How about a game of Japanese Chess, i.e. Shogi? Now playing Shogi4 — Page 97

Well, I'm afraid I've always had a bit of trouble delivering checkmates, even when I had the upper hand, but maybe I can fix that by playing more aggressively.

P-2e

K-4a

P-2d

Px2d

Rx2d

P*2c

R-2f

G-5b

G-3h

Sorry to keep you waiting. I've been busy with homework and exams. :P Hopefully this coming week will be less busy.

'Tis okay.  I figured you had some lame excuse for your prolonged absence ;)  Nah, really those things are of course the priority.  Don't worry about it.

S-6b

P-1f

K-3a

P-7e

I have no idea how to go about winning against you.  This is already looking pretty scary.

P-2d

Just hope I do something stupid, I guess. ;)

R-8f

Or that I don't do anything stupid like I apparently have.

P-3d

No, unfortunately you've done nothing stupid yet.

EDIT: Oops, forgot to mention what my move was. :P

P-6f

S-7a

Rx8c+

Sorry about not making a move.  My game got shut down and I haven't played it back to position, and I didn't want to trouble you with making a diagram.  I'll get it fixed up soon and resume.

OK, no problem. I probably wouldn't have noticed if I hadn't had a five-day weekend (not to rub it in, or anything).... ;)

Okay, got the game back where I needed.  I knew I had already made a mistake.  I'm already in deep doo doo.

G-6b

You've just made another mistake, unless I'm missing something....

Did you mean G-7b? If not, I suggest you do that instead, if you want a fighting chance (or you can stick with it if you want the game to end sooner).

No, I don't think I erred.  I originally moved my silver to 7a, now my gold to 6b.  I can't even move a gold to 7b, unless I'm mistaken.  Maybe you better tell me what you're seeing more explicitly.

Hopefully we don't have another case of "moved the wrong gold general"....(according to my board, that last move could have been made by either of your golds. I only just noticed).

Excluding the move you just made, rows a and b look like this:

LNSG--KNL
----G-SB-