16 June 2000
Challenger levels the Meijin match
|
| Maruyama (Challenger)
|
|
| Sato (Meijin)
|
Like in the previous two years, the Meijin match is going down to the wire. Maruyama managed to win game 6 to level the match at 3-3. It was another Kakugawari game where Sato seemed to have the edge after he again started the fight early. However, it was complicated until the end and Sato might have missed a winning chance somewhere. As it went, Maruyama's attack was just strong enough for victory in 115 moves.
The deciding seventh game will be played 26-27 June.
Source: Reijer Grimbergen, posting to Shogi-L.
*****
5 June 2000
Sato's comeback
After being down 0-2, Meijin Sato succeedeed in winning three in a row. In the fourth game, Sato finally managed to win a Kakugawari game in the Meijin match after six failed attempts.
The fifth game seemed a very close fight from the R8e Yokofudori
where Maruyama just missed a single pawn to give his attack decisive strength. He now only needs one more win out of the remaining two games to defend his Meijin title.
Source: Reijer Grimbergen, posting to Shogi-L.
*****
24 May 2000
Oosterwijk wins the 5th Rikai
This weekend the 5th Rikai Tournament took place in Sittard, the
Netherlands. Due to a few unforeseen events (a.o. the simultaneously
planned World Shogi Championships), there were (only) 9 players on
Saturday. But once again it turned out one doesn't need a large amount of
players to have a successful tournament. On Sunday, our newest club member
Arnoud Michel played 3 handicap games against those who had a bye in the
main tournament (which also enabled me to play the last 3 games).
Tournament winner is Jan Oosterwijk, with a score of 5 out of 6, winning it
for the 2nd time after 1998. Most remarkable comeback was for Freek van
Workum, after an absence of more than 10 years. All in all everyone really
enjoyed the tournament, and we hope to repeat this success next year (in a
different month and maybe also a different town).
Results
Source: Hugo Hollanders, posting to Shogi-L.
*****
20 May 2000
Sato wins in the last moment
Meijin Sato kept his title chances alive by winning the third game against
challenger Maruyama. After a lost opening Maruyama came back in the endgame but
finally was not able to take advantage of the endgame errors by Sato. Maruyama still
leads 2-1 in the best-of-seven match.
Source: Reijer Grimbergen, posting to Shogi-L.
*****
14 May 2000
Japanese visit in Russia
Japanese delegation including Mr. Harada Yasuo 9-Dan will visit
Sankt-Petersburg 21-25 of May and then will be in Moscow 26 of May.
There will be a friendly match and a Kyu-Dan Test.
Source: Alexander Nosovsky, posting to Shogi-L.
*****
10 May 2000
2000 British Open results
Two gloriously sunny days on May 6th and 7th at the Boathouse in Cambridge
ended with Tony Hosking (Cornwall) becoming the new British Shogi
Champion, with a clean sheet of 6 wins and no defeats! He also
qualified as the British Representative at the Shogi World
Championships, to be held in New York later this month. We wish him a
safe journey and a successful tournament.
The international entry produced another competitive, but friendly,
tournament, with Guillaume Schmidt travelling from Paris. Alan Baker
came top of the local Cambridge entries with 3 win out of 6 games.
We hope to be back in Cambridge for the next British Shogi Championships
in 2001, but also look out for the Royston and Cambridge Shogi Congress
at the Boathouse in Cambridge on September 30th 2000.
