More news for example games from European Championship you will later find on The Tallinn Renju Club News page with the following URL-address: http://www.neti.ee/renju/news.htm
There you will also find information, games and photos from some other tournaments for example from Estonian Championship and Linkφping Open 1996.
Armenian - Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand
Chinese -
(Mandarin) Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan
(Catonese) Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun
Croatian - Sretan Bozic
Danish - Glζdelig Jul
Dutch - Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar!
English - Merry Christmas
Estonian - Ruumsaid juulup|hi
Finnish - Hyvaa joulua
French - Joyeux Noel
German - Froehliche Weihnachten Greek - Kala Christouyenna!
Hebrew - Mo'adim Lesimkha. Chena tova
Hungarian - Kellemes Karacsonyi unnepeket
Italian - Buone Feste Natalizie
Japanese - Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto
Latvian - Prieci'gus Ziemsve'tkus un Laimi'gu Jauno Gadu!
Lithuanian - Linksmu Kaledu
Norwegian - God Jul
Polish - Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia
Rumanian - Sarbatori vesele
Russian - Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva is Novim Godom
Slovak - Vesele Vianoce. A stastlivy Novy Rok
Swedish - God Jul
Ukrainian - Srozhdestvom Kristovym
Vietnamese - Chung Mung Giang Sinh
Yugoslavian - Cestitamo Bozic
Tommy MaltellThe preliminary list of participants: Participants: Name Country Rating Ando Meritee Estonia 2667 Aldis Reims Latvia 2644 Stepan Peskov Russia 2517 Igor Siniov Russia 2496 Ants Soosorv Estonia 2455 Oleg Fedorkin Russia 2428 Arnis Veidemanis Latvia 2423 Stefan Karlsson Sweden 2416 Petter Gardstroem Sweden 2394 Goeran Holgersson Sweden 2385 Vladimir Semionov Russia 2355 Kirill Moiseev Russia 2351 Albert Pogosian Armenia 2349 Dmitri Kabanov Russia 2337 Rickard Johannesson Sweden 2328 Nizami Eibatov Azerbajan 2321 Tord Andersson Sweden 2305 Sergei Melnikov Russia 2206 Bjoern Wallgren Sweden 2187 Lauri Naber Estonia 2068 Martin Carlsson Sweden 2029 Gurgen Karapetyan Armenia 1906 I hope to give you reports during the tournament.
The RIF startpage has now a link to Tallinn Renju Club.
At the beginning of November in Elektrostal Mr.Nosovsky (RIF vice-president) Mr.Soosorv (ERL president) Mr.Alexandrov (Sankt-Petersburg renju federation president) Mr.Konstantin Nikonov (ARR president) had a discussion about best dates of World Championship (WC) and Open Youth European Championship (OYEC): World Championship (WC): QT - from 29.07 till 30.07; Opening Ceremony - 31.07; AT - 01-06.08; BT (Open Tournament) - 01-05.08; Women Championship - from 01.08; Five- in-Row Tournament - 06.08; Closing Ceremony - 06.08; 07.08 - free time, departure day. Youth European Championship (OYEC): Opening Ceremony - 08.08 (evening); Tournaments (A,B,C) - 09-12.08; Closing Ceremony - 12.08. They tried to take into account known national wishes: OYEC will be after WC (for Estonia); OYEC will be finished before 15th August (for Sweden); WC will be in August (for Japan). I know suggest the RIF Central Committee to decide about these exact dates according to the meeting mentioned above. Anyone who has objections must send them to me before the 20th of December. If you here nothing more from me about these dates from December 21 they are official dates. Tommy Maltell
If you download Database freeware and if you also download Data.buf which is only 13 kB you are able to see all 51 Meijin-sen games. You must put the Data.buf-file in the same map (directory) as the datafree.exe and datafree.dba files. After opening the program click on F3.
RIF has also a page with all final games with comments by Norihiko Kawamua and with photos of both players.
