From: Martin Danerud PARTILLE MAIL TELIA COM> Date: 20 mar 1997 Subject: The Swedish Shogi Association Dear shogi friends, I hereby have the honour to report that today, on March 20, the vernal equinox in 1997, the Swedish Shogi Association was founded at the Goteborg City Library. The first tournament arranged by the Swedish Shogi Association will be a beginners tournament on April 12 at the mall Nordstadstorget in central Goteborg (see my posting to Shogi-L from March 11). We call that Saturday on April 12 "Shogidagen", which means "The Shogi Day" in Swedish. Besides the tournament there will be several activities in the mall in order to promote shogi. I warmly wish all shogi friends in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland (as well as occasional visitors from other countries) welcome to this event! Sincerely yours, Martin Danerud Chairman of the Swedish Shogi Association