From: "STOUTEN, PIETER [R&D/0467]" PHARMACIA COM> Date: 27 aug 2002 Subject: Worldwide Open Shogi Championship 2002 Worldwide Open Shogi Championship 2002, report by Pieter Stouten ---------------------------------------------------------------- The 9 rounds Worldwide Open Shogi Championship (WOSC) 2002, held from Friday 23 through Sunday 25 August in the exciting city of Brussels, was a great success. Playing, sleeping, eating, drinking and having fun all took place under one roof. There was a strong sense of camaraderie, we had beautiful weather and 55 participants. As usual, Chief Arbiter Hans Secelle (also first-ever European Champion) ran a very smooth tournament, while Eddy Verhaeven took perfect care of the catering and accommodation. I already reported on the 2002 European Shogi Championship (ESC), which is an integral part of the WOSC. For the ESC report and a detailed description of the WOSC system, refer to the following pages: As reported, Boris Mirnik (DE) won the European Championship and, in doing so, was also leading the WOSC with 5 straight wins. But immediately in round 6, Gert Schnider (AT), one of the losing ESC semi-finalists, toppled the new Champion. Last year, after becoming European Champion, Frederic Pottier (FR) was so euphoric that he lost all remaining 4 games. Unlike Frederic, however, the Iceman (as Chief Arbiter Hans Secelle called Boris for his ability to remain cool under all circumstances) did not lose any other game. Since Gert did not make any mistake either, both players scored 8/9 and Buchholz scores (=sum of opponents' scores) needed to break the tie. After all smoke had cleared, it turned out that Boris had beaten Gert by one single Buchholz point. Surprisingly, Jochen Drechsler (DE) secured third place (7/9), among others with wins against Uemura (4-dan) and Segers (3-dan). Karl Wartlick (DE), who performed already very well in the ESC, continued to play impressively and secured forth place. Nominally a 1-kyu, it is clear that with the highest Buchholz score of the entire championship (he only played against dan-graded players) and wins against two 4-dans, two 3-dans, one 2-dan and one 1-dan, he will make a tremendous jump on the ratings list and is a force to be reckoned with from now onwards. Other players that did better than their rating would suggest were Dave Faldon (UK) and Norbert Schaefer (DE), both with 5/9. Below, you'll find the full WOSC results. Nationality, grades and ratings have been omitted from the table in order to avoid wrapping lines. A table that includes that information will be made available on Shogi.Net, shortly. No Name S Bu SB m-BU 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 -- ---------------- - ---- -- ---- ----------------------------------- 1 MIRNIK Boris 8 54 46 41 20+ 23+ 8+ 4+ 5+ 2- 9+ 10+ 6+ 2 SCHNIDER Gert 8 53 47 40 28+ 19+ 11+ 5- 4+ 1+ 16+ 7+ 13+ 3 DRECHSLER Jochen 7 49 37 39 14+ 5- 41+ 31+ 6+ 4- 8+ 16+ 10+ 4 WARTLICK Karl 6 56 34 44 10+ 30+ 7+ 1- 2- 3+ 18+ 9+ 8- 5 CHEYMOL Eric 6 54 34 42 36+ 3+ 17+ 2+ 1- 9- 6- 26+ 18+ 6 NILSSON Carl J. 6 53 33 40 23- 24+ 20+ 21+ 3- 15+ 5+ 14+ 1- 7 ICHIYANAGI Kei 6 51 31 38 24+ 18+ 4- 14+ 26+ 12- 21+ 2- 22+ 