1st tournament of Shogi Cup Consul of Japan in St. Petersburg

[Yury Shpilev]

Hi shogi-fans, 8-9 January 2011 Consulate of Japan in St. Petersburg with St.Petersburg shogi club as member of Russian shogi federation will organized 1st Shogi Cup of Consul of Japan in St. Petersburg. Tournament will held in Saint-Petersburg in Teen-Youth Club "Leningradets", st.Furshtatskaya, 16 (near metro-station Chernyshevskaya). Format: swiss-system, 6 rounds, 45 min + 30 sec boyomi   08.01  11-30  registration          12-00  1 round          14-00  dinner          15-00  2 round          17-00  3 round   09.01  10-00  4 round          12-00  5 round          14-00  dinner          15-00  6 round          17-00  prize giving Without fee. Prizes will given by Consul of japan in St.Petersburg. More will know later. I hope that will special prizes for beginners and womens. Accomodation near club: - hotel Russ: http://www.hotelruss.spb.ru/?lang=eng - hotel Austrian Gard: http://www.austrianyard.com/eng_index.htm - hostel Ulana: http://www.spbhotelsview.ru/ulanafursh.html (Russian) - list of hotels Saint-Petersburg on Russian: http://www.spbhotelsview.ru/ - book St.Petersburg hotel online: http://all-hotels.ru/spb/index.en.html - list hotels near metro Chernyshevskaya: http://all-hotels.ru/index.en.html?kk=19d33cde16&metros=Chernyshevskaya&f110=Ok&metror=2 A little about place where will held our tournament: It's old center of St.Petersburg (SPb). Near this placed: - Moskovskii realway station - central realway station of SPb - 1,5 km - Smolny Cathedral and Smolny Palace - residence of SPb governor - 2 km - Hermitage and Winter Palace - residence or Russian tsar (1 century ago) - 2 km - Russian Museum (main museum of Russian art in Russia) - 1,3 km - Summer Garden (Letniy Sad) and Mars garden (Marsovo pole) - 1,2 km - Finland realway station - 1,2 km - Nevsky prospect - 1,4 km - Issaakievsky Cathedral - 2,6 km ... and many many big and little beautiful places of St.Petersburg. You are welcome! Please, write me on shp...@yahoo.com, tell me on skype: yury.shpilev or mobile: +7-911-740-44-25 or +7-952-368-53-65 (now not active until 3 Dec). And we help you. Any questions. Best regards, Yury Shpilev