From: Fabien Osmont <fabien <at> shogi <dot> fr>
Date: 28 sep 2007
Subject: Re: International Mind Sports Association


Dear Paul

 > It still seems to me a great shame that Shogi is not involved in this
 > (especially if there is no world Shogi body that could contact the
 > IMSA and try to get Shogi involved).

It is probably too emotional from me or maybe also too politically=20
oriented but, to my opinion, the greatest shame of what you describe is=20
that such event can occur in a country where human rights are so less=20
respected.
It is of course only my pure personal opinion but it seems it is shared=20
by other mind games players. For example, if you have a look on=20
brainking, you'll notice that it is possible to select the Tibet flag as=
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his country flag there. Maybe not an innocent feature... :-)

So, after that, knowing if Shogi should join IMSA or not is to my mind a=
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very very small thing. And knowing that IMSA is choosing to be there=20
although what I've explained above doesn't really motivate me to see=20
Shogi world joining them.

Fab

Paul Smith a =E9crit :
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> A while ago I raised this subject and Martin D wrote:
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>> To your questions, I do not know if anyone is trying to get shogi
>> involved. I do not think so. Secondly, there is no world body for
>> shogi. The closest one may come is the Nihon Shogi Renmei (NSR), the
>> Japan Shogi Association, which is organized by and for professional
>> shogi players in Japan. NSR has also run the International Shogi Forum
>> and other amateur activities in Japan. We have a very good relation
>> with NSR, and they have helped shogi a lot in Europe.
>> I have tried to raise the question of a world shogi body, but the fact
>> is that NSR would not recognize such an organisation
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> The IMSA have now officially announced the first World Mind Sports Games=
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> for Beijing 2008.
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> I have seen the announcement in many places, in particular here on the=
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> official website of the Chinese Olympic Committee:
> http://en.olympic.cn/news/general/2007-09-26/1266728.html
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> The mind sports listed are Chess, Bridge, Go, Draughts and Chinese Chess
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> I think this is quite different from other mind sports events (e.g. MSO)=
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> in that the IOC and GAISF are involved, as well as the international=20
> associations for the major mind sports. The plan is that there will be=
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> about 30 medal events and 2000 players from 150 countries.
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> It still seems to me a great shame that Shogi is not involved in this=20
> (especially if there is no world Shogi body that could contact the IMSA=
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> and try to get Shogi involved).
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> Martin, you mentioned the NSR - do you know if they are now aware of=20
> this event in Beijing and whether they would want Shogi to get involved=
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> with it?
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> Paul
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