5th game Black Hasegawa 1-0 White (T.B) Kawamura D8 at 29th move Total 3-2 Hasegawa got a title
Kawamura comments:Ando Meritee EST XXX 0.5 1 1 1 1 1 1 6.5p Ants Soosorv EST 0.5 XXX 0.5 0 1 1 1 1 5p (12.75) Arnis Veidemanis LAT 0 0.5 XXX 0.5 1 1 1 1 5p (11.75) Aldis Reims LAT 0 1 0.5 XXX 1 0 1 1 4.5p Aleksei Demidov LAT 0 0 0 0 XXX 0.5 1 1 2.5p Gatis Gurckis LAT 0 0 0 1 0.5 XXX 0 0.5 2p (6.0) Margus Tuvikene EST 0 0 0 0 0 1 XXX 1 2p (2.5) Artis Gaujens LAT 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 0 XXX 0.5pIt was very equal fight till the end of the tournament. In last game against Gurckis Reims lost his chance to enter to Baltic Meijin match. Better quality points helped Soosorv to became valuable 2nd place in this tournament. After good play in Baltic Qualification tournament we expected good results from Margus Tuvikene but this time he played very bad. He did not concentrate enough, played "wrong" positions. The final match with 4 games will be played in next year. Score 2:2 will give a victory to Meritee, as he is a winner of Baltic High League now. Ando Meritee
Pavel Ses - Viktor Aleksandrov - 2.5 - 0.5 (first sensation) Aleksandr Klimashin - Vladimir Semionov - 2.5 - 0.5 Vladimir Filinov - Kirill Moiseev - 2.5 - 1.5 Vladimir Sushkov - Pavel Salnikov - 2.5 - 1.5 (second sensation)
The semifinal pairs are: P.Ses - A.Klimashin V.Filinov - V.SushkovSincerely Yours, Pavel Salnikov
It means that the standing now is 1 - 1. The 3rd game will be played tomorrow i.e. on the 1st of December and the 4th game on the 2nd or 3rd of December.
Final 1-6 Points 1. Ando Meritee 4 2. Tord Andersson 3 3. Petter Gardstrφm 3 4. Rickard Johannesson 2 5. Gφran Holgersson 1.5 5. Bengt Asplund 1.5 Final 7-12 Points 7. Martin Carlsson 5 8. Bjφrn Wallgren 3.5 9. Mikael Johansson 2 10. Kristian Gustafsson 2 11. Jonas Frid 1.5 12. Bengt Nyberg 1
This means that Petter Gardstrφm, Tord Andersson and Rickard Johannesson will represent Sweden in the 3rd European Championship in Stockholm 26-30 December. Stefan Karlsson and Goran Holgersson were qualified earlier, when they advanced to the final in the Swedish Cup.
Ando Meritee from Tallinn, Estonia wish to become Chief Editor of RW after the withdrawal of Alexander Nosovsky? He is willing to work under the same conditions as the present Chief-Editor Alexander Nosovsky.
Alexander Nosovsky informs that he hopes that next week Renju World No 23 will be printed and it will be only. Renju World No 24 will hopefully be issued in January-February 1997. So Ando Meritee are able to start from April - May 1997 with the first issue of Renju World 1997.
The above jpg-file is 63006 bytes. If you download Database freeware and if you also download Data.buf which is only 256 bytes you are also able to see the above mentioned game. You must put the Data.buf-file in the same map (directory) as the datafree.exe and datafree.dba files. After opening the program click on F3.
All letter to Ando Meritee, Ants Soosorv and Marek Kolk can be sent to this address.
Please be informed that my current email address will be terminated from Nov.21, 1996 onward. Would you please let other renju players who need to send me massage through email know about this news.
I will give you my new email address as soon as possible.
Best wishes, Na Wei
If you do not have freeware Adobe Reader you can download this program from http://www.adobe.com/.