Final Results
| Pos |
Player |
Club |
Grade |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
Pts |
SOS |
| 1 |
Tony Hosking |
Cornwall |
3-dan |
2+ |
5+ |
7+ |
6+ |
9+ |
3+ |
6 |
|
| 2 |
Les Blackstock |
London |
3-dan |
1- |
11+ |
9+ |
4+ |
6+ |
10+ |
5 |
|
| 3 |
Stephen Lamb |
Stevenage |
4-dan |
7+ |
4- |
12+ |
9+ |
5+ |
1- |
4 |
18 |
| 4 |
Guillaume Schmidt |
France |
3-dan |
11+ |
3+ |
6- |
2- |
10+ |
8+ |
4 |
17.5 |
| 5 |
Steven Cain |
London |
3-dan |
9+ |
1- |
10+ |
8x |
3- |
6+ |
3.5 |
|
| 6 |
Alan Baker |
Cambridge |
1-kyu |
10+ |
8+ |
4+ |
1- |
2- |
5- |
3 |
23 |
| 7 |
Dave Morris |
Cambridge |
7-kyu |
3- |
9- |
1- |
12+ |
8+ |
11+ |
3 |
15.5 |
| 8 |
Mike Brewer |
London |
2-kyu |
12+ |
6- |
11+ |
5x |
7- |
4- |
2.5 |
|
| 9 |
Ian Spence |
Oxford |
1-kyu |
5- |
7+ |
2- |
3- |
1- |
12+ |
2 |
21.5 |
| 10 |
Phil Holland |
Royston |
4-kyu |
6- |
12+ |
5- |
11+ |
4- |
2- |
2 |
16.5 |
| 11 |
Matthew Reid |
Cambridge |
4-kyu |
4- |
2- |
8- |
10- |
12+ |
7- |
1 |
|
| 12 |
Nick Langford |
Cambridge |
10-kyu |
8- |
10- |
3- |
7- |
11- |
9- |
0 |
|
Source: Phil Holland, posting to Shogi-L.
*****
27 April 2000
Garbarini qualifies for the World Championship
Cristiano Garbarini has won the Italian/Swiss/Austrian qualifying
tournament for the Shogi World Championship - Amateur Overseas
Championship in Armonk, New York on May 19-21, 2000. In total 13
players participated. Austria and Italy each had 6 player
tournaments. The winner of the Italian tournament played against the
only Swiss participant, John Kewley. The final was contested on Shogi
Dojo by Gert Schnider, the Austrian champ, and Cristiano Garbarini,
the Italian/Swiss winner.
Austria, April 8, 2000
| Pl |
Player |
Pts |
SB |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
| 1 |
Gert Schnider |
5 |
10 |
2+ |
3+ |
4+ |
5+ |
6+ |
| 2 |
Thomas Pfaffel |
4 |
6 |
1- |
5+ |
3+ |
6+ |
4+ |
| 3 |
Robert Aschenbrenner |
2 |
3 |
6+ |
1- |
2- |
4+ |
5- |
| 4 |
Wolfgang Schmid |
2 |
2 |
5+ |
6+ |
1- |
3- |
2- |
| 5 |
Peter Hingley |
1 |
2 |
4- |
2- |
6- |
1- |
3+ |
| 6 |
Wolfgang Lukas |
1 |
11 |
3- |
4- |
5+ |
2- |
1- |
Italy, April 8, 2000
| Pl |
Player |
Pts |
SB |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
| 1 |
Cristiano Garbarini |
4 |
7 |
5+ |
3+ |
2+ |
4+ |
| 2 |
Maurizio De Leo |
3 |
7 |
6+ |
4+ |
1- |
3+ |
| 3 |
Ivano Taldo |
2 |
9 |
4+ |
1- |
5+ |
2- |
| 4 |
Vitaliano Lago |
1 |
9 |
3- |
2- |
6+ |
1- |
| 5 |
Andrea Pasquini |
1 |
6 |
1- |
6+ |
3- |
-- |
| 6 |
Paolo Marcoli |
0 |
5 |
2- |
5- |
4- |
-- |
Italy/Switzerland, April 9, 2000
Cristiano Garbarini (Italy) - John Kewley (Switzerland) 1-0
Italy/Switzerland/Austria, April 15, 2000
Cristiano Garbarini (Italy/Switzerland) - Gert Schnider (Austria) 1-0.
Source: Pieter Stouten, posting to Shogi-L.
*****
25 April 2000
Challenger's dream start in the Meijin match
The second game of the Meijin match between meijin Sato Yasumitsu and
challenger Maruyama Tadahisa was played last weekend. Not a yokofudori
this time, but a Kakugawari opening. Sato has had a lot of trouble in
this opening against Tanigawa in the past, and this game will not have
boosted his confidence. Maruyama seemed to have the initiative early
on and needed only a small Sato mistake to win the game. A great start
for the challenger and suddenly the chances are very good that the new
millenium will also bring a new shogi meijin. Still, mentally Sato is one of
the toughest players, so this match is not over yet.
Source: Reijer Grimbergen, posting to Shogi-L.
*****
24 April 2000
2nd Swedish Championship, Stockholm, 8-9 April 2000
8-9 April, the second Swedish Championship tournament
was played. The top three players were qualified for the Swedish
Championship play-off. The winner was awarded the Swedish
position as invited player to the tournament in New York in May.
