From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Shogi=20Net?= YAHOO COM> Date: 29 aug 2000 Subject: MSO 2000 Shogi Festival Hello Shogi Aficionados, I am still on vacation so net access is a bit cumbersome. I'll be posting full results in a week or so. The event was a smashing success, I am glad to say. Here is a summary of results (with the number of participants of each event in parentheses): Handicap team match (40) 1. France (Uemura, Cheymol, Pottier, Schmidt) 2. Satori (Oosterwijk, Segers, Litjens, Gorissen) 3. USA (L&R Kaufman, Fernandez, Bekele) Shogi for Beginners (12) 1. Schaefer, 2. Henke, 3. Aurora Nakao's interactive Shogi challenge (51) 1. Pfaffel & Schnider Simultaneous event (46) Simul givers: Nakao 10-4, Kaufman 7.5-4.5, Theeuwen 9-8. Open European Blitz Shogi Championship (57) 1. Ito, 2. Cheymol, 3. Fernandez European Shogi Championship (32) 1. Hosking, 2. Ichiyanagi, 3. Van Oosten MSO Worldwide Shogi Championship (82) 1. Sato, 2. Ito, 3. Hosking Grand Prix 1. Cheymol, 2. Ito, 3. Lamb Excluding the Grand Prix, the total number of entries was 320 (this only includes players, not non-playing captains, etc.) Ciao, Pieter __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/