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1. Petter Gardström, Uppsala 6 points 2. Göran Holgersson, Jönköping 6 3. Stefan Karlsson, Jönköping 5,5 4. Anders Bertilsson, Högsjö 5 5. Tord Andersson, Uppsala 5 6. Hannes Hermansson, Högsjö 5 7. Peder Svensson, Jönköping 5 8. Tommy Pettersson, Högsjö 4,5 9. Peter Jonsson, Jönköping 4,5 10. Björn Wallgren, Härnösand 4,5 11. Kristian Gustafsson, Jönköping 4 12. Michael Sjöberg, Högsjö 4 13. Marcus Eriksson, Högsjö 4 14. Axel Weyler, Stockholm 4
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In S:t Petersburg it was decided that the new international opening rule for renju will be used for the first time in the Karepa International Tournament in August. However, the Youth World Championship in August will be the last international tournament using the old opening rules.
Gr. A
1 2 3
1 SWEDEN 3 3 2,5 2 10,5 63
1 Karlsson S. 1 1 0 0 2
2 Gardstrom P. 1 0,5 0,5 2
3 Holgersson G. 1 1 1 1 4
4 Bertilsson A. 0 0 0
R Johannesson R. 1 1 0,5 2,5
2 ARMENIA 1 1 1 0,5 3,5 35,75
1 Pogosyan A. 0 0 0 0 0
2 Saakian T. 0 0 0 0 0
3 Grigorian N. 0 0 1 0 1
4
R Voskanian E. 1 1 0 0,5 2,5
3 LATVIA 1,5 2 3 3,5 10 62,75
1 Reims A. 1 1 1 1 4
2 Veidemanis A. 0,5 0,5 1 1 3
3 Gurckis G. 0 0 0 1 1
4 Balanova E. 0 0,5 1 0,5 2
R
Gr. B
1 2 3 4
1 CHINA 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 29,5
1 Na Wei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Deng Jing-Hui 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
3 Du Yu 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
4 - - - - - -
R
2 RUSSIA 4 4 3,5 2 2 1 16,5 130,75
1 Iljin D. 1 1 0 0 0 2
2 Peskov S. 1 1 0,5 1 0 3,5
3 Sinyov I. 1 1 1 0 0 3
4 Nikonov K. + + 1 1 1 5
R Kozhin M. 1 1 0 1 3
3 JAPAN 3 4 0,5 2 0 1 10,5 74,25
1 Nara H. 1 1 0 1 0 0 3
2 Hasegava K. 1 1 0,5 1 0 1 4,5
3 Iwata A. 1 0 0 0 1
4 Adachi Y. + + 0 0 0 0 2
R Suzuki J. 0 0 0
4 ESTONIA 4 3 2 3 4 3 19 170
1 Meritee A. 1 1 1 1 1 1 6
2 Soosyrv A. 1 0 0 1 1 0 3
3 Tuvikene M. 1 1 1 1 1 1 6
4 Kolk M. + + 0 0 1 1 4
R
Play-Off
Semi-finals:
SWEDEN - RUSSIA 0:4
1 Karlsson S. - Iljin D. 0-1
2 Gardstrom P. - Kozhin M. 0-1
3 Holgersson G. - Sinyov I. 0-1
4 Johannesson R. - Nikonov K. 0-1
RUSSIA - SWEDEN 3:1
1 Iljin D. - Karlsson S. 0,5-0,5
2 Peskov S. - Gardstrom P. 0,5-0,5
3 Sinyov I. - Johannesson R. 1-0
4 Nikonov K. - Bertilsson A. 1-0
ESTONIA - LATVIA 2,5:1,5
1 Meritee A. - Reims A. 0,5-0,5
2 Soosyrv A. - Veidemanis A. 1-0
3 Tuvikene M. - Gurckis G. 1-0
4 Kolk M. - Balanova E. 0-1
LATVIA - ESTONIA 2,5:1,5
1 Reims A. - Meritee A. 0-1
2 Veidemanis A. - Soosyrv A. 1-0
3 Gurckis G. - Tuvikene M. 1-0
4 Balanova E. - Kolk M. 0,5-0,5
Final:
RUSSIA - ESTONIA 3:1
1 Iljin D. - Meritee A. 0,5-0,5
2 Peskov S. - Soosyrv A. 1-0
3 Sinyov I. - Tuvikene M. 0,5-0,5
4 Nikonov K. - Kolk M. 1-0
ESTONIA - RUSSIA 1,5:2,5
1 Meritee A. - Iljin D. 0-1
2 Soosyrv A. - Kozhin M. 0,5-0,5
3 Tuvikene M. - Sinyov I. 1-0
4 Kolk M. - Nikonov K. 0-1
Match about 3rd and 4th place:
SWEDEN - LATVIA 1:3
1 Karlsson S. - Reims A. 0-1
2 Gardstrom P. - Veidemanis A. 0-1
3 Holgersson G. - Gurckis G. 0,5-0,5
4 Bertilsson A. - Balanova E. 0,5-0,5
LATVIA - SWEDEN 4:0
1 Reims A. - Karlsson S. 1-0
2 Veidemanis A. - Gardstrom P. 1-0
3 Gurckis G. - Holgersson G. 1-0
4 Balanova E. - Johannesson R. 1-0
Match about places 5-7.
