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report by Pieter Stouten

On December 4 and 5, the First Italian Open Shogi Championship was held in Milano as part of the Giochi Sforzeschi, a 5-day long Mind Sports Festival.
The ambiance was excellent: we played in one of the museums the Castello Sforzesco sports, a beautiful hall full of magnificent ancient tapestries and musical instruments. The Shogi event attracted 11 participants: 5 Italians, 2 foreigners living in Italy, and 4 other foreigners. After securing the Dutch title recently, Frans Roquas went on to grab the Italian Open title as well. Only one Bucholz point separated him from Terje Christoffersen, though, who played very impressively. Giuseppe Baggio had good winning chances against both Terje Christoffersen and Antje Rapmund, but gave them away in byoyomi. He did, nonetheless, secure the Italian "Closed" title. Giuseppe has a lot of potential and I would not be surprised if he were able to compete with the European elite in the near future. All in all, it was a very enjoyable tournament and next year we aim for 20 participants!


 

       Name                  Nat Grd  S SOS          rounds

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

     1 Roquas, Frans          NL  2d  5  19  2+  6+  3+  5+  7+  4-

     2 Christoffersen, Terje  N   5k  5  18  1-  8+  4+  3+  5+  6+

     3 Rapmund, Antje         D   7k  4  17  8+  7+  1-  2-  6+  5+

     4 Stouten, Pieter        NL  3d  4  14  5+ 10+  2-  7+  --  1+

     5 Korsner, Sven          S   5k  2  21  4-  9+  6+  1-  2-  3-

     6 Baggio, Giuseppe       I   4k  2  19  7+  1-  5-  8+  3-  2-

     7 Durante, Marco         I   8k  2  15  6-  3- 10+  4-  1-  ++

     8 Garbarini, Cristiano   I   --  1  12  3-  2-  9+  6-  --  --

     9 Tognoni, Enrico        I   --  1   3  --  5-  8- 11+  --  --

    10 Cerrato, Luca          I   --  0   6  --  4-  7-  --  --  --

    11 Shigeno, Yuki          J   --  0   1  --  --  --  9-  --  --

  Nat = nationality; Grd = grade, S = score; SOS = sum of opponents'
  scores (Bucholz score).
 

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