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When I get time (all too rare...) I play go and shogi.

Go

The perfect game. The rules are simplicity itself, their subtle ramifications continue to exercise the waking (and sleeping) thoughts of players in the East and, increasingly, elsewhere. Browse for further information in the following sites.

Jan Steen's impressive GOBASE includes an on-line replayable archive of over 17000 games.
British Go Association site lists local branches and clubs throughout the UK. Also sells books and equipment by mail order, and maintains a list of go software for download.

Shogi

The Japanese chess variant, the most commonly played form uses a 9x9 board, and introduces the concept of a 'drop': when you capture a piece, it becomes yours, and you can place it back on the board as one of your own. (The pieces are small tiles with characters indicating the denomination, The tiles are all the same colour, and pointed at one end to indicate to which which side they - currently - belong.) The Shogi.net homepage is the web home of the European and Italian shogi associations (but I thought Italy was European...). A shogi page was maintained at the University of Edinburgh, had rules, details of publishers, equipment and software, images of boards and pieces, many more links, and described some shogi variants, played on boards which range from 7x7 to 25x25. Sadly now seems to be unavailable, any information as to its wherabaouts would be most appreciated. The Chess Variants pages have a more up-to-date set of links to software.

Chess Variants

Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the board...the Chess Variants pages list hundreds of old and new twists on the game, and has extensive links to other sites and software.

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Created 25 June 1996
Last modified 15 November 2003