World Open Shogi Championship

The championship was established in 2013 as an open world-level event separate from the European title competition. Unlike the European Shogi Championship, which is restricted to European players for the title, the World Open Shogi Championship allows participants from any country to compete for the overall title.

FESA promotes shogi through the annual organisation of both the European Shogi Championship and the World Open Shogi Championship, as well as through its international rating system and support for national federations.^[1]

The championship has been held in several European countries, including Germany, France, Slovakia, the Netherlands, Spain and Ukraine. Japanese players have frequently dominated the event, although players from Germany and France have also reached the podium.^[2]

The first World Open Shogi Championship was held in 2000. Since then, the tournament has usually been organised every year alongside the European Shogi Championship. The 2020 edition was not held because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The event is usually played in Swiss-system format over several rounds. Side events often include blitz tournaments, team competitions and teaching games with professional players from Japan.^[3]

The 2022 edition in Ludwigshafen attracted 87 players. Kasey Nishimoto of Japan won the tournament with a perfect score of 9/9.^[4]

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Year	Location	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place	Players
2000	London	Ayumu Sato	Chiaki Ito	Tony Hosking	82
2001	London	Yutaka Ishii	Larry Kaufman	Thomas Pfaffel	36
2002	Brussels	Boris Mirnik	Gert Schnider	Jochen Drechsler	55
2003	Öckerö	Yoshiyuki Uemura	Boris Mirnik	Gert Schnider	48
2004	Pullach	Tsukasa Sera	Yuji Kikuta	Hideki Tashiro	53
2005	Pardubice	Tsukasa Sera	Yuji Kikuta	Hideki Tashiro	64
2006	Colmar	Yuji Kikuta	Wan Leung Kai	Kimio Takahashi	61
2007	Pardubice	Boris Mirnik	Tobias Marczewski	Kimio Takahashi	35
2008	Pardubice	Artem Kolomiyets	Karl Wartlick	Marc Theeuwen	39
2009	Stockholm	Karl Wartlick	Kimio Takahashi	Yuji Kikuta	32
2010	Debrecen	Kimio Takahashi	Jean Fortin	Frank Roevekamp	39
2011	Ludwigshafen	Makoto Kawato	Kimio Takahashi	Yasuhiko Utsunomiya	82
2012	Krakow	Yasuhiko Utsunomiya	Kimio Takahashi	Makoto Kawato	87
2013	Minsk	Takumi Ito	Sergey Korchitsky	Artem Kolomiyets	92
2014	Budapest	Karolina Styczynska	Makoto Kawato	Thomas Leiter	78
2015	Prague	Hideaki Takahashi	Makoto Kawato	Jean Fortin	119
2016	Amsterdam	Hideaki Takahashi	Shou Otsuka	Kazuki Itoh	121
2017	Kyiv	Shun Tokuni	Sergey Korchitsky	Thomas Leiter	66
2018	Berlin	Hideaki Takahashi	Thomas Leiter	Vincent Tanyan	128
2019	Bratislava	Hideaki Takahashi	Anton Starykevich	Thomas Leiter	104
2021	Minsk	Sergey Korchitsky	Anton Starykevich	Vincent Tanyan	67
2022	Ludwigshafen	Kasey Nishimoto	Uladzislau Zakrzheuski	Jean Fortin	87
2023	Strasbourg	Anton Starykevich	Thomas Leiter	Kasey Nishimoto	136
2024	Barcelona	Taichi Kobayashi	Kasey Nishimoto	Kazushi Shibutani	107
2025	Wroclaw	Anton Starykevich	Kasey Nishimoto	Zhuo Loon Lim

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