From: Matt Casters <matt <at> NETPOINT <dot> BE>
Date: 11 jul 1997
Subject: European Championships 1997 (correction)

Dear Shogi-friends,

Some people and the organisation of the EC have asked me to clarify my statement
about who's allowed to play in the European Championships.
In this mail I will try to be as clear as possible about this issue.

The rules are as follows : (for the dan-section)

A person who wants to participate in the European Championships :

 1) Has to be at least 1-dan in strength (or invited by FESA on the basis of other,
     well-defined, criteria)
 2) Has to have one of the following :
    a) his residence in any FESA member country.
    b) citizenship of any FESA member country.

As far as the side-section of the Championships is concerned (the kyu-group)
there are no such restrictions. (well, you can't be a dan-player of-course)
The first 3 European participants (residency in or citizenship of FESA member
country) in the side-section are invited in the dan-group the next year.

In the past the chance to play in the dan-group has been a motivation for a lot
of kyu-players to be the best in the kyu-group, because it offers them a chance
of promoting and gaining experience.

If you have more questions concerning these issues, you can always ask
your FESA-representative or me.  I'll gladly forward any questions you might have.

I appologise for the errors I made in my previous posting,

Kind regards,

Matt Casters