Here is the scanned-shot of the article in a local German newspaper reported that Consul Tanaka took part in the 18th German Shogi Open Championship. It has been sent by Dr. Gralla, one of my German friends.
Along with this screen-shot, Dr. Gralla informed me as followings;
the 18th German Shogi Open at Paderborn on October 17th / October 18th, 2009 has been a milestone in the history of German Shogi since it has been the first time that the German Open has officially been opened by a representative of the Government of Japan.
Consul Kenichiro Tanaka from Japan's General Consulate of Dusseldorf, the inofficial "Capital of Japan's Expatriates in Germany", has opened the 18th German Open at Paderborn. And Consul Tanaka has competed in the first round of the German Open as weell - and he won easily, in amazing 15 minutes! The result of Consul Tanaka's training during his youth: He has attended a school of Shogi in Japan.
The local press has covered the event too, the "Westfalen-Blatt" has published a long feature about the event. In the annex I email the scan of that article to you.
Thanks a lot, Dr. Gralla. It's good to know that Consul Tanaka attended the tournament.
For those who are interested in the result of the championship, please refer to here.(in German) and click 18. Offenen Deutsche Meisterschaft.
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Dr. Gralla sent me an another article about the tournament as below;
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