1. Aleksandr Klimashin (St.Petersburg) - 9 of 11 2. Dmitry Kabanov (Zhiguliovsk) - 8 3. Ants Soosyrv (Tallinn) - 7.5 4. Mikhail Kozhin (Dubna) - 7.5 5. Sergej Melnikov (Zhiguliovsk) - 7.5 6. Aleksandr Mikhailov (Moscow) - 7 7. Aleksej Skuridin (Nizhny Novgorod) - 7 8. Viktor Golosov (Moscow) - 7 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. Pavel Salnikov (St.Petersburg) - 7 10. Karen Sirategian (Moscow) - 7 11. Sergej Filippov (Moscow) - 6.5 12. Yury Taiblin (Rybinsk) - 6.5 13. Oleg Fedorkin (Mytischi) - 6 14. Sergej Oliunin (Nizhny Novgorod) - 6 15. Viktor Barykin (Volgograd) - 6 16. Vladimir Semionov (St.Petersburg) - 6 17. Aleksandr Radzeveliuk (Rybinsk) - 6 18. Kirill Moiseev (St.Petersburg) - 6 19. Sergej Smirnov (Moscow) - 6 20. Aleksej Mikhailov (Rostov-on-Don) - 6 - ex-Petersburg player 21. Viacheslav Zaitsev (Rybinsk) - 6 22. Vladimir Sushkov (St.Petersburg) - 5.5 23. Konstantin Chingin (Zhiguliovsk) - 5.5 24. Andrej Pavinich (Briansk) - 5.5 25. Irina Metreveli (Podiuga) - 5.5 26. Maksim Rodin (Zhiguliovsk) - 5.5 27. Andrej Eluferiev (Zhiguliovsk) - 5.5 28. Evgeny Bobkov (Moscow) - 5.5 29. Yury Tarannikov (Moscow) - 5 30. Pavel Ses (St.Petersburg) - 5 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 31. Sergej Vostriakov (Podiuga) - 5 32. Natalia Vasilieva (Rybinsk) - 4.5 33. Timur Zaripov (Zhiguliovsk) - 4.5 34. Pavel Makarov (Moscow) - 4.5 35. Konstantin Vodolazsky (St.Petersburg) - 4.5 36. Elena Lebedeva (Podiuga) - 4 37. Yury Tiaglo (Belgorod) - 4 38. Aleksandr Karnaukh (Podiuga) - 4 39. Sergey Volkov (Rybinsk) - 3.5 40. Viacheslav Potapov (Moscow) - 3.5 41. Vitaly Lunkin (Moscow) - 3 42. Pavel Krasnov (Zhiguliovsk) - 3 43. Nonna Salnikova (St.Petersburg) - 3
Top 8 players get the right to play in the Highest League tournament which will be held in February, 1997 in Rybinsk. Most probably (99%), the 9th player will get the place in the H.L. too.
Top 30 players get the right to play in the next First League tournament without any qualification.
Pavel Salnikov
Pool Name W L ---- ---------------- --- --- a kolpak 7 0 a asoosorv 6 0 a rickard 6 1 a charly 4 8 a virag 3 1 a leonid 3 2 a ggurckis 2 6 a tinman 0 13 b taran 12 1 b vladtal 9 2 b kooi 9 3 b dterekhov 7 3 b scotty 5 6 b ben 4 9 b mmammel 3 11 b rrognlie 0 14 c ameritee 4 1 c joachim 3 0 c golosov 3 1 c fedorkin 3 1 c goran 2 2 c frid 0 0 c tibia 0 10 d norihiko 7 0 d veida 5 3 d basplund 2 4 d mog 2 5 d ska 1 0 d mkolk 1 3 d iwata 1 4
The match will be finished this week-end. The total games included are 5.
In short you can also download shareware (5 US $) Renbase for DOS which you can use to see the 87 diagrams showing suggestion from Nosovsky and Kozhin about new Renju Opening Classificator.
