From: DEWABMAJ IBMMAIL COM Date: 4 may 1998 Subject: Europe - Japan Friendship tournament in Dusseldorf An: I4816574--IBMMAIL Von: Thomas Majewski Tel.: +49 (0)511 922-2248 Abt.: FD-2 Fax : =49 (0)511 212-3358 Email: DEWABMAJ IBMMAIL COM Betreff: Europe - Japan Friendship tournament in Dusseldorf Dear shogi players, here are the results of the first Europe - Japan Friendship tournament in Dusseldorf in germany, which has been played on Saturday, 18th April. 24 players competed in a 4 round Macmahon tournament with 30 minutes thinkingtime per player and game and 30 seconds byoyomi. The playing venue was the Club of Japan in Dusseldorf. The atmosphere was very friendly and relaxed, as everybody was trying to learn about the others. Players age ranged from about 8 years to above 60 years. Inbetween the rounds we had a very pleasant japanese lunch in the restaurant, which is connected to the club. I do hope, that this was not the last meeting between japanese and european shogi players and that we will see more japanese players at our tournaments. Pl. Name Str Co. MMS 1 2 3 4 Pt SOS SODOS 1 Mieki Tadashi 3d J 7 8+ 2+ 4+ 7+ 4 21 21 22 2 Majewski, Thomas 2d D 6 9+ 1- 12+ 4+ 3 21 14 19 3 Watanabe Kosuke 1d J 6 6+ 4- 11+ 5+ 3 19 14 19 4 Rovekamp, Frank 3d D 5 11+ 3+ 1- 2- 2 23 10 19 5 Greb, Wolfgang 2k D 5 10+ 9+ 6+ 3- 3 21 15 17 6 Matsubayashi Hajime 1d J 5 3- 8+ 5- 15+ 2 20 9 16 7 Kashiwazaki Shintaro 2k J 5 17+ 14+ 13+ 1- 3 19 12 17 8 Mitsugi Hideyuki 1d J 5 1- 6- 20+ 13+ 2 19 7 15 9 Takazawa Koji 2d J 5 2- 5- 18+ 12+ 2 18 7 15 10 Minami Mikio 1k J 5 5- 17+ 14+ 11+ 3 17 12 14 11 Schuler, Hans-Ulrich 2d D 4 4- 16+ 3- 10- 1 20 4 15 12 Uezono Hideyuki 2d J 4 14+ 13- 2- 9- 1 19 4 16 13 Engelhardt, Alexande 4k D 4 15+ 12+ 7- 8- 2 18 8 15 14 Fukuda 1d J 4 12- 7- 10- 22+ 1 16 2 13 15 Someno Shinobu 3k J 4 13- 21+ 16+ 6- 2 15 6 13 16 Yoshida Jirokomei 3k J 4 19+ 11- 15- 18+ 2 14 6 13 17 Naito Kenji 2k J 4 7- 10- 24+ 19+ 2 14 4 11 18 Wiemer, Ralf 10k D 3 22+ 19+ 9- 16- 2 14 5 11 19 Mitsugi Daigo 2k J 3 16- 18- 21+ 17- 1 13 2 10 20 Nakajima Yuki 6k J 3 21- 23+ 8- 24+ 2 10 3 8 21 Krauss, Ulrich 10k D 2 20+ 15- 19- 23- 1 12 3 8 22 Rama, Hendrik 10k D 2 18- 24- 23+ 14- 1 10 2 6 23 Bottcher, Hans-Joach 15k D 2 24+ 20- 22- 21+ 2 8 3 5 24 Gerards, Hans 11k D 1 23- 22+ 17- 20- 1 11 2 3