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June 30, 1997

The Swedish Qualfication tournament before WC 1977 is finished


Results:

1. Petter Gardström PG 9.5  Plays in WC A-Final
2. Stefan Karlsson  SK 7.5  Plays in WC QT
3. Tord Andersson   TA 5.0  Plays in WC QT
------------------------------
4. Björn Wallgren   BW 3.0
5. Göran Holgersson GH 2.5
5. Peter Jonsson    PJ 2.5

 


June 25, 1997

The Swedish Qualification tournament before WC 1997

is played during this week. The tournament will end on Saturday June, 28. 6 players are fighting for 1 place in WC A-final and 2 places in Qualification tournament. In the tournament all players will play against all other players two times. After half tournament (5 rounds) the standings are as follows:

1. Petter Gardström   PG  5
2. Stefan Karlsson    SK  3.5
3. Tord Andersson     TA  2.5
4. Göran Holgersson   GH  1.5
4. Peter Jonsson      PJ  1.5
6. Björn Wallgren     BW  1.0

Round I

GH - PG     0-1
SK - TA     1-0
PJ - BW   0.5-0.5

Round II

TA - PG     0-1
BW - SK     0-1
PJ - GH     1-0

Round III

PG - BW     1-0
GH - TA     0-1
SK - PJ     1-0

Round IV

BW - TA   0.5-0.5
PJ - PG     0-1
SK - GH   0.5-0.5

Round V

PG - SK     1-0
TA - PJ     1-0
GH - BW     1-0

The results from qualification tournaments for 35th Japanese Meijin-sen

 *Tokai Area 1st Qualification  (4 for the 2nd Qualification) Apr.13
 
 Shin'ichi  Ishitani  * 1 1 H 1 + + + +  3H
 Takeo      Miyoshi   0 * H + 1 1 + + +  2H
 Nagayoshi  Takazawa  0 H * + + 1 + + 1  2H
 Tsuyoshi   Ota       H + + * 0 + 1 1 +  2H
 Yasuhiro   Yamamoto  0 0 + 1 * + 1 + +  2
 Jun'ichiro Suzuki    + 0 0 + + * 1 + 1  2
 Mikio      Takeuchi  + + + 0 0 0 * 1 +  1
 Toru       Ito       + + + 0 + + 0 * 1  1
 Yasushi    Maruyama  + + 0 + + 0 + 0 *  0
 
 *Tokai Area 2nd Qualification (1 for Meijin-sen)  May 25
 
 Takeo     Miyoshi     * 0 1 1
 Nagayoshi Takazawa    1 * H 0
 Tsuyoshi  Ota         0 H * 1
 Shin'ichi Ishitani    0 1 0 *
 
 Mr.Miyoshi will take part in the Meijin-sen.
 
 *Kyushu Area 1st Qualification  (5 for 2nd Qualification) Apr.13
 2 from each group and the winner of wxtra game by the 3rd of both
 group will lead to the 2nd qualification
 
 Group A                             Group B
 
 Akio     Kuga       * H H 1 1 1     Tadanobu  Tanaka   * 0 1 1 1
 Hisao    Fujinami   H * 1 0 1 1     Kaneo     Tanaka   1 * 0 1 1
 Shoichi  Sakashita  H 0 * 1 1 1     Kikumaro  Hiwatari 0 1 * 0 1
 Kazuhisa Yamaguchi  0 1 0 * 1 1     Masatoshi Kawano   0 0 1 * 0
 Toshiaki Inoue      0 0 0 0 * 1     Shigeru   Tanigawa 0 0 0 1 *
 Motoyuki Kawakubo   0 0 0 0 0 *
 
 Final Game     Sakashita 1-0 Hiwatari
 
 *Kyushu Area 2nd Qualification  (1 for Meijin-sen)       May 11
 
 Akio     Kuga        * 0 1 1 1       Extra Match
 Hisao    Fujinami    1 * 0 1 1       Kuga - Fujinami 1-0
 Tadanobu Tanaka      0 1 * 0 1
 Kaneo    Tanaka      0 0 1 * 1
 Shouichi Sakashita   0 0 0 0 *
 
 Mr.Kuga will take part in Meijin-sen.
 
 *Chugoku & Shikoku Area Qualification  (1 for Meijin-sen)   May 11
 
 Kozo     Kawate      * H 1 1 1
 Hiroshi  Matsuura    H * 0 1 1
 Shunzo   Furuoka     0 1 * 0 1
 Takeshi  Kubooka     0 0 1 * 0
 Masahiro Kanda       0 0 0 1 *
 
 Mr.Kawate gets the right to play in the Meijin-sen
 
 *Kansai Area 1st Qualification (2+1 for 2nd qualification)  May 18
 
 Kozo      Ooi        * 1 + 1 + + 1 1 + + + + +       4
 Tsunehiro Matsui     0 * 1 + + + + + 1 + + 1 +       3
 Yoshimi   Hayakawa   + 0 * + 1 + + + + 1 1 + +       3
 Akihisa   Iwata      0 + + * H 1 + + + + 1 + +       2H
 Teiji     Takagawa   + + 0 H * + + + + + + 1 + (bye) 2H
 Yuichiro  Kawano     + + + 0 + * 1 1 + 0 + + +       2
 Toshiko   Matsuo     0 + + + + 0 * + + + 1 + 1       2
 Shigemasa Koiso      0 + + + + 0 + * + + + 1 1       2
 Hiroyuki  Tatsutomi  + 0 + + + + + + * 1 0 + 1       2
 Akihiko   Kashihara  + + 0 + + 1 + + 0 * + + + (bye) 2
 Yasuhiro  Adachi     + + 0 0 + + 0 + 1 + * + +       1
 Yoshihiro Matsuo     + 0 + + 0 + + 0 + + + * + (bye) 1
 Chie      Tatsutomi  + + + + + + 0 0 0 + + + * (bye) 1
 
 *Kansai-Hokuriku Area 2nd Qualification (2 for Meijin-sen)  June 8
 
 Takashi   Sagara     * 1 1 1
 Yoshimi   Hayakawa   0 * 1 1
 Tsunehiro Matsui     0 0 * 1
 Kozo      Ooi        0 0 0 *
 
