From: Pieter Stouten <stouten <at> SHOGI <dot> NET>
Date: 28 may 2000
Subject: Re: A World Shogi Federation and a real World Championship

On 00/05/28 at 6:26 +0400, NOSOVSKY wrote:

>I think it is possible to give Japanese right of "veto" on any
>decision like in UN have it.
>
I am afraid we are daydreaming a bit. The large majority of Shogi
players live in Japan; the strongest players are Japanese; there is
far more money involved in Shogi in Japan than in the West. We can
only try to build up Shogi in the West (the WSC in New York has
helped and will help tremendously in that respect) and hope that at
some point we become near equals in numbers, strength and finances.
If that ever happens, we might talk to the Renmei as equals. At this
point we are in no position to give NSR any rights as they can
already decide exactly what they want to do.

Ciao,

Pieter