| Chu ShogiRoger Hare has a Chu Shogi page that gives a fairly accurate online description of the game. A more complete description of the rules is included in the Chu Shogi Library starter set and can be viewed online here, and also in my program. For extensive information on Chu Shogi, The Middle Shogi Manual and playing equipment can be purchased from: Before downloading my program for playing Chu Shogi, be sure to read the installation instructions. Then save ChuV2-10.jar (for use with J2SDK 1.2.2, or ChuV2-10J3.jar - this one is for use with J2SDK 1.3.0) to disk. Some people have reported problems with downloading this file. As a check, the file size should be 521220 bytes long (or 530390 bytes long for the J3 version), after a correct download. An alternative to ensure a safe download is to get it from the shogi.net ftp server, where space has kindly been made avaialable by Pieter Stouten. However, be warned that this may not have the latest release, as Pieter has to get the file himself, before he can make it available. These full-board positions are in the program's .caf format, so can be easily loaded into the computer simply by pressing F2. They have all been prepared by Nick Bardsley, and checked by me, then gathered together in ZIP files, using MS-DOS line termination conventions. Each file should be saved to disk, then unzipped into the program's FILES sub-directory (you create this yourself, preferably as a symbolic link). The games in these collections are in the program's .csg format, so can be easily loaded into the computer simply by pressing CTRL-l,CTRL-b. They are gathered together in ZIP files, using UNIX line termination conventions. Each file should be saved to disk, then unzipped into the program's FILES sub-directory (you create this yourself, preferably as a symbolic link). |
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