 Mr.Sagara and Mr.Hayakawa will attend the Meijin-sen
 
 *East Japan Area 1st Qualification (4 for 2nd qualification)  June 1
 
 Shigeru  Nakamura  * 1 1 + + 1 1 + + + +     4
 Takahiro Kudomi    0 * + + + + 1 1 + 1 +     3
 Masao    Mitsumori 0 + * + H + + + + 1 1     2H
 Hisashi  Takahashi + + + * 0 + + H 1 1 +     2H
 -------------------------------------------------
 Taizan   Isobe     + + H 1 * + 0 1 + + +     2H   (refused)
 Naoya    Suzuki    0 + + + + * + 0 1 + 1     2
 Shoki    Sunagawa  0 0 + + 1 + * + 1 + +     2
 Masato   Kusajima  + 0 + H 0 1 + * + + +     1H
 Izumi    Kubo      + + + 0 + 0 0 + * + 1     1
 Hiroshi  Aihara    + 0 0 0 + + + + + * 1     1
 Koji     Maruta    + + 0 + + 0 + + 0 0 *     0
 
 *East Japan Area 2nd Qualification (2 for Meijin-sen)         June 15
 
 Shigeru  Nakamura    * H H 1         Extra Match      
 Takahiro Kudomi      H * 1 0         Kudomi - Takahashi 1-0 
 Hisashi  Takahashi   H 0 * 1
 Masao    Mitsumori   0 1 0 *
 
 Mr.Nakamura & Mr.Kudomi will play in Meijin-sen

Swedish Magazine Fem I Rad No 1 - 1997

Now you are able to find the electronic version of the Swedish Magazine Fem I Rad No 1 - 1997 on the following URL-address: http://www.renju.nu/fir971/framsida.htm Some parts of the written version is not included in the electronic version.


Short report with results of Podjuga tournament

More information will hopefully be sent later. The tournament was played 17.06.1997-21.06.1997.

1. Meritee	8p (from 9)
2. Kozhin	7p
3. Skuridin	7p
4. Soosorv	6½p
5. Kabanov	6½p
6. Kareev	6p
...

Totally 46 players played 9 rounds in Swiss system. Some results:

Kozhin-Soosorv   ½-½
Meritee-Kozhin   1-0
Kareev-Soosorv   1-0
Meritee-Skuridin 0-1

June 17, 1997

Results of Championship of St. Petersburg

The 15th Championship of St.Petersburg is finished. 10 persons played in the tournament by Round-Robin System of one round. Viktor Alexandrov and Alexandr Ivanov relinquished their right of participation in the tournament.

Below you can see the final position of the participants:

01. Alexandr Klimashin 8,5 33.50
02. Pavel Ses 6 23.75
03. Pavel Salnikov 6 22.25
04. Vladimir Filinov 5,5 19.25
05. Vladimir Sushkov 5,5 17.75
06. Kirill Moiseev 3 10.75
------------------------------------
07. Vladimir Semionov 3 9.25
08. Alexandr Ozhinsky 2,5 10.00
09. Nonna Salnikova 2,5 9.75
10. Anatoly Nyrkov 2,5 7.25

Results of Moscow Open Tournament 12-14.06.97


Main Referee - Dmitriy Krasnonosov
27 participants, 9 rounds.


01. Tarannikov Yu. (Moscow) 7
02. Soosyrv A. (Tallinn) 6.5
03. Makarov P. (Moscow) 6.5
04. Nikonov K. (Electrostal) 6
05. Taiblin Yu. (Rybinsk) 6
06. Filippov S. (Moscow) 5.5
07. Lunkin V. (Moscow) 5.5
08. Golosov V. (Moscow) 5.5
09. Sirategyan K. (Moscow) 5.5
10. Smirnov S. (Moscow) 5
11. Fedorkin O. (Mytischi) 5
12. Karejev V. (N. Novgorod) 5
13. Nosovsky A. (Moscow) 5
14. Tyaglo Yu. (Belgorod) 5
15. Krasnonosova S. (Moscow) 4.5
16. Ogorodov S. (Moscow) 4.5
17. Lebedeva E. (Podyuga) 4
18. Lents J. (Tallinn) 4
19. Potapov V. (Moscow) 4
20. Zvereva M. (Moscow) 4
21. Samal A. (Moscow) 4
22. Piskaryuov A. (Moscow) 3.5
23. Uja A. (Tallinn) 3.5
24. Trofimov Yu. (Moscow) 3
25. Zvereva A. (Moscow) 3
26. Tsygankova T. (Moscow) 2
27. Rakhmatullin A. (Moscow) 1


June 8, 1997

Renju World No 25 (No 1 1997) is now awailable on the URL-address: http://www.neti.ee/renju/

From Renju World No 25 you are able to read the Renju World on the World Wide Web. The 1st Web-version is now published.


June 2, 1997

Russian Web-pages

Russian Renju Federation has now Renju Web-pages.
The URL-address is
http://194.87.49.195/

There you will find among other things:

  1. Report and games from China Open International
  2. Photo and report from the Celebration meeting of renju players dedicated to 30-year anniversary of Nihon Renju-Sha.
  3. Interview with Makoto Yamaguchi
  4. Click of STONES " - Table of Contents

May 23, 1997

New information that you are able to find:

  1. World Championship of Renju 1997
  2. R I F International Ratinglist 30 April 1997
  3. R I F International Ratinglist sorted according to nations

May 17, 1997

Images from the China Open International Tournament

Now you are able to see 11 images from the China Tournament.

  1. Luo Yao
  2. Mitsumori
  3. Nagahiro
  4. Liu Guobin
  5. Chuang Xian Ji (from Chinese Taipei)
  6. Shao Xiao Dong
  7. Karlsson, Isobe, Holgersson
  8. Isobe - The winner
  9. All players 1
  10. All players 2
  11. Na Wei - the organizer

May 13, 1997

The result of the China Open International Tournament

   
     No.        Name          Score
     
      1         Isobe          15
      2         S.Karlsson     14
      3         G.Holgersson   14
      4         Nara           13
      5         Ishitani       11
      6         Li Dong        10
      7         Mitsumori       9
      8         Zhang Jin Yu    9
      9         Yin Li Cheng    9
     10         Deng Jing Hui   9
     11         P.Svensson      9
     12         Shao Xiao Dong  8
     13         Chung Hsien Chi 8
     14         Lu Yao          8
     15         A.Nosovsky      8
     16         Chen Lung Chuan 7
     17         Xin Ji Quan     7
     18         Su Liang        6
     19         Yu Jing Ping    6
     20         Nagahira        0
     
         

Sincerely,
Na Wei

Interesting chess result

Deep Blue (computer program) - Kasparov 3.5-2.5

Renju computer programs are not yet so strong. Maybe now chess players want to change from chess to renju.