CHINA - ARMENIA 1:2
1 Na Wei - Pogosyan A. 1-0
2 Deng Jing-Hui - Voskanian E. 0-1
3 Du Yu - Grigorian N. 0-1
ARMENIA - CHINA 2,5:0,5
1 Pogosyan A. - Na Wei 0,5-0,5
2 Voskanian E. - Deng Jing-Hui 1-0
3 Grigorian N. - Du Yu 1-0
Match about places 5-6.
ARMENIA - JAPAN 3:5
1 Pogosyan A. - Nara H. 1-0 0-1
2 Saakian T. - Hasegava K. 0-1 0-1
3 Grigorian N. - Iwata A. 0-1 0-1
4 Voskanian E. - Adachi Y. 1-0 1-0
1. The meeting was declared open.
2. Alexandr Nosovsky was elected as chairman for the meeting and Peter Jonsson was elected as the secretary. The minutes of this meeting should be signed by Kazuto Hasegawa, Konstantin Nikonov and Ants Soosorv.
3. It was decided that the following people would have the right to vote.
JAPAN Kazuto Hasegawa RUSSIA Viktor Kaufmann SWEDEN Peter Jonsson BELARUS Igor Doroskevitch ESTONIA Ants Soosorv LATVIA Aldis Reims
4. Decision about change of the opening rules. "In starting the game the tentative Black plays all the first three moves (two for Black and one for White) i.e. he decides which of the 26 patterns that will be used. (Instead of # 12.2-12.4 in the official rules of RIF.) Then the tentative White decides which of the players that will play as Black and as White in the game" (White has the right to change sides). It is the same as # 12.5 in the official rules of RIF and the following opening rules are also the same as before.
5. Decision about citizenship. First the passport shows which country a player represents. If a player does not have citizenship or if a player has double citizenship the RIF Central Committee will give the player a Renju Citizenship. The player must use this in all future.
6. Decision. It is not possible for a country to sell or give away a national place in championships.
7. It was decided that the European Championship will be held every second year. Instead of playing according to Swiss system, a sytem of Round Robin and eliminations.
8. The question of membership for Armenia and Azerbaidjan. Both countries do not have to pay the old memberfees and if they will pay memberfee agin they will have the full rights as a member. The old memberfees will also be removed from the balance sheet. Both countries have to pay the old memberfees in the future if possible. Armenia payed the memberfee and Albert Pogosyan has the right to vote.
9. The suggestion of the Rating Commisssion was adopted with the
following changes.
a) for future tournaments the minimum time must be at least 60 minutes.
b) on point 2 there will be an additional text: If those tournaments are
open for RIF players.
c) on point 3 there will be an additional text: If this will not be done
after three months after the tournament the responsible federation
has to pay a fee (20 US $).
10. Discussions about the WC in 1997. The federation who would like to organize WC must send their application before the end of May 1996. The decision will be made by the Central Committee not later than July 1 1996.
11. The Renju Opening Classifier was adopted as the official RIF classifier. The Central Committee will see to that the printing will be made.
12. The meeting decided that Mr Nosovskys suggestions about changes in the statues should not be adopted. In the future the Central Committee must inform all member federations about decisions made within the Committee.
13. Mr Nosovsky declared that he will retire as the Renju World editor. Suggestions for new editor must be sent to the President before Sep. 1 1996.
14. RIF will make the now running WC email tournament official. The Central Committee will see that a cup is bought for the winner.
15. In the Youth Championship it will be a class for girls. This championship will be held evey second year.
Secretary Peter Jonsson
Chairman Alexandr Nosovsky
Kazuto Hasegawa
Konstantin Nikonov
Ants Soosorv
Pool A 1.Estonia 2.Russia 3.Japan 4.China Pool B 1.Sweden 2.Latvia 3.Armenia Semifinals: Estonia - Latvia 4-4 (On 1:st board Meritee-Reims 1.5-0.5) Russia - Sweden 7-1 Final: Russia - Estonia 5.5-2.5 Match regarding 3rd place: Latvia - Sweden 7-1 List of results: 1.Russia 2.Estonia 3.Latvia 4.Sweden 5.Japan 6.Armenia 7.China
April, 18
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April, 16
Observe the suggestion to organize also a special Girls World Championship during Youth World Championship in August 1966. Parts of this information are earlier published on this page. You can find it below.
Dear Mr. Maltell,
We really must apologize for the delay in answering. Our E-mail set
was broken.
