Carl Johan Nilsson
Shogi in Sweden
1996 Martin Danerud returned to Sweden after spending a few years in Japan. During his stay in Japan he had learned to play the game Shogi achieving the grade 1 Dan. Back in Sweden he tried to promote shogi, starting mainly in Goteborg. The Swedish Shogi Federation was founded at the 20th of March 1997 in a meeting at the city library in Goteborg. During this year players went thru a rating procedure consisting of solving tsume-problems and playing handicap games to get a staring grade. The same year a match was played against Norway which ended with 21-3 in favour of Sweden. The Swedish Shogi Federation started to publish a Swedish shogi magazine with four issues a year with Martin Danerud as the editor. The magazine “Shogi pa Svenska” has been published in 47 issues. Since 2007 is Therese Jernberg the editor for this magazine.
At eastern 1998 shogi professionals Teruichi Aono, visited Sweden. After playing around 20 handicap games simultaneously he politely said that he was impressed by the playing strength of the Swedes.
In april 1998 the first FESA-rated “real” tournament was played in Sweden – Goteborg Open. This tournament was followed up by a Stockholm Open later that year.
The same year shogi professional Makuto Chuza visited Sweden, playing simultaneously games and also participating in a shogi promoting activity in a shopping hall.
1998 was the first shogi forum played where Carl Johan Nilsson participated as the Swedish representative.
The first Swedish championships in shogi was played 1999 and has been played every year since. Karl Johan Moberg became the first Swedish champion.
In 2001 shogi professionals Teruichi Aono, Yuji Maeda and Fusako Ajiki visited Sweden to promote shogi.
At the beginning of the new millennium there where shogi clubs in a handful of cities in Sweden. It was therefore decided to have a Swedish Championships for club teams. The first championship was held 2002 with Goteborg as a winner and followed by Stockholm. Goteborg has up to 2007 won all the six played team championships.
In the second Shogi Forum 2002 the Swedish team consisting of Peter Kanenko, Carl Johan Nilsson and Nils Carlsson managed to get to the semi-finals where they where knocked out by China.
The European Shogi Championships was played in the beautiful archipelago of Goteborg 2003 in which 22 Swedes participated. Thore Angqvist made it to the finals which is the best achievement in the European Shogi Championships so far.
Today there exist three formal shogi clubs in Sweden - in Trollhattan, in Vastervik and in Goteborg who all arrange regular shogi meetings. There are yearly open shogi tournaments held in each of these places. There are also regular shogi meetings in Stockholm.
The Swedish Shogi Association which still is lead by Martin Danerud consisted of around 80 members 2007. Of these can around 40 be counted as regular tournament players.
Swedish shogi webpages
Swedish Shogi Federation
Website of Swedish Shogi Federation (in English and Swedish)
Swedish Shogi Forum
Swedish shogi forum (in Swedish and some in English)
Shogi.se
Shogi website of Daniel Wredenberg (in Swedish)
Best Swedish players (with FESA rating on 28.07.2007)
Hermansson Emil
Grade:1 kyu
Fesa rating:1825
Games in FESA tournaments: 15
Tournament victories: Swedish Champion 2007, Qualification for Swedish Championship 2007
Hartman Christer
Grade: 1 dan
Fesa rating: 1768
Games in FESA tournaments: 71
Tournament victories: Swedish Champion 2005 and 2006, Qualification for Swedish Championship 2003
Other best results:
Angqvist Thore
Grade: 1 dan
Fesa rating: 1766
Games in FESA tournaments: 83
Tournament victories: Swedish Champion 2001, 2002 and 2003, Stockholm Open 2001
Other best results: Runner up at ECS 2002
Nilsson Carl Johan
Grade: 2 dan
Fesa rating: 1753
Games in FESA tournaments: 333
Tournament victories: Swedish Champion 2004, Qualification for Swedish Championships 2000, 2001, 2004 and 2006. Swedish Team Championships 2002-2007. Goteborg Open 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006 and 2007, Stockholm Open 1998, 1999, 2003, Trollhattan Open 2002 and 2007, Vastervik Open 2008, British Open 1999, Kyo-group at ECS 1998.
Other best results: 3rd place at the second table for Sweden at Shogi Forum 2002. 4th places at ESC 2000 and 2001
Kaneko Peter
Grade: 3 dan
Fesa rating: 1721
Games in FESA tournaments: 67
Tournament victories: Swedish Champion 2000, Trollhattan Open 2004, Qualification for Swedish Championship 2005
Other best results: Runner up at Swedish Championships 2001 and 2002, 3rd place at the first table for Sweden at Shogi
Forum 2002
Danerud Martin
Grade: 2 dan
Fesa rating: 1654
Games in FESA tournaments: 267
Tournament victories: Swedish Team championships 2002-2006, Goteborg Open 2004, Trollhattan Open 2003, Malmo Open 1999
Other best results: Runner up at the Swedish Championship 2003
Vidal Anders
Grade: 2 kyu
Fesa rating: 1551
Games in FESA tournaments: 142
Tournament victories: Swedish Team championships 2002, 2003, 2006 and 2007.