May 5, 1997

Russian QT

took place 30.04.97. - 4.05.97. at Elektrostal. Ilin, Salnikov, Milevsky, Filinov, Semenov, V.Aleksandrov, Makarov have not taken part.

               1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8           Place
1.Krasnonosov  x = = 0 = 0 = =    2,5      7
2.Fedorkin     = x = = = = = =    3,5      4
3.Kabanov      = = x = = 0 1 0    3        5
4.Kozhin       1 = = x = 1 = 1    5        1
5.Peskov       = = = = x 0 0 1    3        6
6.Sinyev       1 = 1 0 1 x = 1    5        2
7.Mikhailov    = = 0 = 1 = x 1    4        3
8.Nikonov      = = 1 0 0 0 0 x    2        8

A.Klimashin and M.Kozhin will play at WC directly, I.Sinyev and S.Peskov will play at QTWC.

With best wishes
Oleg Fedorkin

Sport club "Universitates sports" cup

in renju for Baltic teams or traditional Riga-Tallinn-St.Petersburg tournament which took place 1.-4.May in hotel "Baltija" in Jurmala is finished.

1. St.Petersburg
2. Tallinn
3. Riga

With best wishes
Gatis Gurckis


April 30, 1997

The rough agenda of China Open Tournament:

(please pay attention to * and #. * means China vs Japan teenager contest, # means China Open)

    
     5/2  
     Tour around Beijing
     5/3
     Tour around Beijing
     5/4
     9:00am     Opening ceremony                                
     2:00pm     China vs Japan teenager contest, 
                *Round 1(herein after marked with *) 
     2:00pm     International Kyu test   
     3:30pm     *Round 2      
     5/5   
     9:00am     China Open, #Round 1(herein after marked with #) 
     9:00am     *Round 3
     10:30am    *Round 4
     3:00pm     #Round 2
     3:00pm     *Round 5
     4:30pm     *Round 6
     5/6   
     9:00am     #Round 3
     9:00am     *Round 7
     10:30am    *Reward ceremony
     2:00pm     Sightseeing (Special family only) 
     3:00pm     #Round 4 
     7:00pm     Seminar
                - Renju in China
                - Tournaments arrangement in China
                - Technique discussion
     5/7   
     9:00am     #Round 5
     3:00pm     #Round 6
     5/8        
     Sightseeing (all players)
     5/9
     9:00am     #Round 7
     3:00pm     #Round 8
     5/10  
     9:00am     #Final 
     12:00pm    End of tournament
     

CCTV will visit our competition site in the morning of May 10.


April 29, 1997

Moscow Cup is finished

Konstantin Nikonov won Moscow Cup!

Preliminary rounds, 1/8 and 1/4 --- see Renju Newsletter No 86 - 1996

1/2
Alexander Milevsky - Sergey Filippov       2 - 0
Konstantin Nikonov - Yuriy Tarannikov    1.5 - 0.5

Final for 1st place
Konstantin Nikonov - Alexander Milevsky    2 - 2

Final for 3rd place
Yuriy Tarannikov - Sergey Filippov         3 - 1

The final match for 1st place was very interesting.

1st game

Nikonov was a tentative black and seleceted D3. Milevsky chose white and won by means of foul double-four in a line at the edge of board on 78th move.

2nd game

Milevsky was a tentative black and seleceted I11. Ninonov chose black and made old 7th move. Game was a tie on 51th move.

3rd game

Nikonov was a tentative black and seleceted D5. Milevsky chose black and made classic 5th move (similar development with I6). Nikonov made sharp 12th move and won on 24th move.

4th game

Milevsky was a tentative black and seleceted I11. Ninonov chose black. A classic 30-moves variant was played. Game was a tie on 50th move.

By tournament system the fast games must been played. But opponents decided that winner would be determined by means of drawing. The main Cup Referee, Russian Qualificator Sergey Smirnov agreed with such decision and organized computer drawing. Konstantin Nikonov was a more lucky man.

With best wishes

Yuriy Tarannikov

The tournament regulations and schedule of the Open Youth European Championship

REGULATIONS

The First Open Youth European Championship will be held in Estonia in Karepa, 100 km from Tallinn during 8.08.1997-13.08.1997. The competition will be organized by Estonian Renju Union and Tallinn Hobby Center "Kullo".

The players and their trainers must pay the fee 75 USD for housing and food (the fee includes also transport Tallinn-Karepa and Karepa-Tallinn).

There will be three different groups:

Group A: There will play boys, who were born during 01.01.1979-31.12.1982.

Group B: There will play boys, who were born after 01.01.1983.

Group C: There will play girls, who were born after 01.01.1979.

There will be 9 rounds in swiss system in A-group.

There will be 11 rounds in swiss system in groups B and C.

I case of small number of players, the Judges Council may decrease the number of rounds or to change playing system.

There will be 90 minutes for 30 moves for a player in A group. The control moves are 59 and 60. Then will be baiomi 10 minutes for 10 moves.

There will be 60 minutes for 30 moves for a player in groups B and C. The control moves are 59 and 60. Then will be baiomi 10 minutes for 10 moves.

All players will be rewarded with diplomas, 3 best from each group will get medals.

SCHEDULE

 8.08 10.00 Start from Tallinn
      12.30 Arrival to Karepa
      20.00 Opening Ceremony
 9.08 10.00 1.round of group A,B and C
      14.00 2.round of group A,B and C
      19.00 3.round of group B and C
10.08 10.00 3.round of group A and 4.round of B and C
      14.00 4.round of group A and 5.round of B and C
      16.30 6.round of group B and C
      19.00 5.round of group A and 7.round of B and C
11.08 10.00 6.round of group A and 8.round of B and C
      14.00 7.round of group A and 9.round of B and C
      19.00 8.round of group A and 10.round of B and C
12.08 10.00 9.round of group A and 11.round of B and C
      17.00 Closing Ceremony
   Contactpersons: 
    Ando Meritee fax 372-6503563, phone 372-2-527789
    e-mail: kullo@neti.ee
    Ants Soosõrv EE0009,Estonia ,Tallinn,Lemmiku 12,phone 372-2-518561

