From: Hugo Hollanders MERIT UNIMAAS NL> Date: 21 may 2000 Subject: 5th Rikai Shogi Tournament This weekend the 5th Rikai Tournament took place in Sittard, the Netherlands. Due to a few unforeseen events (a.o. the simultaneously planned World Shogi Championships), there were (only) 9 players on Saturday. But once again it turned out one doesn't need a large amount of players to have a successful tournament. On Sunday, our newest club member Arnoud Michel played 3 handicap games against those who had a bye in the main tournament (which also enabled me to play the last 3 games). Tournament winner is Jan Oosterwijk, with a score of 5 out of 6, winning it for the 2nd time after 1998. Most remarkable comeback was for Freek van Workum, after an absence of more than 10 years. All in all everyone really enjoyed the tournament, and we hope to repeat this success next year (in a different month and maybe also a different town). Final results: Pts SoS Sb 1. Oosterwijk, Jan 3 dan 2+ 4+ 8+ 7- 3+ 5+ 5 18 15 2. Jacobs, Peter 1 kyu 1- 6+ 4+ 3+ 7- 0+ 4 17 7 3. van Workum, Freek 5 kyu 6+ 8- 5+ 2- 1- 9+ 3 18 7 4. Blommers, Joost 3 kyu 5+ 1- 2- 8+ 9+ 7- 3 18 6 5. Colaris, Andre 3 kyu 4- 9+ 3- 6+ 8+ 1- 3 17 6 6. Kau, Tom 3 kyu 3- 2- 9+ 5- 0+ 8+ 3 13 3 7. Hollanders, Hugo 3 dan 0- 0- 0- 1+ 2+ 4+ 3 12 12 8. Stuifbergen, Jan 8 kyu 9+ 3+ 1- 4- 5- 6- 2 18 4 9. van Workum, Frans 10 kyu 8- 5- 6- 0+ 4- 3- 1 14 0