From: Larry Kaufman <lkaufman <at> WIZARD <dot> NET>
Date: 30 apr 1998
Subject: Post- U.S. Championship ratings

     The U.S. Championship and Team Matches have been rated by the D.C. Shogi Club, which functions as the national rating agency for the U.S. in the absence of a national organization.  The handicap tournament has not yet been rated pending receipt of the crosstable.  The participating players are listed below in order of post-event rating.  Please note that although final agreement on all details of a  Pan-Atlantic rating system has not yet been achieved, we have implemented key aspects of the proposal for this list, most notably using the proposed starting ratings for ranked but unrated players, and using the Logistic formula as already is done in Europe.  It is my hope that these ratings will not be too far out of line with Europe.  The player's name is followed by his current and permanent (if different) place of residence.  The majority of the players with Japanese names are long-term U.S. residents, but Japanese citizens.  So far as I know, the only  U.S. citizens in the below list are myself and my son Raymond, George Fernandez, F. Bekele, and Rob Uechi.

 1. Toru Inoue 5 Dan - D.C./Japan           2532
 2. Makoto Kotera 5 Dan - D.C./Japan      2526
 3. Seiji Kawaberi 5 Dan - Los Angeles     2396
 4. Larry Kaufman 5 Dan - D.C.               2382
 5. Mr. Yoneoka 4 Dan - Los Angeles       2241
 6. Rob Uechi 4 Dan - Seattle/Hawaii        2241
 7. Mr. Tsuruoka 4 Dan - Indiana              2231
 8. Mr. Ohno 4 Dan - Los Angeles             2218
 9. Mr. Murayama 4 Dan - Los Angeles     2211
10. George Fernandez 4 Dan - New York   2210
11. Y. Suzuki 4 Dan - New York                2198
12. Jiro Yoshinari 4 Dan - D.C.                 2195
13. Mr. Morijiri 4 Dan - Indiana                  2192
14. M. Suzuki 4 Dan - New York                2176
15. Mr. Kuramoto 4 Dan - Los Angeles       2168
16. Mr. Inoguchi 4 Dan - Los Angeles        2064
17. Mr. Kitagami 3 Dan - Los Angeles        2057
18. Mr. Koike 3 Dan - Los Angeles             2040
19. Shigetaka Ogihara 3 Dan - New York    2019
20. M. Ito 3 Dan - Los Angeles                   2015
21. Mr. Tamura 3 Dan - Los Angeles           1993
22. Minoru Hayashi 3 Dan -  New York        1836
23. Mr. Hashimoto 1 Dan - New York           1745
24. F. Bekele 1 Dan - New York                  1619
25. Mr. Hamaguchi 1 Dan - New York          1529
26. Komei Wachi 1 Dan - D.C.                    1507
27. Raymond Kaufman 2 kyu - D.C.             1424