With best regards

Ando Meritee


April 28, 1997

Result of the Japanese Qualification tournament for the 5th WC(4/26-27)

(Format: Opponent - Result)

                       R1   R2   R3   R4   R5   R6   R7    Pts. TB1
                       
1. Takashi Sagara      8-1  3-1  2-=  6-1  7-1  4-1  5-=    6
2. Hideki Nara         6-1  4-1  1-=  3-0  5-=  7-1  9-1    5
3. Akihiko Kashihara   5-1  1-0  4-1  2-1  8-=  6-0  Bye    4,5
4. Yoshimi Hayakawa    7-1  2-0  3-0  Bye  9-1  1-0  6-1    4   24
5. Norio Nishizono     3-0  9-1  7-0  8-1  2-=  Bye  1-=    4   23   
6. Shin-ichi Ishitani  2-0  8-1  9-1  1-0  Bye  3-1  4-0    4   23  
7. Takeo Miyoshi       4-0  Bye  5-1  9-1  1-0  2-0  8-1    4   22,5 
8. Shigemasa Koiso     1-0  6-0  Bye  5-0  3-=  9-1  7-0    2,5
9. Hiroyuki Tatsutomi  Bye  5-0  6-0  7-0  4-0  8-0  2-0    1

Sagara, Nara and Kashihara got the right to play WCQT. So far, we disided Mr. Hasegawa got the right to play WC, and Mr. Kawamura has the right to play WC personally.

Renju World in the future

Next Renju World (No 25) will be printed on usual paper but it will also be published on the Tallinn Renju Club homepage: http://www.neti.ee/renju/. There you are also able to download a Word version. It is all free for You! But if You want to receive printed version regularily, become a subscriber by sending 15 USD per year to the RIF treasurer Stefan Karlsson with e-mail: ec93kast@hj.se

Some players may have e-mail but no access to World Wide Web. Please, inform me if you are in this position. Then I also want to know if you are able to receive and open a zipped Word-fil, if you use MIME in your mail-program.

It will be possible to convert the Word-file into a pdf-file which will be possible to view in any operating system. Adobe reader is freeware for all operating systems. It may also be possible to convert to a rtf-file which can be viewed in different word processors.

Therefore, please, let me know if you only are able to read pdf- or rtf-files.

Play gomoku online

On the page http://www.algonet.se/~mawi/ you can play gomoku online.


April 23, 1997

The Estonian Qualification Tournament before World Championship 1997

The complete results from the second stage of EWCQT:

No. Player                                     pt.  place   
 1. Ants Soosorv        * 1 1 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 1    7,5    3.
 2. Marek Kolk          0 * ½ 1 0 1 0 1 0 0    3,5    6.
 3. Marlen Raudsepp     0 ½ * 1 0 0 0 1 0 0    2,5    8.
 4. Johann Lents        0 0 0 * 0 0 0 1 0 0    1     10.
 5. Margus Tuvikene     ½ 1 1 1 * 1 1 1 1 1    8,5    1.
 6. Aller Uja           0 0 1 1 0 * 0 0 1 0    3      7.
 7. Ando Meritee        1 1 1 1 0 1 * 1 1 1    8      2.
 8. Peeter Tamm         0 0 0 0 0 1 0 * 0 0    1      9.
 9. Eve Harju           0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 * 0    4      5.
10. Lauri Naber         0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 *    6      4.

Now we have also finished with the third stage of EWCQT, and the results are the following:

No. Player                                                 pt. place   

1. Ando Meritee             * *  1 1  ½ ½  1 0  1 1  1 1    8    1.
2. Margus Tuvikene          0 0  * *  1 1  1 0  0 1  1 1    6    3.
3. Lauri Naber              ½ ½  0 0  * *  0 0  ½ ½  ½ 0    2,5  5.
4. Ants Soosorv             0 1  0 1  1 1  * *  1 1  1 1    8    2.
5. Eve Harju                0 0  1 0  ½ ½  0 0  * *  0 0    2    6.
6. Marek Kolk               0 0  0 0  ½ 1  0 0  1 1  * *    3,5  4.

Ando Meritee has now got a place in WC, Ants Soosorv and Margus Tuvikene will play in the International WCQT.

Irene Einberg,
PR- department of Estonian Renju Union


April 22, 1997

All time list of Swedish Championships is updated

Now you can find the updated all time list of Swedish Championships played with renju rules on the page:
http://www.renju.nu/masvre95.htm

On the page: http://www.lemes.se/kfumjkpg/maraton/maratonsm.htm you can find a lot of other all time lists of Swedish Championships. However all lists are not yet updated.

To the left Björn Wallgren and to the right Tord Andersson.


I congratulate Tord Andersson for his first victory in Swedish Championship. From the all time list you can see that he has played in the group of best 10 players since 1984. No other player have joined this group so long. However Tord participated earlier in GoMoku Championships and his first good result was No 4 in GoMoku Championship 1981.

Tord used to play good in international tournaments but this is his first big success among only Swedes.

Connect5


If you want to try a Connect5 gomoku game online you can go to the page: http://www-ug.eecg.toronto.edu/~sokorac/Connect5/cgitalk.html

 


April 21, 1997

Results from Swedish Championship in Renju

Stora SM (A-tournament)

 1. Tord Andersson      7
 2. Göran Holgersson    6
 3. Stefan Karlsson     5.5 (SB 23)
 4. Jan Palmgren        5.5 (SB 22.25)
 5. Petter Gardström    5
 6. Björn Wallgren      3.5 (SB 15.25) (won the internal match)
--------------------------------------------------------------
 7. Rickard Johannesson 3.5 (SB 15.25)
 8. Hannes Hermansson   3.5 (SB 15)
 9. Anders Bertilsson   3
10. Bengt Asplund       2.5

Lilla SM (B-Tournament)

(The 2 best will play in A-tournament next year)

 1. Anders Henningsson
 2. Martin Carlsson
-------------------------
 3. Peter Jonsson
 4. Joachim Gaulitz
 5. Marcus Eriksson
 6. Mike Dufenberg
 7. Linus Hermansson
 8. Kristian Gustavsson
 9. Peder Svensson

22 players all together took part in "Lilla SM".


April 17, 1997

Report from Latvian WC Qualfication by Aldis Reims

Latvian WCh Qualification 1st part finished last weekend and 2nd part started.

