From: Albrecht Heeffer <al <at> NETPOINT <dot> BE>
Date: 2 sep 1999
Subject: Re: Shogi Dojo

Hello,

Yes I can certainly recommend Shogi Dojo. The main
difference with sites such as Javashogi is that in
Shogi Dojo you have to register with a username and
password. You will get a rating based on your grade
and this rating is updates after every game you
play in "the rating room". The effect is that people
tend to play more seriously. I feel that I have
thougher opponents on Shogi Dojo even if the grades
are the same as on Javashogi. Also, you will see
at least 50 people at any time of the day, sometimes
growing over 300 on-line!

>From a technical point, the Shogi Dojo applet is smaller
and faster to download. It offers multiple board sizes,
buyomi countdown, chat windows, watch feature, time
preferences and above all, an English interface. To
register point directly to:
http://internet.shogidojo.com/members/registration/registration.htm

A password will be mailed to you. When you arrive at
the Japanese home page http://www.shogidojo.com
click on "Shogi Dojo" en then on the shogi piece to start.
This will load the applet. Indeed, you have to be outside
of a firewall get started.

Good luck, hope to see you all there!

Albrecht Heeffer


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Lamb [mailto:SJL <at> ALS <dot> CO <dot> UK]
> Sent: Thursday, September 02, 1999 11:37 AM
> To: SHOGI-L <at> TECHUNIX <dot> TECHNION <dot> AC <dot> IL
> Subject: Shogi Dojo
>
>
> Hello everybody,
>
> Ever heard of the Internet shogi club "Shogi Dojo"?
> I hadn't until George Fernandez told me about it at
> the Mind Sports Olympiad.
>
> It's at:
> http://www.shogidojo.com/eng/engindex.htm
>
> Unfortunately I can't access it since I'm stuck
> behind a firewall at work (must sort out that
> Internet connection at home some time), but George
> made it sound quite good.
>
> Best wishes to all,
> --Steve Lamb.
>