From: Theodore Hsu hsu org> Date: 5 jul 2006 Subject: Re: Habu and Moriuchi at World Open This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0314_01C6A07A.38F76730 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit A friend of mine, at least a strong 4 dan shogi player who was Japan chess champion one year and acquainted with Habu and Moriuchi's early chess exploits, emphasized to me that it is not just over-the-board ability that they transfer from Shogi to Chess but also their study habits and professionalism. He recalls Habu coming to the chess club one day to purchase a large stack of books, and Moriuchi's notebook with clippings from chess informant. Ted Hsu ----- Original Message ----- From: Larry Kaufman To: shogi topica com Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 9:07 PM Subject: Habu and Moriuchi at World Open In the past week, the world's two top ranked professional Shogi players, multiple title holders Habu and Moriuchi, participated in the huge World Open Chess tournament in Philadelphia. Habu scored 6 out of 9, including one win and two losses against grandmasters, thus earning his first International Master norm (he needs two more for the title). Moriuchi scored 5 out of 9, not enough for an International Master norm but almost certainly enough to earn the FIDE Master title (the rank just below International Master). Currently, Japan has only one International Master and two FIDE masters. The two shogi stars are likely to be rated #1 and #3 in western chess among Japanese players on the next list. If anyone doubts the correlation of chess ability and shogi ability, this should convince them otherwise! By the way, Habu told me that we had played a handicap game in Japan at the Shinjuku Shogi center about twenty years ago, which I didn't remember because he was not yet so famous, just a new Pro. I do remember playing a young pro then and there, so that was surely him. Neither of us remembers the result! Larry Kaufman --^---------------------------------------------------------------- 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=TEXFOOTER --^---------------------------------------------------------------- ------=_NextPart_000_0314_01C6A07A.38F76730 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
A friend of mine, at least a strong 4 dan shogi player who was Japan chess champion one year and acquainted with Habu and Moriuchi's early chess exploits, emphasized to me that it is not just over-the-board ability that they transfer from Shogi to Chess
but also their study habits and professionalism.  He recalls Habu coming to the chess club one day to purchase a large stack of books,
and Moriuchi's notebook with clippings from chess informant.
 
Ted Hsu
 
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Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 9:07 PM
Subject: Habu and Moriuchi at World Open

     In the past week, the world's two top ranked professional Shogi players, multiple title holders Habu and Moriuchi, participated in the huge World Open Chess tournament in Philadelphia. Habu scored 6 out of 9, including one win and two losses against grandmasters, thus earning his first International Master norm (he needs two more for the title). Moriuchi scored 5 out of 9, not enough for an International Master norm but almost certainly enough to earn the FIDE Master title (the rank just below International Master). Currently, Japan has only one International Master and two FIDE masters. The two shogi stars are likely to be rated #1 and #3 in western chess among Japanese players on the next list.
     If anyone doubts the correlation of chess ability and shogi ability, this should convince them otherwise!
     By the way, Habu told me that we had played a handicap game in Japan at the Shinjuku Shogi center about twenty years ago, which I didn't remember because he was not yet so famous, just a new Pro. I do remember playing a young pro then and there, so that was surely him. Neither of us remembers the result!
 
     Larry Kaufman
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