In remaining 3 games all results (Gaujens-Andersons 1:0, Gurtskis-Balanova 0:1 and Matyuk-Demidov 0:1) were sensational and finally we got also quite strange quarterfinal pairs...

                    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pts  Place  
-------------------------------------------------------
 1. Reims,A         * / 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 / 1   8.0    2 
 2. Gaujens,A       / * / 0 / 0 1 + 1 0 /   5.0    6
 3. Balanova,Y      0 / * 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1   5.5    5
 4. Gurtskis,G      0 1 0 * 1 1 0 1 1 1 1   7.0    3 
 5. Demidov,A       1 / 1 0 * 1 1 1 0 0 0   5.5    4
 6. Mutsenieks,V    0 1 0 0 0 * 0 0 0 0 0   1.0   11
 7. Matyuk,V        0 0 0 1 0 1 * 1 0 0 1   4.0    8
 8. Bethers,A       0 - 0 0 0 1 0 * 1 0 0   2.0   10 
 9. Andersons,A     0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 * 0 /   4.5    7   
10. Veidemanis,A    / 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 * 1   8.5    1
11. Rotbergs,A      0 / 0 0 1 1 0 1 / 0 *   4.0    9   

2nd PART. Balanova beated Demidov without any problems showing that Demidov's place in quarterfinal was just an accident. Gurtskis also won, however in both games Gaujens had an advantage.

In semifinal pairs Veidemanis lost 1st game to Balanova (!) and Reims played draw with gurtskis and somebody started discuss about possible final Gurtskis-Balanova !!! But Veidemanis quite quickly proved that Balanova's class is far away from his and only problem for Arnis is just a lack of concentration.

Victory for Reims wasn't so easy, but finally we got standard Latvian battle Veidemanis-Reims for title and WCh place.

  Veidemanis
 ---------------------
                     I Veidemanis
  Balanova           I-----------------
 ---------- Balanova I 1:1 (1:0)      I 
  Demidov I-----------                I
 ----------   2:0                     I Place in WCh-97 Final
  Gurtskis                            I----------------------- ??????
 ---------- Gurtskis                  I Champion of Latvia-97
  Gaujens I-----------                I
 ---------- 1.5:0.5  I Reims          I
                     I-----------------
  Reims              I 1.5:0.5
 ---------------------

A.R.

News from Estonia

2nd stage of Estonian WC QT is finished. According to this 6 best players will continue playing round robin tournament, 2 games with each.
6 best became Tuvikene, Meritee, Soosorv, Naber, Eve Harju, Kolk.

So, tournament table of 2nd stage:

No.   Player	      Points

1.  Margus Tuvikene     8½ 
2.  Ando Meritee        8
3.  Ants Soosorv        7½
4.  Lauri Naber         6
5.  Eve Harju           4
6.  Marek Kolk          3½
---------------------------
7.  Aller Uja           3
8.  Marlen Raudsepp     2½
9.  Peeter Tamm         1
10. Johann Lents        1
Some important results:
Tuvikene - Meritee      1:0
Meritee - Soosorv       1:0
Soosorv - Tuvikene      ½:½

3rd stage has already started. The winner of 3rd stage will go straight to World Championship finals, 2nd and 3rd place will have a right to play in International WC QT. In case of same number of points, the place in 2nd stage will be considered.

With best wishes,

Ando Meritee


April 15, 1997

The electronic version of the Swedish Magazine "Fem I Rad" No 3 1996 now is published.


April 6, 1997

Some news from Estonia

The results from the 1st stage of Estonian WCQT,
played 6.04.1997, swiss system, 8 rounds.
14 players took part and 6 best of them got the right
to take part in 2nd stage together with Naber, Kolk, Sooso'rv
and Meritee.

1. Tuvikene, Margus 8p
2. Madissoon, U"lo 6p
3. Raudsepp, Marlen 5p
4. Uja, Aller 5p
5. Tamm, Peeter 5p
6. Lents, Johann 4p
---------------------------
7. Harju, Eve 4p
8. Taimla, Tunnet 4p
9. Pallas, Henrik 3p
10. Rauk, Raile 3p
11. Nitoo, Nils 3p
12. Metsis, Ray 3p
13. Viital, Ju"ri 1p
14. Aasma"e, Toomas 1p

Madissoon as a real gentleman offered the place in 2nd stage to Eve
Harju. She accepted, of course.

2nd stage will be played 12.04-13.04.1997, round robin.
6 best will go to final (3rd) stage.


Baltic Meijin Match

3rd game between Meritee and Soosorv was played 5.04.1997.
Meritee set up opening d3, Soosorv chosed white. Black won after
59 moves. With the result 2:1 Meritee got Baltic Meijin title.

Bye!

Ando Meritee


April 2, 1997

The Nizhny Novgorod Renju Club has celebrated the 13th anniversary

The Nizhny Novgorod Open tournament (march 14-16) was devoted to this date.
33 partcipantstook part. The top 5:
1. Krasnonosov Dmitry 8 dan Moscow 8.5 points
2. Kareev Vladislav 3 dan N.Novgorod 8.5
3. Skuridin Alexey 7 dan N.Novgorod 8.5
4. Petrovsky Dmitry 3 dan N.Novgorod 7
5. Oljunin Sergey 5 dan N.Novgorod 6

This tournament was held in McMagon system. This system is used often in go
tournaments. The McMagon is kind of Swiss system. All partcipants are
divided into two, three or more groups (it depends upon total number of
participants, number of rounds and variety of players category). The
weakest group get no points before competition. More strong group get one,
two and so on points before tournament. The reason of this operation is to
exclude games between expert and beginners players. So I'd like to
recommend the McMagon system to be used in tournaments with great variety
of players category.

Friendly yours,
A. Skuridin.

The following Web-page contains the full
table of results the Nizhny Novgorod Open Tournament:
http://www.renju.nu/nishni.htm

International tournament in China in May

8 Japanese players will go to China for the international tournament
in May.
They are Mr.Mitsumori, Mr.Isobe, Mr.Nara,
Mr.Ishitani, Mr.Nagahira, and 3 members of family Tatsutomi.

2 Taiwan players and 3 Swedish (for example Mr Karlsson and
Mr Svensson), Mr Nosovsky and maybe Mr Chernov from Russia will also
go to this tournament.

