From: Matt Casters ADVALVAS BE> Date: 5 jul 1999 Subject: Re: Report on the 1st International Shogi Forum Thanks for the fine report Reijer ! In return, I now give you my feable attempts to produce a decent shogi game ... Thanks again, Matt My first game against Larry basically p*ssed me off enough to make me play a couple of games that are worth a second look. I had the feeling I had a winning position, but I couldn't keep my cool in the end. [Sente "Casters Matt, 3dan"] [Gote "Kaufman Larry, 5dan"] [Date "1999/06/19"] [Country "Japan"] [Event "FIST"] [Round "1"] [Result "0-1"] [Source "FIST Kifu"] 1.P7f P3d 2.P6f P8d 3.S7h S6b 4.R6h P5d 5.K4h K4b 6.K3h K3b 7.K2h B3c 8.P1f K2b 9.B7g S5c 10.S3h G6a-5b 11.G6i-5h L1b 12.P6e P4d 13.P4f K1a 14.P3f S2b 15.S6g G3a 16.P5f G5b-4b 17.G4g P8e 18.S6f G4b-3b 19.N3g P7d 20.P5e Px5e 21.Sx5e P7e 22.P'5d Px7f 23.B6f S4b 24.Sx4d P'5b 25.Sx3c+ S4bx3c 26.N4e S2d 27.B5e P7g+ 28.Nx7g R8d 29.Bx9a+ P'7f 30.P'7h Px7g+ 31.Px7g P8f 32.L'2f Px8g+ 33.+B5e +P7h 34.Rx7h R8i+ 35.R4h +Rx9i 36.Lx2d Px2d 37.P7f +R6i 38.P5c+ Px5c 39.Nx5c+ S'6f 40.+Bx6f +Rx6f 41.S'4c P'5f 42.Sx3b+ Gx3b 43.S'4a G3a 44.G'3b Gx4a 45.Gx2b Kx2b 46.B'4d B'3c 47.Bx3c+ Nx3c 48.R8h P5g+ 49.R8b+ S'3b 50.+N4c +Px4g 51.Sx4g S'3g 52.Kx3g N'2e 0-1 >Belgian star Matt Casters showed that a Brazilian 6-dan can still >learn some tricks from an European 3-dan and advanced to the final eight. [Sente "Casters Matt, 3dan"] [Gote "Aoki Mikio, 6dan"] [Date "1999/06/19"] [Country "Japan"] [Event "FIST"] [Round "2"] [Result "1-0"] [Source "FIST Kifu"] 1.P7f P8d 2.P6f P8e 3.B7g S6b 4.R6h P6d 5.S7h S6c 6.K4h S5d 7.K3h P3d 8.K2h K4b 9.S3h P1d 10.P1f K3b 11.G6i-5h G6a-5b 12.P4f P7d 13.P5f P9d 14.G4g N7c 15.R6i P6e 16.Px6e Bx7g+ 17.Nx7g P8f 18.Px8f Rx8f 19.P'8g R8b 20.P3f B'3c 21.N3g P7e 22.P5e Sx5e 23.Px7e R8d 24.P6d S6f 25.B'7d P'6h 26.R5i Sx7e 27.Bx5b+ Gx5b 28.N4e B4d 29.G'6c G4b 30.Nx5c+ P6i+ 31.+Nx4b Sx4b 32.R5b+ P'5a 33.+R7b N'2e 34.P2f Bx2f 35.G'2g B4d 36.P'2f P'6b 37.Px2e B'7f 38.Gx6b Rx6d 39.N'5f Bx4i+ 40.Nx4d Px4d 41.Sx4i R6h+ 42.P'5h +P5i 43.Gx5a P'6b 44.B'4a K3c 45.+Rx7c P'5c 46.B5b+ +Px4i 47.P3e +Rx5h 48.K1g S'3b 49.Px3d K2b 50.+Bx4b +Rx4g 51.B'3a K1b 52.N'2d Px2d 53.+Bx3b G'2f 54.Kx2f Px2e 55.K3e 1-0 >Zao and Casters advanced by beating Suzuki, knocking out the last woman >player. [Sente "Suzuki Virginia Gonzaga, 3dan"] [Gote "Casters Matt, 3dan"] [Date "1999/06/20"] [Country "Japan"] [Event "FIST"] [Round "QF"] [Result "0-1"] [Source "FIST Kifu"] 1.P7f P3d 2.P2f P4d 3.P2e B3c 4.S4h R4b 5.K6h K6b 6.K7h K7b 7.B7g K8b 8.K8h P9d 9.L9h S7b 10.K9i S3b 11.S8h G4a-5b 12.G7i P4e 13.P6f P4f 14.G5h P6d 15.Px4f Rx4f 16.P'4g R4b 17.G6g P7d 18.P5f G6c 19.B6h N7c 20.P2d Px2d 21.Bx2d Bx2d 22.Rx2d P'2c 23.R2h R4a 24.P3f P5d 25.P1f P1d 26.P1e N3c 27.Px1d P'1f 28.Lx1f B'4i 29.P1c+ Lx1c 30.Lx1c+ Bx6g+ 31.+Lx2c Sx2c 32.Rx2c+ +Bx6f 33.S'5g +B4d 34.P4f N6e 35.N3g Nx5g+ 36.Sx5g L'8d 37.P5e +Bx5e 38.N'6g +B4d 39.+R3b S'5b 40.P'5e Px5e 41.S6f G'5f 42.Sx5e Gx5e 43.Nx5e +Bx5e 44.G'4b Rx4b 45.+Rx4b Lx8g+ 46.P'6f +Bx6f 47.L'7g +Lx8h 48.Gx8h +B6g 49.L'7i S'6h 50.R'1a P'4a 51.+Rx3c Sx7i= 52.R1h+ P'5h 53.B'7h Sx8h+ 54.Kx8h S'7i 55.Kx7i G'6h 0-1 On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, you wrote: >THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL SHOGI FORUM >=================================== > >Chinese Zao and Shu, who were said to be very strong? Or maybe the >"Brazilian" Aoki Mikio, who was presented as 6-dan in the Forum booklet? >European hopes were European Champion Boris Mirnik from Germany and Eric >Cheymol from France. >Belgian star Matt Casters showed that a Brazilian 6-dan can still >learn some tricks from an European 3-dan and advanced to the final eight. ... >Zao and Casters advanced by beating Suzuki, knocking out the last woman >player. -- Matt Casters advalvas be> Pekelharing 32, B-9000 GENT, Belgium Tel. +32(0)93295734 Mobile +32(0)476506428