From: DANERUD MARTIN TELIA COM> Date: 28 oct 2002 Subject: Two shogi tournaments in Kameoka Dear shogi friends, [This is a message from Hiroyuki Tatsutomi, sent by me.] After the 2nd International Shogi Forum, two Swedish shogi players came to Kameoka. Kuchitamba Shogi Club held Kameoka Open Shogi Tournament on the 26th of October (Saturday) and the Kameoka Open Blitz Shogi Tournament on the 27th of October (Sunday) at Kameoka International Exchange Center. Two special rules were used: (1) Foreigners were not paired together (2) Tie-break rules: (i) guest (ii) SOS ... Mr Nils Carlsson took the bronze medal in Kameoka Open. His games were very exiting, especially when he defeated Tani 4-dan (one of the strongest players in Kuchitamba area). Results Kameoka Open, October 26, 2002 [25 minutes + 30 s byo-yomi per player] 1. Yasukawa Ryuzo 4d *2080 12+ 6+ 3+ 2+ 7+ 5 Gold 2. Shiogai Mitsuru 3d 2010 8+ 10+ 11+ 1- 5+ 4 Silver 3. Carlsson Nils 2k 1633 17+ 14+ 1- 6+ 9- 3 Bronze 4. Danerud Martin 2d 1545 14- 5- 15+ 17+ 11+ 3 5. Taniguchi Takuma 1d *1680 10- 4+ 13+ 11+ 2- 3 6. Yoshioka Ken 3d *1920 13+ 1- 12+ 3- 10+ 3 7. Nishida Tetsuya 3d *1920 F F 10+ 9+ 1- 3 8. Hashino Isao 1k *1560 2- 11- 17+ 13+ 16+ 3 9. Takemura Hiroshi 2d 1622 F F 14+ 7- 3+ 3 10.Kimura Masaya 6k *1120 5+ 2- 7- 12+ 6- 2 11.Tatsutomi Hirokazu 9k 954 15+ 8+ 2- 5- 4- 2 12.Okamoto Tsutomu 1k *1560 1- 17+ 6- 10- 13+ 2 13.Mizuyama Kazuo 3k *1360 6- 15+ 5- 8- 12- 1 14.Tani Hitoshi 4d *2080 4+ 3- 9- 0- 0- 1 15.Kasamatsu Tadao 1d *1680 11- 13- 4- 16- 17+ 1 16.Shimizu Kozo 6k *1120 0- 0- 0- 15+ 8- 1 17.Kimura Koichi 13k *560 3- 12- 8- 4- 15- 0 [Not played games marked by F were counted as 0.5 points.] Kameoka Blitz Open, October 27, 2002 [10 minutes per player] 1. Yoshioka Ken 3d *1920 11+ 9+ 3- 2+ 6+ 4+ 7+ 6 Gold 2. Danerud Martin 2d 1545 7+ 4- 5+ 1- 8+ 3+ 6+ 5 Silver 3. Harada Masakishi 4d *2080 8+ 5+ 1+ 6+ 4- 2- 11+ 5 Bronze 4. Yamada Kazuya 2d *1800 12+ 2+ 6- 7+ 3+ 1- 8- 4 5. Taniguchi Taguma 1d *1680 10+ 3- 2- 9+ 11+ 7- 12+ 4 6. Muro Tadashi 3d 1929 9- 11+ 4+ 3- 1- 10+ 2- 3 7. Nishikawa Seigoro 3d *1920 2- 12+ 9+ 4- 10- 5+ 1- 3 8. Kasamatsu Tadao 1d *1680 3- 10- 12+ 11- 2- 9+ 4+ 3 9. Carlsson Nils 2k 1633 6+ 1- 7- 5- 12+ 8- 10+ 3 10.Tatsutomi Hirokazu 9k 954 5- 8+ 11- 12+ 7+ 6- 9- 3 11.Kawanaka Mitsuru 1k *1560 1- 6- 10+ 8+ 5- 12- 3- 2 12.Mizuyama Kazuo 3k *1360 4- 7- 8- 10- 9- 11+ 5- 1 Best regards, Hiroyuki Tatsutomi via Martin Danerud