USA tournament on July, 4

On the 4 July there will be a USA tournament with among
others the following participants:
Alexandrov, Talsky, Lipsits

 

 


Marh 31, 1997

New international pages now will be found on the RIF startpage

German Renju Page About renju in Spanish language 

German Renju Web-page

The promised html-pages about Renju in german language
are now ready at: http://www.ba-mosbach.de/~barth/Renju
It's the first version and includes a rules page,
a RIF page, a e-mail page and a page about Renju in Germany.

cheers
Karlhein Barth


Alexander Nosovsky has the new e-mail-address

stigma.ltd@g23.relcom.ru

The new page about renju in Spanish was made by Alexander Nosovsky.

A computer program to play Renju

Mark Mammel
mmammel@compuserve.com
has written a computer program to play Renju. It includes all
tournament rules and uses an opening book. The program's answers are:
g3, i6, h12, g5. If you would like to try the program, it is
available for DOS at:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/mmammel

In the program you can also load in a Richard's Play By EMail game
from an email message.

On Mark´s page you can also download a DOS pente game.


Renju in Taiwan

There is a big boom in Internet of late years. The members of
Renju players is growing on Internet too. There is a web site
called "Wu-lin"(Five world, It sounds like the fantasy world
of Chinese Kung-fu in Chinese). We can play Five-in-a-row and
Renju on-line on the web site. It's free and over 33,000 hits
from Feb. this year. As I know the register profiles is over
2,700. But the actual members maybe 600-700 and Renju players
is about 20-30%. The "Wu-lin" is only Chinese(Big-5 code) now
and will offer a English version in future. The URL of it is
http://5.ficnet.net.tw
Welcome for your visit. We are also discussing Renju Problems
and Opening on the local Newsgroup: tw.bbs.rec.chess
The other players who can not use WWW can get the information
of Renju from BBS too.

In the other hand, There is a Renju get-together per month in
Taipei from this year. It was 4th time get-together yesterday.
There was about 8 members each time. We introduced the rules
to new Renju players more clearly and made a free competition
also discussed the Opening during the meeting time.

We are still beginners now. I think we need more experience.
I hope there can be some very strong players after 5-10 years.

Chung, Hsien-chi reporting from Taiwan, 24th Mar. 1997


Baltic Meijin Match is played between Ants Sooso'rv and Ando Meritee.

1st game was played on 22.03.1997. Meritee set up d3 and won after 81
moves as black. 2nd game was played on 23.03.1997. Sooso'rv set up d8
and won after 72 moves as white. So the score is now 1:1. 3rd game
will be probably played on 5.04.1997.

Ando Meritee


March 18, 1997

Renju Sekai No 500

Renju Sekai is since 30 years the flagship of renju. Every month a new issue is published. The main problem is that the magazine is written in Japanese which makes it difficult for non-japanese players to read the magazine. Recently No 500 of the magazine was published and page 13-60 as I can understand covers special celebration information. I congratulate Renju Sekai.

New book "Click of the Stones" will substitute Sagara writing

The printing "From the opening to the middle of the game" by Sagara was first presented as articles in Renju Sekai. The articles were very important because they showed players the best opening and middle play variants in practical playing.

For example the Swedish player became much better after the translation into Swedish were finished.

The articles were first translated from Japanese into Russian and then from Russian into Swedish and after that from Swedish into English. The translations took a lot of years before we had the English version.

Now a new book "Click of the Stones" is published by Alexander Nosovsky and Mikhail Koshin. The book is written in Russian language so now we only wait for someone to translate it into English. The book includes 190 pages and a lot of diagrams.

This is Alexander Nosovsky´s own words about the book.

"It is modern improved theoretick book. It is usefull for middle class players but for the strongest player it 'll be interesting to read it too. I hope that young players will learn from it and that they will use it in real games so the strongest players have to improve theory further."

Alexander Nosovsky has e-mail: stigma.ltd@g23.relcom.ru

Nizhny Novgorod Open

yesterday was finished. Played 33 men, 9 rounds. The first 3 places have divided:

                                               
                                        Points       Coef
1. Krasnonosov D. 	 Moscow 	       7.5 		 62
2. Kireev V.		 N.N. 		 7.5 		 60
3. Skuridin A.	 	 N.N. 		 7.5 		 59

Database by Oleg Stepanov

from Russia version called "Renju Tools 6.03", which also includes a playing program, has now 18 001 games in a DOS-program including for example all Japanese Meijin-finals since 1962.

New e-mail addresses

Aldis Reims, Latvia has ny e-mail:
aldisr@tkb.lv

Sergey Chernov, Russia has new e-mail:
avras@glasnet.ru

Jan Palmgren, Sweden has new e-mail:
j.p.@swipnet.se

Tor-Birger Skogen, Norway has new e-mail:
Tor-Birger.Skogen@FM-AA.SRI.telemax.no


March 6, 1997

New addresses and e-mail addresses

Some new fact about the RIF connection men have been reported. On special pages you can find the actual addresses and actual e-mail addresses. The new connection man of Ukraine Nikolas N. Ponomarenko

has E-mail:
Internet  topgame@aqua.kharkov.ua
Fidonet  2:461/44.77

He gives the following reports:

Championship of Ukraine. October, 1996.
(23 players, swiss system, 11 rounds).
      Name           City      Dan    Point
-------------------------------------------
1. Ponomarenko N.   Kharkov    VII    11.0
2. Kolesnik V.      Odessa      I      9.0
3. Karataev I.      Lubny       V      9.0
4. Shereverov A.    Zugres      V      8.5
5. Chasovskih       Zugres      1      8.5

Open Kharkov championship. November, 1996.
(6 players, complex system, 7 rounds).
      Name           City      Dan    Point
-------------------------------------------
1. Ponomarenko N.   Kharkov    VII     5.5
2. Shereverov A.    Zugres      V      5.0
3. Tregoubov M.     Kharkov     VI     3.5
4. Iljin D.         Yelets     VIII    3.0
5. Petrov E.        Kharkov     V      2.0
6. Gulyajev I.      Kerch       VI     1.0


