From: Pieter Stouten <stouten <at> SHOGI <dot> NET>
Date: 21 mar 2000
Subject: 2nd Italian Open Championship - first announcement

I am pleased to announce that the second Italian Open Shogi
Championship will take place on Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 December
2000 in Milano. I am also happy to inform you the tournament has
received Grand Prix status from FESA.

Please write the dates down in your agendas, y'all. And Dutch
players, please advise your families that Saint Nicholas should be
celebrated during the weekend of 2/3 December this year, so that you
can make it to the Italian Open!

More details will follow in due course.

Ciao,

Pieter