The tournament was played in Stockholm with a beautiful April spring
weather. Unfortunately, some players, among those your reporter,
were suffering from a tough spring cold. However, probably it did
not affect the results.
| Pl |
Player |
Rank |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
Pts |
sos |
sb |
cum |
| 1 |
Carl Johan Nilsson |
1d |
12+ |
9+ |
2- |
8+ |
4+ |
7+ |
6+ |
6 |
29 |
24 |
23 |
| 2 |
Thore Angqvist |
2k |
3+ |
14+ |
1+ |
5+ |
7+ |
6- |
4- |
5 |
32 |
23 |
25 |
| 3 |
Peter Kaneko |
15k |
2- |
10+ |
14+ |
6+ |
5+ |
4- |
7+ |
5 |
30 |
20 |
19 |
| 4 |
Christer Hartman |
1k |
5- |
15+ |
13+ |
17+ |
1- |
3+ |
2+ |
5 |
29 |
18 |
18 |
| 5 |
Nils Carlsson |
15k |
4+ |
13+ |
18+ |
2- |
3- |
9+ |
11+ |
5 |
28 |
18 |
21 |
| 6 |
Robert Söderberg |
2k |
8+ |
11+ |
7- |
3- |
12+ |
2+ |
1- |
4 |
31 |
16 |
18 |
| 7 |
Anders Vidal |
8k |
16+ |
18+ |
6+ |
12+ |
2- |
1- |
3- |
4 |
28 |
12 |
22 |
| 8 |
Ralf Åkesson |
15k |
6- |
19+ |
11+ |
1- |
10- |
13+ |
16+ |
4 |
25 |
11 |
14 |
| 9 |
Farhad Rouhani |
9k |
19+ |
1- |
12- |
10+ |
17+ |
5- |
18+ |
4 |
23 |
9 |
15 |
| 10 |
Martin Danerud |
1d |
14- |
3- |
16+ |
9- |
8+ |
F+ |
15+ |
4 |
22 |
10 |
11 |
| 11 |
Per Kristiansson |
7k |
17+ |
6- |
8- |
19+ |
13+ |
14+ |
5- |
4 |
22 |
9 |
16 |
| 12 |
Rikard Nordgren |
12k |
1- |
16+ |
9+ |
7- |
6- |
15- |
19+ |
3 |
25 |
8 |
12 |
| 13 |
Mikael Albertsson |
6k |
15+ |
5- |
4 |
18+ |
11- |
8- |
17+ |
3 |
25 |
7 |
12 |
| 14 |
Tor Gammelgård |
15k |
10+ |
2- |
3- |
15- |
19+ |
11- |
F+ |
3 |
22 |
5 |
11 |
| 15 |
Joakim Andersson |
13k |
13- |
4- |
17- |
14+ |
F+ |
12+ |
10- |
3 |
20 |
6 |
9 |
| 16 |
Andreas Lidfors |
10k |
7- |
12- |
10- |
F+ |
18+ |
17+ |
8- |
3 |
19 |
4 |
9 |
| 17 |
Mikael Jansson |
13k |
11- |
F+ |
15+ |
4- |
9- |
16- |
13- |
2 |
22 |
3 |
11 |
| 18 |
Ronny Lindkvist |
15k |
F+ |
7- |
5- |
13- |
16- |
19+ |
9- |
2 |
20 |
1 |
9 |
| 19 |
Tord Juntti |
14k |
9- |
8- |
F+ |
11 |
14- |
18- |
12- |
1 |
20 |
0 |
5 |
The final two rounds turned out to be a drama with two pairs of old
friends. Carl Johan Nilsson (1-dan) and Robert Söderberg (2-kyu) both grew up
in Trollhättan, not far from Göteborg. Thore Angqvist (2-kyu) and Christer
Hartman (1-kyu, Chess IM) both live in the Stockholm suburb Ragsved.
Never before, a rated Swedish shogi tournament has been won by
anyone but the two dan players, Carl Johan Nilsson and your reporter.
Angqvist had won the first five rounds after having won against most of the
top players, among those Carl Johan Nilsson, and he just needed to win one
of the last two rounds in order to win the trip to New York. In round six,
he met Söderberg and lost after having had the better position. At
the same time, Nilsson and Hartman won their games.
