Othello Archive 2010
Just a bit of old news transferred from the Othello Club
Yusuke Takanashi wins Shinagawa Champion 2010
On December 25th 2010 the best players from this year's Shinagawa-tourneys played to decide who was best player of the year.
Players were divided into 4 categories. Yusuke Takanashi was winner in the elite group and was announced best player of the year 2010
Players were divided into 4 categories. Yusuke Takanashi was winner in the elite group and was announced best player of the year 2010
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Elite round 1:
Takashi Yamakawa - Tetsu Satani: 2 - 0 (34-30 / 36-28) Round 2: Yusuke Takanashi - Takashi Yamakawa: 2 - 0 (52-12 / 36-28) Tetsu Satani - Yasushi Nagano: 1+ - 1 (38-26 / 27-37) Semi-final: Yusuke Takanashi - Tetsu Satani: 2 - 0 (49-15 / 37-27) Final: Yusuke Takanashi - Tetsuya Nakajima: 1,5 - 0,5 (32-32 / 33-31) Winner elite: Yusuke Takanashi |
Advanced
1.Hirata Iwakura 2.Takashi Izumi 3.Ayati Kore and Masahiro Goto Challengers 1.Yuichi Hishiyama 2.Oh Kobayashi 3.Kouta Kanasawa and Takao Fujita Beginners 1.Ryo Hidesato 2.Hiroki Ichimura 3.Takuya Asakawa 4.Hiiro Mito source: website Belgian Othello Association. |
Francesco Marconi wins Città di Roma, second stage
Very nice pre-Christmas tournament in Rome, the second stage of the Città di Roma.
Francesco Marconi won with 5 points out of 5. Second with four points, Carlo Alami and Roberto Sperandio.
Here are the top 3 rankings:
1. Marconi, Francesco 5
2-3 Alami, Carlo
Sperandio, Roberto 4
Li Junfeng wins Singapore Othello Open December 11th 2010
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1st runner up Li Chun Wan, 2nd runner up Randy Fang. Top female player is Korina.
1st runner up Li Chun Wan, 2nd runner up Randy Fang. Top female player is Korina.
Cambridge Christmas Tournament
Results of the Cambridge Christmas Tournament 28-11-2010, posted by Adelaide Carpenter on British Othello.
Five players (Imre, Roy, Ben, Steve, and me) were there by the time the first round should start, so we played the first round of a round robin which Aubrey set up (he couldn't stay at the venue for more than an hour), with me as the first Bye; however, when Pierluigi arrived just before the second round, we plugged him into Bye's position for the remaining four round rounds and then played the last two games using ranking for pairings in the Swiss manner.
Five players (Imre, Roy, Ben, Steve, and me) were there by the time the first round should start, so we played the first round of a round robin which Aubrey set up (he couldn't stay at the venue for more than an hour), with me as the first Bye; however, when Pierluigi arrived just before the second round, we plugged him into Bye's position for the remaining four round rounds and then played the last two games using ranking for pairings in the Swiss manner.
