This is the copy of an email from Dr. R. Gralla.
HEREWITH OPTICS NO. 1(taken by Michael Hofmann, this has been pointed out by Oliver Orschiedt):
Dr. Michihiko Kasugai, Vice-President of the German-Japanese Society
Frankfurt, starts the competition of the the 1st Ladies' SHOGI
Championship of Germany 2009 at Ludwigshafen by executing the first move
in the match between Birgit Petri (right) and Kirstin Auburger (left).
Kirstin Auburger has won the 1st Ladies' championship in the end.
Picture No. 2:
Kids playing figurine SHOGI in 3D. Creator of the set: Dr. René Gralla; photo:taken by Michael Hofmann(accodding to Oliver Orschiedt's pointing-out)
The starting-out position of SHOGI in 3D. The pieces at the side-lines are those pieces that can be traded in after you have captured an enemy piece: The enemy piece returns to the reserve of its colour, and the player who just has conquered that very enemy piece can now add to his army a corresponding piece of his colour. Some other pieces in red and gold are those pieces that you can trade in after you have promoted a given piece of your army. Creator of the set: Dr. René Gralla; photo: Oliver Orschiedt
Execution in 3D: The final position after move no. 15 (15.P6d-6c+ and mate) of the quickest check-mate in SHOGI that has been executed by a player with the nick "Akireyou" against a computer. That kind of a SCHOLAR's MATE IN SHOGI has been posted at www.youtube.com on Dec1, 2007. Herewith the link: www.youtube.com/watch?feature=
related&hl=de&v=3m06TYlFaFg& gl=DE
The moves of that entertaining match have been as follows (Black: "Akireyou"; White: Computer): 1.P6g-6f 2.P3c-3d 3.P6f-6e 4.P4c-4d 5.P9g-9f 6.P9c-9d 7.B8h-9g 8.S3a-4b 9.R2h-6h 10.K5a-6b? 11.B9g-6d?!?! 12.P6cx6d 13.P6ex6d 14.K6b-7b?? 15.P6d-6c+ and mate 1-0
The final position of White's disaster has been put on a SHOGI board in 3D.Up there in the yellow zone one can see the TOKIN: two Samurai riding on a device that is the device of promotion. Creator of that set: Dr. René Gralla; photo: Oliver Orschiedt
End of the mail.
In addition, the tournament was covered in a local newspaper called "Mannheimer Morgen" with a good photo. Here is the link to the PDF file of the artilce.
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