From: Dick Iwakura <dickcon <at> MA <dot> KCOM <dot> NE <dot> JP>
Date: 31 dec 1997
Subject: The 1st JavaShogi Tournament

Dear Shogi Players,
The 1st JavaShogi Tournament has been ended on 26th of December.
The records are as follows :

THE FINAL RESULT
----------------
Class-A Winner: h-sue (4D), 2nd Winner: KAZU (3D)
Class-B Winner: Gonta (1D), 2nd Winner: Yoneda (1D)
Class-C Winner: Maeda (3K), 2nd Winner: Lok (3K)(Hong Kong)

SPECIAL PRIZE
-------------
Best Kifu Prize   : Zarusoba VS h-sue
Humor Kifu  Prize : Stephen Lamb (UK) VS shun

BEST EFFORT PRIZE : Ronny (10K)(Sweden)

Hoping to see you again in the next JavaShogi League & Tournament !
Thanks for your participation. A happy new year !

The 1st JavaShogi Tournament Execution Team
Dick Iwakura, on behalf of Mr.K. Sakano (dickcon <at> ma <dot> kcom <dot> ne <dot> jp)
http://www.nsknet.or.jp/~sakano/taikai/taikai_Eigo.htm

THE KIFU of THE BEST
--------------------
Zarusoba (3D) vs h-sue (4D)

   1.P-7f    P-3d      2.P-6f    P-8d      3.S-7h    S-6b      4.R-6h    K-4b
   5.K-4h    K-3b      6.K-3h    P-1d      7.P-1f    P-6d      8.S-6g    S-6c
   9.B-7g    S-5d     10.S-5f    R-6b     11.P-7e    P-9d     12.L-9h    G6a-5b
  13.G-7h    P-2d     14.K-2h    K-2c     15.S-3h    S-3b     16.P-4f    G5b-4b
  17.R-6i    K-1b     18.P-3f    S-2c     19.P-2f    N-9c     20.P-8f    P-8e
  21.Px8e    Nx8e     22.B-5i    P-6e     23.Px6e    B-9i+    24.N-7g    +Bx9h
  25.Nx8e    R-8b     26.P*8f    +B-7f    27.Nx7c+   R-8a     28.+N-7b   R-8c
  29.P-7d    P*6h     30.Bx6h    L*6f     31.N*6g    Sx6e     32.Sx6e    +Bx6e
  33.P-7c+   R-8d     34.S*5f    +B-6d    35.P*7e    Lx6g+    36.Gx6g    S*7h
  37.R-5i    +Bx4f    38.S-3g    Sx6g+    39.Sx6g    R-6d     40.P*6e    Rx6e
  41.P*6f    R-4e     42.Sx4f    Rx4f     43.S*3g    N*5e     44.Sx4f    Nx6g+
  45.B-7i    S*6h     46.Bx6h    +Nx6h    47.R-9i    S*4g     48.S*3h    Sx3f+
  49.S4f-3g  B*5e     50.P-5f    Bx3g+    51.Nx3g    S*4g     52.B*6c    Sx3h+
  53.Gx3h    S*4g     54.Bx3f+   Sx3f+    55.B*6c    B*5d     56.S*4e    Bx4e
  57.Bx4e+   G*4f     58.+Bx4f   +Sx4f    59.B*5e    +Sx3g    60.Gx3g    S*4d
  61.B-4f    B*3e     62.B-6d    B-5g+    63.G*4g    +Bx6f    64.R-9h    +N-6g
  65.+P-6c   +N-5g    66.G4g-4f  +Nx5f    67.Bx9a+   +Nx4f    68.+Bx4f   N*4e
  69.G-3h    +B-6e    70.P-1e    Px1e     71.L*1h    K-2b     72.P-2e    G*3e
  73.Px2d    Sx2d     74.P*2e    P*2g     75.Gx2g    Sx2e     76.P*2d    P*2c
  77.Px2c+   Kx2c     78.P*2d    K-3c     79.R*2c    K-3b     80.+Bx3e   +B-5e
  81.K-3i    Sx3e     82.+Px5c   Gx5c     83.S*2b    B*6f     84.P*4h    +Bx2b
  85.Rx2b+   Bx2b     86.S*2c    K-4b     87.Sx2b+   R*6i     88.L*4i    P*2f
  89.N*5d    Gx5d     90.B*8g    S*3h     91.Kx3h    Px2g+    92.Resigns


HUMOR KIFU PRIZE (entitled "King is the strongest"
-------------------------------------------------
Shun (4D) vs Stephen Lamb (3D)

   1.P-7f    P-3d      2.P-9f    P-4d      3.R-7h    S-3b      4.P-7e    S-4c
   5.P-7d    Px7d      6.Rx7d    P*7c      7.R-7f    B-3c      8.N-7g    R-2b
   9.N-6e    G-6b     10.P*7d    Px7d     11.B-5e    S-5d     12.Bx9a+   Sx6e
  13.R-7h    N-7c     14.K-4h    P-4e     15.L*6f    S-7b     16.L-9h    R-4b
  17.G6i-5h  P-4f     18.Px4f    N*5d     19.S-6h    Nx4f     20.G5h-5i  Sx6f
  21.Px6f    P*4g     22.Kx4g    L*4c     23.P*4h    Bx6f     24.P*7g    N-6e
  25.K-5f    B-8d     26.Kx6e    B-7c     27.+B-9b   P*4g     28.N*5e    Bx5e
  29.Kx5e    Px4h+    30.G4ix4h  N-5h+    31.G4hx5h  L-4i+    32.P*4c    Rx4c
  33.S*4d    P-5d     34.K-4e    N-3c     35.Kx3d    N*4b     36.Kx4c    +Lx5i
  37.B*3b    G*3a     38.Bx4a+   Kx4a     39.R*9a    B*6a     40.Rx6a+   Sx6a
  41.N*5c   Resigns (Time-Over)

  Comments: White (Gote) could have won actually if the time could be
            still remained. Anyway, it was BIG-LAUGH !!