3rd game --- Kawamura won at 60th move D8 I selected D8 as I was tentative black again. D8 was very successful last year, you know. This time, Hasegawa played old style at 9th move and changed 25th move. I spent a lot of time to make a new road at 26. As I thought 26 was good, he played beyond my idea. But the situation kept white attacking. Black made a mistake, I am sure I could win but I could not find any victory. Finally, I played "trickly" move because of spending all time. Fortunately (for me), he did not notice my "true mean". So, I could make black double four.
Current standing therefore is 1.5 - 1.5
·· Ώ Player ,city ,‘ Tour Tour Tour Tour Tour Tour Tour Tour Tour Tour Tour ‘Pts Koef. Qualif Pla- qualification ‘ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ‘ Rating ce ½½ Ponomarenko ‘16 7 5 2 4 13 14 3 10 11 6 ‘ 1 Kharkov ‘ 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 10.0 11.0 ‘ 11.0 71.0 7 dan 1 7 dan 2398‘ +2 +3 +5 +2 +2 +4 ‘ 2398+18 ½½ Kolesnik ‘ 8 13 3 1 14 19 4 15 6 5 10 ‘ 2 Odessa ‘ 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 ‘ 9.0 72.0 +2 dan 2 1 dan 2228‘ +5 +6 -3 +4 +3 -3 +4 ‘ 2228+16 ½½ Karatajev ‘ 6 15 2 4 5 7 13 1 14 19 12 ‘ 3 Zaporozhje ‘ 1.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 ‘ 9.0 72.0 +5 dan 3 5 dan 2319‘ +3 -6 +6 +3 +3 -4 +2 +2 +2 ‘ 2319+11 ½½ Shereverov ‘21 14 19 3 1 15 2 6 5 7 13 ‘ 4 Zugres ‘ 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 6.5 7.5 8.5 ‘ 8.5 70.0 +5 dan 4 5 dan 2384‘ +2 +1 -6 -5 +2 +3 +2 +3 ‘ 2384+2 ½½ Tchasovskikh ‘12 + 1 7 3 14 17 19 4 2 11 ‘ 5 Zugres ‘ 1.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 5.5 5.5 6.5 ‘ 6.5 71.5 +1 dan 5 1 ku ‘ ‘ ½½ Divnogorsky ‘ 3 23 9 19 13 12 11 4 2 15 1 ‘ 6 Zugres ‘ 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 6.0 6.0 ‘ 6.0 71.5 +1 dan 6 1 ku ‘ ‘ ½½ Sapronov ‘17 1 22 5 8 3 15 21 13 4 23 ‘ 7 Zugres ‘ 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 5.0 6.0 ‘ 6.0 64.5 +2 dan 7 2 dan 2158‘ -2 -3 -5 +6 -2 ‘ 2158-6 ½½ Montchenko ‘ 2 10 21 9 7 16 23 20 11 + 18 ‘ 8 Zugres ‘ 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 ‘ 6.0 53.5 1 ku 8 1 ku ‘ ‘ ½½ Brodsky ‘20 12 6 8 15 23 10 + 22 21 ‘ 9 Zugres ‘ 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 ‘ 6.0 42.5 1 dan 9 1 dan 2165‘ -6 -5 ‘ 2165-11 ½½ Umantsev ‘13 8 12 14 19 11 9 17 1 20 2 ‘ 10 νΑΞΡΧΑ ‘ 0.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.5 3.5 4.5 4.5 5.5 5.5 ‘ 5.5 66.0 +1 dan 10 1 ku ‘ ‘ ½½ Zatsepilin ‘ + 19 15 18 16 10 6 13 8 1 5 ‘ 11 Zugres ‘ 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.5 3.5 4.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 ‘ 5.5 62.0 1 ku 11 3 ku ‘ ‘ ½½ Zajtseva ‘ 5 9 10 17 22 6 20 14 19 16 3 ‘ 12 Zugres ‘ 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 4.0 4.0 4.5 5.5 5.5 ‘ 5.5 59.0 3 dan 12 3 dan 2062‘ +6 -4 +0 -2 ‘ 2062+0 ½½ Uspensky ‘10 2 18 15 6 1 3 11 7 14 4 ‘ 13 Zugres ‘ 1.