Is this book available for purchase anywhere? I'd love to own a copy!!
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Is this book available for purchase anywhere? I'd love to own a copy!!
Ditto. Me too!
: Is this book available for purchase anywhere? I'd love to own a copy!!
Actually, your quoting is off; *I* own the book and mentioned it.
Unfortunately, I can never get the title quite right unless I have the
book right in front of me.
The book is largely a volunteer effort, I think; subscriptions from
hongkong xq associations and restaurants helped get it published. Or so
it appears.
The author's name and mailing address and phone number are right there in
the book, same is true of the translator and printer.
I don't have it here right now. I'll respond to my own post tomorrow, and
include all of that info.
YUTOPIAN ENTERPRISES
4964 ADAGIO COURT
FREMONT, CA 94538
phone: (510) 659-0138
fax: (510) 770-8913
They sell programs such as Uncle Wang (moderately strong, about $28), Battle Chess
II (price unknown, purportedly fairly easy), and Chinese Chess Master III (the
alledged STRONGEST Xiangqi program commercially available, about $45). They also
sell four or five English Xiangqi books, though as I've said I'm having a bit of
trouble finding detailed, systematic info. on the opening phase of the game.
Yutopian Enterprises is a very good mail order company and I highly recommend them.
One note of caution: Unless you specify otherwise they will ship your order FOURTH
CLASS MAIL, which takes a LONG time. Therefore I suggest you pay them an extra 2 or
3 bucks for PRIORITY SHIPPING. They will happily oblige and then you'll receive your
order in a few days. Major credit cards are accepted over the phone if you already
know what you want, or you can write or call them for a catalog. PAUL
: : Is this book available for purchase anywhere? I'd love to own a copy!!
: Actually, your quoting is off; *I* own the book and mentioned it.
I doubt that the book is in print, but perhaps it is time to agitate for
a new printing, and a book about openings!
Title: _The Comprehensive Collections of Practical Chinese Chess
End-Stage Patterns_
Author and Publisher: Tin-Hung So
Home Address: 31, Shu Kuk Street
10th Floor
Room 1155
North Point
Hong Kong
Correspondence Address: 144, Lockhard Road
2d Floor
Wanchai
Hong Kong
Tel. 5-274710
Distributor: Chan Sheung Kee Bookstore
16, Heard Street
Wanchai
Hong Kong
Tel. 5-729031
5-753482
First Printing: October 1976
PLEASE NOTE: the phone numbers were published in a book that was
distributed for sale worldwide, so posting them should be okay; on the
other hand, they are 19 years old!
The back cover is an ad from a restaurant, but the inside ads are really
tokens of support from several organizations; if no luck with the above
addresses, try looking for the
== Kowloon Chinese Chess Association, HK
(Five presidents of this organization are represented!)
== San Francisco Chinese Chess assn of america
== Go Ming County Association
Something is broken and needs to be fixed.