Othello News April 2012
Michele Borassi wins Milan Othello Open
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Milan, Italy, 29 April
Eight players came to Milan to play 7 rounds in this third stage of the Italian Othello Grand Prix. Michele Borassi played a perfect tourney with 7 wins. Donato Barnaba and Takuji Kashiwabara both have 5 points. Francesco Marconi played against Michele Borassi in the 7th round and it was a very exciting game. Francesco had the advantage at move 45 but from then things went bad for him and he finished the tourney with 4 points. Giuseppe Chiarulli had 3 points, Gianluca Ilacqua 2.5 pts, Paolo Tormene 1.5 point. Paolo Vanzini ended the tourney without a win.
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Michele Borassi and Francesco Marconi
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KASHIWABARA T. - BARNABA D. Round 2, Milan open |
BORASSI M. - BARNABA D. Round 5, Milan open |
BORASSI M. - MARCONI F. Round 7, Milan open |
Albert Kortendijk wins 7th Antwerpen Othello Open
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Antwerp Belgium, 28 April.
Very nice tourney organised by Jan van Damme in Eekeren near Antwerp. Quite a number of Dutch players were present and Albert Kortendijk {NL} took the trophy home to the Netherlands. The tourney did not start too well for him. The first round he had a bye, not very exciting, the second round he lost his game 30 - 34 to Tom Schotte. He did not give away any points in the rest of the tourney. Tom also had 6 wins and lost 1 game to Linda Praseptyo. Linda played a very good tourney. Is she on her way to qualify for the Dutch WOC team? Final ranking of all 16 players after 7 rounds:
Ranking B-tournament:
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Albert Kortendijk, winner Antwerp Open 2012
Linda Praseptyo, 3rd place, best lady
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pictures by Trees van Seggelen
Tom Schotte, second place
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KORTENDIJK Albert - SCHOTTE Tom Round 2, 7th Antwerp Open |
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Ian Barrass wins Scottish Regional
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The Scottish Regional is part of the British Othello Federation's Grand Prix season. This year's remaining events are in Cambridge (5 May), Farnborough (16 June), and Whitley Bay (30 June). The player with the most GP points overall for the season is guaranteed a place on the British team for this year's Othello World Championship. More information on these other events can be found on the BOF website and facebook group page.
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link to official website
Final Ranking after 7 rounds:
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Iain Barrass holds the Scottish trophy
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Thierry Levy-Abegnoli wins Tournoi Ile De France 2
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Aubergenville, 28 April
Five players played five round in the Tournoi Ile De France 2. Thierry won 4 games and lost his game against Arthur. Arnaud also won 4 games and lost against Thierry.
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Thierry won IDF4 in October 2009
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Stockholm Kulturnatt at Dragon's Lair
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Stockholm KulturnattStockholm Sweden, 21 April
At the Stockholm "Night of Culture", some twenty people came to the Dragon's Lair to play Othello, It was a nice event, many laughs and lots of fun games. There were 4 players present from the Svenska Othelloförbundet, it was nice that so many people from outside the othello community took an interest in Othello and really liked the game. A small blitz tourney was won by Henry Aspenryd and Niklas Wettergren won the unofficial title of "fastest disk in town" when he flipped all 64 discs in 30 seconds. posted by Bengt Steentoft on Svenska Othelloförbundet Facebookpage |
Marcus Frönmark wins Nordisk Mesterskap / Nordic Championship
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Oslo Norway, 21 - 22 April
Marcus Frönmark won his third Nordic Championship title (2012, 2011, 2009). After a clean final in the last round against Jostein Danielsen, Marcus finished with 8.5 points in the double round-robin tournament. Runner-up Jostein Danielsen and third place Martin Ødegård. The Nordic Championship is an open Championship for the Nordic countries; Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. The championship was first held in Copenhagen in 1985 and rotates through the Nordic countries. Karsten Feldborg and Erik Lund Jensen are the leading Nordic players of all times, with seven and five individual Nordic titles respectively. Only 6 players this year, but plenty of exciting games. Tourney was a double round-robin with 7 rounds on Saturday and three rounds on Sunday. Results of round 1 : SKOGEN Tor Birger 03 - 61 DANIELSEN Jostein TVEDT Sverre 29 - 35 ODEGARD Martin ALBRIGTSEN Vidar 26 - 38 FRONMARK Marcus Results of round 2 : FRONMARK Marcus 32 - 32 TVEDT Sverre DANIELSEN Jostein 29 - 35 ALBRIGTSEN Vidar ODEGARD Martin 50 14 SKOGEN Tor Birger Results of round 3 : ODEGARD Martin 42 - 22 FRONMARK Marcus TVEDT Sverre 31 - 33 DANIELSEN Jostein SKOGEN Tor Birger 25 - 39 ALBRIGTSEN Vidar Results of round 4 : DANIELSEN Jostein 40 - 24 ODEGARD Martin ALBRIGTSEN Vidar 43 - 21 TVEDT Sverre FRONMARK Marcus 37 - 27 SKOGEN Tor Birger Results of round 5 : ODEGARD Martin 43 - 21 ALBRIGTSEN Vidar FRONMARK Marcus 41 - 23 DANIELSEN Jostein SKOGEN Tor Birger 22 - 42 TVEDT Sverre Results of round 6 : ODEGARD Martin 56 - 08 TVEDT Sverre FRONMARK Marcus 39 - 25 ALBRIGTSEN Vidar DANIELSEN Jostein 45 - 19 SKOGEN Tor Birger Results of round 7 : SKOGEN Tor Birger 38 - 26 ODEGARD Martin TVEDT Sverre 22 - 42 FRONMARK Marcus ALBRIGTSEN Vidar 31 - 33 DANIELSEN Jostein Results of round 8 : FRONMARK Marcus 34 - 30 ODEGARD Martin DANIELSEN Jostein 46 - 18 TVEDT Sverre ALBRIGTSEN Vidar 59 - 05 SKOGEN Tor Birger Results of round 9 : SKOGEN Tor Birger 18 - 46 FRONMARK Marcus ODEGARD Martin 29 - 35 DANIELSEN Jostein TVEDT Sverre 38 - 26 ALBRIGTSEN Vidar Results of round 10 : DANIELSEN Jostein 28 - 36 FRONMARK Marcus ALBRIGTSEN Vidar 19 - 45 ODEGARD Martin TVEDT Sverre 33 -31 SKOGEN Tor Birger |
Marcus Frönmark, winner Nordic Othello Championship 2009, 2011 and 2012. This picture links to an interview published in Värmlands Folkblad in 2011
Final ranking Nordic Championship 2012
Jostein, Martin, Marcus (Nordic Champion 2012), and Vidar (Nordic Team-Champion)
Only 6 players this year, hopefully there will be more next year.