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 5.0 5.0 ‘ 5.0 75.5 4 dan 13 4 dan 2198‘ -5 +5 -2 -3 -6 +4 -3 ‘ 2198-10 ½½ Kirilenko A ‘22 4 16 10 2 5 1 12 3 13 ‘ 14 Zugres ‘ 1.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 4.0 4.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 ‘ 5.0 68.0 3 dan 14 3 dan 2121‘ -2 -4 -2 +4 -2 -4 ‘ 2121-10 ½½ Chershkalo ‘23 3 11 13 9 4 7 2 16 6 21 ‘ 15 Zugres ‘ 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 4.0 4.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 ‘ 5.0 65.5 2 dan 15 2 dan 2170‘ -3 -5 +5 -2 +5 -4 ‘ 2170-4 ½½ Konovalov ‘ 1 17 14 20 11 8 19 18 15 12 + ‘ 16 Zugres ‘ 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 5.0 ‘ 5.0 58.5 1 ku 16 1 ku ‘ ‘ ½½ Yaroshenko ‘ 7 16 23 12 18 21 5 10 + 22 20 ‘ 17 Zugres ‘ 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 4.0 4.0 5.0 ‘ 5.0 48.0 1 ku 17 1 ku ‘ ‘ ½½ Kotov ‘19 20 13 11 17 + 22 16 21 23 8 ‘ 18 Zugres ‘ 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 5.0 ‘ 5.0 45.5 1 ku 18 1 ku ‘ ‘ ½½ Zhourenko ‘18 11 4 6 10 2 16 5 12 3 22* ‘ 19 Zugres ‘ 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 4.0 4.0 4.5 4.5 4.5 ‘ 4.5 68.5 3 dan 19 3 dan 2076‘ -1 -3 +0 -2 ‘ 2076-6 ½½ Shereverov D ‘ 9 18 + 16 21 22 12 8 23 10 17 ‘ 20 Zugres ‘ 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.5 3.5 3.5 ‘ 3.5 49.0 3 ku 20 3 ku ‘ ‘ ½½ Bouka ‘ 4 22 8 23 20 17 + 7 18 9 15 ‘ 21 Zugres ‘ 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 ‘ 3.0 53.0 1 ku 21 1 ku ‘ ‘ ½½ Shourkhal ‘14 21 7 + 12 20 18 23 9 17 19* ‘ 22 Zugres ‘ 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 ‘ 3.0 48.5 1 ku 22 1 ku ‘ ‘ ½½ Tovstoulyak ‘15 6 17 21 + 9 8 22 20 18 7 ‘ 23 Zugres ‘ 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.5 2.5 2.5 ‘ 2.5 51.5 2 ku 23 2 ku ‘ ‘ ΊΊ * - both loose by decision
Reims - Veidemanis 1-1 (1-0) Balanova - Andersons 1-1 (2-0)
In first very dramatical short time game Reims lost by time in the moment he placed fifth(!) stone in a row.
In this time Veidemanis lost by time, after Reims forced him to spend a lot of time in the opening part of the game. Veidemanis(Black) spent his time out after 56th move of white in situation with a big, but not decisive yet advantage of Reims.
Reims got through to final, because of better result in Latvia Championship Final tournament (1.Reims 2.Andersons 3.Balanova 4.Veidemanis). Already first 2 games of 3rd place match was played between Veidemanis and Andersons. Result is 1:1 and again short time games must decide who will get 3rd place. For Andersons is enough to win 1 game from 2.
And in Finalmatch for Champion title will meet Reims - Balanova (!) this November.
October 20, 1996
After that Mr Honda visited Sweden 4 more times and each time he went to Jφnkφping, my hometown and since 1988 the place for the RIF headquarter.
