From: Reijer Grimbergen ETL GO JP> Date: 7 mar 1996 Subject: Re: Habu and the Crown ...? "J. Andrew Lipscomb" CHATTANOOGA NET> writes: >> The seven major tournaments differ in the way to decide the challenger, the >> number of games in a match, the thinking time available and the playing >> conditions. Here is a summary: > Thank you. I would be interested in seeing a similar summary for the > women's majors. 1) Ladies Meijin Path to glory: similar to the men's tournament, but with only three leagues. Winner of the A-league challenges the title holder. Length of the match: best of 5 games. Thinking time: 3 hours per player. 2) Ladies Oi Path to glory: Same as the men's Oi. Prerounds to qualify for two 6 person groups. Winner of the first group plays the winner of the second group for the right to challenge the title holder. Length of the match: best of 5 games. Thinking time: 3 hours per player. 3) Ladies Osho Path to glory: Qualifying rounds for one league of 8 players. Winner of the league challenges the title-holder. Length of the match: best of 5 games. Thinking time: 3 hours per player. 4) Oyama Cup Kurashiki Toka-sen (the last part is only an educated guess; if there is a native speaker who can correct me on this,it is well appreciated) Path to glory: Knock-out of all lady professionals (about 30 at the moment). Knock-out final is a best of three match. Thinking time: 2 hours per player. e) Ladies' Open Tournament (not really a major, but the other important ladies tournament) Path to glory: Prerounds to qualify for a 16 player knockout. Knock-out final is a best of three match. Thinking time: 3 hours per player. Reijer -- Dr. Reijer Grimbergen Electrotechnical Laboratory Palcious Tsukuba 302 1-1-4 Umezono 1-24-8 Ninomiya Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki-ken Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki-ken 305 JAPAN 305 JAPAN E-mail: grimberg etl go jp Tel: 0298-59-1606 WWW: http://www.etl.go.jp:8080/etl/suiron/~grimberg Tel: +81-(0)298-54-5080 extension: 67431 Fax: +81-(0)298-58-5918