In the last round, Nilsson played against Soderberg and Hartman played
against Angqvist. Only victories for Nilsson and Hartman could threaten
Angqvist's leader position. And that was exactly what happened. So, finally
Carl Johan Nilsson was the winner with six points, followed by four players
with five points. Carl Johan Nilsson will go to New York, and Thore Angqvist
and our new Swedish star of Japanese origin, Peter Kaneko, will join
Carl Johan in the Swedish Championship play-off. In the challenger semifinal,
Angqvist will play against Kaneko, and the winner will play against Nilsson
in the challenger final. The winner of the challenger final will play against the
ruling Swedish Champion, Moberg, in the best-of-five games final match. The
play-off will take place in Sandviken in northern Sweden, June 1-4.
The tournament set a new record with 19 participants. Even more positive
was that the playing standard had increased a lot. The top rated players
were challenged in several games by a band of young kyu players, who are
soon to become dan players! Ralf Åkesson, a chess grandmaster and the ruling
Swedish Champion of chess, was an interesting participant. Noone could expect
him to win or being close to the top three positions in his first shogi tournament
ever (he does not even have a shogi set of his own!), but nevertheless he performed
well and scored four points. Being the founder of organized Swedish shogi,
I could not be more than happy seeing new shogi talents break through. Beware
of the rest of Europe in future European shogi tournaments!
Source: Dr. Martin Danerud, President of the Swedish Shogi Federation, posting to Shogi-L.
*****
13 April 2000
3rd Europe-Japan Friendship Shogi tournament,
Düsseldorf, Germany, 1-2 April 2000
This year an impressive row of eight professional shogiplayers, led by
Takahashi, 9 Dan visited the tournament, which has been held in the rooms
of the Japan Club in Düsseldorf.
On the first day a lot of players had the opportunity to play a handicap
game against a pro. The kyu-players were quite successful, but the
dan-players, receiving handicaps like rook or rook plus lance were
slaughtered. After the simultaneous games two of the younger pros, Ina, 4
Dan and Kondo, 4 Dan played an exhibition game with 10 minutes plus 30
seconds byoyomi with Takahashi, 9 Dan providing comments and explanations
on a demo board.
On sunday the tournament started with 34 players from 15 kyu to 4 Dan
playing in 4 rounds MacMahon. Thinking time was 30 minute plus 30 seconds
byoyomi. It's quite nice to have a bunch of pros around giving explanations
to everybody after a game has finished.
| Pl |
Name |
Str |
Co |
MMS |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Pt |
SOS |
SODOS |
Cuss |
