From: Matthias Mutz <mutz <at> KIRK <dot> FMI <dot> UNI-PASSAU <dot> DE>
Date: 22 apr 1994
Subject: email shogi ladder

Hi, all.

Adam cannot coordinate the shogi email ladder any longer. I will be the
next ladder coordinator. My email address is

       mutz <at> fmi <dot> uni-passau <dot> de

If you would like to play an shogi games by email and have just be informed by
this email that an email ladder exists, you can get more informations by
sending to

       LISTSERV%TECHNION.BITNET <at> taunivm <dot> tau <dot> ac <dot> il

an email with one text line

       GET LADDER RULES

Of course, you can also contact me. If you want to join the ladder, you are
VERY welcome. It is a good possibility for beginners as well as for
advanced players, because there is much more time to think about
tactical problems as in real-time games. As you can see from the current
ladder standing, the differences in grades are not that important as for
real-time games.

I also would like to invite people from JAPAN to join the ladder. Maybe this
could be an additional way to connect the Japanese and the non-Japanese
Shogi scene.

Here is the ladder standing with the last updates I got. I received
the last updates on 18 Dec 1993, therefore there must have been
several changes. EMAIL LADDER PLAYERS, please send me your updates...
If you do not longer want to join the ladder, you should also send a
message.

Greetings,

  Matthias.

        The present ladder rankings and ongoing games:
        ---------------------------------------------

3q  John Kenney              kenney <at> embl-heidelberg <dot> de          B10 B5
3d  Pieter Stouten           stouten <at> embl-heidelberg <dot> de         W10
    Oluf                     oluf <at> ifi <dot> uio <dot> no                    W1
2d  Marc Theeuwen            marct <at> mbfys <dot> kun <dot> nl                 W4
9q  Adam Chalcraft           dac11 <at> phoenix <dot> cambridge <dot> ac <dot> uk      W5
    Dave Goodwin             goodwin <at> smcvax <dot> bitnet              W2 B4 +
12q Matthias Mutz            mutz <at> fmi <dot> uni-passau <dot> de             B1
11q Alan Sawyer              sawyer <at> embl-heidelberg <dot> de
3d  Hans Segers              J.C.M.Segers <at> research <dot> ptt <dot> nl
    Chris Sterritt           sterritt <at> mrj <dot> com                   b
    Tavia Chalcraft          ekc11 <at> phoenix <dot> cambridge <dot> ac <dot> uk      B2
    Grinch (George Weinberg) gmw0622 <at> tamvenus <dot> bitnet
9q  Andrea Musacchio         musacchio <at> embl-heidelberg <dot> de       B9
    Phil Miesle              phygod72 <at> edu <dot> gac <dot> nic               d
    Ivan Tuckwell            ivan <at> treasury <dot> govt <dot> nz              W9
    Miguel Echavarria        mech <at> wdl1 <dot> wdl <dot> loral <dot> com            d
    Michael McEwan           M.A.McEwan <at> open <dot> ac <dot> uk
    Rudy Zalesak             zalesak <at> bme <dot> unc <dot> edu                *
    David Kuznick            kuznick <at> meglos <dot> mdcorp <dot> ksc <dot> nasa <dot> gov
    Marc Jensen              mjensen <at> cs <dot> utexas <dot> edu              *
    Stuart McIntyre          sym <at> aber <dot> ac <dot> uk                     B6 a
nq  Hans Wolfgang Loidl      hwloidl <at> risc <dot> uni-linz <dot> ac <dot> at
nq  Chris Kmotorka           92kmotorka <at> edu <dot> wmich <dot> gw
nq  Sean Brown               92brown <at> gw <dot> wmich <dot> edu               e
    Keith Fuller             keithf <at> mcs <dot> kent <dot> edu                W6
    Andy Lipscomb            LIPSCOJA <at> ctrvax <dot> vanderbilt <dot> edu     a e
    Iain Russell             russell <at> embl-heidelberg <dot> de
    Jon Slate                usgjlsx <at> gsusgi2 <dot> gsu <dot> edu

* Person has refused a challenge (by lack of response)
+ Person is on holiday at the moment

Free games : 3 7 8 11+
Challenges : c f+