The MSO 2000 Shogi Festival

Time Table of Events
(subject to change)

(this page was last updated Friday 11 August 2000)

  • Refer to the rules and regulations page for information on formats, pairing, prize money, determination and use of ratings, handicaps, latecomers, etc. Refer to the MSO registration page to register for any Shogi event.
  • Entry fees: Handicap team match: 15 GBP (6 GBP juniors); Shogi for Beginners: FREE; Offial opening (including Shogi lesson): FREE; Simultaneous event: 10 GBP (4 GBP juniors); MSO Worldwide Blitz Championship: 13 GBP (5 GBP juniors); Demonstration game: FREE; European/MSO Worldwide Championship: 25 GBP (10 GBP juniors).
      
Wed 23 Aug:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
HANDICAP TEAM MATCH
10:00-11:30 round 1
 
11:30-13:00 round 2
 
13:00-14:00 lunch break
14:00-15:30 round 3
15:30-17:00 round 4
17:00-18:30 round 5
18:30-20:00 dinner break
   
  SHOGI FOR BEGINNERS [1]
  10:00-10:30 Registration and Shogi lecture
  10:30-11:20 round 1
  11:20-12:10 round 2
  12:10-13:00 round 3
  13:00-13:50 round 4
  
20:00-22:30 OFFICIAL OPENING [2]
            - Welcome by Marc Theeuwen, tournament director
            - "Psychology in Shogi", by Hans Secelle, FESA president
            - Shogi Lesson by Nakao Osamu, 6-dan professional
Thu 24 Aug:
 
 
 
 
 9:30-13:30 SIMULTANEOUS EVENT with Nakao Osamu, 6-dan professional
13:30-14:30 lunch break
14:30-18:30 MSO WORLDWIDE BLITZ SHOGI CHAMPIONSHIP
18:30-20:00 dinner break
20:00-22:30 DEMONSTRATION GAME Nakao Osamu, 6-dan professional
            against Larry Kaufman, 5-dan amateur [2]
Fri 25 Aug:
 
 
 
 
 
 
EUROPEAN SHOGI CHAMPIONSHIP/MSO WORLDWIDE SHOGI CHAMPIONSHIP [3]
 9:00- 9:45 ESC/MSOWSC late registration
10:00-12:30 round 1
12:30-13:30 lunch break
13:30-16:00 round 2
16:00-18:30 round 3
18:30-20:00 dinner break
20:00-23:00 FESA MEETING [4]
Sat 26 Aug:
 
 
 
 
 
EUROPEAN SHOGI CHAMPIONSHIP/MSO WORLDWIDE SHOGI CHAMPIONSHIP [3]
10:00-12:30 round 4
12:30-13:30 lunch break
13:30-16:00 round 5
16:00-18:30 round 6
18:30-20:00 dinner break
20:00-22:30 round 7
Sun 27 Aug:
 
 
 
EUROPEAN SHOGI CHAMPIONSHIP/MSO WORLDWIDE SHOGI CHAMPIONSHIP [3]
 8:30-11:00 round 8
11:00-12:00 lunch break
12:00-14:30 round 9
15:00-16:00 PRIZEGIVING

  1. The Shogi for Beginners session is only open to those who have never participated in an official Shogi tournament and have never been awarded a rank above 10 kyu by any Shogi organization or club in the world. No entry fee is required.
  2. No registration and no entry fee are required for the official opening and demonstration game.
  3. The European Shogi Championship (ESC) will be contested by the best 32 European nationals or residents (according to the official FESA Elo ratings list of July 1, 2000) that are present at the start of the ESC. The ESC is an integral part of the MSO Worldwide Shogi Championship (MSOWSC; open to everybody) and only involves a predetermined pairing of the best 32 Europeans for the first 5 rounds of the MSOWSC.
  4. The FESA meeting is only open to representatives of FESA member organizations.
  5. All other events are open to everybody irrespective of strength, nationality or residence.
     

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