| 1 |
Theeuwen Marc |
3d |
NL |
7 |
10+ |
2+ |
5+ |
3+ |
4 |
21 |
21 |
22 |
| 2 |
Yagi Soichi |
4d |
J |
6 |
12+ |
1- |
7+ |
8+ |
3 |
21 |
14 |
19 |
| 3 |
Drechsler Jochen |
1d |
D |
6 |
6+ |
11+ |
10+ |
1- |
3 |
20 |
13 |
21 |
| 4 |
Ogawa Tetsuo |
1d |
J |
6 |
7+ |
5- |
6+ |
13+ |
3 |
19 |
14 |
19 |
| 5 |
Mieki Tadashi |
4d |
J |
5 |
11+ |
4+ |
1- |
6- |
2 |
22 |
10 |
19 |
| 6 |
Gorissen Theo |
2d |
NL |
5 |
3- |
8+ |
4- |
5+ |
2 |
22 |
10 |
16 |
| 7 |
van Oosten Arend |
4d |
NL |
5 |
4- |
13+ |
2- |
10+ |
2 |
20 |
8 |
16 |
| 8 |
Majewski Thomas |
2d |
D |
5 |
13+ |
6- |
11+ |
2- |
2 |
19 |
8 |
18 |
| 9 |
Someno Shinobu |
1k |
J |
5 |
18+ |
23+ |
12+ |
14+ |
4 |
13 |
13 |
14 |
| 10 |
Watanabe Kosuke |
1d |
J |
4 |
1- |
12+ |
3- |
7- |
1 |
22 |
4 |
15 |
| 11 |
Roquas Frans |
2d |
NL |
4 |
5- |
3- |
8- |
16+ |
1 |
19 |
3 |
13 |
| 12 |
Litjens Mathijs |
3d |
NL |
4 |
2- |
10- |
9- |
19+ |
1 |
18 |
3 |
13 |
| 13 |
Fukuda Yukio |
1d |
J |
4 |
8- |
7- |
24+ |
4- |
1 |
18 |
2 |
14 |
| 14 |
Utamura Hiroshi |
1k |
J |
4 |
25+ |
16+ |
17+ |
9- |
3 |
13 |
8 |
13 |
| 15 |
Kashiwazaki Shintaro |
1k |
J |
4 |
16- |
18+ |
23+ |
17+ |
3 |
11 |
8 |
10 |
| 16 |
Engelhardt Alexander |
2k |
D |
3 |
15+ |
14- |
20+ |
11- |
2 |
15 |
7 |
10 |
| 17 |
Hoffmann Wolfgang |
4k |
D |
3 |
19+ |
27+ |
14- |
15- |
2 |
13 |
5 |
11 |
| 18 |
Werner Eduard |
1k |
D |
3 |
9- |
15- |
28+ |
25+ |
2 |
13 |
4 |
7 |
| 19 |
Nakamichi Kazuo |
3k |
J |
3 |
17- |
25+ |
26+ |
12- |
2 |
11 |
4 |
9 |
| 20 |
Kosaka Hisao |
15k |
J |
3 |
21+ |
30+ |
16- |
23+ |
3 |
9 |
6 |
8 |
| 21 |
Stuifbergen Jan |
12k |
NL |
3 |
20- |
26+ |
30+ |
24+ |
3 |
8 |
5 |
6 |
| 22 |
Gerards Hans |
11k |
D |
3 |
24- |
34+ |
27+ |
29+ |
3 |
6 |
4 |
6 |
| 23 |
Rose Bernd Olliver |
6k |
D |
2 |
29+ |
9- |
15- |
20- |
1 |
14 |
2 |
8 |
| 24 |
Müller-Koppe Jens |
11k |
D |
2 |
22+ |
28+ |
13- |
21- |
2 |
12 |
5 |
7 |
| 25 |
Dreblow Leo |
2k |
D |
2 |
14- |
19- |
34+ |
18- |
1 |
10 |
0 |
6 |
| 26 |
Böttcher Hans-Joachim |
10k |
D |
2 |
33+ |
21- |
19- |
30+ |
2 |
8 |
2 |
5 |
|
Tanaka Shunji |
15k |
J |
2 |
31+ |
17- |
22- |
32+ |
2 |
8 |
2 |
5 |
| 28 |
Hata Hidemitsu |
15k |
J |
2 |
32+ |
24- |
18- |
31+ |
2 |
7 |
2 |
5 |
|
Kashiwazaki So |
15k |
J |
2 |
23- |
32+ |
31+ |
22- |
2 |
7 |
2 |
5 |
| 30 |
Rama Hendrik |
8k |
D |
1 |
34+ |
20- |
21- |
26- |
1 |
8 |
0 |
4 |
| 31 |
Wolfram Till |
15k |
D |
1 |
27- |
33+ |
29- |
28- |
1 |
7 |
1 |
3 |
| 32 |
Krauss Ulrich |
9k |
D |
1 |
28- |
29- |
33+ |
27- |
1 |
7 |
1 |
2 |
| 33 |
Tanaka Yudai |
15k |
J |
1 |
26- |
31- |
32- |
34+ |
1 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
| 34 |
Taninaka Nobuhisa |
15k |
J |
0 |
30- |
22- |
25- |
33- |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
Source: Thomas Majewski, posting to Shogi-L.