         Rating List of Ukraine on 01.01.97
            Total number of players - 43
                          7 dan
1  Ponomarenko  Kharkov         2432
                          6 dan
2  Shereverov   Zugres          2397
3  Tregubow     Kharkov         2318
                          5 dan
4  Karataev     Lubny           2330
5  Gulyajev     Kerch           2328
6  Segal        Kerch           2292
7  Petrov E     Kharkov         2257
                          4 dan
8  Putilin      Zugres          2234
9  Zhikharev    Kharkov         2157
                          3 dan
10 Kleimenov    Zugres          2373
11 Kirilenko I  Zugres          2193
12 Uspensky     Zugres          2168
13 Zhurenko     Zugres          2103
14 Kirilenko A  Zugres          2099
15 Zaitseva     Zugres          2070
                          2 dan
16 Kolesnik     Odessa          2244
17 Antonenko Yu Zugres          2216
18 Chershkalo   Zugres          2166
19 Visotskaya   Zugres          2156
20 Sapronov     Zugres          2152
21 Kovalenko S  Zugres          2100
22 Tsumrak      Zugres          2091
                          1 dan
23 Nalivka      Krivoi Rog      2203
24 Chasovskih   Zugres          2200
25 Divnogorsky  Zugres          2200
26 Umantsiv     Maniava         2200
27 Bondarenko A Zugres          2200
28 Dimitriev    Gorlovka        2200
29 Yakovleva    Zugres          2183
30 Braikov      Zugres          2172
31 Brodsky      Zugres          2123
                          1  ku
32 Tsibukovsky  Zugres          2215
33 Baitalsky    Odessa          2205
34 Martovitsky  Rubezhnoe       2200
35 Tsupko       Zugres          2200
36 Nikitochkin  Gorlovka        2199
37 Tatarinov    Zugres          2195
38 Nikolaichuk  Simferopol      2187
39 Maslov       Zugres          2185
40 Gorbatenko   Zugres          2171
41 Ignatov      Zugres          2170
42 Miagkov      Kharkov         2130
43 Poddubny     Zheltye Vody    2097

February 25, 1997

Report by Pavel Salnikov from the Russian Championship


From February 15 to February 22 in Rybinsk the High League tournament of
the Fifth Russian Championship has been held.

I am happy to say that the first place and the title of Russian Champion
have been won by Aleksandr KLIMASHIN with an excellent result: 9 of 12!

It is the first occurrence when the First League and the High League tour-
naments of Russian (and USSR) Championships have been won by the same per-
son.

Below you can see the final results of the tournament.

========================================================

Pl.Participant Town                Points Coeff.

========================================================

01. Aleksandr Klimashin St.Petersburg 9.0
02. Mikhail Kozhin Dubna              7.5 42.00
03. Dmitry Krasnonosov Moscow         7.5 40.75
04. Ants Soosyrv Tallinn              7.0 37.75
05. Pavel Salnikov St.Petersburg      7.0 37.00
06. Aleksandr Mikhailov Moscow        6.5 39.75

--------------------------------------------------------

07. Igor Sinyov Moscow                6.5 34.75
08. Konstantin Nikonov Elektrostal    5.5 30.75
09. Aleksandr Milevsky Mytischi       5.5 28.00
10. Aleksei Skuridin Nizhny Novgorod  5.0
11. Karen Sirategian Moscow           4.0 25.50
12. Viktor Golosov Moscow             4.0 20.25
13. Yury Taiblin Rybinsk              3.0

========================================================


In the same time and at the same place the Fifth Russian Championship
among women has been held too. 8 players played by the Round-Robin System
of two rounds.

In the very hard struggle the first place and the title of Russian Cham-
pion have been won by Natalia VASILIEVA! She wins that title for the first
time.

The final results of the tournament look like as follows:

=================================================

Pl.Participant Town              Points 


=================================================

1. Natalia Vasilieva Rybinsk       12.5
2. Nonna Salnikova St.Petersburg   11.5
3. Irina Metreveli Podiuga         11.0
4. Elena Lebedeva Podiuga           8.5
5. Anastasia Leshukova Rybinsk      5.0
6. Anastasia Sokolova Rybinsk       3.0
7. Marina Sokolova Rybinsk          2.5
8. Alla Samal Moscow                2.0

Report from Uppsaladraget - A Swedish Renju tournament
by Göran Holgersson


At first the players were divided into 4 pools.
No 1 from each pool received a place in one semi-final.

Martin Carlsson was very close to enter the semi-final by
defeating Stefan Karlsson. However he did not manage and Stefan,
Bjoern Och Martin shared the first place in their pool and therefore
they were forced to replay and then Stefan became No 1 och Bjoern no
2 and Martin no 3.

Semi-finals:

Goeran Holgersson - Petter Gardstroem 1-0
Stefan Karlsson - Frank Arkbo 1-0 (WO)
Frank could not play because of lack of time

Final:

Goeran Holgersson - Stefan Karlsson 1-0

Here is the list of results from Uppsaladraget
played on the 22nd of Februari 1997.

01. Goeran Holgersson
02. Stefan Karlsson
03. Petter Gardstoem
04. Frank Arkbo
05. Bjoern Wallgren
06. Tord Andersson
07. Rickard Johannesson
08. Bengt Asplund
09. Martin Carlsson
10. Jonas Frid
11. Bengt Nyberg
12. Daniel Nyberg
12. Mina Gardstroem
14. Jan-Olov Andersson


February 23, 1997

Short news from Russian Renju Championship by Alexander Nosovsky

Klimashin won Russia Championship and get place in WC Final !

Kozhin was N2. Il'in did not take part.
Krasnonosov was 3-d , Sooserv 4-th , Sinyov N7 !

The best 10 players in May will play tournament for 1WC place and one QT place.

