From: Chiaki Ito <shogi <at> MAIL <dot> COM>
Date: 1 dec 2002
Subject: Re: Report from Goteborg Open

wow, 6 wins without any loss!  congratulations, mr. nils!

chiaki


----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl Johan Nilsson" <carl_johan.nilsson <at> TELIA <dot> COM>
To: <SHOGI-L <at> TECHUNIX <dot> TECHNION <dot> AC <dot> IL>
Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 3:02 PM
Subject: Report from Goteborg Open


> Dear shogi players,
>
> This weekend Goteborg Open was played in Goteborgs Schackcentrum. Twelve
> players from five different shogi clubs participated.
> Nils Carlsson from Stockholm who had played very well lately in Japan, and
> Richard Bjerke, eager to improve his three straight second places in this
> tournament, both made interesting starts.
>
> In the first round there were no surprises, since all players rated on the
> upper half managed to win their games.
> In the second round the game between Carlsson and me, later was shown to
be
> an early final. Carlsson got some trouble with his climbing silver in the
> middle game, when he was forced to either misplace it or sacrifice it for
a
> pawn. Carlsson bravely chose to sacrifice it. After the sacrifice
Carlson's
> attack was relentless, never letting me into the game again. The Norwegian
> players, Terje Christoffersen and Richard Bjerke also won their second
round
> games, therefore sharing the lead with Carlsson.
>
> In the break between second and third round, the players could enjoy the
> famous Swedish "glögg".  It is a sort of sweet wine, served with raisins
and
> almonds. A very popular event, which seemed to increase not only
creativity,
> but also the general spirit.
>
> In the third and last round in day one of the tournament, the Norwegian
> players had to play each other. Bjerke managed to win this game. He
thereby
> shared the lead with Carlsson who won his game against Soderberg.
> This duo was followed by five players on two points, Christoffersen,
> Nilsson, Ahlqvist, Wredenberg and Rabe.
>
> The leading duo played each other in round four. A fortress game where
> Bjerke tried to play a Spearing the sparrow which Carlsson countered with
a
> climbing silver. Carlsson managed to force an early exchange of bishops
> which killed Bjerke's attack. After that Bjerke had no real chances in the
> game. This left Carlsson as a sole leader with a perfect score, chased by
> Bjerke, Cristoffersen and me, all with three points. In round five
> Christoffersen tried his luck against the uncompromising Carlsson, but
> without any success. Bjerke, who played me on the second board, won my
rook
> for a
> gold and a knight in the middle game. A few moves later I blundered away a
> silver for nothing, leaving Bjerke with a big material advantage. But
since
> you usually attack at the top of your capacity when you are lost and have
> nothing to lose, I
> managed to make my  "final desperate all-out attack" work. This left
> Carlsson
> as a sole leader followed by me on second place.
>
> After the fifth round the players strengthened their courage with some
more
> glögg before starting to play the last round. In this round Carlsson won
to
> Ahlqvist securing the first place and thereby the biggest of the five cups
> made of pure tin. Christoffersen totally outplayed me in the middle game
on
> the second board. In the end of the attack when there was several
available
> tsumes, he blundered away his promoted rook and thereby both the game and
> the second place in the tournament to me. Bjerke, who won his last game
> against Soderberg, won the third price. Jonas Ahlqvist, who ended on fifth
> place, won the prize for best player graded between 6-10 kyu and Daniel
> Wredenberg won the prize for best player between 11-15 kyu.
>
>
>
> Regards,
> Carl Johan Nilsson
>
> Results:
>
> 1. Nils Carlsson           10+   2+   6+   3+   4+   5+   6pts
>
> 2. Carl Johan Nilsson     7+    1-    8+   5+   3+   4+  5pts
>
> 3. Richard Bjerke          9+    5+   4+   1-    2-    6+  4pts
>
> 4. Terje Christoffersen   8+    6+   3-   9+    1-    2-  3pts  24 Sos
> 5. Jonas Ahlqvist          12+   3-    7+   2-    9+   1-  3pts   22 Sos
> 6. Robert Söderberg    11+   4-    1-   8+    7+   3-  3pts  20 Sos
> 7. Jan Rabe                   2-  10+   5-  11+   6-  12+  3pts 14 Sos 3
> Sdos 9 Cum
> 8. Mikael Jansson          4-  11+  2-   6-   12+  10+  3pts 14 Sos 3 Sdos
8
> Cum
> 9. Daniel Wredenberg    3-  12+ 10+  4-   5-   11+   3pts 13 Sos
>
> 10. Daniel Ivarsson         1-    7-   9- 12-  11+   8-   1pt  17 Sos
> 11. Björn Tjällberg         6-    8-  12+  7-  10-    9-   1pt  14 Sos
1Sdos
> 4 Cum
> 12. Henrik Hellberg        5-   9-  11-  10+   8-   7-   1pt  14 Sos 1Sdos
3
> Cum