The additional program of the Moscow Open 2014, RSSU Cup includes two shogi (Japanese chess),  tournaments. The first of them Shogi + chess was held last weekend. 20 players, including representatives of Germany and Ukraine took part in the Tournament. Moscow hosts this biathlon for the third time, the second time for the Moscow Open. The first competition took place Dec 2012 at the Moscow Christmas festival. That event proved that tournaments of that kind are interesting for the intellectual game fans.

Boris Mirnik (Germany) celebrated the victory according to the results of the two-day battles. International chess grandmaster Sergey Krivosheya (Ukraine) took 2nd, and Igor Sinelnikov 3rd.

- I have been playing shogi for two years already. That’s my sixth appearance at the tournaments of this kind, - grandmaster Sergey Krivosheya commented on his performance (he is on the right at the photo).  - The Ambassador of Japan Cup was the first tournament. I even took first place there, I lost to the winner Boris Mirnik at this tournament. He is a very strong player. He is the champion of Germany and Europe.

- Do you continue to participate in the chess tournaments?
- I play chess very seldom now, maybe once a year. I prefer shogi.

- The RSSU Shogi Cup will be held on Feb 8 and 9. Are you ready to play there, will you be able to compete for the first place? What do you think?
- Players who will participate in this tournament will be even stronger than in the double-event, but I will do my best to play in a worthy manner.