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We have finally updated our tournament schedule. Please check our schedule page.

We chose New York LaGuardia Marriott Airport Hotel as the venue for the 3rd Shogi World Championship in coming November:

Hotel name: New York LaGuardia Marriott Airport Hotel
Address: 102-05 Ditmars Boulevard, East Elmhurst, New York 11369 USA
Phone: 1-718-565-8900
Fax: 1-718-898-4955
Sales: 1-718-565-8900 ext. 6524
Sales fax: 1-718-228-8074
Toll-free: 1-800-882-1043
Website: http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/lgaap-new-york-laguardia-airport-m...

This is a kifu from France preliminary match. Sente is Valet Fabrice and Gote is Chemol Eric. The Gote, Chemol Eric is the winner!

This is a kifu from Italy preliminary match. Sente is Pace Alessandro and Gote is Akiyama Mitsuki. The Gote, Akiyama Mitsuki is the winner!

This is a kifu from Norway preliminary match. Sente is Terje Christoffersen and Gote is Asle Olufsen. The Sente, Terje Christoffersen is the winner!

This is a kifu from Austria preliminary match. Sente is Dietmayer Marco and Gote is Pfaffel Thomas. The Gote, Pfaffel Thomas is the winner!

Here is a kifu from the Netherlands for the preliminary tournament. Sente is Hans Segers and Gote is Wouter de Haas. The Gote, Wouter de Haas is the winner!

Here is a kifu from Hungary for the preliminary tournament. Sente is Laszlo Abuczki (2 Dan) and Gote is Peter Vajda (6 Kyu). The Sente, Laszlo is the winner!

The winner of Shanghai preliminary tournament is Qin Liang (3 Dan). We did not receive a kifu for the final, but the following is the final tournament result. Qin scored 6 wins against seven Chinese Dan players.

There is a very interesting report written by Alan Baker in U.S.A. about the growth of Shogi in Shanghai, posted in Shogi-L mailing list:

Here is a kifu from Hong Kong for the preliminary tournament. Sente is Makoto Kawato and Gote is Kai Wan Leung.

The Gote, Kai Wan Leung is the winner!