Just for my interest, I made a short statistic of the first week main tournament participant countries. And then, why not share it...

198 DE
72 JP
50 FR
39 NL
25 FI
20 UK
17 CZ
16 RU
10 KR
10 BE
9 RO
9 IT
8 AT
7 CH
4 SE
4 PL
4 ES
4 DK
3 RS
3 NO
3 HU
3 CY
3 AZ
2 SK
2 IE
2 AU
1 US
1 UA
1 TW
1 LU
1 KZ
1 CA

The method: cut and paste the round 3 results list and give it to the following command (I had saved it with the name "koe":

Where are you getting round 3 results? I only see up to round 2:

http://www.egc2012.eu/congress/tourname ... ampionship

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I am amazed at the JP number!

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Dave Sigaty
I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, "Where's the self-help section?" She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.
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It does seem large but there is something of a tourism industry in JP of people travelling to the EU or US go congresses. 15 years ago or so, when I used to go to the US congress, Nakayama-sensei used to escort a Japanese tour group of 20 or more people, and some other people came on their own. I imagine it might be true that travelling to EU would be easier (closer to JP) so that might explain part of the size of the number.

... And here the list after the second week...

241 DE
76 JP
57 FR
49 NL
25 FI
21 UK
19 CZ
18 RU
11 RO
11 IT
10 KR
10 BE
8 AT
7 CH
4 SE
4 PL
4 ES
4 DK
3 RS
3 NO
3 HU
3 CY
3 AZ
2 US
2 SK
2 IE
2 AU
1 UA
1 TW
1 LU
1 KZ
1 CN
1 CA