From: Victor Contoski <victorcontoski <at> EMAIL <dot> MSN <dot> COM>
Date: 4 nov 2000
Subject: Re: 2001 British Open Shogi Championship

Dear Phil:

I haven't heard from you in a long time--ever since I resigned our wa game.
How have you been?

With all good wishes,
Vic
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Holland" <phil <at> HOLLANDNUMERICS <dot> DEMON <dot> CO <dot> UK>
To: <SHOGI-L <at> TECHUNIX <dot> TECHNION <dot> AC <dot> IL>
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 4:24 PM
Subject: 2001 British Open Shogi Championship


> The date of the 2001 British Open Shogi Championship has been determined
> by the BSF involvement in the Japan 2001 Festival in Britain, which
> starts at the beginning of May 2001, and goes through to March 2002.
> The event is being supported by the Japanese Embassy in London, and, as
> part of our involvement, there has been agreement (in principle) with
> the Nihon Shogi Renmei for them to send a Shogi Professional to the
> British Open during the Festival.
>
> The Championship date has been set as the weekend of the 5th/6th May
> 2001, which is the earliest date possible within the Festival period.
> It is a great honour to be able to host a tournament with a visiting
> Shogi Professional, and we are certainly not inclined to miss out on
> this opportunity.
>
> Given that the World Championship committee have been given plenty of
> notice of our intentions, could their tournament date be set a little
> later this year to minimise any conflicts between the 2 events?
> Alternatively we could try to organise an earlier qualifying tournament
> in Britain, but, I suspect, a minimum entry of 12 players, as in 2000,
> would be extremely difficult to achieve other than at the Open.
>
> If anyone would like to find out more, please feel free to email me.
>
> ...........Phil Holland
>
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