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39 <A NAME="Introduction"></A>
40 <H1> 1. Introduction </H1>
44 GNU shogi is a program that plays shogi, the Japanese version of chess,
45 against a human (or computer) opponent. This file describes how to use
46 GNU shogi and also gives background information about the game of shogi.
49 This file describes GNU shogi version 1.3.2. It was written by me, Mike
50 Vanier, the current maintainer of GNU shogi. My email address is
51 <A HREF="mailto:mvanier@cs.caltech.edu">mvanier@cs.caltech.edu</A>.
54 GNU shogi is actually two programs:
59 <DT><SAMP>`gnushogi'</SAMP>
60 <DD>is the text-based program which also contains the game-playing engine.
63 <DT><SAMP>`xshogi'</SAMP>
64 <DD>is the X-windows graphical interface to gnushogi.
70 Since xshogi invokes gnushogi, most players will just type "xshogi"
74 Disclaimer: I use the personal pronouns "him", "his" etc. to refer
75 to a shogi player regardless of gender. That's easier than writing
76 "his or her" all over the place. I don't mean to infer that women
77 don't play shogi; in fact shogi is very popular in Japan among women as
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