Other best results: Runner up at the Swedish Championship 2006
Winners and prize-winners of main shogi tournaments in Sweden
| Tournament | Year | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vastervik Open |
2008 | Carl Johan Nilsson | Jonas Ahlqvist | Jan Rabe |
| Goteborg Open | 2007 | Nilsson Carl Johan | Danerud Martin | Hermansson Emil |
| Swedish Team Championship | 2007 | Goteborg | Vastervik | Trollhattan |
| Swedish Championship (SC) | 2007 | Hermansson Emil | Nilsson Carl Johan | Soderberg Robert |
| Trollhattan Open | 2007 | Nilsson Carl Johan | Wredenberg Daniel | Christoffersen Terje (NO) |
| Qualification for SC | 2007 | Hermansson Emil | Nilsson Carl Johan | Danerud Martin |
| Goteborg Open | 2006 | Nilsson Carl Johan | Alexandersson Niklas | Bjerke Richard (NO) |
| Swedish Team Championship | 2006 | Goteborg | Trollhattan | Stockholm |
| Swedish Championship (SC) | 2006 | Hartman Christer | Vidal Anders | Nilsson Carl Johan |
| Trollhattan Open | 2006 | Christoffersen Terje (NO) | Nilsson Carl Johan | Ahlqvist Jonas |
| Qualification for SC | 2006 | Nilsson Carl Johan | Vidal Anders | Angqvist Thore |
| Goteborg Open | 2005 | Bjerke Richard (NO) | Nilsson Carl Johan | Hermansson Emil |
| Swedish Team Championship | 2005 | Goteborg | Stockholm | Goteborg-2 |
| Trollhattan Open | 2005 | Ahlqvist Jonas | Danerud Martin | Wredenberg Daniel |
| Swedish Championship (SC) | 2005 | Hartman Christer | Nilsson Carl Johan | Kaneko Peter |
| Qualification for SC | 2005 | Kaneko Peter | Hartman Christer | Danerud Martin |
| Goteborg Open | 2004 | Danerud Martin | Nilsson Carl Johan | Bjerke Richard (NO) |
| Swedish Team Championship | 2004 | Goteborg | Vastervik | Stockholm |
| Trollhattan Open | 2004 | Kaneko Peter | Nilsson Carl Johan | Christoffersen Terje (NO) |
| Swedish Championship (SC) | 2004 | Nilsson Carl Johan | Angqvist Thore | Alexandersson Niklas |
| Qualification for SC | 2004 | Nilsson Carl Johan | Alexandersson Niklas | Carlsson Nils |
| Goteborg Open | 2003 | Nilsson Carl Johan | Soderberg Robert | Alexandersson Niklas |
| Swedish Team Championship | 2003 | Goteborg | Goteborg-2 | Stockholm |
| Swedish Championship (SC) | 2003 | Angqvist Thore | Danerud Martin | Hartman Christer |
| Qualification for SC | 2003 | Hartman Christer | Danerud Martin | Nilsson Carl Johan |
| Trollhattan Open | 2003 | Danerud Martin | Ahlqvist Jonas | Christoffersen Terje (NO) |
| Stockholm Open | 2003 | Nilsson Carl Johan | Hartman Christer | Vidal Anders |
| Goteborg Open | 2002 | Carlsson Nils | Nilsson Carl Johan | Bjerke Richard (NO) |
| Swedish Team Championship | 2002 | Goteborg | Stockholm | Goteborg-2 |
| Trollhattan Open | 2002 | Nilsson Carl Johan | Vidal Anders | Taguchi Kenji (JP) |
| Swedish Championship (SC) | 2002 | Angqvist Thore | Kaneko Peter | Carlsson Nils |
| Qualification for SC | 2002 | Carlsson Nils | Kaneko Peter | Nilsson Carl Johan |
| Goteborg Open | 2001 | Nilsson Carl Johan | Bjerke Richard (NO) | Danerud Martin |
| Swedish Championship (SC) | 2001 | Angqvist Thore | Kaneko Peter | Nilsson Carl Johan |
| Stockholm Open | 2001 | Angqvist Thore | Hosokawa K. (JP) | Inui T. (JP) |
| Qualification for SC | 2001 | Nilsson Carl Johan | Angqvist Thore | Soderberg Robert |
| Goteborg Open | 2000 | Nilsson Carl Johan | Bjerke Richard (NO) | Christoffersen Terje (NO) |
| Swedish Championship (SC) | 2000 | Kaneko Peter | Moberg Karl Johan | Nilsson Carl Johan |
| Qualification for SC | 2000 | Nilsson Carl Johan | Angqvist Thore | Kaneko Peter |
| Stockholm Open | 1999 | Nilsson Carl Johan | Soderberg Robert | Sandbom Jonas |
| Malmo Open | 1999 | Danerud Martin | Nilsson Carl Johan | Laksman Efraim |
| Swedish Championship (SC) | 1999 | Moberg Karl Johan | Nilsson Carl Johan | Danerud Martin |
| Qualification for SC | 1999 | Nilsson Carl Johan | Moberg Karl Johan | Danerud Martin |
| Stockholm Open | 1998 | Nilsson Carl Johan | Angqvist Thore | Hartman Christer |
| Goteborg Open | 1998 | Nilsson Carl Johan | Hartman Christer | Danerud Martin |