I got emails from Dr. R. Gralla about the captioned event held on November 21 last weekend. I'm showing it here according to his request.
November 25th, 2009
- 1st LADIES' SHOGI Championship of Germany Ludwigshafen 2009
- SHOGI-in-3D-Exhibition
Dear Mr. Manabu Terao,
today I am very happy to inform you that for the first time in the history of German SHOGI, there has been staged a Ladies' Championship of Germany.
The "1st Ladies' SHOGI Championship of Germany 2009" has been battled out on the occasion of the "2nd LUDWIGSHAFEN ONE DAY OF SHOGI 2009" on Saturday, November 21st, 2009, at Ludwigshafen south of Frankfurt/Main. The tournament has been organized by the energetic promoter of SHOGI, Mr. Oliver Orschiedt. 24 enthusiasts of Japanese Chess competed at Ludwigshafen, and that has been an unparalleled record high of participants in Germany since the European Championship 2004 at Pullach (near Munich).
The cultural significance of the event at Ludwigshafen 2009 has been underlined by the visit of Dr. Michihiko Kasugai, Vice-President of the German-Japanese Society Frankfurt. Dr. Kasugai started the "1st Ladies' SHOGI Championship of Germany 2009" by executing the first move. The competition has been won by 23-years old student Kirstin Auburger from Ludwighafen; now the 23-years old student is the first Ladies' SHOGI Champion of Germany.
A second novelty has been a youth competition. Darling of the press has been 5-years-old Tristan Orschiedt, the youngest player of SHOGI in Europe. The youth tournament has been won by 13-years-old Samir Eghbali from Ludwigshafen.
Apart from the 1st Ladies' SHOGI Championship of Germany 2009 and the youth tournament there has been a third highlight: the first-time exhibition of a set of SHOGI in 3D. German journalist and SHOGI enthusiast Dr. René Gralla from Hamburg has transformed the classic design of Shogi into a FIGURINE VERSION, with REAL FIGURINE PIECES based on the well-known PLAYMOBIL-figurine sets that are very popular among kids.
"My prototype aims at the KIDS of the KAWAII GENERATION", says Dr. René Gralla. "The KAWAII GENERATION is heavily influenced by the modern aesthetics of MTV, the teenagers of the 3rd millennium prefer colourful optics to reading. Therefore I have created this set to make the kids interested in SHOGI again: The animated scenario in 3D demonstrates to the kids that SHOGI is an entertaining and thrilling game."
The press has covered the event at Ludwigshafen, in the annex I add the article that has been published by DIE RHEINPFALZ.
a. Dear Mr. Manabu Terao, I would appreciate it very much if you would like to publish my information in the blog TAKODORI's WORLD.
b. Moreover I would appreciate it very much if you would like to publish in your blog the screenshot of that article of the RHEINPFALZ - that has been attached to this mail here. (The big photo that has been published in the article shows the creator of figurine SHOGI in 3D, Dr. René Gralla, in the foreground left and the organizer of the tournament, Mr. Oliver Orschiedt, background right, trying out the new concept of SHOGI in 3D).
c. By follow-up mails 1- 4 there will be emailed to you four photos. I would be very thankful if you could publish those additional photos too.
aa. Follow-up mail no. 1 shows Dr. Michihiko Kasugai, Vice-President of the German-Japanese Society Frankfurt, starting the 1st Ladies' SHOGI Championship of Germany 2009. I would appreciate it very much if you would like to publish that photo too.
bb. Follow-up mails no. 2 - 4 show the innovative figurine SHOGI that has been created by me, that is to say: Dr. René Gralla. I would appreciate it very much if you would like to publish those photos too since it is the first time in the history of SHOGI that a concept like that has been tried out in SHOGI.
Last not least: I add the link to the publication about the event at Ludwigshafen at - www.shoginet.de - , in the following the direct link:
http://www.orschiedt.name/shogi/Shogiclub_Rhein-Neckar/ One_Day/2__One_Day/2__one_day. html Rheinpfalz_25.11.2009_cut(PDF file)
Many thanks in advance.
Best regards
Dr. René Gralla
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