From: Pieter Stouten EU PNU COM> Date: 12 dec 2000 Subject: Results Second Italian Open, Milan, 9/10 December 2000 The second Italian Open Championship was held over the weekend of 9 and 10 December in Milan. It was part of the Italian Mind Sports Olympiad, which attracted about 2,000 mind sports fans. The location and ambiance were exceptional. The large Startrek exposition with its lifesize cardboard characters, a real warpcore and even a Dr. Beverly Crusher-lookalike, and the various wargames that were displayed and played in the arcade around the courtyard made for a very special atmosphere. The Shogi event was won in perfect style by Terje Christoffersen. It was his first tournament victory outside his native Norway, and probably the first time a kyu player won an international tournament with dan player opposition. Somehow, I doubt Terje will remain a kyu player much longer. The title of Italian national champion went to Giuseppe Baggio, who scored the same number of wins as Enrico Tognoni, but had a better sum of opponents' scores. Name Cou Rounds S Bu MB SB --------------------- --- ----------------------- - -- -- -- 1 Christoffersen Terje NOR 10+ 4+ 2+ 3+ 5+ 6+ 6 21 2 Tatsutomi Hiroyuki JPN 5+ 6+ 1- 7+ 3+ 4- 4 23 3 Stouten Pieter NED 8+ 9+ 4+ 1- 2- 11+ 4 20 4 Secelle Hans BEL 7+ 1- 3- 12+ 8+ 2+ 4 19 5 Rapmund Antje GER 2- 12+ 8+ 9+ 1- 7+ 4 17 6 Heeffer Albrecht BEL 12+ 2- 7- 8+ 9+ 1- 3 17 7 Baggio Giuseppe ITA 4- 10+ 6+ 2- 11- 5- 2 19 13 5 8 Korsner Sven SWE 3- 11+ 5- 6- 4- 10+ 2 19 13 4 9 Tognoni Enrico ITA 11+ 3- 10+ 5- 6- --- 2 15 11 10 Tatsutomi Hirokazu JPN 1- 7- 9- 11+ 12+ 8- 2 15 8 11 Boettcher Hans-Joachim GER 9- 8- 12+ 10- 7+ 3- 2 13 12 Durante Marco ITA 6- 5- 11- 4- 10- 13+ 1 15 13 De Leo Maurizio ITA --- --- --- --- --- 12- 0 1 Cou = country of citizenship; S = score; Bu = Bucholtz score (sum of opponents' scores); MB = median Bucholz (highest and lowest opponent's score ignored); SB = Sonneborn-Berger score (sum of defeated opponents' scores). Ciao, Pieter Stouten E-mail: stouten shogi net