From: Sam Sloan <sloan <at> ISHIPRESS <dot> COM>
Date: 16 nov 1998
Subject: Re: Results, Stockholm Open

I note that Miss Irina Novikova, age 18, now ranked 1 kyu, finished fourth
and she even won four games (which is about four more than she won in the
past).

Although her achievement is somewhat diminished by the fact that the
strongest opponent she defeated was only rated 8 kyu, nevertheless it is
remarkable how this young woman is able to get around the world on her own
and to do things which other girls can only dream of.

She is also remarkably gifted when it comes to languages. She probably by
now speaks Swedish fluently. If not, she probably will in a week or two.

Sam Sloan

At 04:02 AM 11/16/98 +0200, Martin Danerud wrote:
>Dear shogi friends,
>
>This weekend the shogi tournament Stockholm Open 1998 was played in
>Stockholm, Sweden. We had four international visitors from Norway, England,
>Israel and Japan, and the other sixteen players were Swedes.
>
>Results:
>                         Nat Rat 1   2   3   4   5   6   Pts Sos  Sb
>1.Carl Johan Nilsson     S   1k  5+  2+  14+ 3-  4+  8+  5   23   18
>2.Thore Angqvist         S   14k 12+ 1-  7+  14+ 6+  3+  5   23   18
>3.Christer Hartman       S   2k  15+ 19+ 4+  1+  8+  2-  5   20   15
>4.Irina Novikova         ISR 1k  11+ 7+  3-  8+  1-  5+  4   24   14
>5.Mikael Albertsson      S   8k  1-  12+ 9+  10+ 14+ 4-  4   20   11