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  11 <H1><A NAME="SEC1">Introduction</A></H1>
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  17 GNU shogi is a program that plays shogi, the Japanese version of chess,
  18 against a human (or computer) opponent.  This file describes how to use
  19 GNU shogi and also gives background information about the game of shogi.
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  23 This file describes GNU shogi version 1.3.  It was written by me, Mike
  24 Vanier, the current maintainer of GNU shogi.  My email address is
  25 <A HREF="mailto:mvanier@bbb.caltech.edu">mvanier@bbb.caltech.edu</A>.
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  29 GNU shogi is actually two programs:
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  34 <DT><SAMP>`gnushogi'</SAMP>
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  36 is the text-based program which also contains the game-playing engine.
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  38 <DT><SAMP>`xshogi'</SAMP>
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  40 is the X-windows graphical interface to gnushogi.
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  45 Since xshogi invokes gnushogi, most players will just type "xshogi"
  46 and start playing.
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  50 Disclaimer: I use the personal pronouns "him", "his" etc. to refer
  51 to a shogi player regardless of gender.  That's easier than writing
  52 "his or her" all over the place.  I don't mean to infer that women
  53 don't play shogi; in fact shogi is very popular in Japan among women as
  54 well as men.
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