2nd German Shogi Festival with professional top-players

May 2 and 3, 2015 in Ludwigshafen

On the occasion of the visit of Akira Watanabe (9th Dan) and Akihito Hirose (8th Dan) to Germany we invite all interested shogi friends to participate in an international open tournament as follows:


Akira Watanabe 9th Dan Actual Kio title holder	Akihito Hirose 8th Dan Oi title holder 2010

Schedule

Saturday, May 2 - Chess Club Ludwigshafen

12:30 registration
13:00 welcome and 1st round
14:30 2nd round
16:00 3rd round
19:00 Dinner (optional)

Sunday, Mai 3 - East Asia Institute, Ludwigshafen

10:30 4th round
12:00 lunch break
13:45 price giving ceremony
14:00 special program with professional players
- 14:00 presentations on the demonstration board (open for all)
- 15:30 simultaneous games (limited participation, s. below)
18:30 closing ceremony

The schedule may be subject to modifications

Terms and conditions

International open tournament, 4 rounds Mac-Mahon (4-5 MacMahon-groups)
30 minutes time limit plus 30 seconds byoyomi
Participation fee: 10,- € (5,- € for children and students)
Top 12 players of the tournament qualify for participation in the simultaneous games
4 more slots for the simultaneous games will be distributed by the event management
Application deadline April 30, 2015 by email: gsf2015@shogideutschland.de

Locations

Saturday
Schachklub Ludwigshafen 1912 (Chess Club Ludwigshafen)
Luitpoldstraße 37
67063 Ludwigshafen

Sunday
East Asia Institute (OAI)
Rheinpromenade 12
67061 Ludwigshafen, Germany

Pre-registered players

No.	Name	Nat.	Grade	ELO
1	Jean Fortin	FR	4 Dan	2141
2	Yuji Noguchi	JP	1 Dan	1840
3	Frank Rövekamp	DE	3 Dan	1825
4	Daniel Prill	DE	1 Dan	1796
5	Shinobu Someno	JP	1 Dan	1720
6	Dennis Schneider	DE	1 Kyu	1714
7	Peter Pham	DE	1 Kyu	1695
8	Markus Pfaff	DE	1 Kyu	1682
9	Yoshi Inui	JP	4 Kyu	1551
10	Oliver Orschiedt	DE	3 Kyu	1480
11	Matthias von Roth	DE	3 Kyu	1470
12	Hideaki Tamai	JP
13	Simon Meier	DE	4 Kyu	1333
14	Georg Pfaff	DE	4 Kyu	1303
15	Ralph Ritter	DE	4 Kyu	1290
16	Fabien Osmont	FR	4 Kyu	1288
17	Wilfried Rösch	DE	5 Kyu	1270
18	Martin Köbsel	DE	5 Kyu	1225
19	Frédéric Jecko	DE	7 Kyu	1153
20	Ingo Köhler	DE	9 Kyu	1100
21	Monika Pfaff	DE	7 Kyu	1063
22	Valentin Pfaff	DE	7 Kyu	1061
23	Emil Krziwania	DE	8 Kyu	1056
24	Leonard Orschiedt	DE	8 Kyu	1031
25	Roman Drukker	DE	9 Kyu	999
26	Lena Pakull	DE	9 Kyu	987
27	Gabriel Nill	DE	9 Kyu	926
28	Veit Fromm	DE	11 Kyu	916
29	Ralf Schnatterer	DE	10 Kyu	900
30	Tobias Nedvidek	DE	9 Kyu	896
31	Sébastien Faber	FR	10 Kyu	871
32	Tim Schnatterer	DE	11 Kyu	863
33	Tristan Orschiedt	DE	11 Kyu	791
34	Shin Boaz Höll	DE		654
35	Yannik Tausch	DE	14 Kyu	569
36	Lukas Kühn	DE	15 Kyu	567
37	Lina Nill	DE	15 Kyu	548
38	Leo Liu	DE	16 Kyu	521
39	Lilli Petirsch	DE	16 Kyu	511
40	Fiona Veith	DE	16 Kyu	497
41	Manabu Shiraiwa	JP
42	Thomas Wilhelm	DE	17 Kyu	430
43	Marvin Hermann	DE		430
44	Johannes Uckele	DE	18 Kyu	312
45	Gabriel Rösch	DE		222
46	Kerem Gülan	DE		1
47	Lukas Nast	DE
48	Jan Linsen	DE