Thank you so mush for your letter and your kind suggestion to subscribe
to Renju newsletters. It gives us pleasure to accept your suggestion
and we look forward to getting your newsletters.
In our side we promise to inform you about all renju events from N.Novgorod.
The last news are:
1. N. Novgorod Open Tournament 15-17 of March. 42 participants. 9 rounds.
Top 5 are:
1. Krasnonosov D. 8 dan Moscow 7.5 points
2. Golosov V. 6 dan Moscow 7
3. Fedorkin O. 7 dan Moscow 7
4. Lunkin V. 6 dan Moscow 6.5
5. Skuridin A. 6 dan N.Novgorod 6.5
It is a traditional tournament. In the 1997 we will organize it in 14-16
of March and we will be glad to see participants from foreign countries
as well as russians do.
2. Russian Youth Championship. 28 of March - 1 April. Rybinsk.
A group (born 1978-1981). 9 rounds. 20 participants.
Top 10 are:
1. Martynov A. 5 dan Novokunetsk 8 points
2. Klimashin A. 5 dan S-Peterburg 7
3. Ses P. 3 dan S-Peterburg 6.5
4. Melnikov S. 4 dan Zhyguljovsk 6
5. Vostrjakov S. 1 kju Podjuga 5.5
6. Sushkov V. 2 dan S-Peterburg 5
7. Rodin M. 1 kju Podjuga 5
8. Makeev D. 1 dan Zhyguljovsk 5
9. Karnaukh A. 1 dan Podjuga 4.5
10. Prokopiev 2 dan Tjumen 4.5
B group (born not before 1982). 11 rounds. 32 participants.
Top 10 are:
1. Chingin K. 2 dan Zhiguljovsk 10 points
2. Sevrjukov E. 3 kju Zhiguljovsk 8.5
3. Shevelev S. 3 kju N.Novgorod 8
4. Zaripov R. 3 kju Zhiguljovsk 7
5. Zaripov T. 3 kju Zhiguljovsk 7
6. Lebedeva E. 2 kju Podjuga 7
7. Karasev M. 4 kju N.Novgorod 7
8. Losjakov S. 5 kju Zhiguljovsk 6.5
9. Potapov V. 5 kju Moscow 6.5
10. Suprjatkin V. 6 kju N.Novgorod 6.5
A few words about Youth World Championship. Many russian coaches require
to organize a special group for girls. I see no reasons why we cannot do
that. I think it is possible to collect 12-16 girls from Japan, Sweden,
Estonia, Ukraine and Russia. What do you think about this subject? I hope
to see you or Mr P. Jonsson in S-Peterburg during the Team Championship
and discuss this problem.
Unfortunately our E-mail is insecure. If you get answer "no this address",
it means our E-mail don't work. In this case please repeat your message
through a week.
Friendly yours A. Skuridin
M. Shavarin
E-mail address: mih@sapr.bereg.nnov.su
This weekend were played some exciting games in Latvia Ch Final.
On the last remaining game of Top-8 Balanova won over Veidemanis !!!!
So Top-8 final results are:
semifinals:
1.Reims 6.5 -----l
2.Andersons 5.5 --l l
3.Balanova 5.0 --l l
4.Veidemanis 4.0 -----l
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5.Gurtskis 3.5
6.Demidov 2.0
7.Rinkis 1.0
8.Gaujens 0.5
And first semifinal (2 games-match) between Reims and Veidemanis were
started.
1. Veidemanis - Reims 1:0 (black 53)
2. Veidemanis - Reims 0:1 (white 70)
Latvia was quite close to first time Champion changing in last 10 years,
but Reims could find a victory in the same ending of last game.
Now 2 30 min games will be played and if they also will finish 1:1
winner of semifinal will be Reims (better result in Top-8).
April 14, 1996
A-Final (Stora SM) ------------------ 1. Stefan Karlsson Joenkoeping 6.5 2. Goeran Holgersson Joenkoeping 5.5 3. Petter Gardstroem Uppsala 5.5 4. Anders Bertisson Hoegsjoe 5.5 5. Rickard Johannesson Joenkoeping 5 6. Jan Palmgren Goeteborg 5 7. Kristian Lindberg Joenkoeping 4.5 8. Tord Andersson Uppsala 4 9. Peter Jonsson Joenkoeping 2 10.Bjoern Wallgren Haernoesand 1.5 B-Final (Lilla SM) ------------------ 1. Hannes Hermansson Hoegsjoe 11 2. Anders Henningsson Joenkoeping 9 3. Johnny Nielsen Malmoe 8 4. Peder Svensson Joenkoeping 8 5. Marcus Eriksson Hoegsjoe 7 6. Linus Hermansson Hoegsjoe 7 7. Tommy Pettersson Hoegsjoe 6.5 8. Martin Carlsson Joenkoeping 6 9. Tomas Torstensson Boraas 6 10. Kristian Gustafsson Joenkoeping 6 11. Stig Qwarfort Hjo 5.5 12. Michael Sjoeberg Hoegsjoe 5.5 13. Martin Karlsson Joenkoeping 5.5 14. Bengt Nyberg Linkoeping 5.5 15. Haakan Moeller Malmoe 5.5 16. Micael Naeslundh Olofstroem 5.5 17. Mike Dufvenberg Sundsvall 5 18. Robert Karlsson Hoegsjoe 5 19. Sven-AAke Pettersson Hoegsjoe 5 20. Tobias Ring Hoegsjoe 5 21. Henrik Karlsson Joenkoeping 5 22. Tobias Wallen Hoegsjoe 4.5 23. Magnus von Mecklenburg Hoegsjoe 4.5 24. Johan Loenn Hoegsjoe 3.5 25. Emma Skoogh Hoegsjoe 3.5 26. Sofie Wulff Olofstroem 3 27. Frida Skoogh Hoegsjoe 2.5 Hannes Hermansson is 13 years old and his start in Youth World Championship will be interesting. The 5 best players in A-final will be the Swedish representatives in the World Team Championship.
