As with last year's edition, the RSSU Cup, Moscow Open 2015 will include two unusual tournaments. The first of which is a chess biathlon (chess + shogi), the second pure shogi.
The biathlon will be held Jan 31 to Feb 1 and will mark the third inclusion of the event. Last year saw twelve participants, including representatives from Ukraine and Germany. The winner was Boris Mirnik (Germany).
The second tournament – the Japanese version of chess, shogi – is already a familiar sight in Moscow owing to its yearly inclusion in the Moscow Open since 2004. This competition is planned for Feb 7-8.
It is expected that this edition will see participation from students with recent experience playing shogi against their Japanese colleagues on their own turf.
Planned for the intervening period of Feb 2-6 are shogi seminars and training activities, for completion of which the respective certificates and testimonies will be awarded.
For more detailed information regarding the shogi tournaments of the RSSU Cup Moscow Open 2015 please refer to the .