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Site Updates

March 2001


Sunday 11 March  
  Go NEC Cup - Cho Chikun 9d back on the winning trail as he beats Kato Masao 9d for the 20th NEC Cup
  Go NHK Cup - Ishida Yoshio 9d caps recent improvement with victory over Cho Chikun 9d in the 48th NHK Cup
  Scrabble UKS v Machine - Rack 5 voting, machine move 5, UKS rack 6. UKS bingo imminent?
  Scrabble Profile - Keiichiro Hirai, Japanese National Champion 1999, 2000
  Scrabble Profile - Paul Cleary, Australian National Champion 1997, 1999, 2000
  Scrabble Profile - Pui Cheng Wui, Malaysian National Champion 1999
Saturday 10 March  
  Chess The Weekend's Chess Headlines
  Go P'aewang - Yi Ch'ang-ho 9d silences the critics. Beats teacher Cho Hun-hyeon 9d for the 35th P'aewang
  Go Jiangling Cup - Seo Pong-su 9d becomes the latest trade as China's National Team League grows into a football-style franchise
  Puzzle Cryptoquotes - New Puzzle
Friday 9 March  
  Bridge New Book Reviews
  Chess The Day's Chess Headlines
  Puzzle Cryptoquotes - New Puzzle
  Puzzle Think Tank - New Puzzle
  Scrabble Profile - Andrew Cook, UK National Champion 1997
  Scrabble Word Lists - All Z Words from ABLAZE to ZYZZVA covering all dictionaries
  Scrabble Word Lists - High scoring Z combinations up to 7 letters
  Scrabble Profile - Gareth Williams, 2nd UK National Championship 2000, 1996
  Shogi Notes to the decisive game of the Osho match, plus more shogi news
Thursday 8 March  
  Bridge Andrew Robson injured in walking holiday accident
  Chess The Day's Chess Headlines
  Go Kisei - O Rissei 9d captures the most prestigious title again. Beats Cho Sonjin 9d 4-2 for 25th Kisei
  Go Chinese perspective - Major new feature by Elisabeth Papineau which explores a Chinese way of seeing the world through the game of go
  Go Go Openings part 23 - Anti-Kobayashi: Extra Star
  Puzzle Think Tank - New Puzzle
  Puzzle Cryptoquotes - New Puzzle
  Scrabble Profile - Michael Tang, Singapore Open Champion 1998
  Scrabble Profile - Tony Sim, Singapore champion - 4 times
  Scrabble Profile - James Cherry, strong Canadian player and creator of ACBot
  Scrabble News in Brief - UK Scrabble's lack of E's, US ratings slide, Gauteng Schools Scrabble. Weekly news round-up from the world of Scrabble
  Scrabble Profile - Bob Lipton, 4th 1995 World Championship
  Scrabble Profile - Steven Gruzd, South African National Champion 1992, 1994
Wednesday 7 March  
  Bridge Final Camrose Weekend disrupted by Foot & Mouth Disease Crisis
  Bridge New Book Reviews
  Bridge The Appeals from the 1st African Zonal Championships
  Chess The Day's Chess Headlines
  Go Jiangling Cup - The pre-season queues to play in China's National Team League grow and rumours continue to fly
  Go Tianyuan - Chang Hao 9d wins his fifth Tianyuan in a row after clean sweeping Ding Wei 7d in the 15th term
  Puzzle Think Tank - New Puzzle
  Puzzle Cryptoquotes - New Puzzle
Tuesday 6 March  
  Bridge The 2001 Cavendish International
  Chess The Day's Chess Headlines
  Go Kuksu - Cho Hun-hyeon 9d very close to completing his revenge mission as he takes a 2-0 lead over Rui Naiwei 9d in the 44th Kuksu
  Go International NIBs - China veterans victorious over Japan in Guangzhou
  Proprietary Stratego - Classic, fantasy and online too. A close look at this popular board game by 'Mr. MSO Staff'
  Puzzle Think Tank - New Puzzle
  Puzzle Cryptoquotes - New Puzzle
Monday 5 March  