April, 10
E-mail addresses to all 58 Renju Newsletter subscribers including all Connection Men within RIF you can find here.
Dear renju friends,
We would like to tell you the current information regarding the TWC-1
tournament. Now there are 6 countries which sent the application for the
participation in that tournament. Here they are:
1. JAPAN 2. CHINA
Kazuto Hasegawa - 9 dan Na Wei - 1 dan
Hideki Nara - 8 dan Deng Jing Hui - 2 kyu
Junichiro Suzuki - 5 dan Wang Xue Tao - 5 kyu
Yasuhiro Adachi - 2 dan Du Yu - 6 kyu
Akihiro Ohi - 2 dan
3. ESTONIA 4. LATVIA
Ando Meritee - 9 dan Aldis Reims - 8 dan
Ants Soosyrv - 7 dan Arnis Veidemanis - 8 dan
Margus Tuvikene - 7 dan Helena Balanova - 6 dan
Marek Kolk - 3 kyu Gatis Gurtskis - 6 dan
Andris Andersons - 5 dan
5. RUSSIA 6. SWEDEN
Igor Sinyov - 9 dan Petter Gardstreom - 7 dan
Dmitry Iljin - 8 dan Stefan Karlsson - 7 dan
Stepan Peskov - 8 dan Jan Palmgren - 6 dan
Mikhail Kozhin - 7 dan Tord Andersson - 6 dan
Konstantin Nikonov - 7 dan Georan Holgersson - 6 dan
Aleksandr Mikhailov - 7 dan Rickard Johannesson - 6 dan
Peter Jonsson - 4 dan
Anders Bertilsson - 4 dan
Bjorn Wallgren - 4 dan
Kristian Lindberg - 2 kyu
Short comments. Near the Latvian and Swedish players I show their rank ac-
cording to the Russian Qualification System, because, unfortunately, I
don't know their rank in their National Rating List. Please, don't take
offense if the rank I show is not quite correct.
Russian Team. One person from that list is to be excluded.
Swedish Team. Unfortunately, now I can show the preliminary list of candi-
dates only.
One bad new. Since March 31 the new room prices in the "Vyborgskaya" hotel
are set. However, the Hotel Director promises to make a 10% discount for
the participants of the tournament. Here the new prices are:
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! Number! Price for 1 person for 24 hours (in thousand roubles) !
! of !-------------------------------------------------------------!
! places! Russia ! Foreigners !
! in the!------------------------------!------------------------------!
! room ! WC, bathroom !wash-basin only! WC, bathroom !wash-basin only!
!-------!--------------!---------------!--------------!---------------!
! 1 ! 75.000 ! 40.000 ! 120.000 ! 80.000 !
! 2 ! 70.000 ! 33.000 ! 100.000 ! 65.000 !
! 4 ! ------ ! 20.000 ! ------ ! 25.000 !
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Current rate is $1 = 4900 rbl.
Dear coming participants! Please, tell us the room category you choose and
the exact time of your arrival as soon as you recognize it yourself. We
need that information very much for the preparations to the tournament.
Welcome to St.Petersburg! The First Team World Championship promises to
become a very interesting event in our renju life!