*****
6 April 2000
Midwest Shogi Championship, Ohio 1-2 April 2000
|
Player |
Rating |
Rank |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Pts |
Playoff |
| 1 |
D.Dysart * |
1808 |
2D |
-6 |
+8 |
+11 |
+3 |
3 |
+2 |
| 2 |
D.Rockwell |
1649 |
1D |
+7 |
+4 |
-3 |
+6 |
3 |
-1 |
| 3 |
T.Salvaggione |
1569 |
1D |
+8 |
+5 |
+2 |
-1 |
3 |
|
| 4 |
S.Carpenter + |
1491 |
1K |
+9 |
-2 |
+6 |
+5 |
3 |
|
| 5 |
G.Marino |
1444 |
1K |
+11 |
-3 |
+9 |
-4 |
2 |
|
| 6 |
R.Lewis |
1347 |
3K |
+1 |
+7 |
-4 |
-2 |
2 |
|
| 7 |
R.Chenault |
1307 |
3K |
-2 |
-6 |
+10 |
+9 |
2 |
|
| 8 |
J.Krekeler |
1216 |
2K |
-3 |
-1 |
+12 |
+11 |
2 |
|
| 9 |
J.Stryker |
1046 |
6K |
-4 |
+10 |
-5 |
-7 |
1 |
|
| 10 |
Multhopp |
UNR |
-- |
Bye |
-9 |
-7 |
+12 |
1.5 |
|
| 11 |
J.Miller |
UNR |
-- |
-5 |
+12 |
-1 |
-8 |
1 |
|
| 12 |
D.Larkin |
UNR |
-- |
Bye |
-11 |
-8 |
-10 |
0.5 |
|
* Midwest Champion and New York Qualifier
+ Midwest Kyu Champion |
In the hirate championship, Doug Dysart was the slight favorite to
win, although 1D Dave Rockwell had a 2-0 history with him. In the
first round, chess master Ram Lewis posted a major upset of 450
points by beating the top seed. An upset by Tony Salvaggione over
Rockwell, as well as a win by Steve Carpenter over the on-fire master
Lewis, allowed Dysart to creep back into the race for New York.
Had Tony beaten Doug in the last round, he would have gone 4-0.
Instead, Doug won and there was a 4-way tie(!) for 1st place. A
playoff game ensued between Dysart and Rockwell (the others bowed
out), and the Dysart won, getting a little revenge for his 0-2 record
along with the championship. It was quite a come back, as the first
round upset seemed to be all she wrote for the Dice Man.
|
Player |
Rating |
Rank |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Pts |
Playoff |
| 1 |
D.Dysart* |
1808 |
2D |
+5 |
-2 |
+7 |
+4 |
3 |
+3 |
+2 |
| 2 |
R.Lewis+ |
1347 |
3K |
+8 |
+1 |
+4 |
-3 |
3 |
Bye |
-1 |
| 3 |
R.Hess |
1225 |
2K |
-4 |
+6 |
+8 |
+2 |
3 |
|
-1 |
| 4 |
T.Salvaggione |
1569 |
1D |
+3 |
+7 |
-2 |
-1 |
2 |
|
|
| 5 |
R.Chenault |
1307 |
3K |
-1 |
-8 |
+6 |
+7 |
2 |
|
|
| 6 |
G.Marino |
1444 |
1D |
-7 |
-3 |
-5 |
+8 |
1 |
|
|
| 7 |
Krekeler |
1216 |
2K |
+6 |
-4 |
-1 |
-5 |
1 |
|
|
| 8 |
J.Stryker |
1046 |
6K |
-2 |
+5 |
-3 |
-6 |
1 |
|
|
* 1st Place Handicap Player
+ 2nd Place Handicap Player |
The kamaochi tournament went the same way. Again, NM Lewis beat
Dysart in a R&L handicap game. The last round was the critical
round. Dysart narrowly escaped death to pull off a win against
Salvaggione in a Bishop handicap, while Bob Hess pulled off an
incredible win against Lewis - what happened was Ram left his king in
check, but Bob didn't take it, he checkmated it, creating a position
that was won but impossible in a "correct" game - there was much
laughter. Ram got a bye in the 3-player playoff, but lost the last
game to Dysart, who won both playoff games to take 1st place.
So, the tournament had 13 players overall, and Dysart got a trophy
with a chess king that everyone thought was funny-looking for a shogi
trophy (the idea is it means "King of Midwest Shogi," but everyone
seems to think it's a chess trophy - hey, a shogi piece on top has
been said to look a little more "grave," if you know what I mean!).
Hats off to Joshi-san for hosting the tournament and to the 4
righteous shoglims who made the holy pilgrimage from the Windy City
to the Nasty Nati.
Push them foos,
Source: Doug Dysart, Ohio Shogi Club founder, posting to Shogi-L.
*****
3 April 2000
Washington D.C. qualifier for World Championship, 2 April 2000
The qualification tournament for Washington D.C. area for the World
Championship tournament in New York was held today. Earlier preliminaries
had narrowed the field of 13 players to 7, and since I was already seeded
in the NY event I chose not to play, in order to allow the remaining six
players to play a round robin. One game had to be rescheduled for 6 April,
and as a result it turned out that the name of the qualifier is
still in doubt.