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Final results:
Imre Leader 6.5/7; Ben Pridmore, 5.5/7; Pierluigi Stanzione, 3/6; |
Roy Arnold, 3/7;
Steve Hall, 2/7; Adelaide Carpenter got the sole Bye. |
Mario Madrona wins Hongkong Championship
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Final: CHAN Lik Fung 31 - 33 MADRONA Mario
Place 3 / 4 DONG Zhen 36 - 28 WU Katie Semi Finals: MADRONA Mario 48 - 16 DONG Zhen WU Katie 17 - 47 CHAN Lik Fung |
CHAN Lik Fung 31 - 33 MADRONI Mario Hong Kong Championship 2010 |
Dominik Nowak wins Polish National Championship
October 3, 2010
Dominik Nowak beat Milosz Cupial in the final with 2 games to 1. Roman Kraczyk took third place. |
Arnoud Meijer wins Dutch Open Blitz Tourney
October 3 rd
1: Arnoud Meijer 2: Martin Fransen 3: Roel Hobo |
Michele Borassi wins Italian Championship
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October 3, 2010
Final 1: DI MATTEI Alessandro 27 - 37 BORASSI Michele Final 2: BORASSI Michele 20 - 44 DI MATTEI Alessandro Final 3: BORASSI Michele 35 - 29 DI MATTEI Alessandro Click here to watch video of the event. Final 1 for 3rd place : MENOZZI Giuseppe 19 - 45 SPERANDIO Roberto Final 2 for 3rd place : SPERANDIO Roberto 43 - 21 MENOZZI Giuseppe 1. Semifinale Maestri Borassi Michele 2 - 0 Menozzi Giuseppe 2. Semifinale Maestri Di Mattei Alessandro 2.5 - 0.5 Sperandio Roberto |
BORASSI Michele 35 - 29 DI MATTEI Alessandro Italian Championship 2010, final game 3 |
Daniel Ljungqvist wins Swedish Championship
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ANDERSSON Göran 28 - 36 LJUNGQVIST Daniel Swedish Championship 2010, final game 3 |
October 3, 2010
Final 1: ANDERSSON Göran 12 - 52 LJUNGQVIST Daniel Final 2: LJUNGQVIST Daniel 19 - 45 ANDERSSON Göran Final 3: ANDERSSON Göran 28 - 36 LJUNGQVIST Daniel Final for 3rd place Henry Aspenryd 25 - 39 Daniel Turunen Swedish Champs Day 1 Ranking of the 13 players after round 7: 1: 5.5 pts [437] LJUNGQVIST Daniel (1511) {S} [428] ANDERSSON Goran (1483) {S} 3: 5. pts [444] TURUNEN Daniel (1459) {S} [429] ENG Tintin (1492) {S} [422] ASPENRYD Henry (1513) {S} 6: 4. pts [409] INGELMAN-SUNDBERG Simon (1495) {S} [404] WETTERGREN Niklas (150007) {s} 8: 3. pts [404] RAGNARSSON Robin (1596) {S} [401] STEENTOFT Benkt (1301) {S} [357] STENBERG Veronica (1375) {S} [344] JOHANSSON Erik (1493) {S} 12: 2. pts [284] SOSNOWSKI Mateusz (1389) {PL} 13: 1. pt [207] EKMAN Kevin (150006) {S} Henry Aspenryd won the game against Tintin Eng for the 4th place in Semi finals. Semi finals: Daniel Ljungqvist 2 - 1 Henry Aspenryd Göran Andersson 2 - 1 Daniel Turunen |
Imre Leader is 2010 British Othello Champion
Imre Leader has won the 2010 British Championship on 26th of September by beating defending champion Michael Handel 36-38 in the final thus gaining revenge for last year's defeat. It's Imre's 10th national title.
Standings after 9 rounds:
Standings after 9 rounds:
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1. Imre Leader 9
2. Michael Handel 8 3. Geoff Hubbard 7 4. Iain Barrass 5 =. Robert Stanton 5 =. Helen Starkey 5 =. Ian Turner 5 8. Roy Arnold 4 =. Andrew Burgess 4 =. Robert Butler 4 =. Tom Grover 4 =. Marie Lightman 4 =. Ali Turner 4 14. David Haigh 3 15. Tani Turner 1 16. Kali Turner 0 |
HANDEL Mchael 28 - 36 LEADER Imre British 2010, final game |
Tomáš Douda Czech Othello Champion Alexander Samchenko Othello Champion of Russia |
Borja Moreno Fernández wins Spanish Championship,
Sevilla, 18 september 2010
#2 Javier Martin #3 Rubén Saiz |
Saifi Irshad wins Indian Championship
18 Sept. 2010
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Final 1: Ashok Choudhary 29 - 35 Saifi Irshad
Final 2: Saifi Irshad 23 - 41 Ashok Choudhary Final 3: Ashok Choudhary 27 - 37 Saifi Irshad Rank 3 - 4: Saifi Imtiyaz 26 - 38 Mehul Vyas |
Semifinals:
Saifi Irshad 58 - 6 Saifi Imtiyaz Saifi Imtiyaz 28 - 36 Saifi Irshad Mehul Vyas 36 - 28 Ashok Choudhary Ashok Choudhary 43 - 21 Mehul Vyas Mehul Vyas 18 - 46 Ashok Choudhary |
Sébastien Barre wins French National Championship
12 September 2010.
He won all his games and played against Thierry Lévy-Abégnoli in the final. Sébastien also won both final games, 40 - 24 and 44 - 20.