Sincerely yours,
Pavel Salnikov
Chairman of the Organizing Committee
Hello Tommy,
I was in Rybinsk as a referee in V Youth Russian
Championship. Here are the results (20 players, 9 rounds,
Swiss):
Older group (born 01.01.78 - 31.12.81)
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Name City Trainer dan Points (from 9)
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1. Martynov Novokuznetsk Sotnikov V 8
2. Klimaskin St.Petersburg Alexandrov V 7,5
3. Ses St.Petersburg Alexandrov II-III 6,5
4. Melnikov Zhigulyovsk Kabanov IV 6
5. Vostryakov Podyuga Metreveli 2-1 kyu 5,5
6. Sushkov St.Petersburg Alexandrov I 5
7. Rodin Zhigulyovsk Kabanov 3-1 5
8. Makeyev Zhigulyovsk Kabanov I 5
9. Karnauk Podyuga Metreveli I 4,5
10. Prokguyev Tymen Sarachkin II 4,5
11. Litvinenko Tymen Sarachkin IV-III 4,5
12. Lapshin Rybinsk Volkov II 4
13. Rodikov Podyuga Metreveli 2 4
14. Sablin Zhigulyovsk Gruzin 8-6 4
15. Boikov Podyuga Metreveli 2 3,5
16. Trifonov Novokuznetsk Sotnikov 1 3,5
17. Skolozubov Podyuga Metreveli 2 3
18. Shelevilya Zhigulyovsk Gruzin 6 2,5
19. Bykov Podyuga Metreveli 4 2,5
20. Maslov N.Novgorod Shuridin 8 1
Most interesting results:
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Martynov - Klimashin 0,5 - 0,5
Martynov - Ses 1 - 0
Martynov - Melnikov 1 - 0
Martynov - Sushkov 0,5 - 0,5 (last round, after 1. move !)
Klimashin - Ses 1 - 0
Klimashin - Melnikov 0,5 - 0,5 (after 21. move)
Klimashin - Sushkov 0,5 - 0,5
Martynov is very strong player. Unfortunately he lives very far
from Russian Renju centre and can't play often in strong
tournaments. Klimashin of course is very strong player too,
but he wasn't enough agressive in this tournament. For
example he played I5 with Melnikov as white and agreed
to draw after 21. move.
Ten best players from this competition will play in I
Youth World Championship. Maybe also Olyunin from
N.Novgorod can participate in WC. My opinion is that
3 big favourites in WC are Martynov, Klimashin and Tuvikene,
but also Sushkov, Melnikov, Olyunin, Ses, Hermansson
(if he will play)can show good results.
Younger group (born after 01.01.82)
32 players, 11 rounds, Swiss
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Name City Trainer dan points (from 11)
1. Tchingin Zhigulyovsk Gruzin II 10
2. Sevryukov Zhigulyovsk Gruzin 5-3kyu 8,5
3. Shevelyov N.Novgorod Skuridin 3 8
4. T.Zaripov Zhigulyovsk Gruzin 3 7,5
5. R.Zaripov Zhigulyovsk Gruzin 3 7
6. Lebedeva(best girl)PodyugaMetreveli 2 7
7. Karasyev N.Novgorod Skuridin 5 7
8. Losyakov Zhigulyovsk Gruzin 7-5 6,5
9. Potapov Moscow Krasnonosov 6-5 6,5
10. Supryatkin N.Novgorod Skuridin 6,5
Best regards,
Ants Sooso~rv
April, 6
April, 2
Dear Mr. President!
This is just to let you know that only St.Petersburg is proposed as WC'97 Russian city. It is very interesting for us to discuss the calendar of RIF official competitions in 1997 at the General Assembly.
Sincerely Yours
Konstantin Nikonov, ARR President
In the same weekend as the match Meritee-Reims were played
postponed games in LatChamp 1/2 final.
Results were quite sensational.
So, Rotbergs who played a draw against Reims didn't qualify!!!
Last results:
Andersons - Rinkis 0:1 !!!
Rotbergs - Balanova 0:1
Andersons - Mutsenieks 1:0
Andersons - Balanova draw
So final will be played among:
1.REIMS, Aldis
2.VEIDEMANIS, Arnis
3.GURTSKIS, Gatis
4.BALANOVA,Yelena
5.ANDERSONS, Andris
6.GAUYENS, Artis
7.DEMIDOV, Alexey
8.RINKIS, Ingus
And first 4 places will get a place in Latvian National Team in WC Team -96
30-31/3/96 was played Final part of Latvia Championship'96. But new Latvian Champion is still unknown... Because 1/2-final and Final matches among 4 best will be played just before WTCh. 1st place will play against 4th place and 2nd against 3rd and then will be played Final and 3rd place matches. Results of Final tournament where 8 best from Semifinals played were quite sensational. So, Gatis Gurtskis was only 5th and Arnis Veidemanis will be only 3rd or 4th (one game Balanova-Veidemanis was postponed). And as a result Latvian Team will on WTCh will consist from following players: 1.Aldis Reims 2.Arnis Veidemanis 3.Andris Andersons 4.Yelena Balanova 5.Gatis Gurtskis Technical results from Latvia'96 Final: 1. REIMS, Aldis * 1 1 1 1 1 1 / 6.5 2. ANDERSONS, Andris 0 * 1 1 / 1 1 1 5.5 3. VEIDEMANIS, Arnis 0 0 * 1 1 1 1 4.0(1) 4. BALANOVA, Yelena 0 0 * 1 1 1 1 4.0(1) 5. GURTSKIS, Gatis 0 / 0 0 * 1 1 1 3.5 6. DEMIDOV, Alexey 0 0 0 0 0 * 1 1 2.0 7. RINKIS, Ingus 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 1 1.0 8. GAUYENS, Artis / 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0.5 After the postponed game will be clear semi-final pairs, which will be played on April/20 and Final will be on April/21.
