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The Japan Shogi Association (日本将棋連盟, Nihon Shōgi Renmei), or JSA, [a] is the primary organizing body for professional shogi in Japan. [5] [6] The JSA sets the professional calendar, negotiates sponsorship and media promotion deals, helps organize tournaments and title matches, publishes shogi-related materials, supervises and trains apprentice professionals as well as many other ...
This is a list of chess organizations. Chess is played all over the world. The dominant international governing body of chess is FIDE, which confers titles and conducts world championship tournaments. [1] The first Official World Championship was held in 1886, and there has always been at least one world champion since then. [2]
The Canadian Youth Chess Championships are usually held just prior to the Canadian Open at the same location. The CFC organizes a national championship every one or two years. As Canada is a FIDE Zone, many players earn their International Master or FIDE Master title in the Canadian Chess Championship. In addition, the CFC runs the Canadian ...
Shōji Segawa was unable to gain promotion to 4-dan professional before turning 26 in 1996, and thus was required to withdraw from the JSA's apprentice school. Segawa continued to play shogi as an amateur and won a number of national amateur tournaments which allowed him to qualify for tournaments involving professionals.
Blind Brook houses many academic clubs whichll strive to further educate students about topics of interest and expose them to different activities. These include the Chess Club, [58] in which students meet weekly to play chess, and JSA, [59] [60] in which students debate political issues. During the presidential race, the JSA club sponsors a ...
The Winnipeg Chess Club was founded in 1895, and before long it was one of the leading chess centres in the country. Winnipeg began beating bigger cities in telegraphic matches, and Magnus Smith emerged as the strongest player of the era. Soon after it was founded in 1919, the Winnipeg Jewish Chess Club continued the tradition of nurturing ...
The Canadian Open Chess Championship is Canada's Open chess championship, first held in 1956, and held annually since 1973, usually in mid-summer. It is organized by the Chess Federation of Canada . The event celebrated its 50th rendition in 2013.
Born in Kingston, Ontario to a Finnish mother and a Canadian father, [2] Sarwer learned the rules of chess at the age of 4 from his 6-year-old sister, Julia, and at age of 6 started to play at the Manhattan Chess Club, which was one of the most prestigious chess clubs in the world at the time.