From: Carl Johan Nilsson TELIA COM> Date: 27 jul 2003 Subject: Report from Summer Shogi in Goteborg This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0026_01C35498.E9777C70 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear shogi enthusiasts, This Saturday the tournament "Summer Shogi" was played outside at the = restaurant Villa Belparc located in the beautiful park Slottsskogen in = Goteborg. Until Saturday, the weather in Sweden had been very dry and = hot so far this summer. So dry and hot that in many places it has been = forbidden to light a fire and to sprinkle your lawn. Somewhat = unfortunately, this dry and hot weather came to an end this Saturday, = replaced by cool air and a continuous downpure. Despite the wheater not less than 10 brave shogi players turned up to = play 4 games of shogi.=20 Interesting starts were made by Jonas Ahlqvist who has shown to be in = great form lately in the Swedish Championships for teams and Martin = Danerud who has developed a lot during his recent trips to Japan.=20 There were no surprises in the first two rounds of the tournament when = all players rated in the upper half managed to win their games. In the = third round there were some slight surprises. Jonas convincingly won = against me thereby sharing the lead with Martin Danerud who so far had = made a very solid impression during his games. Tor Gammelg=E5rd won = against Anders Vidal and thereby secured the rating price for players = between 6-10 kyu. Winning this game also gave Tor a shot at the bronze = and perhaps also the silver medal if winning his last round. Another = slight surprise was Daniel Wredenberg win against Mikael Jansson. By = that Daniel secured the medal for best player between 11-15 kyu. In the last round the two players with perfect score, Martin Danerud and = Jonas Ahlqvist, faced each other in a direct final. This turned out to = be a very one-sided game. Jonas misplayed the opening and he was not = given any chance to recover after that. Martin, who seemed to be the = strongest player during the tournament, thereby won the gold medal with = a perfect score.=20 Tor Gammelg=E5rd and I played each other in the last round. The pot = consisted of the bronze medal or even a slight chance to win the silver = medal. In a very tough game Tor chased my king into the middle of the = board but failed to deliver mate. Instead I managed to turn the tables = thereby vinning the bronze.=20 Goteborgs Shogi Society would like to thank all participants for their = interest and welcome all of you to the next years competition.=20 Regards Carl Johan Nilsson=20 =20 Results: =20 1. Martin Danerud +4 +9 +8 +2 4pts =20 2. Jonas Ahlqvist +10 +5 +3 -1 3pts 9sos = 3. Carl Johan Nilsson +5 +8 -2 +4 3pts 8sos 4. Tor Gammelg=E5rd -1 +6 +9 -3 2pts 10sos =20 5. Robert S=F6derberg -3 -2 +10 +8 2pts 7sos 6. Daniel Wredenberg -9 -4 +7 +10 2pts 5sos =20 7. Mikael Jansson -8 +10 -6 +9 2pts 4sos 8. Jan Palmgren +7 -3 -1 -5 1pt 11sos=20 9. Anders Vidal +6 -1 -4 -7 1pt 10sos =20 10. Anders Gustafsson -2 -7 -5 -6 0pt ------=_NextPart_000_0026_01C35498.E9777C70 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Dear shogi enthusiasts,

This Saturday the tournament "Summer = Shogi" was=20 played outside at the restaurant Villa Belparc located in the beautiful = park=20 Slottsskogen in Goteborg. Until Saturday, the weather in Sweden had been = very=20 dry and hot so far this summer. So dry and hot that in = many=20 places it has been forbidden to light a fire and to = sprinkle your=20 lawn. Somewhat unfortunately, this dry and hot weather came to an end=20 this Saturday, replaced by cool air and a continuous=20 downpure.

Despite the wheater not less than = 10 brave=20 shogi players turned up to play 4 games of = shogi.

Interesting starts were made by Jonas = Ahlqvist who=20 has shown to be in great form lately in the Swedish Championships for=20 teams and Martin Danerud who has developed a lot during his recent = trips to=20 Japan.

There were no surprises in the first = two rounds of=20 the tournament when all players rated in the upper half managed to win = their=20 games. In the third round there were some slight=20 surprises. Jonas convincingly won against me thereby sharing = the lead=20 with Martin Danerud who so far had made a very solid = impression during=20 his games. Tor Gammelg=E5rd won against Anders Vidal and thereby secured = the=20 rating price for players between 6-10 kyu. Winning this game also gave = Tor a=20 shot at the bronze and perhaps also the silver medal if = winning his=20 last round. Another slight surprise was Daniel Wredenberg win against = Mikael=20 Jansson. By that Daniel secured the medal for best player between = 11-15=20 kyu.

In the last round the two players = with perfect=20 score, Martin Danerud and Jonas Ahlqvist, faced each other in a direct = final.=20 This turned out to be a very one-sided game. Jonas misplayed the=20 opening and he was not given any chance to recover after that. = Martin,=20 who seemed to be the strongest player during the tournament, = thereby won=20 the gold medal with a perfect score.

Tor Gammelg=E5rd and I played each = other in the=20 last round. The pot consisted of the bronze medal or even = a=20 slight chance to win the silver medal. In a very tough game Tor = chased my=20 king into the middle of the board but failed to deliver mate. Instead I = managed=20 to turn the tables thereby vinning the bronze.

Goteborgs Shogi Society would like to = thank all=20 participants for their interest and welcome all of you to the next years = competition.

Regards

Carl Johan Nilsson

Results:

1. Martin Danerud =20 +4 +9 =20 +8 +2 =20 4pts

2. Jonas=20 Ahlqvist +10&n= bsp; +5 =20 +3 -1 =20 3pts 9sos

3. Carl Johan Nilsson = +5 +8 -2 =20 +4 3pts =20 8sos

4. Tor=20 Gammelg=E5rd -1 =20 +6 +9 = -3 =20 2pts 10sos =

5. Robert = S=F6derberg =20 -3 -2 +10 = +8 2pts &= nbsp; =20 7sos

6. Daniel = Wredenberg =20 -9 -4 +7 =20 +10 2pts =20 5sos

7. Mikael=20 Jansson =20 -8 +10 = -6 =20 +9 = 2pts =20 4sos

8. Jan=20 Palmgren =20 +7 -3 -1&= nbsp; =20 -5 1pt = 11sos

9. Anders=20 Vidal &n= bsp;=20 +6 -1 -4 &= nbsp; -7 = 1pt 10sos =20

10. Anders Gustafsson =20 -2 -7 =20 -5 -6 &nb= sp; 0pt

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