Renju tournament schedule within RIF 2006 (Updated 2005-12-04) ============================================================== 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, 2006 =================================== January 5-7 Christmas Tournament, Rybinsk, Russia (R) 9-12 XV Russian Youth Championship (born 1994 and younger), Nizhny Novgorod, Russia (R) 14/1-12/2 IX Rybinsk Youth Championship, Russia (R) 15 Seiunsen tournament 1st round, Tokai area, Japan (R) 29 Mimami Cup tournament, Japan (R) Jan Swedish Cup Final 2005 (R) Jan-Mar Moscow Cup, 1/16 and 1/8 stages, Russia (R) Jan-May XXIV St. Petersburg Championship, Russia (R) Jan-Dec Estonian Cup 2006 (R) Jan-Dec Swedish Cup 2006 (R) February 18-26 XIV Open Russian Championship, High League, Rybinsk, Russia (R) Feb Youth Championship of Podyuga Sport Schools, Podyuga, Russia (R) Feb Tokai Championship final match, Japan (R) Feb Seiunsen tournament final round, Tokai area, Japan (R) March 11-12 Tampere Open, Finland (R) 17-19 Open Tournament - Nizhny Novgorod, Russia (R) 18 Touryumonsen tournament, Kansai area, Japan (R) 19 Suiseisen tournament 1st round, Kanto area, Japan (R) 22-26 Swedish Championship in Stockholm, Sweden (R) 25-26 All Japan Championship (R) Mar XV Russian Youth Championship (born before 1994), Rybinsk, Russia (R) Mar Chugoku Shinjinousen tournament, Japan (R) Mar Kyushu shinjinousen tournament, Japan (R) April Apr Estonian Spring tournament (R) 16 Suiseisen tournament final round, Japan (R) Apr Personal and Team Championship of Podyuga, Russia (R) Apr Meijinsen Qualification, Kyushu area, Japan (R) 29/4-5/5 TEAM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP in Tallinn, Estonia (R) Apr-May XIV Rybinsk Championship, First League, Russia (R) May (first half) 7-11 XIV Russian Championship among women, Rybinsk, Russia (R) 14 Meijinsen Qualification, Kansai area, Japan (R) 14 Meijinsen Qualification, Tokai area, Japan (R) 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 Stefan Karlsson skire@bredband.net All other countries Stockholm, Sweden, the 4th of December 2005, Stefan Karlsson Chairman of the Sports Commission, RIF