From: Manabu Terao mx3 ttcn ne jp> Date: 17 mar 2006 Subject: Re: Examination system to become a pro Your free subscription is supported by today's sponsor: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Unlimited International Calls to Certain Counties with Packet8. Our International VoIP Plans offer subscribers a easier way to save on overseas calls. 1-877-868-1135 http://click.topica.com/= caaexd4a2i6YsbnuqMaa/ TMONE ------------------------------------------------------------------- Larry Kaufman comcast net> wrote: > This is good news for shogi. It will encourage strong amateur player= s=20 > to work hard on their game in the hope of becoming pros. > Can you tell us which amateur (or lady pro) players in the past few= =20 > years might have qualified for this examination? I recall that two of my= =20 > "amateur" teachers had even records in official games against pros=20 > (something like 4-4 each I believe) but this was nearly twenty years ago.= =20 > Probably others have similar records now. I can't say that right now since the criteria to evaluate the performance= =20 of the official games with pro such as number of games, winning percentage etc.., is still uncertain. However, I can make a list of the winners of major four Armature Shogi Tournaments as below.(Since Japanese Kanji names can often have plural pronunciations and I don't know most of them personally, some names=20 in Roman below may have errors, although I tried my best for them to=20 be correct.) * Armature Ryuoh 2005 Shimizugami Toru 2004 Kato Yukio 2003 Higashino Tetsuo 2002 Watanabe Toshio 2001 Nakafuji Makoto * Ama Meijin 2005 Asada Takushi=20 2004 Yamada Atsumoto 2003 Yamada Atsumoto 2002 Hayasaki Masakazu 2001 Nagaoka Toshikatsu * Asahi Ama Meijin 2005 Yoshida Masakazu(He is now in Shoreikai.) 2004 Amano Takashi 2003 Kiriyama Takashi 2002 Yamada Atsumoto 2001 Yamada Atsumoto * Ama Osho 2005 Watanabe Toshio 2004 Yamada Atsutoshi 2003 Shimizugami Toru 2002 Segawa Shouji(He is now pro 4dan) 2001 Takeda Shunpei I read in some magazine that Shimizugami-san has a desire to become pro. Regards Manabu Terao Your free subscription is supported by today's sponsor: ------------------------------------------------------------------- First Month Free! Save up to 50% on your phone bill.=20 Free Activation, Free Equipment! Packet8 30-day money back guarantee. 1-877-868-1135 http://click.topica.com/= caaexdQa2i6YsbnuqMaf/ TMONE ------------------------------------------------------------------- --^---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --^----------------------------------------------------------------