Michael Unterweger, the connection man for Austria,
now has his own e-mail address:
unterweg@fubphpc01.tu-graz.ac.at
March, 24
March, 19
March, 17
1.Stefan Karlsson Jönköping 8 2.Johnny Nielsen Malmö 7 3.Göran Holgersson Jönköping 6.5 4.Rickard Johannesson Jönköping 6.5 5.Peder Svensson Jönköping 5 6.Stefan Diös Malmö 5 7.Bengt Asplund Stockholm 5 8.Martin Carlsson Jönköping 5 9.Håkan Möller Malmö 5 10.Jan Paulander Malmö 5 11.Martin Karlsson Jönköping 5 12.Mikael Näslund Olofström 4 13.Bengt Nyberg Linköping 4 14.Kristian Gustavsson Jönköping 4 15.Sofie Wulff Olofström 2.5 16.Daniel Nyberg Linköping 2 17.Lars-Inge Johansson Helsingborg 1.5
March, 11
On March 9/10 semifinals of Latvia'96 National Championship were
played in Riga. Totally 17 players took part and they were divided in
2 semifinal groups. First 4 players from each group qualified to
final-8 tournament which will be held on March 30/31. Then will be
cleared Champion of Latvia'96 and 4 players for Latvian National Team
for 1st Team World Championship.
All the best Latvian players took part, except Teterovskis and results
were without very great surprises - most of favourites qualified. However
there were some interesting results such as Reims-Rotbergs 0.5-0.5;
Dreimanis-Gurtskis 1-0(!) and Matyuk-Gurtskis 1-0. And also surprise was
a fact that Matyuk didn't qualified for final tournament, because his lost
against Dreimanis in winning position.
All games in PoolB were not played, because Andersons had to travel to
Sweden on second day of competition and he'll played his remaining games
during next 2 weeks.
So now finalists are:
1.Veidemanis
2.Reims
3.Gurtskis
4.Demidov
5.Gaujens
and most real candidates from PoolB are:
Andersons, Balanova, Rotbergs and also Rinkis(!) have the best chances.
Technical results:
PoolA PoolB
1.Veidemanis 6.5 1.Reims 6.5 (1 game postponed)
2.Gurtskis 4.5 2.Rinkis 5.0 (1)
3.Demidov 4.5 3.Rotbergs 4.5 (2)
4.Gaujens 4.0 4.Balanova 4.0 (2)
-------------------- ----------------------------------------
5.Dreimanis 4.0 5.Andersons 3.5 (4)
6.Matyuk 2.5 6.Bethers 3.5
7.Bankovs 2.0 7.Mutsenieks 3.0 (1)
8.Germalis,A 0.0 8.Kalninsh 1.0
9.Germele,L 0.0
The complete Estonian team for WC IS:
1. Ando Meritee IX dan
2. Ants Soosoorv VII dan
3. Margus Tuvikene VII dan
4. Lauri Naber 3. kyu
16-17.03 will be played final match of Baltic League - Reims-Meritee
4 games.
In case of 2:2 the Baltic Champion will be Reims (as a winner of Baltic
High League)
We prepare to carry out Karepa camp (8-15.08.1996). It will be about
25-30 players from Estonia, most of them will play in B-tournament.
More than 30 foreign players are expected. Everyone has to pay
US$ 105 for the camp (food, housing, transport Tallinn-Karepa-Tallinn).
The payment should be made during the team WC.
Or if agreed with organizers, the fee can be payed by
15.06.1996. Everyone who will take part in tournament, has to pay US$ 10
as a tournament fee (it can also be payed at Karepa).
We are playing series of blitz renju tournaments in Estonia. It
consists of 5 tournaments. Since the level of players is very different,
we have divided all players into 6 categories based on time limits.
For example 1. cat. has against 2. cat. 3 min/7 min (2 games),
1. cat/3. cat is 1,5/8,5 , 1. cat/5.cat ia 0,5/9,5 etc.
Already 4 tournaments have been played.
