The EMA Riichi Rules have been slightly revised. The revised version is effective as of March 1, 2012.

Some cases of ambiguity have been clarified, scoring examples have been added and rules on etiquette and tournament play introduced. The uma (winner bonus) have been increased to 30,000/10,000/-10,000/-30,000. Double yakuman have been removed, except for Big Four Winds.

Translation of the rules are underway in several countries.

Riichi – Rules for Japanese Mahjong

The next MCR Open European Mahjong Championship will take place in Strasbourg, France, in 2014.

The event will be organized by the club "Vent d'Est", who were responsible for the successful MERS 1 tournament in Strasbourg in November 2011.

Dates, programme, registration fee and number of participants are not settled yet.

We have received the official announcement of dates and place of the Third World Mahjong Championship:

25-31 October 2012 in Qianjiang District, Chongqing.

When EMA recently surveyed the interest of European players, 75-100 were interested. The tournament has room for as many as 160 Europeans in the tournament, so it seems that everyone interested can play.

Chongqing is situated in South-West China, south-east of Chengdu where the WMC 2007 took place.

Chongqing is rich on history and culture. In the surrounding area are mountains, caves and rivers. The city's location in the Sichuan Basin causes it to have some 100 foggy days a year, earning it the nick name "capital of fog". October, however, is supposed to be the best season for clear weather.

The district of Qianjiang is about 300 km east of the city of Chongqing.

EMA calls for proposals for European Riichi Championship 2013

Proposals should contain information on
1. Organiser
2. Date
3. Place
4. Number of participants
5. Preliminary schedule including number of sessions
6. Registration fee

Proposals should be sent to the EMA presidium
Deadline for proposals: 1 April 2012

Presidium