I also met Mr Honda in Japan and when Peter Jonsson visited Japan not so long ago he played with Mr Honda in the international celebration tournament in Kyoto.
Mr Honda was in his best shape 1920-1930 so for us it was fantastic to play with him. He really made a lot for the international relations witin the field of renju.
Mr Shoseki Honda died on 08, 09, 1996.
All renjuplayers are in mourning.
Tommy Maltell
President of RIF
Holgersson - Palmgren 3-1 Black - White Palmgren - Holgersson 0-1 Palmgren - Holgersson 1-0 Palmgren - Holgersson 0-1 Palmgren - Holgersson 0-1
The full versions are on CD:s. The CD product will have full future of (1) Excellent AI with multimedia opponents (2) Multimedia tutorial to improve play skill, (3) Internet play, and (4) Actual game board and stone pieces.
1.Ando Meritee Estonia 6.0 (0 against Gurtskis) 2.Margus Tuvikene Estonia 5.0 (0-Meritee; draws-Reims,Veidemanis) 3.Arnis Veidemanis Latvia 4.5 (0-Meritee; draws-Reims,Tuvikene,Rotbergs) 4.Aldis Reims Latvia 4.5 (without 0, but 5 draws(!)-Tuv,Vei,Bal,Dreimanis(!),And) 5.Balanova Yelena Latvia 4.0 6.Andersons Andris Latvia 4.0 7.Soosorv Ants Estonia 4.0 8.Demidov Alexei Latvia 4.0 9.Gurtskis Gatis Latvia 3.5 ................................................ 10.Gaujens Artis Latvia 3.5 11.Rotbergs Aigars Latvia 3.5 12.Rinkis Ingus Latvia 3.0 13.Dreimanis Raimonds Latvia 2.5 14.Kalnins Juris Latvia 2.0 15.Tamm Peter Estonia 2.0 1st part of Baltic Top Ten will be held in Tallinn on November.
Pl. Lag Points -- --- ------ 01. Joenkoeping 1 28,5 02. Joenkoeping 2 25 03. Stockholm 19 04. Uppsala 18.5 05. Haernoesand 1 18.5 06. Linkoeping 18 07. Hoegsjoe 2 17.5 08. Hoegsjoe 1 17.5 09. Joenkoeping 3 17 10. Haernoesand 2 14 11. Hoegsjoe 3 7.5Soon the new issue of the Swedish Renju Magazine Fem I Rad No 2 1996 will be published with access from this page.
NAME DAN WIN LOSE DRAW POINTS 1 Kazuto Hasegawa 9 7 1 1 7.5 2 Hideki Nara 8 7 2 7 3 Norio Nishizono 7 6 2 1 6.5 (Nishizono won aginst Sagara in the 3rd place decision match) 4 Takashi Sagara 8 5 1 3 6.5 5 Kozo Ohi 5 4 5 4 6 Toshio Nishimura 9 2 4 3 3.5 7 Makoto Yamaguchi 6 3 6 3 8 Taizan Isobe 9 2 5 2 3 9 Yasuji Maruyama 5 2 6 1 2.5 10 Hiroshi Matsuura 6 1 7 1 1.5 Hasegawa won 6 times in this tournament. He lost against Nishizono, draw against Sagara. Nara lost against Hasegawa and Ohi.
Stefan Karlsson - Tord Andersson 3 - 2 Rickard Johannesson - Petter Gardstroem 2.5 - 2.5 Richard Johannesson won the replay (20 minutes game) Ingvar Sundling - Peter Jonsson will play later Jan Palmgren - Goeran Holgersson will play later
China Jing Du Renju Federation has the ambition to arrange a World Championship of Renju in the future. Na Wei hopes to welcome RIF members to an international friendship tournament next year. More details will be published later. Na Wei says that China Jing Du Renju Federation is very thankful for all help they have got from other Renju nations for example Japan, Russia and Sweden.