8 UEMURA Yoshiyuki 6 49 29 37 34+ 22+ 1- 29+ 18- 27+ 3- 20+ 4+ 9 LITJENS Mathijs 6 48 29 36 19- 34+ 32+ 15+ 29+ 5+ 1- 4- 26+ 10 SEGERS Hans 6 48 27 37 4- 52+ 51+ 23+ 19+ 18+ 12+ 1- 3- 11 VAN OOSTEN Arend 6 47 27 36 51+ 16+ 2- 22+ 12- 19+ 14- 37+ 21+ 12 HEEFFER Albrecht 6 46 29 36 22- 36+ 40+ 33+ 11+ 7+ 10- 13- 17+ 13 POTTIER Frederic 6 46 27 34 35+ 17- 15- 32+ 28+ 33+ 29+ 12+ 2- 14 SCHMIDT G. 6 45 26 35 3- 50+ 43+ 7- 24+ 31+ 11+ 6- 16+ 15 MAJEWSKI Thomas 6 40.5 24 32 17- 44+ 13+ 9- 43+ 6- 33+ 29+ 30+ 16 PFAFFEL Thomas 5 50 23 38 21+ 11- 37+ 35+ 25+ 26+ 2- 3- 14- 17 OOSTERWIJK Jan 5 48 26 38 15+ 13+ 5- 19- 37+ 25+ 26- 24+ 12- 18 ONO Yoichi 5 47 23 37 27+ 7- 39+ 41+ 8+ 10- 4- 36+ 5- 19 DIETMAYER Marco 5 44.5 21 35 9+ 2- 53+ 17+ 10- 11- 32- 31+ 34+ 20 WEIMANN C. 5 43.5 20 32 1- 38+ 6- 40+ 30- 41+ 31+ 8- 39+ 21 CHRISTOFFERSEN 5 42 20 33.5 16- 42+ 49+ 6- 41+ 30+ 7- 25+ 11- 22 ROQUAS Frans 5 42 20 33 12+ 8- 46+ 11- 52+ 29- 34+ 32+ 7- 23 BJERKE Richard 5 40.5 19 30 6+ 1- 47+ 10- 33- 32- 45+ 43+ 36+ 24 NEUMAIER Andreas 5 39 17 30.5 7- 6- 45+ 46+ 14- 44+ 30+ 17- 38+ 25 FALDON Dave 5 38.5 19 30.5 38+ 43+ 31+ 26- 16- 17- 35+ 21- 37+ 26 SCHAEFER Norbert 5 38.5 17 31 53+ 47+ 54+ 25+ 7- 16- 17+ 5- 9- 27 SOMENO Shinobu 5 38 19 29 18- 40- 50+ 39+ 34+ 8- 36- 33+ 32+ 28 SODERBERG Robert 5 33 16 23.5 2- 53- 42+ 55+ 13- 43- 44+ 45+ 29+ 29 MARIAN Marc 4 45 16 36 52+ 39+ 33+ 8- 9- 22+ 13- 15- 28- 30 THEEUWEN Marc 4 43 17 33 37+ 4- 35- 36+ 20+ 21- 24- 40+ 15- 31 GUZEK Florian 4 41.5 14 32 49+ 32+ 25- 3- 35+ 14- 20- 19- 50+ 32 DREBLOW Leo 4 40.5 15 33 45+ 31- 9- 13- 55+ 23+ 19+ 22- 27- 33 BAGGIO Giuseppe 4 39 13 31.5 55+ 46+ 29- 12- 23+ 13- 15- 27- 48+ 34 STEBBINGS A. 4 38 13 29.5 8- 9- 38+ 49+ 27- 48+ 22- 47+ 19- 35 GORISSEN Theo 4 37.5 14 28.5 13- 45+ 30+ 16- 31- 39+ 25- 38- 43+ 36 OLUFSEN Asle 4 37.5 13 30 5- 12- 48+ 30- 54+ 49+ 27+ 18- 23- 37 DANERUD Martin 4 35 11 27.5 30- 55+ 16- 54+ 17- 40+ 43+ 11- 25- 38 HOLLINGWORTH J. 4 35 9 28.5 25- 20- 34- 45- +++ 53+ 51+ 35+ 24- 39 ROSSMANITH A. 4 33.5 12 26 44+ 29- 18- 27- 46+ 35- 49+ 48+ 20- 40 CORIA ESPADA F. 4 33 13 25.5 54- 27+ 12- 20- 53+ 37- 46+ 30- 45+ 41 ROESCH Wilfried 4 33 10 24.5 48+ 54+ 3- 18- 21- 20- 47- 53+ 46+ 42 KAU Tom 4 29.5 8 23 46- 21- 28- 44- 49- +++ 55+ 51+ 47+ 43 RABE Jan 3 41 11 32 50+ 25- 14- 51+ 15- 28+ 37- 23- 35- 44 RAMA Hendrik 3 37 7 28 39- 15- 52- 42+ 51+ 24- 28- 50- +++ 45 STUIFBERGEN Jan 3 36 10 28.5 32- 35- 24- 38+ 47+ 52+ 23- 28- 40- 46 TOEBBENS Daniel 3 35.5 10 27.5 42+ 33- 22- 24- 39- 50+ 40- 52+ 41- 47 WETZL Roland 3 33.5 6 27 +++ 26- 23- 50- 45- 54+ 41+ 34- 42- 48 MARQUAND J.C. 3 33.5 6 26 41- 51- 36- +++ 50+ 34- 52+ 39- 33- 49 JODET Luc 3 32 6 25.5 31- +++ 21- 34- 42+ 36- 39- 55- 54+ 50 NAMYSLIK Frank 3 30 8 22.5 43- 14- 27- 47+ 48- 46- 54+ 44+ 31- 51 SCHAMELHOUT E. 3 30 7 22.5 11- 48+ 10- 43- 44- 55+ 38- 42- 53+ 52 SCHOENEBURG E. 3 29 7 21.5 29- 10- 44+ 53+ 22- 45- 48- 46- 55+ 53 MALLET Francois 2 37 5 29 26- 28+ 19- 52- 40- 38- +++ 41- 51- 54 HINGLEY Peter 2 33.5 4 26 40+ 41- 26- 37- 36- 47- 50- +++ 49- 55 JUNTTI Tord 2 33.5 3 26 33- 37- +++ 28- 32- 51- 42- 49+ 52- Nt=nationality, S=score, Bu=Buchholz, SB=Sonneborn-Berger, mB=median-Buchholz. +++ stands for a bye.