From: Hugo Hollanders WORLDONLINE NL> Date: 16 mar 1997 Subject: Results Dutch Shogi Championships Results of The Dutch Shogi Championships 1997 On March 15, the Dutch Championships were held in Utrecht. The format was a knockout tournament with time limits of 45 minutes and 30 sec. byoyomi per game. Players who lost one game during the knockout tournament entered a side tournament. After some early surprises (Arend van Oosten's loss in the 1st round against Jeroen Tiggelman and Jan Oosterwijk's 2nd round loss against Frans Roquas), it was Hugo Hollanders who became the new Dutch Champion by beating Mathijs Litjens in the semi-finals and Hans Geuns in the finals. Dutch Championships: main tournament Arend van Oosten 4 dan ---------0 #===0 Jeroen Tiggelman 1 kyu =========1 | #===1 Hans Geuns 3 dan =============1 # #===0 Frans Roquas 1 dan =========1 | | #===1 | | Herman van Wietmarschen 5 kyu ---------0 #===0 | | | Jan Oosterwijk 3 dan =============0 | #=== Dutch Champion 1997 Hugo Hollanders 2 dan =========1 # #===1 # Ron Koymans 1 kyu ---------0 # # #===1 # Jan-Joost Lindner 5 kyu ---------0 | # # #===0 # # Robert Hellinx 1 dan =========1 # # #===1 Ton Kiers 1 dan ---------0 | #===0 | Joost Blommers 2 kyu =========1 | | #===0 Mathijs Litjens 3 dan =============1 Results including side tournament: Name Grade Pt SoS Cum R1 R2 R3 R4 1) Hugo Hollanders 2 dan 4 9 10 11+ 6+ 4+ 2+ 2) Hans Geuns (f) 3 dan 3 9 9 x+ 3+ 7+ 1- 3) Jeroen Tiggelman 1 kyu 3 9 7 5+ 2- 8+ 13+ 4) Mathijs Litjens (sf) 3 dan 3 7 8 x+ 10+ 1- 6+ 5) Arend van Oosten 4 dan 3 7 6 3- 12+ 11+ 7+ 6) Robert Hellinx 1 dan 2 10 6 9+ 1- 10+ 4- 7) Frans Roquas (sf) 1 dan 2 9 7 12+ 8+ 2- 5- 8) Jan Oosterwijk 3 dan 2 6 5 x+ 7- 3- 10+ 9) Jan-Joost Lindner 5 kyu 2 4 5 6- 13+ 12+ x- 10) Joost Blommers 2 kyu 1 8 4 13+ 4- 6- 8- 11) Ron Koymans 1 kyu 1 7 3 1- 14+ 5- x- 12) Herman van Wietmarschen 5 kyu 1 7 1 7- 5- 9- 14+ 13) Ton Kiers 1 dan 1 6 2 10- 9- 14+ 3- 14) Tom Kau 4 kyu 0 3 0 x- 11- 13- 12- These results and some of the gamescores of the Dutch Championships can be found at: http://meritbbs.unimaas.nl/Fun/Shogi/nk97.html