From: SalvaAC AOL COM Date: 14 jun 1999 Subject: Re: Scandal at the US Shogi Championship In a message dated 6/14/99 12:18:31 PM Central Daylight Time, BenFB AOL COM writes: << You mentioned shogi activities in NY, such as a potential major tournament in April. My fear is that seeing success in NY, you will ignore the fact that NY is not the center of the US (much less the world). I would like to see shogi experience wide-spread popularity in the US. >> Hi, Unfortunately, geographically, for those of us not really near the east coast, two of the strongest clubs are there - DC and NY. So it makes a bit more geographical sense to have more major events there. And I have a feeling that tournaments like last April will find themselves moving around from year to year? Tony