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Tenjiku Shogi. Fire Demons burn surrounding enemies, Generals capture jumping many pieces. (16x16, Cells: 256) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
📝H. G. Muller wrote on Wed, Feb 10, 2016 10:22 PM UTC:Note that I adopted the rule interpretation here concerning the possibility of jump-capturing generals to jump-capture (as opposed to jump over) each other that is different from what the opening theory of Colin Adams assumed. And that this completely invalidates all of Colin's opening theory, which completely revolved around using the first-move advantage to make a quick attack on a boxed-in Fire Demon over the head of a lower-ranked jumping general. In the rule interpretation described here all such attacks are immediate suicide, as the lower-ranked general would simply capture any higher-ranked general that could jump over it.
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I hope to be able to put a fair amount of work into HaChu this year, finishing its Tenjiku play, as well as (Maka) Dai Dai (or at least my reduced-size versions of these).
It was very good to include this variant among those described on CV pages. Play-tested variants, even when complex like tenjiku shogi, are the most valuable offerings on the CV pages, in my opinion. I look forward to Dr Muller's development of HaChu to play tenjiku shogi; that would be most welcome in the absence of human, over-the-board players. Another CV page presenting Colin Adams's exemplar games, study of opening theory for tenjiku shogi, and arguments for understanding what the move of the Lion Hawk is or should be, would complement this fine presentation of rules of play. It is perhaps too much to hope that he will read this comment and add such a contribution. I have always valued commented game scores as an instructive resource for learning how to play a variant better. I remember Dr Gralla and Mr Carrillo produced some fine games of makruk that appeared on CV pages; it would be wonderful if that were a regular part of new variants showcased here.
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