From: Gregory <gdelia <at> nyc <dot> rr <dot> com>
Date: 8 nov 2004
Subject: Re: Poconos Handicap tournament

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larry, glad to see ray take home the winter poconos prize! sorry i couldn't=
 be there.  pretty heavily involved with negotiations on sudan right now an=
d off to nairobi on saturday.  i'll be back to shogi in the spring.  greg
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     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=
 Kaufman 2 Dan. He not only scored 5 out of 8 in his handicap games, but ma=
naged to score 3 out of 4 in his "even" (except for playing first) games ag=
ainst the 3 Dan players. While this will probably not suffice for promotion=
 to 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 T=
akahashi, both playing as 5 Dan. He is a Japanese student in Baltimore Mary=
land. While not formally a 5 Dan, he agreed to play at this rank based on h=
is high Shogi Club 24 rating. Curiously, we not only split our individual g=
ames but made identical scores against each other Dan level. In between tou=
rnament games, he also played many rapid games, including a series with a 4=
 Dan player in which he played with a ten second per move time limit, while=
 the 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 mo=
ve! Counting all these rapid games, T. T. played close to 25 games this wee=
kend!
       Tied for fourth with an even 6-6 score were Jiro Yoshinari of D.C. a=
nd K. Numagami of Pennsylvania, both 4 Dan. S. Ogihara of NY scored 5-7 and=
 Mr. Noma of NY scored 3-9, both playing as 3 Dan.
       Despite the poor attendance, it was a very enjoyable and high-level =
event. Hopefully the next one will draw more players.

       Larry Kaufman, tournament director.
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>larry, glad to see ray take home the winte=
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  <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The fall Pocono=
s=20
  Handicap tournament was held this past weekend. It is basically a joint=
=20
  meeting of the NY and D.C. shogi clubs, with the players all staying in a=
=20
  rented house with food there, permitting a large number of rated games to=
 be=20
  played. Unfortunately the weekend chosen seemed to conflict with many pla=
yers'=20
  commitments, so only 7 shogi players attended, ranging from 2 Dan to 5 da=
n. On=20
  the plus side, we were able to complete a double round robin. Handicaps w=
ere=20
  sente for 1 rank difference, bishop for two ranks, and rook for=20
  three.</FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Winner with 8 o=
ut of 12=20
  was the lowest ranked player, my son Raymond Kaufman 2&nbsp;Dan. He not=
=20
  only&nbsp;scored 5 out&nbsp;of 8 in his handicap games, but managed to sc=
ore 3=20
  out of 4 in his "even" (except for playing first) games against the 3 Dan=
=20
  players.&nbsp;While this will probably not suffice for promotion to 3 Dan=
, it=20
  should put him&nbsp;reasonably close to that goal.&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Second place wi=
th 7 out=20
  of 12 was a tie between myself and Takeshi Takahashi, both playing as 5 D=
an.=20
  He is a Japanese student in Baltimore Maryland. While not formally a 5 Da=
n, he=20
  agreed to play at this rank based on his high Shogi Club 24 rating. Curio=
usly,=20
  we not only split our individual games but made identical scores against =
each=20
  other Dan level. In between tournament games, he also played many rapid g=
ames,=20
  including a series with a 4 Dan player in which he played with a ten seco=
nd=20
  per move time limit, while the 4 Dan got ten more seconds per move after =
each=20
  loss (or ten less after a win), and was eventually driven to odds of 1 mi=
nute=20
  to 10 seconds per move! Counting all these rapid games, T. T. played clos=
e to=20
  25&nbsp;games this weekend!</FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tied for fourth=
 with an=20
  even 6-6 score were Jiro Yoshinari of D.C. and K. Numagami of Pennsylvani=
a,=20
  both 4 Dan. S. Ogihara of NY scored 5-7 and Mr. Noma of NY scored 3-9, bo=
th=20
  playing as 3 Dan.</FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Despite the poo=
r=20
  attendance, it was a very enjoyable and high-level event. Hopefully the n=
ext=20
  one will draw more players.</FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Larry Kauf=
man,=20
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