From: Andrew C. West (andrewcwest@alumni.princeton.edu)
Date: Thu May 27 2004 - 04:16:13 CDT
Rummaging through some boxes in the attic I found an English book on shogi that
seems to show how U+2616 and U+2617 are intended to be used (unfortunately I
don't have any Japanese shogi books). See the attached picture which shows a
shogi game. A black shogi marker (= U+2617) and a white shogi marker (= U+2616)
are placed on the left of the board to indicate which side is nominally Black,
and which side is nominally White. When, as in this case, a player has captured
some pieces, the captured pieces are listed below the player's black or white
shogi marker (this is important as in shogi the capturer can throw the captured
pieces back onto the board as his own pieces, which is why shogi pieces are
differentiated by orientation not colour). Note that even when no pieces have
yet been captured, the two black and white shogi markers are still placed at the
side of the board to indicate which side is Black and which side is White.
Also note that the fact that the white shogi marker is inverted in the picture
is irrelevant, as board layout is obviously a higher level protocol.
Andrew
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