Othello News August 2011
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Tomoya Toda wins Ouza-Sen
The 6th Ouza-Sen was held in Tokyo on August 28.
This is the final match of 3 major tournaments in Japan. Mr.Tomoya Toda won and got the title of Ouza2011. He will participate to WOC2011 as a member of the Japanese team. Champions of each class are as follows, Indiscriminate class: Tomoya Toda Woman class: Reiko Sato Junior class : Akinori Nakaoka Thanks to Mr Masato Koide from Megahouse for sending the info and the pictures.  |
Kunihiko Tanida wins US National Championship
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Paris EGP won by Takuji Kashiwabara
Takuji Kashiwabara wins Paris EGP August 28. This vistory makes him European Grand Prix Champion 2011. He also qualified for the french WOC-team Finale : Takuji Kashiwabara 2-1 Albert Kortendijk Match 3/4 : Imre Leader 2-0 Marc Tastet. |
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Bulgarian OthelloThe First Bulgarian Othello Tournament was played at a the lovely place named "The castle of the winds" on august 27th 2011. The winner is Mr. Yordan Yanev. 1 Yordan Yanev 17 pts 2 Marinella Arabadjieva 13 pts 3 Larissa Nikolova 10 pts 4 Nikolay Nikolov 7 pts 5 Tzvetozar Petrov 7 pts 6 Yanko Krastev 6 pts |
Yordan Yanev wins 1st Bulgarian Othello tournament         |
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VIVA 4TH Anniversary Tourney 6r 5m @ playok #6157686 on 20 Aug 2011 (Saturday)
1: vivaleng 5.5 pts 2: unlose 5 pts 3: deviltunai 5 pts PLAYOK tourney results of all 39 players. Host: vivadj (VIVA Leader - Crystal). |
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James R. Becker, the creator of the World Othello Championship and supporter of the Othello community, deceased on August 11th 2011.
Martin "Tintin" Eng wins Göteborg Open Aug. 13th 2011
posted by Caroline Odsell on site of Svenska Othelloförbundet
10 players came to the start in Gothenburg Open 2011 and it was a very even tournament, towards the end there were five people with the same score. Tintin won the battle with five wins, followed by Marcus Frönmark and Niklas Wettergren with the same number of wins but a little worse MBq. Best debutant was Oskar Eklund, who played a really strong first tourney, where there was all of 4 rookies! Complete results will be posted later. |
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  Ismael Rodriguez - Daniel Olivares, Panamericano di Othello 2010 |
Continuation of the tourney that was held on August 7th. Full results of tie - breaker between Argentine Othello Championship finalists: Daniel Olivares 40 - 24 Ismael Rodriguez Alejandro Coello 25 - 39 Daniel Olivares Alejandro Coello 35 - 29 Ismael Rodriguez Daniel Olivares 21 - 43 Ismael Rodriguez Daniel Olivares 45 - 19 Alejandro Coello Ismael Rodriguez 27 - 37 Alejandro Coello Daniel Olivares is Argentine Champion 2011 with 3 points. Alejandro Coello is runner up with 2 points. Ismael Rodriguez scored 1 point. |
Le Kang wins 6th Guangzhou Open Othello Championship Aug-07-2011
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1: KANG Le (China) 2: ZHAO Jing (China) 3: HU Ying Chong (China) 4: LI Zhong Hong (China) 5: QIN Jing Min (China) ...........best female player 6: WONG Chi Wah (Hong Kong) 7: ZENG Yan Bo (China) 8: LU Huan Qi (China) 9: GONG Jing Shi (China) 10: YU Jin Lei (China) 11: ZHAO Jing Tao (China) 12: LUO Jie Hua (China) 13: HE Si Ming (China) 14: XIE Wei Wei (China) 15: YANG Chin Hong* (Hong Kong) 16: TANG Chi Long* (Hong Kong) 17: WONG Nin Cheung* (Hong Kong) 18: YIM Chun On* (Hong Kong) * visually handicapped games 
HU Ying Chong, LI Zhong Hong, QIN Jing Min, KANG Le, ZHAO Jing 6th Guangzhou Open Othello Championship 2011 
Young visually handicapped player {HK} using special board and discs |
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In Shanghai there was a competition for blind players in 2010.
The competition divided players into 2 groups: the totally blind and the half-blind, 64 players took part in it.
In 6th GOOC, they played against the "seeing" players, these games are without chess clocks. Total time limit for each of them and their opponents is same as games between normal players/40mins in each game. They use special boards with grids, discs are smooth on one side and rough on the other. The visually handicapped players touch the discs and feel the game. One of the special board/discs was made by hand by a mother of a blind child.
The competition divided players into 2 groups: the totally blind and the half-blind, 64 players took part in it.
In 6th GOOC, they played against the "seeing" players, these games are without chess clocks. Total time limit for each of them and their opponents is same as games between normal players/40mins in each game. They use special boards with grids, discs are smooth on one side and rough on the other. The visually handicapped players touch the discs and feel the game. One of the special board/discs was made by hand by a mother of a blind child.
Standings Argentine Othello Championship August 7th 2011
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4 pts.: Ismael Rodriguez, Alejandro Coello and Daniel Olivares 3 pts.: Maximiliano Pellizzari 2 pts.: Max Seifert, Marcelo Lisnovsky, David Nakasone, Paula Iturbide 1 pnt.: Paola Marconi Rodriguez, Olivares and Coello will play a final for the title of Argentine champion at another date. Daniel Olivares, Alejandro Coello, Maximiliano Pellizzari and Paula Iturbide classified to represent the Argentine team in WOC 2011 in Newark as Ismael Rodriguez represents Uruguay.  Alejandro Coello - Daniel Olivares |
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Chun Yip Tsoi wins Singapore National Othello Championship 2011 on 6th August 2011,
Hui Wen Ng wins womens final
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from our Asian correspondent Crystal Yeh
F1 Lee Choon Foong 18 - 46 Tsoi Chun Yip F2 Koh Bo Chao Alex 29 - 35 Leong Chee Kit SF1 Tsoi, Chun Yip 37 - 27 Koh Bo Chao Alex SF2 Lee, Choon Foong 37 - 27 Leong, Chee Kit WF Heng, Li Ying, Clara 29 - 35 Ng, Hui Wen, Jolin 1. TSOI, Chun Yip - (Hong Kong) 2. LEE, Choon Foong - (Singapore) 3. LEONG, Chee Kit - (Singapore) 4. KOH, Bo Chao Alex- (Singapore) Top Female - NG, Hui Wen Jolin - (Singapore)
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