Invitation Swedish Open Shogi Championship

[martin....@telia.com]

Welcome to the Swedish Shogi Championship and Swedish Open Shogi Championship (SOSC), May 7 to 8 at Stockholm Chess Salons, Ringvagen 9C, Stockholm (where the ESC/WOSC was played in 2009)!

The Swedish Shogi Championship will be played in a format similar to the ESC/WOSC starting in 2011. The Swedish Shogi Championship is a cup, only for Swedish citizens, where the winner will get the Swedish position in the International Shogi Forum in Paris 2011. Those cup games and all other games in this six rounds Swiss tournament will be included in the Swedish Open Shogi Championship.

The criteria for highest position in the SOSC will be 1. Points 2. Sum of Opponents Score 3. Sum of Defeated Opponents Score.

The thinking time will be 30 minutes + 30 seconds byo-yomi for each player.

The tournament fee is 200 Swedish kronor.

Round schedule:

Round 1 Sat May 7 11.00
Round 2 Sat May 7 14.00
Round 3 Sat May 7 16.00
Round 4 Sun May 8 09.00
Round 5 Sun May 8 12.00
Round 6 Sun May 8 14.00
Prize giving as soon as possible after the last game is finished.

Prizes:

The winner of the Swedish Shogi Championship will become Swedish Champion 2011 and gets the Swedish position in the International Shogi Forum in Paris in October 2011 and also a gold medal.

All information on International Shogi Forum 2011 can be found at

http://isf.shogi.fr
Click at the pdf file!

The loser of the final will get a silver medal and becomes the first reserve player for Sweden in Paris.

The winner of the bronze match will get a bronze medal and becomes the second reserve player for Sweden in Paris.

The top three players in the SOSC will get medals.

The best junior player with Swedish Citizenship (born 1991 or later) in SOSC will become Swedish Junior Champion 2011.

The best player in SOSC regardless of nationality with 1-kyu to 5-kyu will get a rating prize.

The best player in SOSC regardless of nationality with 6-kyu to 10-kyu will get a rating prize.

The best player in SOSC regardless of nationality with 11-kyu down to beginner will get a rating prize.

Registration: Pre-register to martin....@telia.com. Anyone can register on site until Sat May 7 at 10.30. All players have to register on site Sat May 7 at 10.30 at the latest.

As a foreign visitor, why should you come to Stockholm?

1. This is a good opportunity to play a tournament before your qualification or before the International Shogi Forum in Paris with 30 min + 30 s byo-yomi.

2. You can follow the tough fight among the Swedish players to qualify for the International Shogi Forum in Paris.

3. In the beginning of May, spring or early summer is wonderful in Stockholm, and the girls are, as usual, the most beautiful in the world (take that word from a man who is married to a Japanese!).


Welcome!

Martin Danerud

President of the Swedish Shogi Federation