Labels:book | chip | microprocessor | sky OCR: page44 of 50 CONGO Diagram initial position General It was Christmas 1982 when my son Demian, then seven years old bordering on eight, was recovering from the mumps. Ever since the age of four or five he had been playing Chess and Chad and we had alsoccasionally tried our hand at Xiangqi Since all my Chess systems are subject to somesort of underlying structural logic started wondering what more magically inclined mind might come up with so asked Demian to make Chess game To keep him within limits suggested a7x7 board with Kings on d1 and d7 three pieces on either side and seven pawns What he came dn with was basically Congo as it ithere's lot of Xiangqi in it Initially he hadn't realized that the rivers Congo and Xiangqi are different r Xiangqi play is on the intersections hence piece can ...
