From: manabu.terao mx3 ttcn ne jp Date: 17 nov 2006 Subject: Brand new internet pro tournament Hello shogi fans, Another surprizing news come. According to the press releases by Japan Shogi Association and Daiwa Securities today on November 17(yes, it's the Day of Shogi), Daiwa Securities Cup of deciding the strongest net player will be newly held from April 1, 2007. It will be a knock-out tournament among the selected 16 pro players. The thinking time per player is 30 minutes and 30 seconds byoyomi will occur after the given time is comsumed. Each player is to login to the special game server to be prepared for this tournament from his private residence in principle. The games will be officially recorded. The selection criteria of the players are as follows; 1, Title holder as of January 1, 2007 2, Winner of any of the tournaments such as Asahi Open championship, NHK Cup, Ginga-sen, Nihon Seriese, or Shinjino. 3, Other players who earn bigger prize money for the year 2006. It will be the first official pro players' match to be played through Internet in the shogi history. Before the brand new tournament starts, there will be a special Daiwa Securities Cup match between Ryuoh Watanabe and Bonanza(shogi program, the winner of World Computer Shogi Championship this year) on March 21, 2007 at Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo, Japan. The thinking time per player is 2 hours using a chess-clock. If the given time is over, 60 seconds byoyomi will start. Manabu Terao --^---------------------------------------------------------------- This email was sent to: shogi-l shogi net EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a2i6Ys.aBsjvI.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 --^----------------------------------------------------------------