From: Larry Kaufman COMCAST NET> Date: 21 apr 2002 Subject: "ericsson" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_rd87QUBrUX2LTm1CtK3TVQ) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT I happened to notice a player on "Shogidojo" using the handle "ericsson" and claiming to be from Stockholm, with a rating of 2455 after 70 games, which is solidly in the range of professional players. Since so far as I know no Swedish (or any other non-Japanese player) player is remotely near professional strength, I wonder if anyone can explain this. Perhaps a visiting pro played on Shogidojo while in Sweden and used this name?? Or has some top Japanese amateur moved to Sweden? Larry Kaufman --Boundary_(ID_rd87QUBrUX2LTm1CtK3TVQ) Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT
     I happened to notice a player on "Shogidojo" using the handle "ericsson" and claiming to be from Stockholm, with a rating of  2455 after 70 games, which is solidly in the range of professional players.  Since so far as I know no Swedish (or any other non-Japanese player) player is remotely near professional strength, I wonder if anyone can explain this.  Perhaps a visiting pro played on Shogidojo while in Sweden and used this name??  Or has some top Japanese amateur moved to Sweden?
 
     Larry Kaufman
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