From: NOSOVSKY G23 RELCOM RU> Date: 6 mar 2000 Subject: Match St. Petersburg-Moscow Dear Shogi Friends We had planed to have Qualification Tournament in ST. Petersburg during 4-5 of March, but because of some unpleasant situation in St. Petersburg Shogi Club we changed dates of Qualification for WC. It will be after 2-3 weeks in Moscow. Instead we have match between St. Petersburg and Moscow Teams. It was played with 45 minutes and bayomi 1 move - 1 minute. First Round Moscow - St. Petersburg Nikonov- Illarionov 0-1 Kislyuk- Minin 0-1 Makarov- Volfson 1-0 Filippov-Larionov 1-0 Nosovsky- Rodionov 1-0 3-2 Second Round Nikonov- Novikova 0-1 Kislyuk- Rodionov 1-0 Makarov- Fedoseev 1-0 Filippov-Minin 0-1 Nosovsky- Larionov 1-0 3-2 Third Round Nikonov- Shpilev 1-0 Kislyuk- Larionov 1-0 Makarov- Minin 0-1 Filippov-Volfson 0-1 Nosovsky- Illarionov 0-1 2-3 Fouth Round Nikonov- Minin 1-0 Kislyuk- Illarionov 0-1 Makarov- Shpilev 0-1 Filippov-Fedoseev 0-1 Nosovsky- Volfson 0-1 1-4 St. Petersburg won 11-9 against Moscow. Best Regards Alexander Nosovsky