From: Sean Chasworth AOL COM> Date: 20 sep 1996 Subject: Re: This week in Shukan Shogi Thank you Reijer, your explanation of Shogi tournaments was perfect! I find it interesting culturally that the titles are awarded on overall experience as well as the quality of play at a given time. Just one more question, however. In the Meijin tournament, how many players are there in each of the Junisen classes? This also implies that it would take 5 years to promote to Junisen A and challenge for the 'world' title. In other cultural questions, what is the level of female participation in Shogi? Are there any top ranked women players at all? If this type of question on the newsgroup is in any way improper, I will be glad to research in other ways. For now, I am grateful to learn whatever information we all have. Thanks, Sean.