Othello News April 2013
Kongxinshu (CHEN Xu) wins 4th Tianjin Othello Open
Tianjin, China, April 30th
Touney format: 7 round and finals Final top 4:
Final: Kongxinshu (CHEN Xu ) 39 - 25 255 (HU Yingchong) 3rd/4th playoff: Yuqilin 29 - 35 Heibai Conan Semi-finals: Yuqilin 23 - 41 255 (HU Yingchong) Heibai Conan 27 - 37 Kongxinshu link to crosstable of 7 rounds |
Kongxinshu (CHEN Xu) 39 - 25 HU Yingchong Final 4th Tianjin Open |
SOF laddergame
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SOF laddergame started in February and is a cool new initiative by the Svenska Othelloförbundet. Season 1 has just finished.
Congratulations to Markus Frönmark who won the Division 1. 1. Marcus Frönmark 2. Daniel Rignell 3. Hannes Sjöström 4. Daniel Ljungqvist |
Congratulations also to the other series winners:
Tintin Eng - Div 2 Jonas Ödmark - Div 3 Oscar Eriksson - Div 4 Isac Stavervik - Div 5A Johan Ottosson - Div 5B Trees van Seggelen - Div 6 |
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European Grand Prix Athens won by Francesco Marconi
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Alessandro Di Mattei wins GPI FerraraFerrara, Italy, April 21st
Tourney format: 7 rounds Alessandro had a perfect score of 7/7. On the second place Francesco Marconi and Donato Barnaba with 5.5 points. 1) Alessandro Di Mattei - 7 points 2) Donato Barnaba - 5,5 points 3) Francesco Marconi - 5,5 points 4) Carlo Alami - 5 points 5) Gianluca Ilacqua - 4 points 6) Luigi Puzzo - 3 points 7) Giuseppe Chiarulli - 2 points 8) Ezio Loro - 2 points 9) Daniela Sani - 1 point |
Alessandro Di Mattei and Luigi Puzzo
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Donato Barnaba, Giuseppe Chiarulli, Francesco Marconi, Carlo Alami, Gianluca Ilacqua, Alessandro Di Mattei and Luigi Puzzo.
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Francesco Marconi 32 - 32 Donato Barnaba GPI Ferrara |
Francesco Marconi 32 - 32 Donato Barnaba
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Alessandro Di Mattei 38 - 26 Francesco Marconi GPI Ferrara |
David Rockwell wins 1st Annual Calvin College Othello Open
Grand Rapids, USA, April 20th
Eric Entingh reported on NAOthelloTourneys that they had a great day with 3 new players! The room and location seemed perfect.
Eric Entingh reported on NAOthelloTourneys that they had a great day with 3 new players! The room and location seemed perfect.
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David Rockwell 5-0
Eric Entingh 4-1 Tom Wiencek 3-2 Joseph Matheson 2-3 Isaac Zylstra 1-4 John Drexel 0-5 |
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Karsten Feldborg wins 28th Copenhagen Othello OpenCopenhagen, Denmark, April 20th
Tourney format, 7 rounds The tourney was attended by 5 players and it was decided to play round-robin (5 rounds) + 2 rounds Swiss-style. The actual ranking was the same after round 5 as after round 7. 1: 6 pts [283] FELDBORG Karsten (92) {DNK} [259] VALLUND Henrik (96) {DNK} 3: 4 pts [219] BADSTED Palle (1025) {DNK} 4: 3 pts [208] AAGAARD-HANSEN Jens (1019) {DNK} 5: 1 pt [167] STOKKE Solrun (1981) {DNK} 
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Henrik Vallund 15 - 49 Karsten Feldborg round 1 |
Karsten Feldborg 28 - 36 Henrik Vallund round 6 |
Message on Eurothfed yahoo-group by Francesco Marconi about Othello World Cup 2014 qualification
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Hi all,
