From: bogin <bogin <at> YAHOO <dot> CO <dot> JP>
Date: 12 dec 2002
Subject: Re: Proposal

Dear Mr. Kaufman,

That sounds like a interesting idea. But, is it really fair to exclude a
person like Reijer Grimbergen just because he has been living in Japan for
such a long time? Wouldn't it be better to give him the opportunity to
decide whether he would like to participate or not? Obviously, he is one of
the strongest Western players out there so excluding him would seem to do
such a contest a disservice.

Also, instead of traveling all over the world, couldn't such a tournament
be held over the Internet. That way, anyone who's not one of the lucky 4
chosen to participate could at least watch on line. No one practically uses
the English version of Yahoo! Shogi so couldn't it be used?  A neutral
arbiter could be chosen and ground rules could be hashed out to everyone's
satisfaction. Since it would be a round robin, the only thing you would
have to worry about is furigoma and you could leave that up to the arbiter.
After that, it will pretty much be straightforward shogi. Would something
like that work?

Bill Gaudry



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