(Update: Discussion closed. See concluding column by the editor)

Ian Fraser reflects upon the European Championship Riichi Mahjong. A great event, that's for sure. Yet - returned home, he finds himself with a niggling dissatisfaction.

He is an outstanding player. Yet, editor Martin Rep thinks it may be time for someone else to lead the international mahjong ranking than Luca Gavelli from Italy.

Do teams in mahjong tournaments add someting to the game? Or are they just a living contradiction in terms? Martin Rep gives his opinion, as does Tina Christensen. So why don't you give yours?

He signed up to a Global Mahjong Tournament and was confronted with players who did not show up. Now Adrie Van Geffen is really pissed of!

What kind of mahjong player are you? German player Björn Schulz about tide in mahjong. 'What makes the older Japanese players believe in “tsuki”? Is it a lack of appreciation of statistics and probabilities or a weakness for the unknown?'

HONG KONG - Coming August, in the Venetian resort in Macau, the third annual World Series of Mahjong will take place - a competition where there will be a million US dollar at stake. In a series of articles, mahjong scholar Alan Kwan from Hong Kong, explains the rules which will be used there, and which he invented himself. In this second part: strategy of Zung Jung Mahjong.