From: Larry Kaufman COMCAST NET> Date: 1 aug 2003 Subject: promotion This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C3580D.A1237320 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mr. Tim Rogalski of Virginia has just earned promotion to Shodan = under the Pan-Atlantic rules by maintaining his rating above 1740 for = the necessary number of games. Congratulations, Tim! Tim learned shogi over twenty years ago, and has had the goal of = becoming shodan ever since. I believe that he is the first = American-born player to enter the Dan ranks since the current = Pan-Atlantic rating system was created a few years ago. Let me know if = I've forgotten someone. I think the last American to become a Dan = player was my son Raymond, but I believe that predated the system. Larry Kaufman, Chairman of U.S. Shogi Federation ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C3580D.A1237320 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
     Mr. Tim = Rogalski of=20 Virginia has just earned promotion to Shodan under the Pan-Atlantic = rules by=20 maintaining his rating above 1740 for the necessary number of = games. =20 Congratulations, Tim!
     Tim learned = shogi over=20 twenty years ago, and has had the goal of becoming shodan ever = since.  I=20 believe that he is the first American-born player to enter the Dan ranks = since=20 the current Pan-Atlantic rating system was created a few years = ago.  Let me=20 know if I've forgotten someone.  I think the last American to = become a Dan=20 player was my son Raymond, but I believe that predated the = system.
 
     Larry Kaufman, = Chairman of=20 U.S. Shogi Federation
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