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FRONMARK Marcus - ODEGARD Martin Round 8 |
Marcus Frönmark - Martin Ødegård, round 8
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Marcus Frönmark - Jostein Danielsen, round 10
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DANIELSEN Jostein - FRONMARK Marcus Round 10 |
pictures thanks to Tor Birger Skogen
Diego Sagrera, David Nakasone, Eduardo Czernizer, Alejandro Coello, Mercedes Cohen, Juan Pablo Lucioli, Maximiliano Axel Pellizzari, Paula Iturbide, Marcelo Lisnovsky, Daniel Olivares and Max Seifert.
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Daniel Olivares wins Torneo 29 AniversarioBuenos Aires, Argentina, April 15th
Daniel, Marcelo and Alejandro have qualified for the Argentina Othello Championship later this year.
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pictures posted by Marcelo Lisnovsky at Club Argentino de Othello
Tom Schotte wins 1st Ghent Easter Othello Tournament
Ghent Easter Othello Tournament
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Ghent, Belgium, April 9th
14 players at this Easter Tournament. Belgians, Dutch and the Turner family from Great Britain. Tom Schotte won the tourney undefeated
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Patrick Aubroeck wins European Grand Prix Gouda, The Netherlands
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The Netherlands, Gouda, April 7 - 8
See our EGP Gouda 2012 page for final ranking, replay of final games and pictures EGP Rome 2012 EGP Cambridge 2012 
Patrick Aubroeck wins EGP Gouda
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Final - Takuji versus Patrick. Table judge Marcel Sneek
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Piyanat Aunchulee wins Sosuco Thailand Othello Championship
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Bangkok, March 31st - April 1st
Day 1 After 7 rounds (Swiss pairs for all 26 players), best 12 players are placed in Division 1. Piyanat won 6 games and played a draw game against Anuwat Wongwiwat (16th place with 2.5 points). Thanks Nida and Zen for the info. top 13 after 7 rounds:
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Day 2
Winner: Piyanat Aunchulee ปิยะณัฐ 2nd Place: Sittichai Iamchirangkun 3rd Place and Female winner: Nida Pattarakul 4th Place: Linsue Panajarn Female Runner-up: Charinee Mitmean Division 2 Winner : Tanaphat Jitworavisut Division 2 Runner-up: Somporn Inthigay Final: Sitthichai Iamchirangkun 21 - 43 Piyanat Aunchulee Piyanat Aunchulee 35 - 29 Sitthichai Iamchirangkun 3rd Place Play-off: Nida Pattarakul 55 - 9 Linsue Panajarn Final Division 2: Tanaphat Jitworavisut 46 - 18 Somporn Inthigay Final standings Division 1 after 5 rounds: |
12 players in Division 1
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IAMCHIRANGKUN S. - AUNCHULEE P. Sosuco final game 1 |
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PATTARAKUL Nida - PANAJARN Linsue Sosuco play-off 3/4 |
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AUNCHULEE P. - IAMCHIRANGKUN S. Sosuco final game 2 |
pictures from Thai Othello Club
Miroslav VORÁČEK wins GPO 2+3
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Prague, Czech Republic, March 31st
1 Miroslav VORÁČEK 7 pts 2 Tomáš DOUDA 6 pts 3 Ivo RYBÁRIK 5 pts 4 Vladimír HRUŠAT 4 pts 5 Sevara VORÁČKOVÁ 4 pts 6 Ivana DÖRFLOVÁ 4 pts 7 Lenka KUČEROVÁ 4 pts 8 Ján RYBÁRIK 3 pts 9 Mirek NEUŽIL 3 pts 10 Jana NEUŽILOVÁ 3 pts 11 Lucie DOČKALOVÁ 2 pts 12 Radek DOČKAL 2 pts 13 Petr BILY 2 pts |
Prague, Czech Republic, April 1st
1 Miroslav VORÁČEK 7pts 2 Tomáš DOUDA 6 pts 3 Ivo RYBÁRIK 5 pts 4 Mirek NEUŽIL 4 pts 5 Petr BILY 4 pts 6 Ján RYBÁRIK 4 pts 7 Radana SRNCOVÁ 3.5 pts 8 Jana NEUŽILOVÁ 3 pts 9 Lucie DOČKALOVÁ 3 pts 10 Radek DOČKAL 3 pts 11 Pavel VEITH 2.5 pts 12 Adam BILY 2 pts 13 Lenka KUČEROVÁ 2 pts |
Othello at Made In Asia Exhibition
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Brussels, March 31th - April 1st
The Belgian Othello Association promoted the game of Othello at the "Made In Asia" exhibition at the Brussels Expo. The stand attracted many visitors. The picture was taken just 10 minutes after the opening. A great way to inspire more people to play this fantastic game. 
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