1.Ants Soosorv Estonia 2.Stefan Karlsson Jφnkφping 3.Rickard Johannesson Jφnkφping 4.Jan Palmgren Gφteborg 5.Gφran Holgersson Jφnkφping 6.Tord Andersson Uppsala 7.Kristian Lindberg Jφnkφping 8.Irina Metreveli Russia 9.Peder Svensson Jφnkφping 10.Johnny Nielsen Malmφ 11.Anders Bertilsson Hφgsjφ 12.Hannes Hermansson Hφgsjφ 13.Bengt Asplund Stockholm 14.Marek Kolk Estonia 15.Martin Carlsson Jφnkφping 16.Tommy Pettersson Hφgsjφ 17.Peter Jonsson Jφnkφping 18.Tommy Maltell Jφnkφping 19.Marcus Eriksson Hφgsjφ 20.Robert Andersson Uppsala 21.Linus Hermansson Hφgsjφ 22.Hεkan Mφller Malmφ 23.Bengt Nyberg Motala 24.Tomas Torstensson Borεs 25.Ulo Madissoon Estonia 26.Martin Karlsson Jφnkφping 27.Sven-Εke Pettersson Hφgsjφ 28.Henrik Karlsson Jφnkφping 29.Jan Paulander Malmφ 30.Daniel Nyberg Motala 31.Peeter Tamm Estonia 32.Emma Skoogh Hφgsjφ 33.Frida Skoogh Hφgsjφ 34.Johan Pettersson Hφgsjφ 35.Ida Karlsson Hφgsjφ
The tournament has started. More information you will find on a special 2nd WC page.
Results A-Group round rating
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points +/- place ------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Ando Meritee Estonia 12-1 15-1 6-1 2-1 10-1 13-1 3-.5 5-.5 7 + 8
2. Igor Siniov Russia 9-1 3-1 5-1 1-0 6-.5 12-1 4-1 8-1 6.5 +28
3. Ants Soosorv Estonia 11-1 2-0 12-0 18-1 14-1 10-1 1-.5 6-1 5.5 +40
4. Margus Tuvikene Estonia 7-0 10-0 17-1 9-1 8-1 6-1 2-0 13-1 5 +37
5. Viktor Alexandrov Russia 17-1 14-.5 2-0 15-1 12-0 16-1 13-1 1-.5 5 +50
6. Stefan Karlsson Sweden 10-1 7-1 1-0 8-1 2-.5 4-0 12-1 3-0 4.5 +51
7. Arnis Veidemanis Latvia 4-1 6-0 13-0 14-.5 9-0 17-1 16-1 12-1 4.5 -17
8. Konstantin Nikonov Russia 14-0 18-1 15-1 6-0 4-0 9-1 10-1 2-0 4 -37
9. Irina Metreveli Russia 2-0 12-0 11-1 4-0 7-1 8-0 17-1 15-1 4 +66
10. Goran Holgersson Sweden 6-0 4-1 18-1 16-1 1-0 3-0 8-0 17-1 4 - 2
11. Dmitri Krasnonosov Russia 3-0 13-0 9-0 17-1 15-0 18-1 14-1 16-1 4 -62
12. Alexander Klimashin Russia 1-0 9-1 3-1 13-.5 5-1 2-0 6-0 7-0 3.5 -14
13. Vladimir Sushkov Russia 15-0 11-1 7-1 12-.5 16-1 1-0 5-0 4-0 3.5 +29
14. Alexander Milevsky Russia 8-1 5-.5 16-0 7-.5 3-0 15-.5 11-0 18-1 3.5 -50
15. Gatis Gurtskis Latvia 13-1 1-0 8-0 5-0 11-1 14-.5 18-.5 9-0 3 -46
16. Pavel Ses Russia 18-.5 17-1 14-1 10-0 13-0 5-0 7-0 11-0 2.5 +10
17. Bengt Asplund Sweden 5-0 16-0 4-0 11-0 18-1 7-0 9-0 10-0 1 -82
18. Lauri Naber Estonia 16-.5 8-0 10-0 3-0 17-0 11-0 15-.5 14-0 1 -10
Score expression: opponent-result
Results B-Group
place points
1. Sergey Vostryakov Russia 10
2. Yelena Lebedeva Russia 9.5
3. Andrey Sokolsky Russia 7
