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Note that I adopted the rule interpretation here concerning the possibility of jump-capturing generals to jump-capture (as opposed to jump over) each other that is different from what the opening theory of Colin Adams assumed. And that this completely invalidates all of Colin's opening theory, which completely revolved around using the first-move advantage to make a quick attack on a boxed-in Fire Demon over the head of a lower-ranked jumping general. In the rule interpretation described here all such attacks are immediate suicide, as the lower-ranked general would simply capture any higher-ranked general that could jump over it. <p> I hope to be able to put a fair amount of work into HaChu this year, finishing its Tenjiku play, as well as (Maka) Dai Dai (or at least my reduced-size versions of these).