Hello,
I received the following message on 9th January:
Thank you!
You are the winner.
niccar: old BKR = 1937, new BKR = 1941 (+4)
DragonKing: old BKR = 1549, new BKR = 1540 (-9)
Game type: Japanese Chess
Tournament: Christmas Special

I don't know what happened, but if you think that it was a mistake and you want continue our game, I have nothing against this.

I’ve been translating in Italian the page about rules of Shogi and I found this statement, in my opinion partially incorrect: “Because of the drop rule, a stalemate (which would mean a draw) is highly unlikely to reach”. A stalemate is surely highly unlikely to reach, but if it happens I think that the player who can’t make any legal move doesn’t draw, as in “western” Chess, but he loses the game, as in Chinese Chess. I wait the opinion of players more experienced than me. Thanks for your attention.

jolat:
This morning Manabu Terao posted new information about Bonanza on shogi-l list at this address:
http://www.shogi.net/shogi-l/dir05/dirday1007/article051007031049.html

jolat:
A new very strong program is Bonanza. You can find more information at this address:
http://forum.shogishop.de/viewtopic.php?t=22