as posted on FB, OWC 2014 will probably be different from the 2013 edition, in particular for the qualification system. Probably there will be 10 players from each among Europe, Japan and Asia, and 6 from Singapur. It means that, for the people allowed from Europe, we'll need a qualification system to decide the 10 players. I expect some emails answering this one with a proposal. Then we'll collect the main proposals and vote. Thanks, F. Marconi (WOF Council Member - Europe) |
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Niklas Wettergren wins Norrköping OpenNorrköping, Sweden, April 13th
1: Niklas Wettergren, 4 points 2: Andreas Jörgensen, 3 points 3: Lenny Forsbäck, 2 points 4: Jonas Eilertsen, 1 point 5: Michel Haddad, 0 points 
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Andreas Jörgensen 15 - 49 Niklas Wettergren round 2 |
Ben Pridmore wins Burton-upon-Trent RegionalBurton upon Trent, Great Britain, April 13th
1: Ben Pridmore, Roy Arnold, 5 points 3: Andrew Burgess, 2 points Ben Pridmore wins on tiebreak. |
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Takeshi Murakami
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Takeshi Murakami wins 3rd Azabu Open3rd Azabu Open (15 players)
Japan, 14/04/2013 Takeshi was table judge at the OWC and helped us a lot as translator. At the final day of the OWC he played a simultaneous Othello game. Takeshi was World Othello Campion in 1996, 1998 and 2000 and finished 4th at the WOC on 1988 1. Takeshi Murakami [9 DAN] 6/6 2. Jyou Nakano [2 DAN] 5/6 3. Kanichiro Tanaka [2 DAN] 5/6 ... 7. Takamune Iijima [7 DAN] 3/6 
tourney results (japanese)
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Takeshi Murakami 40 - 24 Koudai Kaneko 3rd Azabu Open |
Takeshi Murakami 36 - 28 Ryota Nagamatsu 3rd Azabu Open |
Yusuke Takanashi wins 1st North Kanto Kanagawa Match1st North Kanto Kanagawa match (12 players)
14/04/2013 1. Yusuke Takanashi [9 DAN] 6/6 2. Tetsu Satani [6 DAN] 5/6 3. Keita Ohmori [5 DAN] 4.5/6 4. Kenta Tominaga [8 DAN] 4/6 5. Junya Ito [7 DAN] 3.5/6 6. Tomoya Toda [7 DAN] 3/6 7. Hiroshi Goto [7 DAN] 8. Takayuki Kurachi [4 DAN] 2.5/6 9. Nobuaki Mitsuya [5 DAN] 2/6 10 Ryosuke Tsuchiya [5 DAN] 1.5/6 11 Yuki Kanou [3 DAN] 1/6 12 Takigawa Mitsuaki [2 DAN] 0/6 Good tournament with several world class players! 
tourney results (japanese)
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Yusuke Takanashi
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Tetsuya Nakajima
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Tetsuya Nakajima wins 86th Shinagawa Open
Shinagawa, Japan, 13/04/2013
Tourney format: 6 rounds Players: 28 1. Tetsuya Nakajima [8 DAN] 6/6 2. Hiroaki Iwakura [3 DAN] 5/6 3. Yugo Toki [3 DAN] 
tourney results (japanese)
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Arnaud Delaunay wins Préqualificatif de Grenoble
Grenoble, France, 13 - 14 April
Tourney format: 7 rounds, semifinals and best of 3 final Tournament for the Grand Prix of France 2013 and pre-qualifier for French WOC 2013 team. Eight players at this tourney: Marc Tastet, Arnaud Delaunay, Emmanuel Lazard, Takuji Kashiwabara, Bintsa Andriani, Stéphane Michel, Maxime Belaval and Alexandre Lallis. Marc Tastet is on a roll, he won the EGP Barcelona last weekend and at the first day of this tourney he won all his games, though his game in round 7 against Arnaud Delaunay (OWC semifinalist) was a very close 33 - 31. |
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Standings after 7 rounds:
1. Marc Tastet 7 2. Arnaud Delaunay 6 3. Emmanuel Lazard 4,5 4. Takuji Kashiwabara 4 5. Bintsa Andriani 3,5 6. Maxime Belaval 2 7. Stéphane Michel 0,5 Alexandre Lallis 0,5 |
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Marc Tastet 54 - 10 Takuji Kashiwabara round 1 |
Emmanuel Lazard 11 - 52 Arnaud Delaunay round 2 |
Marc Tastet 33 - 31 Arnaud Delaunay round 7 |
Semifinals day 2:
Takuji Kashiwabara 42 - 22 Marc Tastet, nice stoner trap by Marc, but Takuji won the game
Marc Tastet 31 - 33 Takuji Kashiwabara
Arnaud Delaunay 34 - 30 Emmanuel Lazard
Emmanuel Lazard 32 - 32 Arnaud Delaunay
Emmanuel Lazard 22 - 42 Arnaud Delaunay
Takuji Kashiwabara 42 - 22 Marc Tastet, nice stoner trap by Marc, but Takuji won the game
Marc Tastet 31 - 33 Takuji Kashiwabara
Arnaud Delaunay 34 - 30 Emmanuel Lazard
Emmanuel Lazard 32 - 32 Arnaud Delaunay
Emmanuel Lazard 22 - 42 Arnaud Delaunay
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Takuji Kashiwabara 42 - 22 Marc Tastet semifinal game 1 |
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Marc Tastet 31 - 33 Takuji Kashiwabara semifinal game 2 |
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Arnaud Delaunay 34 - 30 Emmanuel Lazard semifinal game 1 |
Emmanuel Lazard 32 - 32 Arnaud Delaunay semifinal game 2 |
Emmanuel Lazard 22 - 42 Arnaud Delaunay semifinal game 3 |
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Final and playoff 3rd / 4th place:
The playoff for 3rd / 4th place was a win for Emmanuel Lazard who played black against Marc Tastet, 44 - 20. A perfect score of 7 wins for Marc on the first day of the tourney, but today he lost all his 3 games, that's Othello. Takuji finished 4th on day 1 after the first 7 rounds with 4 wins. A better second tourney day for him, he won the semifinal against Marc Tastet 2 - 0. In the final he played against Arnaud Delaunay, who needed 3 games to beat Emmanuel Lazard in the semifinal, 2.5 - 0.5. Arnaud was the best player on the second day of this tourney, he won both final games. Arnaud Delaunay 40 - 24 Takuji Kashiwabara Takuji Kashiwabara 19 - 45 Arnaud Delaunay |
Final result:
1. Arnaud Delaunay 2. Takuji Kashiwabara 3. Emmanuel Lazard 4. Marc Tastet 5. Bintsa Andriani 6. Maxime Belaval 7. Stéphane Michel Alexandre Lallis |
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Emmanuel Lazard 44 - 20 Marc Tastet playoff 3rd / 4th place |
Arnaud Delaunay 40 - 24 Takuji Kashiwabara final game 1 |
Takuji Kashiwabara 19 - 45 Arnaud Delaunay final game 2 |
Makoto Suekuni at OWC
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Makoto Suekuni wins 64th Niigata Conference64th Niigata Conference, Japan (07/04 - 13 players)
1. Makoto Suekuni (9 DAN) - 5/5 2. Masaki Takizawa (9 DAN) - 4/5 3. Yoshihiro Kanda (4 DAN) - 3/5 4. Yoshinori Umezawa (5 DAN) - 3/5 
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Marc Tastet wins European Grand Prix Barcelona April 6 - 7
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 Marc Tastet |
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Ghent, Belgium, 1 April
Tourney format: 7 rounds The tourney had 22 players, which is the largest rated Belgian tournament since the Ottignies Christmas tournament in 2006, (not taking into account EGP tournaments). So the organisation was very happy with that amount of players! Tom won 6 games out of 7. His only loss was a 23 - 41 game against Albert Kortendijk in round 5.
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