  Bridge Results - Ranked Masters Pairs Weekend
  Bridge Learning Zone - Ask Brian Inverted Minors
  Chess The Day's Chess Headlines
  Chess Linares - Latest Scores
  Go Tianyuan - Chang Hao 9d continues winning ways to take a 2-0 lead over Ding Wei 7d in the 15th Tianyuan
  Go European Youth Championship - Hungarian Pal Balogh 4d wins the European Youth Championships in Poland
  Go NHK Cup - Ishida Yoshio 9d and Cho Chikun 9d to meet in the final of the year long 48th NHK Cup
  Go International NIBs - GoeMate wins 1st Garosu Cup
  Puzzle Think Tank - New Puzzle
  Puzzle Cryptoquotes - New Puzzle
  Shogi Stockholm Open 2001 - Japanese guests raise Scandinavian standards
Sunday 4 March  
  Chess The Day's Chess Headlines
  Scrabble UKS v Machine - Rack 4 voting, machine move 4, UKS rack 5. Machine takes the lead
  Scrabble Scrabble NIBs - Has WSC 2001 finally found a home? Opening rack marvels in India, an English victory in Melbourne plus much more
  Xiangqi Forshang Cup set for August - will China come?
Big-money tournament may attract Chinese stars for first time since '97
  Xiangqi Xiangqi exhibition in Hong Kong Games and video online on March 10th
Saturday 3 March  
  Chess The Day's Chess Headlines
  Go Judan - Kobayashi Koichi 9d takes inspiration from his daughter's recent victory to beat O Riessi 9d in game 1 of the 39th Judan
  Go Tianyuan - Chang Hao 9d starts title defence with victory over Ding Wei 7d in Game 1 of the 15th Tianyuan
  Go Honinbo - 56th League standings as the 6th Round gets started. Cho U flaters but with no consequence
  Go Meijin - 26th Meijin reaches halfway stage with O Meien still holding court
  Puzzle Cryptoquotes - New Puzzle
Friday 2 March  
  Backgammon Backgammon NIBs - Results from the Principe Leopoldo Cup, 5th Warsteiner Cup and the Paris Masters & Open
  Bridge Details of forthcoming World Junior Events
  Bridge More Reviews - Books by Marc Smith
  Chess The Day's Chess Headlines
  Go Jiangling Cup - Korean Baduk Association clears the last obstacles to registered players playing in this year's Chinese Team Championship. The definites and the rumours
  Go Chikurin Cup - Kataoka Satoshi 9-dan takes over from the banned Kobayashi Satoru 9-dan in game 3 of the 3rd Cup
  Go Japan NIBs - 10th Amateur Saikyo
  Go P'aewang - A bad week continues for Yi Ch'ang-ho 9d as teacher Cho Hun-hyeon beats him in game 3 of the 35th P'aewang final
  Puzzle Think Tank - New Puzzle
  Puzzle Cryptoquotes - New Puzzle
  Scrabble South African Open - Dylan Early takes first place in Johannesburg. Summary, photos and results. Full report to follow
Thursday 1 March  
  Bridge Results - Harrogate Spring Congress
  Bridge Book Review - 'Just Plain Bridge' by Ned Downey
  Chess The Day's Chess Headlines
  Go CCTV Cup - 13th Cup final set for a repeat of last year's as the semi-finals shape up with familiar faces
  Go Go Openings part 22 - Anti-Kobayashi: Outside Contact
  Go Women's Meijin - Kobayashi Izumi 4d inches past holder Aoki Kikuyo 8d to win the 13th Women's Meijin
  Puzzle Think Tank - New Puzzle
  Puzzle Cryptoquotes - New Puzzle


Previous Updates:
1-14 Feb 2001 15-28 Feb 2001
1-14 Jan 2001 15-31 Jan 2001
1-10 Dec 2000 11-31 Dec 2000
1-14 Nov 2000 15-30 Nov 2000
1-14 Oct 2000 15-31 Oct 2000
1-15 Sept 2000 16-30 Sept 2000
1-14 Aug 2000 15-25 Aug 2000 25-31 Aug 2000
1 - 14 Jul 2000 15 - 31 Jul 2000
1 - 13 Jun 2000 14 - 22 Jun 2000 23 - 30 Jun 2000
1 - 12 May 2000 13 - 31 May 2000  
April 2000