From: Pieter Stouten <Pieter.Stouten <at> EU <dot> PNU <dot> COM>
Date: 29 sep 2000
Subject: Re: European Shogi Grand Prix 1999/2000

Fabien Osmont asked:

>How are defined which tournament compose the European Shogi Grand
>Prix ?
>
There is a maximum of one GP tournament in each FESA country.
Typically, if a national organization has an national open
championship, that tournament is their GP tournament. If not, then the
national organization often selects another tournament. If that does
not happen (I think France has no GP tournament) then I suppose the
organizers of a tournament should approach their national organization
and request their tournament get GP status.

There are some conditions that a tournament must meet to obtain GP
status, but I don't have them handy. These conditions may refer to
time limits, pairing systems, etc. You can bring this issue up on the
FESA list if you want to get more details.

Ciao,

Pieter