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2024 British Shogi Championship Result

Results Steven Cain is the 2024 British Shogi Champion with a perfect score in the championships.  Close behind him, Felix McPeake took a clear second place.  3rd, 4th and 5th were level on points, and went to Richard Haas, Kotaro Hirota and Kevin Butchart respectively. Nr Name Column1 Nat Grade ELO 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pts +/- 1 Cain Steven GB 2 Dan 1925   5+ 9+ 4+ 2+ 3+ 8+ 7+ 7 18 2 McPeake Felix GB 2 Dan 1972   4+ 3+ 6+ 1- 5+ 9+ 8+ 6 0 3 Haas Richard DE 1 Kyu 1692   8+ 2- 9+ 5- 1- 7+ 4+ 4 -15 4 Hirota Kohtaro JP 1475   2- 7+ 1- 9+ 8+ 5+ 3- 4 18 5 Butchart Kevin GB 4 Kyu 1366   1- 0+ 7+ 3+ 2- 4- 9+ 4 59 6 Furuta Akira JP 1832   7+ 8+ 2- 0+ 0-
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2024 British Open Championship

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Results Steven Cain is the 2024 British Shogi Champion. Felix McPeake took second place. The full results can be found here:  Full Results Thank you to everyone who participated in the tournament, especially those who traveled far to join us.  Photos Tournament Information (26 - 27 October 2024) The London Shogi Club will host the 2024 British Open Shogi Championships on the weekend of 26/27 October 2024. This tournament is open to players of all abilities and of all nationalities.  The winner will be the British open champion, and if they are not a UK resident or citizen then the title of British closed champion will be awarded to the highest placed UK entrant.  We will also be arranging a dinner on the Saturday night. Please let us know if you wish to attend this when you register to help us plan numbers. To register to participate please use the form below or email us directly at shogi.london@gmail.com Tournament Format 7 Round Swiss based Tournament  Time Limit: 40 minutes + 30 sec
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2024 ISF Qualification Results

2024 ISF UK Qualification Tournament Results  Six players competed on 18 May 2024     for chance to represent the UK at the International Shogi Forum to be held in Tokyo, Japan, in November 2024.  After 3 hard fought rounds, Felix McPeake emerged as the clear winner as the only unbeaten player.   1 Felix McPeake 4+ 3+ 2+ 3 2 Stephen Lamb 6+ 5+ 1- 2 3 Chris Greetham 5+ 1- 4+ 2 4 Andrew Mcgettigan 1- 6+ 3- 1 5 Kevin Butchart 3- 2- 6+ 1 6 Natasha Regan 2- 4- 5- 0 Further matches were played to determine lower placings, in a fourth round on the day, and an online follow-up game, confirming that Stephen Lamb would take second place.   A great performance from Felix, and some very skilful shogi from everybody.  We hope Felix can continue his winning ways at the International Shogi Forum.
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2024 ISF UK Qualification Tournament

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Results This tournament is now complete. You can find the tournament report and results  here Tournament Information The British Shogi Federation has been asked to provide a UK representative for the International Shogi Forum to be held in Tokyo, Japan, in November 2024.  The representative will be provided with travelling expenses, and food and accommodation for the duration of the event.  We are holding a qualification tournament on 18 May 2024. Entry Fee £15 Tournament Format To be decided closer to to the time, once we have an estimated size of entry Location London Mindsports Center, 21 Dalling Rd, London W6 0JD   Registered Players Name Grade ELO 1 Stephen Lamb 4 Dan 1990 2 Felix McPeake 2 Dan 1949 3 Natasha Regan 2 Kyu 1550 4 Andrew McGettigan 5 Kevin Butchart 5 Kyu 1260 6 Anonymous 5 Kyu
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2024 London Spring Tournament Results

London Spring Shogi Tournament 2024 Results updated from FESA. All ELO ratings are now either FESA ratings or provisional ratings (show with an asterisk) Pos Name First Nat Grade ELO Pts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ELO +/- 1 Kobayashi Taichi JP 2 Dan 2618* 7 11+ 4+ 3+ 8+ 2+ 5+ 7+ 2 Shibutani Kazushi JP 3 Dan 2113   5 9+ 3- 7+ 5+ 1- 8+ 4+ 12 3 Cain Steven GB 2 Dan 1857   5 14+ 2+ 1- 6+ 9+ 4- 8+ 68 4 Hattori Takuya JP 2158* 5 13+ 1- 9+ 10+ 8+ 3+ 2- 5 McPeake Felix GB 2 Dan 1949   4 7+ 13+ 8- 2- 6+ 1- 10+ 0 6 Bozzali Ermanno BG 1 Dan 1829  
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