From: bogin <bogin <at> YAHOO <dot> CO <dot> JP>
Date: 10 apr 2003
Subject: Re: 4th International Austrian Shogi Championship

Congratulations on a fine tournament. The level of play must have been
quite high for a 2k to beat a very strong 5d. Even in a handicap game that
result would have been quite surprising but in an even game it is even more
remarkable.  What's more this was an OTB tournament, not Interent or Email,
so there can be no doubt about the result. It just goes to show that on any
given day anything is possible.

I have just one question. This was the tournament was called the Austrian
Championship, and there appears to have been a clear winner,
 $B#M#M (Br. Schnider, with 5 out of 6. So, why is it necessary to have a playoff
for title of Austrian Champion?


Bill Gaudry

 --- Thomas Pfaffel <thomas_pfaffel <at> HOTMAIL <dot> COM>  $B$+$i$N%a%C%;!<%8!' (B
> Dear shogi friends!
>
> Last weekend the 4th International Asutrian Shogi Championship took
> place in
> Graz. With 12 participants we had unfortunately a decrease in the
> number of
> participants compared to 18 participants last year. But with Vojtech
> Hrabal
> from Czech Republic and Jochen Drechsler from Munich we could also
> welcome
> two foreign players.
> The big suprise of the tournament was Andreas Neumaier (2k). After
> winning
> against Jochen Drechsler in round two, he managed to win in round
> four
> against Gert Schnider. This was Gert's first defeat in a tournament
> game in
> Austria! So after 4 rounds Andreas was the single leader. But
> unfortunately
> Andreas lost his 2 remaining games against Marco Dietmayer and Thomas
> Pfaffel, although he had a winning position in both games.
> So Gert Schnider emerged again as the winner of the tournament with 5
> points
> out of 6 rounds. With 4 points following were Andreas Neumaier, Marco
> Dietmayer and Thomas Pfaffel. This 4 players will compete in a
> playoff next
> month for the Austrian Championship Title.
> Find below the tournament table with rating results.
>
> Regards
> Thomas
>
>
>
>
> Nr Name                 Nat  Grade  ELO    1   2   3   4   5   6  Pts
>   +/-
> 1 Schnider   Gert      AT   3 Dan  2096   7+  4+  6+  2-  5+  3+   5
>  -10
> 2 Neumaier   Andreas   AT   2 Kyu  1436   0+  5+  9+  1+  3-  4-   4
>  +53
> 3 Dietmayer  Marco     AT   1 Kyu  1688  10+  6-  7+  4+  2+  1-   4
>   +7
> 4 Pfaffel    Thomas    AT   2 Dan  1797   9+  1-  8+  3- 10+  2+   4
>  -16
> 5 Drechsler  Jochen    DE   2 Dan  1787   8+  2- 11+  6+  1-  7+   4
>  -15
> 6 Wagner     Stephan   AT   3 Kyu  1650  11+  3+  1-  5-  8+  9+   4
>   +4
> 7 Hrabal     Vojtech   CZ   8 Kyu  1164   1- 11+  3- 10+  9+  5-   3
>   +6
> 8 Schmied    Horst     AT  10 Kyu   953   5- 10+  4- 11+  6-  0+   3
>  +11
> 9 Gomilschak Martin    AT  11 Kyu   824   4- 12+  2-  0+  7-  6-   2
>   -3
> 10 Wetzl      Roland    AT  11 Kyu   829   3-  8-  0+  7-  4- 11+   2
>   -13
> 11 Moser      Eva       AT           400*  6-  7-  5-  8-  0+ 10-   1
> 12 Gruber     Alexander AT           400*  0-  9-  0-  0-  0-  0-   0
>
> Promoting Wagner Stephan to 2 Kyu
> Promoting Hrabal Vojtech to 6 Kyu
> Promoting Schmied Horst to 9 Kyu
> Promoting Gomilschak Martin to 10 Kyu
>
>
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