wrong character yet again.  I think you know what I meant, though.

I meant that that is no where near my King. I think you typed the wrong drop in.

Yeah, I fixed it now.  I think you see what I meant.  Read the last couple of posts I did, in case you missed something.

Gotcha, good game.

I was considering a drop earlier, but I decided to do it a turn later. I wasn't really allowing for paratrooping, which I see I should have.

Yeah, good game to you.  Sorry for my errors again, but I'm glad you understand what I meant in spite of those mistakes.  I really enjoyed the game, though I was frustrated at how long it took to mate you.  Learn from my mistake.  Attack from the side.  I had several pieces set to attack you, i.e. rook, bishop, knight, and pieces ready to drop, but you had a night, gold, bishop, king, pawns, and lance set up well to defend against my advances.  Even though your king had little room to manuever, you had several key squares extremely well defended, and you had pieces to drop as well.  In shogi, almost all the pieces are like forward facing pikement.  You played very well, better than you probably realize.

RicOlie_2 said:

 I think we're getting close, but unless I do something stupid or you do something really smart, I think I can hold off for another twenty turns or so (granted, that is slightly optimistic, but if I play well...).

 And...I lasted nine more turns. :)

Hey, seriously you did well.  if you'd dropped instead of moving the king, it might have been the twenty you'd predicted.  In any case, I hope you've been reading up on the other variants I've suggested.  I think they could be fun and quick.  I won't be able to play while at work (unless we can find something similar to assist my visualization), but I think they will be fun.  We'll just have to wait till evening.  Did you get that other software working correctly?

darth_ender said:

Hey, seriously you did well.  if you'd dropped instead of moving the king, it might have been the twenty you'd predicted.  In any case, I hope you've been reading up on the other variants I've suggested.

Sort of. I've taken a look at them all, but I haven't done much more than that yet.

  I think they could be fun and quick.  I won't be able to play while at work (unless we can find something similar to assist my visualization), but I think they will be fun.  We'll just have to wait till evening.  Did you get that other software working correctly?

 I haven't yet sorted everything out because I don't want to spend too much time on it when I should be studying. Yesterday I wasn't home all afternoon and part of the evening, so I didn't have time then either. I might figure it out this evening, but if not, I should have it figured out tomorrow evening.