From: Larry Kaufman comcast net> Date: 8 nov 2004 Subject: Poconos Handicap tournament This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C4C58B.A35B1D40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Your free subscription is supported by today's sponsor: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Claim your tickets to Universal Orlando now http://click.topica.com/= caacOlua2i6YsbnuqMaa/PermissionData ------------------------------------------------------------------- The fall Poconos Handicap tournament was held this past weekend. It is= basically a joint meeting of the NY and D.C. shogi clubs, with the players= all staying in a rented house with food there, permitting a large number o= f rated games to be played. Unfortunately the weekend chosen seemed to conf= lict with many players' commitments, so only 7 shogi players attended, rang= ing from 2 Dan to 5 dan. On the plus side, we were able to complete a doubl= e round robin. Handicaps were sente for 1 rank difference, bishop for two r= anks, and rook for three. Winner with 8 out of 12 was the lowest ranked player, my son Raymond K= aufman 2 Dan. He not only scored 5 out of 8 in his handicap games, but mana= ged to score 3 out of 4 in his "even" (except for playing first) games agai= nst the 3 Dan players. While this will probably not suffice for promotion t= o 3 Dan, it should put him reasonably close to that goal.=20 Second place with 7 out of 12 was a tie between myself and Takeshi Tak= ahashi, both playing as 5 Dan. He is a Japanese student in Baltimore Maryla= nd. While not formally a 5 Dan, he agreed to play at this rank based on his= high Shogi Club 24 rating. Curiously, we not only split our individual gam= es but made identical scores against each other Dan level. In between tourn= ament games, he also played many rapid games, including a series with a 4 D= an player in which he played with a ten second per move time limit, while t= he 4 Dan got ten more seconds per move after each loss (or ten less after a= win), and was eventually driven to odds of 1 minute to 10 seconds per move= ! Counting all these rapid games, T. T. played close to 25 games this weeke= nd! Tied for fourth with an even 6-6 score were Jiro Yoshinari of D.C. and= K. Numagami of Pennsylvania, both 4 Dan. S. Ogihara of NY scored 5-7 and M= r. Noma of NY scored 3-9, both playing as 3 Dan. Despite the poor attendance, it was a very enjoyable and high-level ev= ent. Hopefully the next one will draw more players. Larry Kaufman, tournament director. Your free subscription is supported by today's sponsor: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Save up to 67% on Omaha Steaks + Get 6 FREE Burgers and a=20 FREE Cutlery Set + Cutting Board! http://click.topica.com/= caacOlKa2i6YsbnuqMaf/OmahaSteaks ------------------------------------------------------------------- --^---------------------------------------------------------------- This email was sent to: = shogi-l shogi net EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a2i6Ys.= bnuqMa.= c2hvZ2kt Or send an email to: shogi-unsubscribe topica com For Topica's complete suite of email marketing solutions visit: http://www.topica.com/?p=3DTEXFOOTER --^---------------------------------------------------------------- ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C4C58B.A35B1D40 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable = 
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     The fall Poconos = Handicap=20 tournament was held this past weekend. It is basically a joint meeting of t= he NY=20 and D.C. shogi clubs, with the players all staying in a rented house with f= ood=20 there, permitting a large number of rated games to be played. Unfortunately= the=20 weekend chosen seemed to conflict with many players' commitments, so only 7= =20 shogi players attended, ranging from 2 Dan to 5 dan. On the plus side, we w= ere=20 able to complete a double round robin. Handicaps were sente for 1 rank=20 difference, bishop for two ranks, and rook for three.
     Winner with 8 out= of 12=20 was the lowest ranked player, my son Raymond Kaufman 2 Dan. He not=20 only scored 5 out of 8 in his handicap games, but managed to scor= e 3=20 out of 4 in his "even" (except for playing first) games against the 3 Dan= =20 players. While this will probably not suffice for promotion to 3 Dan, = it=20 should put him reasonably close to that goal. 
     Second place with= 7 out of=20 12 was a tie between myself and Takeshi Takahashi, both playing as 5 Dan. H= e is=20 a Japanese student in Baltimore Maryland. While not formally a 5 Dan, he ag= reed=20 to play at this rank based on his high Shogi Club 24 rating. Curiously, we = not=20 only split our individual games but made identical scores against each othe= r Dan=20 level. In between tournament games, he also played many rapid games, includ= ing a=20 series with a 4 Dan player in which he played with a ten second per move ti= me=20 limit, while the 4 Dan got ten more seconds per move after each loss (or te= n=20 less after a win), and was eventually driven to odds of 1 minute to 10 seco= nds=20 per move! Counting all these rapid games, T. T. played close to 25 gam= es=20 this weekend!
     Tied for fourth w= ith an=20 even 6-6 score were Jiro Yoshinari of D.C. and K. Numagami of Pennsylvania,= both=20 4 Dan. S. Ogihara of NY scored 5-7 and Mr. Noma of NY scored 3-9, both play= ing=20 as 3 Dan.
     Despite the poor= =20 attendance, it was a very enjoyable and high-level event. Hopefully the nex= t one=20 will draw more players.
 
     Larry Kaufma= n,=20 tournament director.
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