He won all his games and played against Thierry Lévy-Abégnoli in the final. Sébastien also won both final games, 40 - 24 and 44 - 20.
Geoff Hubbard wins Danish National Championship.
11th September 2010, Copenhagen
Standings after 7 rounds: HUBBARD Geoff LUND JENSEN Erik FELDBORG Karsten LINDE Mathias MAARTENSSON Mikael STOEVRING Pia BADSTED Palle FINAL - HUBBARD Geoff 34 - 30 LUND JENSEN Erik |
Jan de Graaf wins Netherlands National Championship
September 5th 2010.
#2: Patrick Aubroeck #3: Erwin van den Berg Dutch team for WOC: Nicky van den Biggelaar, Jan de Graaf, Patrick Aubroeck and Jiska Helmes (winner Female Netherlands National Championship) |
Takuji Kashiwabara wins Paris International
August 28 2010.
Second place: Sébastien Barre. Kashiwabara Takuji 38-26 Barre Sébastien (F1) Barre Sébastien 32-32 Kashiwabara Takuji (F2) Kashiwabara Takuji 45-19 Barre Sébastien (F3) |
 Takuji Kashiwabara - José Seknadjé, Paris 1997 |
Lucas Cherem wins Brazilian Championship 2010
Final
1 - Lucas 35 29 Henrique 2 - Henrique 44 20 Lucas 3 - Lucas 33 31 Henrique Semifinals 1 - K-marão 22 42 Lucas 2 - Maurício 9 53 Henrique Third place 1 - K-marao 52 12 Maurício |
Matt Vinar wins Australian NationalsThe 2010 Australian Nationals took place in Melbourne on Saturday, August 28. Defending Aussie champ Matt Vinar went undefeated in the swiss and then defeated. Amy Fu in the final (Amy hadn't played an Othello tournament since Mito 2006!).
So congrats to Matt's 6th national title (see photo at www.othello.asn.au) Full standings after 5 rounds + final (tie-break is disc count) : 01. Matt Vinar [258] 5/5 (+1/1) 02. Amy Fu [236] 4 (+0/1) 03. Michiko Yanagi [225] 3.5 04. Masahide Yanagi [146] 3 ---- Justin Moyle [134] 3 06. Scott Hughes [184] 2.5 07. Robert Girardo [148] 2 ---- Dylan Milankov [126] 2 ---- Nicole Dixon [108] 2 ---- Lachlan Vinar-Hendrich [104] 2 11. Maria Macario [131] 1 source: posted by George Ortiz at British Othello. |
Tom Schotte wins Belgian Othello OpenThe results of the 27th Belgian Open Othello Tournament held in Ghent, Belgium, Sunday, 22 August 2010:
1st Place: Tom Schotte 2nd Place: Roe Hobo 3rd Place: Nick Reunes |
Sohei Sasaki wins All Japan Championship, Misato Sawa is Female Champion
Sohei Sasaki wins All Japan Championship and qualifies for the Japanese World Championship team. He is promoted from 4th to 7th DAN. 2nd Yutaka Hagikura 3rd Seiya Kurita
Misato Sawa wins the Female All Japan Championship. 2nd Asano Yuki 3rd (tie) Iizuka Mitiko 3rd (tie) Sano Hiroko |
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Imre Leader is arguably the leading British player of all time. He is the first player to win the United Kingdom championship nine times: he won in 1983, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2005 and 2007.
He was runner-up in the WOC in 1983, and has reached the semi-finals on four other occasions. He was on the UK team that won the World Team Championship in 1988. He has won the Cambridge Open five times. He won the first European Grand Prix (EGP) in 1986, and won again in 1988, 1991, 2007 and now in 2010. He already won 16 EGP tournaments. Runner-up is Matthias Berg (DEU) , third place Takuji Kashiwabara (FRA) and fourth place Albert Kortendijk (NLD).  Imre Leader at WOC 2010 |
 Yusuke Takanashi (JPN) - Jiska Helmes (NLD) |
Yusuke Takanashi (JPN) wins World Othello Championship
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