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   Dan Blum to Dan Blum   
   Re: QFTCI23 Final, Round 4,6: sports, sc   
   02 Feb 24 04:27:02   
   
   From: tool@panix.com   
      
   Dan Blum  wrote:   
      
   > >    D1. The board for this game is logically a square grid, but   
   > >        all the squares are slightly elongated in one direction,   
   > >        making them rectangles.  There are 15 rows and columns,   
   > >        making 225 of these rectangular spaces where you can play.   
      
   > Stratego; Dai Dai Shogi   
      
   Nuts, I forgot which Shogi version was which: the 15x15 is Dai Shogi   
   (Dai Dai is 17x17). So if someone says "Dai Shogi" that should count   
   as correct, although I doubt it is the intended answer.   
      
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