1.tournament
Name Points Category
1. Ando Meritee 18 1
2. Margus Tuvikene 17,5 2
3. Lauri Naber 17 3
4. Ants Sooso~rv 17 1
5. Marlen Raudsepp 11,5 4
6. Eve Harju 10 4
7. Endrik Aruma"gi 10 4
8. Maris Tuvikene 8 5
9. Aller Uja 8 5
10. Jyri Viital 8 6
11. Janno Veskimets 4 5
12. Martin Tedremaa 2 5
2. tournament
1. Meritee 20 1
2. Marek Kolk 16 5
3. Sooso~rv 16 1
4. Naber 15 3
5. Raudsepp 14 4
6. Maili Madisson 12 6
7. Maris Tuvikene 12 5
8. Uja 11 5
9. Viital 11 6
10. Ylo Madisson 9 5
11. Eldermann 7 5
Mart Paluvits 7 5
13. Peeter Tamm 6 5
Most interesting results:
Tuvikene-Meritee 2:0
Meritee-Sooso~rv 1:1
Naber-Meritee 1:1
Tuvikene-Naber 1:1
Naber-Sooso~rv 2:0
Sooso~rv-Tuvikene 1,5:0,5
3. tournament:
1. Jyri Viital 10
2. Maris Tuvikene 9
3. Meritee 8,5
4. Uja 7
5. Tamm 7
6. Sooso~rv 5,5
7. Eve Harju 5
8. Kaspar 4
4. tournament:
1. Maris Tuvikene 19
2. Ylo Madisson 17
3. Maili Madisson 16
4. Lauri Naber 15
5. Mart 14
...
14. Tedremaa 2,5
Points are given: 1st place - 9p
2nd place - 7p
3rd place - 6p
...
8th place - 1p
Tottally after 4 rounds:
1. Meritee 24
2. Maris Tuvikene 19
3. Lauri Naber 16
4. Sooso~rv 14
5. Margus Tuvikene 10
6. Maili Madisson 9
7. Jyri Viital 9
8. Marlen Raudsepp 8
9. Marek Kolk 7
10.Ylo Madisson 7
Tallinn wants to put itself up as a candidate for organizing the 1997
Youth WC. We hope to hear opinions about that.
Mr Na Wei, the Connection Man of Peoples Republic of China has his own e-mail address. You are able to contact him on the following address: Hannah=Hou%HR%PRC=HR=Bei@bangate.compaq.com Here is a letter to me from Nr Na Wei from China: Happy New Year and warmest greeting from China Jingdu Renju Association. I am glad to tell that Renju in China has stepped forward to its prosperity. The Renju training program are being shown on China Central Television at golden times and the program will last for one year. Up till now, we have published 3 books (in Chinese) on Renju. We are confident that Renju in China are being accepted by majorities and people are more and more fascinating at this game. Hope in the nearest future, I will provide you a detailed report on Renju in China. Right now we are doing our utmost preparing for the 1st World Team Championship. Although we are facing financial problem, we do hope the trip to St. Petersburg could be successfully accomplished. Please give my best regards to our friend Peter and Jan, who visited us last year, bring friendship and from RIF and Sweden. We sincerely invite you and other Renju players from all over the world to visit China at your earliest convenience. Best regards, Na Wei President of CJRA
On the 24th of April the tournament of the First League of the 14th St.Pe-
tersburg Championship has been finished. The final list of participants
looks like as follows:
1. Kirill Moiseev -10 of 12
2. Aleksandr Ozhinsky - 9
3. Nonna Salnikova - 8.5
4. Pavel Ses - 8.5
5. Aleksandr Ivanov - 8.5
6. Vladimir Sushkov - 6.5
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7. Konstantin Vodolazsky - 6.5
8. Anatoly Nyrkov - 6
9. Dmitry Kosintsev - 5.5
10. Andrej Arefiev - 5
11. Svetlana Kondratieva - 2
12. Vladimir Starostin - 1
13. Igor Fetisov - 0
Top six players entered the Highest League tournament where 12 players are
to take part. Another 6 players had personal places in the Highest League
according to the results of the previous HL tournament. Here they are:
1. Pavel Salnikov
2. Viktor Aleksandrov
3. Andrej Mishin
4. Vladimir Filinov
5. Aleksandr Klimashin
6. Vladimir Semionov
However, an unpleasant surprise had been waiting for us. Andrej Mishin re-
fused his place in the tournament just before the 1st round. He said that,
may be, he does not play renju any more. Therefore, 11 persons only starts
their playing in the main Petersburg tournament.
Sincerely yours,
Pavel Salnikov
Michael Unterweger, the Connection Man of Austria is back from long travel. You can reach him via his friends e-mail address: gutjahr@fubphpc01.tu-graz.ac.at Here is a part of a letter from him: Dear Tommy, Merry christmas and a happy new year 1994, 1995 and 1996 posthum and in advance. Hope we wil see and talk each other more often in future. I am back from my travel and can use this account of one of my friends for e-mails. Michael Unterweger
Letter from Nick Alexandrov: Just to let you know that I have moved to California. My new address is: Amgen Inc. Mail Stop 14-1-D 1840 Dehavilland Drive Thousand Oaks, CA 91320-1789 tel: (805) 447-1398 fax: (805) 447-1982 email: nicka@amgen.com Regards, Nick Alexandrov
Renju World No 20-21 is now published and if you are a connection man or a subscribers you will receive it any day from Alexander Nosovsky in Moscow.
