From: Sam Sloan <sloan <at> ISHIPRESS <dot> COM>
Date: 25 mar 1998
Subject: Re: US Shogi Championship, LA, 25/26 April 1998

If there is a serious prize offered to the winner of the best American
award, then there should be serious rules.

Last year, everyone was there primarily to have a good time and the
haphazzard system for awarding prizes did not matter.

Sam Sloan

At 03:02 PM 3/25/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Sorry that this announcement is so late, but only recently did I receive
>the information from Kiyoshi Ohnogi (!) and Larry Kaufman (via Doug Dysart).
>
>The 1998 US Shogi Championship will take place on April 25 and 26 in the
>Meeting Hall in Little Tokyo Towers, 455 East Third Street, Los Angeles, CA
>90013. For details contact the Nihon Shogi Renmei LA branch, 244 South San
>Pedro Street, 3F, Los Angeles, CA 90012; phone (213) 628-3656.
>
>It is possible that two trips to Japan including participation in the
>"First International Amateur Shogi Tournament" (8-13 October 1998) can be
>won at the US Championship by the best two USA citizens who also live in
>the USA. As there is no American Shogi Association, I do not actually know
>who will make a decision about qualification, though.
>
>Pieter Stouten, SHOGI-L owner
>pieter.stouten <at> dupontmerck <dot> com
>
>