European Shogi Calendar

Date	Event	Place	Detailed Information
31 January - 1 February	Moscow Open	Moscow, Russia	9 rounds, 30 min + 30 sec byoyomi, Moscow Shogi Open is a part of Moscow chess Open contact: Igor Sinelnikov Results in brief
14 - 15 February	4th Riviera Open Tournament	Cannes, France	Swiss, 6 rounds, 30 min + 30 sec byoyomi, mainly for BEGINNERS www.shogi.fr contact: Eric Cheymol
14 - 15 February	Rhein-Neckar Handicap Open	Chess Club "SK Ludwigshafen 1912", Leuschnerstrase 131, 67063 Ludwigshafen-Friesenheim, Germany	Swiss, 6 rounds, 45 min + 40 sec byoyomi Registration fee: 5-12 EUR www.shoginet.de contact: Oliver Orschiedt
21 February - March	Belarus Shogi Championship	Minsk, Belarus	Qualification round (Swiss) - 21 February; Final round - March www.shogi.by Also Belarus qualification to 3rd WSC Only for Belarus residents
14 March	Polish qualification to 3rd WSC	Library University of Warshaw, ul. Dobra 56/66, 00-312 Warszawa, Poland	Knock-out system, 4 rounds, 30 min + 20 sec byoyomi www.shogi.pl contact: Adrian Woloszyn Only for Polish residents
28-29 March	Minsk Open	Rakovskaya 24, Chess club SCYSOR #11, Minsk, Belarus	Swiss, 7 rounds, 40 min + 30 sec byoyomi, No registration fee www.shogi.by contact: Andrei Lysenka
18 - 19 April	Italian Shogi Championship	La Casa dei Giochi, Via S. Uguzzone, 8 Milano, Italy	Swiss, 6 rounds, 40 min + 30 sec byoyomi, No registration fee Only for Italian residents Italian Shogi Championship contact: Giuseppe Baggio
25 - 26 April	11th Goteborg Open	Vegagatan 22, Goteborgs Schackcentrum, Goteborg, Sweden	Swiss, 6 rounds, 45 min + 40 sec byoyomi, Registration fee: 100 kronor Goteborg Open 2009 contact: Carl Johan Nilsson
2 - 3 May	British Open Championships	Trinity College Cambridge, Great Britain	6 rounds, 40 min + 40 sec byoyomi, Registration fee: £10 or 10 euros More information contact: David Faldon
2 - 3 May	Ukrainian qualification to WSC	Rivne, Ukraine	MacMagon, 6 rounds, 45 min + 30 sec byoyomi, More information
9 - 10 May	Russian Open Championship	Moscow Shogi Club, Malyi Kazennyi per., 5b, Moscow, Russia	Swiss, 40 min + 30 sec byoyomi, Registration fee: 200 rubles Moscow Shogi Club contact: shogi2009@mail.ru
15 - 17 May	Shogi Tournament Pullach 2009	Jugendherberge Burg Schwaneck, Burgweg 4 - 6, 82049 Pullach Germany	MacMahon, 5 rounds, 70 min + 40 sec byoyomi, Registration fee: 5,- EUR (10,- EUR for non-members of a FESA) 1 EUR for beginners More details contact: Michael Hofmann
21-22 May	Swedish Championship, Qualification Tournament	Linkoping, Sweden	Dates and place of tournament can be changed Only for Swedish residents
23-24 May	Swedish Championship, finals	Linkoping, Sweden	Dates and place of tournament can be changed Only for Swedish residents
June	Vastervik Open	Vastervik, Sweden	Date not set yet Swiss, 6 rounds, 45 min + 40 sec byoyomi
16-19 July	ESC/WOSC	Stockholms Schacksalonger Ringvagen 9, Stockholm, Sweden	Blitz Open ESC: Swiss, 9 rounds, 8 min ESC: knock-out system, 5 rounds, 45 min + 40 sec byoyomi WOSC: Swiss, 9 rounds, 45 min + 40 sec byoyomi ESC/WOSC 2009
Late July/ Early August	Swedish Team Championships	Trollhattan, Sweden	Date not set yet
September	Trollhattan Open	Trollhattan, Sweden	Date not set yet Swiss, 6 rounds, 45 min + 40 sec byoyomi
13-15 November	3rd World Shogi Championship	New York , USA	All National Shogi Organizations have to held Qualification tournaments More information would be added later