Mahjong News
Hi there, We saw a glitch occur on the ERMC website. We are publishing a table of the top 16 as we see them, with no claims on accuracy, quality, or perfection. 1[Mikhail LUGOVKIN](http://live.ermc2016.com/Home/PlayerAnalysis/594)137,5502 [Désirée HEEMSKERK](http://live.ermc2016.com/
Tournaments
Edit 18/08: UKMA have uploaded the rankings to their website ( http://www.ukmahjong.co.uk/results.html), however there seems to be a few errors in their table. Differences from the table below and the ‘official’ table: Paola Bungaro: 109900 -> 110600 Nick Dyer: 89800 -> 57900 Junichi Tanaka:
Club Reviews
Last Sunday, Gemma Sakamoto organised a trial mahjong get together in London. Held in the basement of a Japanese restaurant, above 12 people attended. Three tables were in play at any time. Also 4-5 hanchans played from 10am to 6pm, including a break for lunch in between. The was an
Mahjong News
Great news on both continents! (Shameless plug) In North America, the first North American Riichi Open [http://riichi.ca/site/?page_id=70] is taking place in Montreal, Qc. (Canada). Registrations are still ongoing, contact tournoi2015@riichi.ca for more information :) (/Shameless plug) In Europe, the professional player and president
Tournaments
I (Simon) am very happy to have won the EMA 4-hanchan tournament at Edewecht, 2014-10-25. Edewecht is considered the German mahjong capital. Many proliferous tournament players from Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark were competing. Mahjongnews.com has the final rankings and a photo [http://www.mahjongnews.com/en/tournaments/riichi-tournaments/
World Riichi Championship
The JPML Youtube channel [http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqHDeUer8bgaqswSuFP7FxQ]has published a few videos from the WRC in Paris. These are recordings from what was streamed on nicovideo (in better quality). By the way, our Mahjong Wiki has some general info and statistics on the WRC and the results
Tournaments
There has been a bit of a tradition in Europe to have someone write a report on what they observed in Mahjong tournaments in order to give an indication of what worked, what didn’t, and what needs to be improved in future tournaments. Here’s our Osamuko.com version,
Tournaments
Edit: The first hanchan of the final has been uploaded here: Edit: As far as the finals go, Hiroshi Yamai from Renmei won it in the end. Noriyuki Kiriyama from Kyoukai got 4th at the final table, behind Nishijima and Nishikawa from Renmei. )
World Riichi Championship
外国の方は一人が残ります。前半戦 と後半戦の卓組み合わせはこうです：
World Riichi Championship
３２位以上の選手が進みます。 残念ながらosamuko.comのチームは全滅だ・・・
World Riichi Championship
Tournaments
For those interested in who will be paying who, the staff at osamuko.com would like to both explain how and who will play who, given the drawing mechanism and who got what number. Essentially, players were divided into 4 groups. Players may not play against other players from the
World Riichi Championship
It’s almost here, the first World Riichi Championship. This is a short bloggy post as a prelude to the WRC, maybe there will actually be a report, unlike some other big european championship that took place last year. I wasn’t skilled enough to qualify to represent my country,
World Riichi Championship
いよいよ来週はパリに初めてのリーチ麻雀世界選手権大会が開催します。 今までの情報は薄かったけど、今日の中日スポーツ新聞 [http://www.chunichi.co.jp/chuspo/]にこちらの特集がありました。 ちょっと遅いですけど遂に日本にも話題になるかな。 その上にニコニコ動画でイベントの生放送 [http://ch.nicovideo.jp/jpml]があります。 osamuko.comに所属する５6人の選手、アメリカ・カナダ・イギリス・ スウェーデン・フランスから出身が参戦します。 お楽しみに！ 更新 そしてルールの日本語訳がこちら [http://t.co/kLsApiYtA2] > リーチ麻雀世界選手権 <> ルールの邦訳です。日本で麻雀打ってる人たちにとってあまりに当たり前であろう部分はすっ飛ばしたり略したりしています。 http://t.co/kLsApiYtA2 — 若原隆宏 (@VetPress) July 14, 2014 [https://twitter.com/VetPress/statuses/
World Riichi Championship
It’s less than a week until the World Riichi Championship in Paris [http://www.wrc2014.com/location.php] will begin, marking an unprecedented clash between some of the best professional players from Japan [https://osamuko.com/which-pros-are-going-to-the-wrc/] and others from all over the world [http://www.wrc2014.com/inscription.
World Riichi Championship
People who have been waiting anxiously for the list of professionals who will be attending the World Riichi Championship need wait no longer! List can be seen at http://www.wrc2014.com/inscription.php after clicking the dot on Japan. I have copy and pasted the list below, but I