From: DANERUD MARTIN <martin.danerud <at> comhem <dot> se>
Subject: Report from Goteborg Open 2005 by Carl Johan Nilsson
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Dear shogi friends,
Below, please find a report from Goteborg Open 2005 by Carl Johan=20
Nilsson, quickly translated into English by myself. Enjoy!
Goteborg Open was played November 19 to 20 at the Goteborg Chess=20
Center. The latest three years, the tournament has only attracted 12=20
participants, but this year 16 players fought for the 6 prizes.=20
Especially interesting was to follow Emil Hermansson, Ulf Dahlqvist,=20
and Robert Soderberg. Emil is a strong chess player (International=20
Master) and he has recently spent a lot of time on shogi, supported by=20
his "sensei" Ulf Dahlqvist. Emil told us that Ulf has "taugth him=20
everything that he knows about shogi". Ulf also plays a lot at www.
shogidojo.com and showed a high potential strength when he won against=20
the Swedish Champion Christer Hartman at the Swedish Team Shogi=20
Championship this summer. Robert returned recently from a three weeks=20
visit to Japan, where he practiced shogi a lot over the board against=20
Japanese players. Could that have improved his shogi shape?
The first round saw some usual sensations. At the first board, Ulf=20
Dahlqvist won a brilliant attacking game against me. Also Jonas=20
Ahlqvist lost to a very much lower rated player, and that was Mikael=20
Hansson. It could also be noted that Emil had big problems against=20
Daniel Wredenberg, but he succeeded to turn a lost position into a win.
In the second round, Emil played against his sensei, Ulf Dahlqvist.=20
Emil won after a tough battle. Jan Rabe, who has recently added a good=20
attacking game to his traditionally good defence, won against Terje=20
Christoffersen. Thereby, two of the three highest rated players had had=20
to note their first losses already during the first two rounds. This=20
seemingly opened the path for Richard Bjerke, who has been close to win=20
this tournament many times without success. As late as last year, he=20
had practically won the tournament, but he lost after forgetting to=20
promote his bishop in his final move of the final game. Richard=20
seemingly played stable shogi during his first rounds. Emil Hermansson,=20
Jan Rabe, and Richard Bjerke shared the lead after two rounds with Jan=20
Palmgren.
Before round 3, the traditional mulled wine and ginger cookies were=20
served, which seemed suitable in the darkness and winter cold. A nice=20
tradition, if I may say so myself...
Strenghtened by the mulled wine, Richard Bjerke won against Jan=20
Palmgren and Emil won against Jan Rabe. Thereby, Richard and Emil could=20
feel satisfied with their first day. Further back in the field, Ulf=20
succeeded to win against Terje in a strange game. Ulf had to give up a=20
silver general and got an unfriendly promoted rook close to his sitting=20
king. Ulf, however, succeeded to defend and counter-attacked. Suddenly,=20
Terje resigned, since he thought he saw a tsume attack by Ulf, but that=20
was a ghost. One more gold general in hand would have been needed for=20
Ulf... Thus, Terje was not a realistic candidate to win the tournament=20
any more.
Sunday morning 08.30, the clocks were started for the fourth round=20
with a final game between Emil and Richard. Emil succeeded to win after=20
strong defence, and it looked like Richard should have to wait one more=20
year to win this tournament. In the 11 to 15-kyu group, there was a=20
final game between Jan-Olof and Therese, playing her first ever shogi=20
tournament. The game was won by Jan-Olof. In the rating group 6 to 10-
kyu, the two rating rockets of the WOSC 2005, Peder Gedda and Richard=20
Skotnicki, played against each other. Richard won. In the rating group=20
1 to 5-kyu, Ulf won against Jan P., while Jonas won against Jan R.=20
Thereby, Ulf was in the lead of that rating group.
In round 5, Emil had to play against sincerely yours, who had fought=20
his way back after losing in the first round. Emil went a little wrong=20
in the opening, and could not turn the tables. Richard won against=20
Jonas and Ulf won against Niklas Alexandersson, the 2004 Swedish=20
Championship Challenger finalist.
Those results gave the following situation before the final round:=20
Emil was going to win the tournament if he won against Jonas. If that=20
failed, the winner would instead be the winner between Richard and Ulf.=20
Emil blundered and lost a rook against Jonas. Thus Richard could cruise=20
to victory by winning against Ulf. It seemed fair that Richard finally=20
could win the tournament. Sincerely yours played brilliantly against=20
Terje (an illegal move in an unclear position...), and could thereby=20
secure the runner-up position. Emil was third. Ulf was the tournament=20
rating rocket (+120 points) was number four and got promoted to 4-kyu.=20
He also won the rating group 1 to 5-kyu. Mikael Hansson was the winner=20
in the group 6 to 10-kyu, and the last tin cup was won by Jan-Olof=20
Helm.
The tournament director wishes to thank everyone for showing interest=20
in our tournament and wants to see you again next year.
Sincerely yours,
Carl Johan Nilsson
Nr Name Nat Grade ELO 1 2 3 4 5=20=20=20
6=20=20
Pts Kval +/-
1 Bjerke Richard NO 1 Dan 1698 10+ 8+ 9+ 3- 5+=20=20
4+ 5 21 +5
2 Nilsson Carl Johan SE 2 Dan 1814 4- 13+ 10+ 8+ 3+=20=20
7+ 5 19 -10
3 Hermansson Emil SE 1629* 13+ 4+ 6+ 1+ 2-=20=20
5- 4 24
4 Dahlqvist Ulf SE 5 Kyu 1297 2+ 3- 7+ 9+ 8+=20=20
1- 4 23 +120
5 Ahlqvist Jonas SE 3 Kyu 1408 11- 14+ 12+ 6+ 1-=20=20
3+ 4 20 +5
6 Rabe Jan SE 4 Kyu 1318 15+ 7+ 3- 5- 9+=20
12+ 4 18 +34
7 Christoffersen Terje NO 1 Dan 1651 12+ 6- 4- 13+ 10+=20=20
2- 3 22 -41
8 Alexandersson Niklas SE 4 Kyu 1328 16+ 1- 11+ 2- 4-=20
14+ 3 18 -8
9 Palmgren Jan SE 2 Kyu 1404 14+ 11+ 1- 4- 6-=20
16+ 3 17 -28
10 Soderberg Robert SE 2 Kyu 1281 1- 16+ 2- 11+ 7-=20
15+ 3 17 +0
11 Hansson Mikael SE 7 Kyu 1048 5+ 9- 8- 10- 15+=20
13+ 3 16 +30
12 Skotnicki Rikard SE 7 Kyu 1151 7- 15+ 5- 14+ 16+=20=20
6- 3 13 -10
13 Wredenberg Daniel SE 7 Kyu 1087 3- 2- 16+ 7- 14+=20
11- 2 16 -12
14 Gedda Peder SE 10 Kyu 909 9- 5- 15+ 12- 13-=20=20
8- 1 16 -23
15 Helm Jan-Olof SE 378* 6- 12- 14- 16+ 11-=20
10- 1 14
16 Jernberg Ther=E9se SE 1* 8- 10- 13- 15- 12-=20=20
9- 0 16
Best regards,=20
Martin (still in Tokyo)
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