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+GNU Shogi manual: References and links
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-GNU Shogi manual - Bugs
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+ 5. References and links
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+There are very few English-language books for people learning shogi.
+The two I recommend are:
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+Shogi for Beginners, 2nd. Edition, by John Fairbairn. This is a
+superb beginner's book in every way, covering all phases of the game.
+It was out of print for a long time, but has now been reprinted and is
+available either from Kiseido (http://www.labnet.or.jp/~kiseido)
+or from George Hodges (see below).
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+The Art of Shogi, by Tony Hoskings. This is one step up from the
+Fairbairn book. It covers a lot of ground, and is especially noteworthy
+for its detailed treatment of opening lines. You can order this book
+from Amazon.com's UK branch (http://www.amazon.co.uk).
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+Another book you may find is Shogi: Japan's Game of Strategy by
+Trevor Leggett. This book is very elementary and is somewhat outdated,
+having been published first in 1966. However, it does feature a paper
+shogi board and punch-out pieces, so if you want a really cheap shogi
+set you might pick this book up. It is still in print.
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+Two books that are no longer in print but are definitely worth getting
+if you find them are Guide to Shogi Openings and Better
+Moves for Better Shogi, both by Aono Teriuchi. They are published in a
+bilingual edition (English/Japanese) and are the only books on shogi in
+English written by a Japanese professional shogi player. John Fairbairn
+did the translation from Japanese to English.
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+Shogi sets are available from:
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+George F. Hodges
+P.O. Box 77
+Bromley, Kent
+United Kingdom BR1 2WT
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-The motto of GNU shogi is "100% bug-free or you don't pay!" :-) In the
-extremely unlikely case (*ahem*) that you do find a bug, please send me
-(Mike Vanier) an email at mvanier@bbb.caltech.edu. Also, feel
-free to send me comments, complaints, out-and-out raves, suggestions,
-plane tickets to Hawaii, and/or large suitcases filled with unmarked,
-untraceable hundred-dollar bills.
+George also sells equipment for all the historical shogi variants
+(see section 2.4 Shogi variants) (except for Kyoku tai shogi) and also sells
+back issues of the magazine "Shogi" which he published for 70 issues
+in the late 70's to late 80's. This magazine is STRONGLY recommended;
+it contains more information about shogi in English than you will ever
+find anywhere else.
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+Here are some useful URLs:
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+- Pieter Stouten's shogi page: http://www.shogi.net
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- This is the main shogi-related site on the internet, with links to
+almost all the other sites.
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- Roger Hare's shogi page: http://www.ed.ac.uk/~rjhare/shogi
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- This has lots of information, including full rules to most of the shogi
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- Patrick Davin's Shogi Nexus: http://www.vega.or.jp/~patrick/shogi/
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- There's lots of cool stuff on this site; my favorite is the extensive
+collection of Tsume-shogi (mating) problems, both for beginners and
+more advanced players.
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- Steve Evans' shogi page: http://www.netspace.net.au/~trout/index.html
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- Steve has written a program that plays almost all of the shogi variants,
+unfortunately it only runs on Windows :-(
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- Hans Bodlaender's chess variant pages: http://www.cs.ruu.nl/~hansb/d.chessvar
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- This page has an almost unimaginable variety of rules for different
+chess variants, including many shogi variants (historical and non-historical).
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+using texi2html