From: Larry Kaufman <lkaufman <at> WIZARD <dot> NET>
Date: 3 may 1998
Subject: Re: Post- U.S. Championship ratings

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Subject:        Re: Post- U.S. Championship ratings

Do you know if computers are allowed to play in the US Championship?

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From: Larry Kaufman <lkaufman <at> WIZARD <dot> NET>
To: SHOGI-L <at> techunix <dot> technion <dot> ac <dot> il <SHOGI-L <at> techunix <dot> technion <dot> ac <dot> il>
Date: Thursday, April 30, 1998 12:57 PM
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 th!
>e 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
[Larry Kaufman]  Since none applied to play, the issue was not =
discussed.  However there is a precedent; a computer was allowed to play =
in a regional tournament in D.C. a few years ago.  I suspect that they =
would be welcomed as a curiosity, until such time in the future as they =
become a real threat to win tournaments, as happened some years ago with =
chess.