4. Marek Kolk Estonia 6.5
5. Alexander Karnaukh Russia 6
6. Claude Kaasik Estonia 6
7. Vladimir Rusin Russia 6
8. Eve Harju Estonia 6
9. Marlen Raudsepp Estonia 3.5
10. Mart Paluvits Estonia 3
11. Endrik Arumagi Estonia 1.5
12. Maris Tuvikene Estonia 1
A Group (boys born 1978-81) Swiss 9 rounds 1. Tuvikene M. Estonia 8 points 2. Martynov A. Russia 8 3. Melnikov S. Russia 6 4. Klimashin A. Russia 5.5 5. Sushkov V. Russia 5.5 6. Prokopjev A. Russia 5 7. Oljunin S. Russia 5 8. Ses P. Russia 5 9. Khadanov D. Russia 4.5 10. Rodin M. Russia 4.5 11. Carlsson M. Sweden 4.5 12. Makeev D. Russia 4 13. Karnaukh A. Russia 4 14. Ericsson M. Sweden 3.5 15. Vostrjakov S. Russia 3.5 16. Rave F. Phillippines 2.5 17. Gustafsson K. Sweden 2 B Group (boys born not before 1982) Swiss 11 rounds 1. Chingin K. Russia 10 points 2. Zazipov T. Russia 8 3. Hermansson H. Sweden 7.5 4. Rusin V. Russia 7 5. Shevelev S. Russia 7 6. Zazipov R. Russia 6.5 7. Hermansson L. Sweden 6.5 8. Pettersson T. Sweden 6.5 9. Sevrjukov E. Russia 6 10. Suprjatkin V. Russia 5.5 11. Losjakov S. Russia 5.5 12. Sapronov S. Ukraine 5.5 13. Potapov V. Russia 5.5 14. Arendorenko A. Russia 5.5 15. Sjoberg M. Sweden 5.5 16. Unoura K. Japan 5.5 17. Shatunov A. Russia 5 18. Karasjov M. Russia 4 19. Paluvits M. Estonia 4 20. Tatsutomi H. Japan 3 21. Miyagwa S. Japan 1 C Group (girls born not before 1978) Swiss 11 rounds 1. Lebedeva E. Russia 8.5 points 2. Tatsutomi M. Japan 8 3. Zaitseva O. Ukraine 8 4. Tatsutomi C. Japan 7 5. Melnikova A. Russia 6.5 6. Sokolova A. Russia 6.5 7. Saranchina I. Russia 6.5 8. Leshukova A. Russia 6 9. Lestander M. Sweden 6 10. Pegova M.. Russia 5.5 11. Tatsutomi H. Japan 5.5 12. Saranchina T. Russia 5.5 13. Krasnonosova S. Russia 5 14. Gross A. Russia 4.5 15. Kocheshkova O. Russia 4 16. Zvereva A. Russia 3 17. Zvereva M. Russia 3 ------------------------------------------------------------ At next week I'll send you the complete tables. Unfortunately, Chinese, Armenian and some other delegations did not came. Only two players came from Estonia and Ukraine. So this tornament looked like as Russian Open. I hope after this competition the renju countries will pay more attention to renju development among children, and next such tournament will be REAL World Championship. The Japanese delegation stayed in Nizhny Novgorod for extra two days. They visited the Nizhny Novgorod City Administration, had talks with vice- major, and played friendly match with Nizhny Novgorod team (9 players from each side). The Nizhny Novgorod team won this match with score 18:9. Sincerely yours, A. Skuridin.