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  2. Japan Shogi Association - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Professional shogi player - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Yoshiharu Habu - Wikipedia

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    Habu playing chess with Peter Heine Nielsen (2014) Habu is also one of the best chess players in Japan. He achieved the title of FIDE Master in 2004, and had a peak Elo rating of 2415 in February 2014. [40] [41] In November 2014, he played former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov in an exhibition match sponsored by the Japanese company Dwango.

  5. Magnus Carlsen quits World Rapid and Blitz Championships ...

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    World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen quit the World Rapid Chess Championship on Friday after he refused to change out of the jeans he was wearing, according to the International Chess Federation (FIDE).

  6. What to know about Rangers' Globe Life Field ... - AOL

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    The Diamondbacks' stadium has hosted one World Series, like the Rangers' stadium, but the Diamondbacks played and won that World Series in 2001. The Diamondbacks first played a regular-season game ...

  7. FIDE flag player - Wikipedia

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    A FIDE flag player is a chess player who is unaffiliated with any national federation, and thus does not officially play for any country or national federation in FIDE-sanctioned tournaments. [1] The flag takes its name from the French acronym for International Chess Federation or World Chess Federation (Fédération Internationale des Échecs)

  8. One World Series-winning outfielder to replace another on the ...

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    The move is part of a wider goal to reinvest in player development, even at the expense of the big league roster -- and maybe competitiveness.

  9. The Master Game - Wikipedia

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    The Master Game ' s producer, Robert Toner, recalled previous work for the coverage of the Fischer-Spassky 1972 World Championship match: "Marsland Gander, then TV critic of the Daily Telegraph, wrote, 'The manner in which the games are presented, with experts standing in front of magnetic boards, moving pieces by hand, shows that television has made no technical progress with chess for the ...