Special Guests
This year, European Shogi Championship will have the honor to welcome many Professional Shogi Players. Akio Ishikawa 7-dan will join as official representative of Japan Shogi Association (Nihon Shogi Renmei). Born in Shinjuku in 1963, he joined Shoreikai as 6-kyu in 1977 to become professional player 4-dan in 1986. Following his path since then, he …