Results:
| Player |
Rank |
Score |
Remark |
| Martin Koyama |
4 Dan |
4-1 |
|
| Raymond Kaufman |
2 Dan |
3-1 |
with postponed game vs. J. Yoshinari |
| H. Egoshi |
4 Dan |
3-2 |
|
| J. Yoshinari |
4 Dan |
2-2 |
with postponed game vs. R. Kaufman |
| Mike Lamb |
1 Dan |
2-3 |
|
| Steve Nishigawa |
1 Kyu |
0-5 |
|
This means that if J. Yoshinari wins the postponed game, Martin Koyama
is the qualifier. If Ray Kaufman wins the postponed game, he must play a
tie-breaking game with M. Koyama to decide the qualifier. These games are
scheduled for April 6.
There were two large upsets in the event. Ray Kaufman defeated Martin
Koyama, an upset of nearly 400 points. Mike Lamb defeated J. Yoshinari, an
upset exceeding 600 points, one of the largest upsets on record.
Source: Larry Kaufman, Tournament Director, posting to Shogi-L.
*****
Russian World Championship qualifier, 1-2 April 2000
The qualification for the World Championship in New York
was won by Konstantin Nikonov (1 Dan).
|
Player |
City |
Rank |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
Pts |
Tie |
Pl |
| 1 |
Nikonov Konstantin |
Elektrostal |
1 Dan |
+8 |
-4 |
+10 |
+14 |
+2 |
+3 |
5 |
20.5 |
1 |
| 2 |
Illarionov Aleksey |
Sankt-Peterburg |
1Kyu (Rus) |
+9 |
+9 |
+3 |
+13 |
-1 |
+11 |
5 |
18.5 |
2 |
| 3 |
Shpilev Yuriy |
Sankt-Peterburg |
2 Kyu |
+10 |
+7 |
-2 |
+4 |
+5 |
-1 |
4 |
|
3 |
| 4 |
Kislyuk Lev |
Moscow |
4 kyu |
+11 |
+1 |
-13 |
-3 |
+14 |
-10 |
3 |
|
6 |
| 5 |
Minin Pavel |
Sankt-Peterburg |
7 Kyu (Rus) |
+12 |
-2 |
-14 |
-10 |
+8 |
+6 |
3 |
|
8 |
| 6 |
Makarov Pavel |
Moscow |
8 kyu |
-13 |
-10 |
+9 |
+7 |
-11 |
-5 |
2 |
|
13 |
| 7 |
Plahotsky Sergey |
Moscow |
8 kyu |
+14 |
-3 |
-11 |
-6 |
+ |
- |
2 |
|
14 |
| 8 |
Filippov Sergey |
Moscow |
8 kyu |
-1 |
=13 |
-15 |
+12 |
-5 |
+9 |
2.5 |
|
11 |
| 9 |
Mozghorin Mikhai |
Moscow |
8 kyu |
-2 |
-14 |
-6 |
+ |
-12 |
-8 |
1 |
|
15 |
| 10 |
Segal Lev |
Moscow |
9 kyu |
-3 |
+6 |
-1 |
+5 |
+13 |
+4 |
4 |
|
4 |
| 11 |
Nosovsky Alexander |
Moscow |
9 kyu |
-4 |
+12 |
+7 |
-15 |
+6 |
-2 |
3 |
|
7 |
| 12 |
Krasnonosov Dmitriy |
Moscow |
10 kyu |
-5 |
-11 |
+ |
-8 |
+9 |
+14 |
3 |
|
9 |
| 13 |
Suyhanov Il'ya |
Moscow |
11 kyu |
+6 |
=8 |
+4 |
-2 |
-10 |
-15 |
2.5 |
|
10 |
| 14 |
Stepanov Oleg |
Sankt-Peterburg |
10 kyu (Rus) |
-7 |
+9 |
+5 |
-1 |
-4 |
-12 |
2 |
|
12 |
| 15 |
Leont'ev Sergey |
Khabarovsk |
5 kyu (Rus) |
- |
+ |
+8 |
+11 |
-3 |
+13 |
4 |
|
5 |
Source: Alexander Nosovsky, posting to Shogi-L.
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