Name: Istvan Virag Address: Bolyai College HUNGARY, 1145 Budapest, Amerikai ut. 96. E-mail: virag@bolyai1.elte.hu
February, 24
1. D. Iljin 8,0 2. S. Peskov 7,5 3. I. Siniov 7,0 (73,5) 4. D. Krasnonosov 7,0 (68,0) 5. K. Nikonov 6,5 6. A. Milevski 6,0 7. P. Makarov 5,5 8. P. Salnikov 5,0 (55,0) 9. V. Filinov 5,0 (49,5) 10. D. Kabanov 4,0 11. S. Karlsson 2,5 12. Y. Taiblin 2,0
1. Kazuto Hasegawa 9dan 2. Hideki Nara 8dan 3. Junichiro Suzuki 5dan 4. Yasuhiro Adachi 2dan 5. Akihiro Ohi 2dan
February, 19
Mr. Tommy Maltell, Mr. Peter Jonsson,
The RIF President The RIF Gen.Secretary
Dear sirs,
As you know, the RIF Congress (2 aug 1995, Tallinn) take
decision to organize the First Youth Championship in
Nizhny Novgorod, 1-6 August 1996.
I'd like to inform you about work, Which have carried out
to present moment.
We have booked the boarding-house out of the city (about 15km).
Double rooms, three-timed meal, large playing holl. The price
is 100$ for all period (1 Aug is arrival day, 6 Aug is
departure day).
Now my friends and I work hard to find out sponsor firms.
We have sent letters to many firms, banks and enterprises
with request to be a sponsor of the First Youth Championship.
If we get success in this way (I hope so), the all-in price
low down.
Please, inform all Renju-countries and all connection men of
RIF about this tournament, living conditions and all-in price.
I'd like to see represents from as many countries as it possible.
Hoping to hear from you soon.
Sincerely yours, Alexey Skuridin.
Questions could be sent via e-mail to mih@sapr.bereg.nnov.su
1. Göran Holgersson Jönköping 7.0 2. Peter Jonsson Jönköping 6.0 3. Mikael Näslundh Olofström 5.0 4. Johnny Nielsen Malmö 4.0 (29) 5. Martin Carlsson Jönköping 4.0 (26.5) 6. Håkan Möller Malmö 4.0 (20) 7. Jonas Berling Ängelholm 3.5 (25) 8. Jan Paulander Malmö 3.5 (20) 9. Kristian Gustavsson Jönköping 3.0 (28) 10. Sofie Wulff Olofström 3.0 (24) 11. Lars-Inge Johansson Helsingborg 3.0 (22) 12. Daniel Balogh Helsingborg 3.0 (20) 13. Anita Marmell Malmö 3.0 (19) 14. Martin Green Helsingborg 2.5 15. Majid Sohrabi Helsingborg 1.5
February, 13
February, 9
Here you will find a map. If you use Netscape 2.0 when you click on a country you will be able to send e-mail to the connection man of this country.
February, 6
If you use Netscape 2.0 with plug-in Acrobat "Amber" Reader (which plug-in can be downloaded here) you will find 6 pages with all Swedish Championships here.
Most of the results except for the total list on one page you will find as Web-pages here
February, 1
I would like to tell some preliminary information about the 1st Team World Championship (TWC-1) and the 1st Open Russian Team Championship (ORTC-1).
The preliminary time-table looks like as follows:
28.04, 12:00 - Othello tournament for renju players
18:00 - Opening Ceremony
29.04-03.05, 10:00 - 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th rounds
15:30 - 2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th, 10th rounds
04.05, 10:00 - 11th round
16:00 - Closing Ceremony
Most probably, "Vyborgskaya" hotel will be the lodging place. I have in- formed you about the prices in that hotel before the 2nd European Cham- pionship. But those prices seem to be increased and I shall inform you about the new situation in the beginning of March.
A preliminary amount of the tournament fee is $40 for the participants of the TWC-1 and $20 for the participants of the ORTC-1. Unfortunately, we cannot calculate the exact amount of that fee before we receive the most part of applications. Therefore, we ask all the players and all the count- ries who is going to take part in those tournaments to send the applica- tions as soon as possible. The deadline for the applications is 01.04.96.
ATTENTION! We invite all single players who would like to come to take part in the ORTC-1 in the body of an International Team. Please, send me your applications right now to make easier the forming of that team.
Everybody is welcome!
Sincerely yours,
Pavel Salnikov,
Chairman of the Organizing Committee
If you use Netscape 2.0 with plug-in Acrobat "Amber" Reader (which plug-in can be downloaded here) you will find 17 pages with 11 lessons with problems for beginners in Swedish here. The name in Swedish is "Luffarschackets Grunder". It is written by Peter Jonsson, The President of the Swedish Federation.
The same writing as a zipped Microsoft Word 6.0 file you can download hereOld news from the period July - December 1995
Old news from the period January - June 1995