From: Chiaki Ito <shogi <at> MAIL <dot> COM>
Date: 3 apr 2003
Subject: Re: US tour by top Japanese Amateur

And it is the title which only the best amateur could get, like Ryuou title
for pros.

Chiaki

----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Kaufman" <lkaufman <at> COMCAST <dot> NET>
To: <SHOGI-L <at> TECHUNIX <dot> TECHNION <dot> AC <dot> IL>
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 7:51 AM
Subject: Re: US tour by top Japanese Amateur


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Reijer Grimbergen" <grimbergen <at> FU <dot> IS <dot> SAGA-U <dot> AC <dot> JP>
> To: <SHOGI-L <at> TECHUNIX <dot> TECHNION <dot> AC <dot> IL>
> Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 3:41 AM
> Subject: Re: US tour by top Japanese Amateur
>
>
> > There actually is a top amateur invitation tournament that is called
> > "Grand Champion". If I remember correctly, this is an invitation
> > tournament where all amateur title holders are invited (including the
> > university champions). I don't have the results of the recent tournament
> > at hand, but it is quite likely that Shimizugami won that tournament as
> > university Meijin and thus earned the title "Grand Champion" (or more
> > precise "Gurando Chanpion" :-) ).
> >
> > Reijer
> >
>      Yes, that is the event that he told us he won.
>
>      Larry Kaufman
>