From: Doug Dysart <cincychess <at> KASPAROVCHESS <dot> COM>
Date: 8 nov 2000
Subject: The Dice Report - Corrections

"The Dice Report" for the 2000 US Championship contained some
errors.  Here are some important corrections:

=> Larry Kaufman is not the East Coast Meijin.  That honor goes to
George Fernandez, who has had this title for 3 years now.

=> Three players were seeded into the KO phase of the US
Championship.  They were:
1) Yoshihisa Suzuki 4-Dan - Last year's US Champion
2) Larry Kaufman 5-Dan - Highest rated player, 3 Dan or above, from
the furthest club from NY [Mr. Tsuruoka was not available to play on
Sunday].
3) Yasufumi Fujiwara 4-Dan - Highest rated player, 3 Dan or above,
 from the next furthest club from NY.

=> The tickets to Japan were provided by H.I.S. Travel agency

=> The shogi software and books were donated by Mr. Hayashi's friend
in Japan, Mr. Kaneki.

=> The westerners with whom I was not yet acquainted were Michael
Pustilnik and Alex Trotter, so now I have the correct spelling.

Now my report is complete.  There may be another report done by one
of the US Shogi Federation organizers soon, so stay tuned.



Doug Dysart
Ohio Shogi Club founder


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