Short news from Swedish tournament - Uppsaladraget

  1. Göran Holgersson
  2. Stefan Karlsson

February 1, 1997

Ando Meritee won the Swedish Open Blitz Championship

Photos from the tournament

Results from Swedish Open Blitz Championship


 1.Ando Meritee          Tallinn

 2.Ants Soosõrv          Tallinn 

 3.Anders Henningsson    Göteborg

 4.Stefan Karlsson       Jönköping

 5.Kristian Lindberg     Jönköping

 6.Petter Gardström      Uppsala

 7.Tord Andersson        Uppsala

 8.Göran Holgersson      Jönköping

 9.Rickard Johannesson   Jönköping

10.Jan Palmgren          Göteborg

11.Peder Svensson        Jönköping

12.Anders Bertilsson     Högsjö

13.Hannes Hermansson     Högsjö

14.Tommy Maltell         Jönköping

15.Peter Jonsson         Jönköping

16.Martin Carlsson       Jönköping

17.Tomas Hagenfors       Högsjö

18.Jonas Frid            Linköping

19.Björn Wallgren        Härnösand

20.Marcus Eriksson       Högsjö

21.Marek Kolk            Tallinn 

22.Sven-Åke Pettersson   Högsjö   

23.Tommy Pettersson      Högsjö

24.Martin Karlsson       Jönköping

25.Martin Tedremaa       Tallinn

26.Bengt Nyberg          Motala

27.Emma Hultin           Högsjö

28.Frida Skoogh          Högsjö

29.Daniel Nyberg         Motala

30.Nils Widman           Arjeplog

31.Ülo Madissoon         Tallinn

32.Sandra Sjöberg        Högsjö

33.Tobias Ekvall         Jönköping

34.Jüri Viital           Tallinn

35.Johann Lents          Tallinn

36.Lars Hellander        Arjeplog

37.Eva Eldermann         Tallinn

38.Daniel Johansson      Jönköping

39.Eric Hansson          Kungälv

40.Mirjam Pällo          Tallinn

41.Janno Veskimets       Tallinn

42.Irene Einberg         Tallinn

43.Mario Palmiste        Tallinn

44.Kristin Nugis         Tallinn

45.Jan-Olov Andersson    Jönköping

46.Emelie Pettersson     Högsjö

47.Riina Viital          Tallinn

48.Urmas Ling            Tallinn

49.Indrek Kaul           Tallinn

50.Virko Raagmets        Tallinn

51.Karl-Joosep Maltis    Tallinn

52.Helen Ree             Tallinn

53.Mari-Liis Ernits      Tallinn

54.Ave-Õnne Õnnis        Tallinn

55.Kaiari Kaurla         Tallinn

56.Liina Ernits          Tallinn

57.Ida Karlsson          Högsjö

58.Jaana Lemberg         Tallinn

59.Sille Vallimäe        Tallinn

60.Piret Ortus           Tallinn       




January 26, 1997

High time to apply to play in B-tournament (The last day for application is changed)

It is now high time to apply to play in the B-tournaments i.e. in the qualification tournaments for the next A-Final which preliminary will start in October 1997. Application for participation in the B-tournaments must be sent to Tommy Maltell (tommy.maltell@lemes.se) before the 4th of February.

The B-tournaments will start around the 10th of February.

The A-Final will start on February 3, 1997

The players in the A-final will be the 2 best players in the 1st WC via e-mail Aldis Reims (areims) and Linus Laibinis (llaibini) together with the 2 best players in each qualification pool.

Final results of the qualification rounds and more information.


January 12, 1997

Win a free CD

On Game Club you can win a free CD with a good playing renjuprogram if you download the Internet playable trial version. Click on the banner to the right for more information.

New RIF renju ratinglists

Sorted nr 1, nr 2, nr 3 and so on
Sorted according to nations and all players within a nation in alphabetical order


January 9, 1997

Future rules of Renju WC via e-mail - apply to play in qualification tournament!!!

The time for thinking in the final of Renju WC via airmail will be long compared with the qualification tournament. I plan for 150 days for each player and game.

I also invite all renjuplayers to apply for participation in B-tournaments which will be played at the same time as the A-tournament. The best players in the B-tournaments will qualify for the A-tournament 1988.

There will be no qualfication tournament this autumn. The qualification tournaments will start around the 1st of February at the same time as the A-final. If there will be may players in B-finals only one game will be played in each match. More information will be published later.

The results from the qualification tournament soon finished will be one base for seeding in the B-tournaments.

I must receive your application for participation in the B-tournaments before the 24th of January.

Tommy Maltell (tommy.maltell@lemes.se)

Current standings in WC via e-mail will be found on the WC-page.

Information from Nizhny Novgorod

HAPPY NEW YEAR ! ! !

The IX Nizhny Novgorod Cup tournament was finished. N.N.Cup in many-staged competition (since 1/8 final to final). The winner of final (pretender) have a 6-gamed match with the previous Cup holder. In case the superfinal match finsh with 3:3 score, the Cup doesn't change its holder.

The first such tournament was held in 1986-87 years. A. Sokolov was winner of first and second Cup. Then V. Filinov (now he lives in S.-Petersburg) won the Cup three times one after the other. And lst three Cup tournaments were won by A. Gorshenkov.

The latest N.N. Cup superfinal match was A.Skuridin - A. Gorshenkov - 3.5 : 0.5. So I became the 4-th winner of this prestige in Nizhny Novgorod competition.

The traditinal Nizhny Novgorod Open tornament will be held 14-16 of March. McMagon system. 9 rounds. All players are invited. Everyone can send applications to me via E-Mail(mih@sapr.gaz.ru), tel. (int - 8312685191), fax (int - 8312340100) or via usual mail (7-4, Suslovoj Street, N.Novgorod, 603106, Russia).

Friendly yours,
Alexey Skuridin.

Comments from Tommy Maltell

It is not yet decided which tournaments that will be regarded as international tournaments for the period 1 January to 30 April 1997 i.e. which tournaments that will influence the international ratinglist of RIF. A complete suggestion will be published in a few days.

Göran Holgersson is also publishing Renju-pages

Göran Holgersson who is the chairman of Jönköping Renju Club has started to publish renju information on his own renjupages. You will on his pages find the games from the Swedish Cup final in renju with comments in Swedish, players with Swedish dan och kyu-titles, the Jönköping Renju Club rating list and results from the Jönkoping Club local championship 1997 (this tournament has not yet started).

New Database freeware

A newdatabase freeware with 3559 games is now available. It encludes all the latest Japanese Meijin games.


January 5, 1997

Renju Classificator (ROC) as a Web-system

Renju Classificator (ROC) - the system of openings in renju is now presented in a Web-system. You can see how one opening will lead to the same position as another opening.

The Renju Classificator system are presented by M.Kojin and A. Nosovsky. The HTML files are made by S.Filippov.

Renbase 4.0 for Windows 95

You can also find a page presenting the new program Renbase 4.0 for Windows 95 and Windows NT by A.Milevsky and S.Filippov.

Renju World No 23 is issued

No 23 (No 2 - 1996) of Renju World was issued just before the new year began. Alexander Nosovsky informs that his last issue Renju World No 24 will hopefully be issued in January-February 1997.

Ando Meritee from Tallinn, Estonia will become Chief Editor of RW after the withdrawal of Alexander Nosovsky. So Ando Meritee are able to start from April - May 1997 with the first issue of Renju World 1997. Renju World No 25 is planned to be published also as a Web-magazine.


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