Renju tournament schedule within RIF (Updated 2004-08-11) ========================================================= The Sports Commission within RIF is responsible for publishing renju tournaments that will be calculated on the official RIF rating list. On the RIF General Assembly in August 2003 it was decided that tournaments will be published in three periods during the year, January - May 15, May 16 - August and September - December and that publishing should be done at least one month before the period starts. For more information contact the Sports Commission, see below the tournament list. Tournaments, January - May 15, 2004 =================================== January 3-5 Moscow Youth Championship, Russia 3-11 Team WC QT, Estonia 6-8 Open Christmas Tournament, Rybinsk, Russia 7-8 Open Tyumen Renju Cup, Russia 17-22 New Year Cup, Zugres, Ukraine 18 Tokai Championship final match, Japan 18 Seiun-sen Tournament, Japan 25 Mikami Cup Tournament, Japan 31-1 Feb Baltic League, Jönköping, Sweden Jan Moscow Youth Championship, Russia Jan-Feb Chigulyovsk Renju Cup, Russia Jap-Feb St.Petersburg Championship (First League), Russia Jan-Apr Rybinsk Renju Cup, Russia Jan-Jul Estonian Cup, Estonia Jan-Dec Swedish Cup 2004, Sweden February 14-22 Open Russian Championship (High League) and Russian Championship for women, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia Feb-Mar Podyuga Championship, Russia Feb-May Moscow Renju Cup, Russia March 7 Seiun-sen final, Japan 12-14 Nizhny Novgorod Open Tournament, Russia 14 Suisei-sen Tournament, Japan 21 Touryumon-sen Tournament, Japan 22 Tyumen Championship, Russia 25-29 Russian Youth Championship, Rybinsk, Russia 31-4 Apr Swedish Championship, Stockholm, Sweden Mar Chugoku Shinjin-ou-sen Tournament, Japan Mar Kyushu Shinjin-ou-sen Tournament, Japan Mar-Apr Ukrainian Cup, Ternopol, Ukraine Mar-May St.Petersburg Championship (High League), Russia April 23-24 Kiev Open Tournament, Ukraine Apr Estonian QT to EC, Estonia Apr Podyuga Team Championship, Russia Apr Suisei-sen final, Japan May (first half) 1-5 Team World Championship and Open Russian Team Championship and International Tournament for women, Tyumen, Russia 9 Kanto Championship Tournament, Japan Tournaments, May 16 - August, 2004 =================================== May (second half) 16 Meijinsen Qual, Kansai area 1st round, Japan 16 Meijinsen Qual, Tokai area 1st round, Japan 19 Meijinsen Qual, Chugoku area final round, Japan May Meijinsen Qual, Kyushu area final round, Japan May Finnish Championship, Finland May-Jun 12th Championship of Rybinsk, Russia June 11-18 7th European Championship in Podyuga, Arkhangelsk region, Russia 13 Meijinsen Qual, Kansai area final round, Japan 13 Meijinsen Qual, Tokai area final round, Japan 13 Meijinsen Qual, East Japan area 1st round, Japan July 3-5 Vosu Cup, Estonia 4 Meijinsen Qual, Soryu-sen tournament in Tokai area, Japan 11 Meijinsen Qual, East Japan area final round, Japan 30-6 Aug Youth World Championship, Armenia Jul "The Provinces", qualification tournament, Rybinsk, Russia August 16-21 *Karepa Open, Summercamp tournament in Estonia 21-25 *Karepa Open, Summercamp tournament in Estonia 27-29 Moscow Open Tournament, Russia Aug "Living Pearl", qualification tournament, Rybinsk, Russia * Tournament will be played with other renju rules than RIF official rules. Therefor the results will not be calculated on RIF official rating list. Tournaments, September - December, 2004 ======================================= September 12 Kanto Shin-ei Tournament, Japan 18-20 42nd Meijinsen Tournament, Japan 24-26 Helsinki Open, Finland Sep-Oct Moscow Championship, First League, Russia Sep-Oct Rybinsk Championship, High League, Russia Sep-Oct Nizhny Novgorod Championship, Qualification Tournaments, Russia Sep-Jan St. Petersburg Cup, Russia October 17 30th Tokai Championship 1st round, Japan 17-25 Estonian Championship, First and High League, Estonia Oct "East" Region Championship, Pervouralsk, Russia Oct Podyuga Qualification Tournament, Russia Oct-Dec 42nd Meijinsen Match, Japan November 14 36th Kyoto Classified Tournament, Japan 20-21 Open Swedish Team Championship, Stockholm, Sweden 21 30th Tokai Championship 2nd round, Japan 28 5th Kanto Renju Emperor Tournament 1st round, Japan Nov Tyumen Championship, Russia Nov-Dec Moscow Championship, High League, Russia Nov-Dec Rybinsk Youth Championship, Russia Nov-Dec Nizhny Novgorod Championship, Final Tournament, Russia Nov-Feb St. Petersburg Championship, First League, Russia December 18-19 Budapest Open, Hungary 19 5th Kanto Renju Emperor Tournament 2nd round, Japan 28-30 Tallinn Open, Estonia Dec Tyumen Cup, Russia Dec Podyuga New Year Tournament, Russia Contact Sports Commission ========================= If you have any question about a tournament above or if you have information about other tournaments coming up, please contact the person responsible for the country where the tournament is held or will be held, according to below list: Name E-mail Responsible for countries ---- ------ ------------------------- Yoshihiro Iio ssiio@fides.dti.ne.jp Japan Pavel Salnikov spy@mdmspb.com Armenia, Azerbaijan, Byelorussia, Russia, Uzbekistan Ants Soosõrv asoosyrv@hotmail.com Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Korea, Poland, Ukraine Lu Xiao Chun wzqlu@vip.sina.com China Stefan Karlsson skire@bredband.net All other nations Stockholm, Sweden, the 11th of August 2004, Stefan Karlsson Chairman of the Sports Commission, RIF