I received an email report about the tournament held on November 13 in Ludwigshafen, Germany.
By Dr. Rene Gralla, Hamburg (Germany)
That has been one of the biggest events of SHOGI in Europe since many years: 44 participants have competed during the "3rd Herbst One Day Ludwigshafen" in Germany on November 13th, 2010, and that as been a record turnout. Not enough with that: The 3rd edition of that big tournament in autumn (meaning "Herbst" in German language) has seen a premiere this year: the 1st Youth SHOGI Championship of Germany. 26 ambitious kids have competed in the industrial city south of Frankfurt/Main, and the winner has been Peter Pham from the local club of Ludwigshafen.
The 2nd Ladies' SHOGI Championship of Germany 2010 has been won by title-holder Kirstin Auburger (Ludwigshafen). From the first to the last round of the Open Tournament, Thomas Leiter 2-Dan has kept his pursuers at distance, and the Champion from Michelstadt got 1st place.
Nationwide German press has extensively covered the SHOGI tournament. The Mannheim-based MANNHEIMER MORGEN has published a lengthy feature:
www.morgenweb.de/region/ludwigshafen/artikel/20101115_mmm0000000835849.html
And the Berlin-based daily NEUES DEUTSCHLAND has published an interview with 8-years-old LEONARD ORSCHIEDT:
www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/184530.man-muss-nur-etwas-genauer-hinsehen.html
The young talent is one of the sons of tournament organizer Oliver Orschiedt.
Leo Orschiedt - who has been the darling of the press during the 2nd YINGDE CUP at Shanghai/People's Republic of China in 2009 - has now got 3rd place in the U10-competition at Ludwigshafen 2010. The thrilling tournament has been a successful test run for next year's European SHOGI Championship from July 14th to July 17th, 2011 at Ludwigshafen, Germany. The European SHOGI Championship will be one of the highlights of that up-coming Year of Jubilee 2011 that commemorates 150 years of friendship between Germany and Japan. More information:
http://shoginet.de/turnierberichte/35-grand-prix/84-herbst-one-day-2010.html
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