Renju tournament schedule within RIF 2005 (Updated 2005-07-26) ============================================================== The Sports Commission within RIF is responsible for publishing renju tournaments played all over the world. Tournaments are published in three periods during the year, January - May 15, May 16 - August and September - December. Publishing is done at least one month before the period starts. Tournaments that will be calculated on the official RIF rating list are marked with "(R)". These tournaments are played with the official RIF renju rules and the time limit is at least 30 minutes per player. For more information contact the Sports Commission, see below the tournament list. Tournaments, January - May 15, 2005 =================================== January 5-7 Open Tyumen Cup in gomoku, Russia Jan Open Youth Championship of Moscow, Russia (R) Jan 14-th Youth Championship of Russia (girls and boys, 1993 year of birth and younger), Rybinsk, Russia (R) Jan Christmas tournament, Rybinsk, Russia (R) Jan Seiunsen tournament (Tokai area) 1st round, Japan (R) Jan Mimami Cup tournament, Japan (R) Jan-Feb Zhigulyovsk Cup tournament, Russia (R) Jan-Mar Moscow Cup tournament, Russia (R) Jan-Apr 13-th Rybinsk Cup tournament, Russia (R) Jan-Apr Estonian QT to 9th World Championship in 3 stages (R) Jan-Dec Estonian Cup 2005 (R) Jan-Dec Swedish Cup 2005 (R) February 20-27 High League of the 13-th Open Russian Championship, Kolontayevo (Moscow region), Russia (R) 26-27 Baltic League, Stockholm, Sweden ("Sakata" renju rules) Feb Youth Championship of Podyuga Renju School, Russia (R) Feb Tokai Championship final match, Japan (R) Feb Seiunsen tournament (Tokai area) final round, Japan (R) Febr-May 23-rd Championship of St.Petersburg, Russia (R) March 5-6 7-th Open Championship of Tyumen region in gomoku, Russia 7-8 Ural Cup in renju, Russia (R) 13-15 Open Championship of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia (R) 15 Championship of Tyumen in gomoku, Russia 19-20 Polish Open (R) 30-Apr 3 Swedish Championship, Jönköping, Sweden (R) Mar 14-th Youth Championship of Russia (girls and boys, 1988-92 and 1982-87 years of birth), Rybinsk, Russia (R) Mar Suiseisen tournament (Kanto area) 1st round, Japan (R) Mar 20 Touryumonsen tournament (kansai area), Japan (R) Mar Chugoku Shinjinousen tournament, Japan (R) Mar Kyushu shinjinousen tournament, Japan (R) April 2-3 9th WC Qualification in Japan (R) Apr Team Championship of Podyuga, Russia (R) Apr Suiseisen tournament final round, Japan (R) Apr Kiev Open Championship, Ukraine (R) Apr-May Ukrainian Cup (R) 30-May 4 Tournament of Ten (Russian Qualification to the 9-th World Championship), St. Petersburg, Russia (R) 30-May 4 13th Russian Championship among women, St. Petersburg, Russia (R) Apr-Jun 13th Championship of Rybinsk, First League, Russia (R) May (first half) 1-2 First League of the Open Russian Championship in gomoku 3-4 High League of the Open Russian Championship in gomoku 5-6 Swedish prequalification to the 9-th World Championship, Linköping, Sweden (R) 8 Chugoku area final round, Japan (R) 8 Kansai area 1st round, Japan (R) 15 Tokai area 1st round, Japan (R) May (second half) 22 Kanto Championship tournament, Japan (R) May Kyushu area final round, Japan (R) June 11-13 10th Moscow Open, dedicated to the memory of Nikolay Mikhailov (Tashkent), Moscow, Russia (R) 12 Tokai area final round, Japan (R) 12 East Japan area 1st round, Japan (R) 12-16 Swedish Final Qualification to the 9th World Championship, Högsjö, Sweden (R) 19 Kansai area final round, Japan (R) 19 Soryu-sen tournament in Tokai area, Japan (R) Jun Match-Tournament "Tyumen Meijin - 2005", Russia Jun-Jul "Province-2005", Rybinsk, Russia (R) July 1-10 Qualification Tournament to the Youth European Championship, Podyuga, Russia (R) 2-3 Finnish championship, Finland (R) 10 East Japan area final round, Japan (R) 10 Kansai Championship tournament 1st round (new tournament!), Japan (R) 10 Soryu-sen tournament in Hamamatsu area, Japan (R) 15-17 Czech Open, Pardubice, Czech Republic - Renju (R) and Gomoku 15-20 Youth European Championship ( in 6 different groups), Sürgavere, Estonia (R) 17 Soryu-sen tournament final round, Japan (R) 26 Renju tournament in Youth Mind Sport Festival, Tallinn, Estonia (R) 29-31 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Qualification (QT), Tallinn, Estonia (R) August 1-7 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL (AT), Tallinn, Estonia (R) 1-7 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP for Women (WT), Tallinn, Estonia (R) 1-7 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Open tournament (BT), Tallinn, Estonia (R) Aug "Living Pearl-2005", Rybinsk, Russia (R) Aug-Oct 13th Championship of Rybinsk, High League, Russia (R) September 11 22nd Kanto Shinei Tournament, Japan (R) 17-19 43rd Meijinsen Tournament, Japan (R) 24-25 Helsinki Open (non RIF opening rules), Finland 26-30 Kubok Karpat, Manyava, Ukraine (R) Sep-Oct Memorial Tournament, dedicated to Igor Savchenko (gomoku), Minsk, Byelorussia Sep-Nov Championship of Moscow, Qualification, Russia (R) Sep-Jan 20th St. Petersburg Cup, Russia (R) Sep Qualification Tournament - Podyuga, Russia October 9-Dec 43rd Meijinsen Match, Japan (R) 10-15 Ukraine Championship, Zugres, Ukraine (R) 13 6th Kanto Renju Emperor Tournament 1st round, Japan (R) 16 31st Tokai Championship 1st round, Japan (R) 16 1st Kansai Championship 2nd round, Japan (R) Oct Estonian Championship, QT, Final and First league, Estonia (R) Oct-Dec Championship of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia (R) November 5-6 Silesian Open in Bytom, Poland (R) 6-11 14th Open Russian Championship, First League, Voronezh, Russia (R) 13 37th Kyoto Classification Tournament, Japan (R) 20 31st Tokai Championship 2nd round, Japan (R) 20 6th Kanto Renju Emperor Tournament 2nd round, Japan (R) 26-27 Open Swedish Team Championship in Stockholm, Sweden (R) Nov Championship of Tyumen, Russia (R) Nov Festival "Tyumen Autumn", Russia (gomoku) Nov Youth Championship of Tyumen region, Russia (renju(R) and gomoku) Nov Wettercupen in Jönköping, Sweden (R) Nov-Dec Championship of Moscow, Final, Russia (R) Nov-Dec 8th Youth Championship of Rybinsk, Russia (R) December 4 6th Kanto Renju Emperor Tournament final match, Japan (R) 28-30 Tallinn Open (Tarannikov rules), Estonia Dec Kyushu Championship, Japan (R) Dec Tyumen Cup (renju), Russia (R) Dec-Jan Estonian QT to TWC, first stage, Estonia (R) Dec New Year Tournament - Podyuga, 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 porthos@bk.ru 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 26th of July 2005, Stefan Karlsson Chairman of the Sports Commission, RIF