Othello News August 2012
Loh Jeannot Ourega wins Ivory Coast Championship
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Abidjan, August 29th
The "Grand Finale" of the 2012 National Cup of Othello between OUREGA Loh Jeannot and GUEHI Franck was won by Loh Jeannot Ourega, president of the FIO. According to earlier reports by the FIO, the final was supposed to be between OUREGA JEANNOT LOH and BOLE ZAKPA MATHIEU. Not quite sure what happened there, but according to Loh Jeannot the other finalist was disqualified and replaced. Female Champion: Yao Ahou Geneviève Junior Champion boys: Nampé Ohua Junior Champion girls: Ohi Grâce the FIO sent two articles from the Ivory Coast "Le Sport"' with additional information,
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Nicky van den Biggelaar wins 63rd Dutch Open
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Gouda, Netherlands, 26 August
Nicky van den Biggelaar won the 63rd Dutch open with Tom Schotte from Belgium close on his heels. The tourney started out very well for Tom as he played a winning game against Nicky. But later in the tourney Tom also lost a game, against Mark van Heere. So Nicky and Tom both ended with 6 wins, like they did at the 61st Dutch Open in Lexmond in March. But this time the disccount decided the tourney in favour of Nicky. Mark van Heere was tourney leader after 5 rounds with 5/5. But he lost the 6th round and the final round against Patrick Aubroeck. 
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BIGGELAAR Nicky vd - SCHOTTE Tom 63rd Dutch Open Round 1 
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Marcelo Lisnovsky wins Argentina Othello Championship
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Buenos Aires, Argentina, 26 August
Last year the Argentine Championship was won by Daniel Olivares, but the 2012 title goes to Marcelo Lisnovsky. Runner-up is Alejandro Coello, who also had 3.5 points but a lower disccount. The following players will play at the World Othello Championship for Argentina: Marcelo Lisnovsky, Alejandro Coello, Daniel Olivares and Paula Iturbide
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Chan Lik Fung "Sky Chan" wins Hong Kong Othello Championship
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Hong Kong, 26 August
Tounrey format: 7 rounds HK Team for WOC will be Yip, Kelvin and Randy. Final: CHAN LIK Fung 50 - 14 LI Chun Wan Playoff 3rd /4th: TSOI Chun Yip 37 - 27 DONG Zhen Ranking after 7 rounds:  
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group picture by Mario Madrona, click on picture to see more
LI Chun Wan, CHAN LIK Fung, TSOI Chun Yip
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Marc Tastet wins Tournoi de Paris
tournoi de Paris, 2012
Thierry Lévy-Abégnoli - Marc Tastet, Championnat de France 2007
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Paris, France, 25 - 26 August
Arthur Juigner took the leading position with a win against Takuji at the last round of day 1. Arthur won 6 out of 7 games and only lost his game against Thierry. On day 2 the semi-finales Arthur-Thierry and Marc-Takuji will be played, followed by the final and the 3rd / 4th place playoff. Semifinals: Thierry Lévy-Abégnoli 33 - 31 Arthur Juigner Arthur Juigner 24 - 40 Thierry Lévy-Abégnoli Marc Tastet 25 - 39 Takuji Kashiwabara Takuji Kashiwabara 31 - 33 Marc Tastet Takuji Kashiwabara 26 - 38 Marc Tastet Playoff 3rd / 4th place: Arthur Juigner 23 - 41 Takuji Kashiwabara Takuji Kashiwabara 38 - 26 Arthur Juigner Final: Marc Tastet 38 - 26 Thierry Lévy-Abégnoli Thierry Lévy-Abégnoli 22 - 42 Marc Tastet 
Sélection d’Aubergenville
August 26th
The top 3 players qualified to play at the French Championship in September 1: 5 pts [204] LEBLANC Aurélien (3841) {FRA} 2: 4 pts [211] DENIS Aurélien (50065) {FRA} 3: 3 pts [221] ANDRIANI Sandry (46) {FRA} 4: 2 pts [119] BENOIT Serge (3600) {FRA} 5: 1 pt [136] RUBIO Céline (3839) {FRA} 6: 0 pt [69] OVION Jacques (275) {FRA} | ||
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TASTET Marc - LÉVY-ABÉGNOLI Thierry Tournoi de Paris 2012 Final Game 1 |
JUIGNER Arthur - KASHIWABARA Takuji Tournoi de Paris 2012 Play-off 3/4 |
Jian Cai wins 2012 Clarence Hewlett Memorial (US Championship)
New York, USA, 25 - 26 August
As in previous years, the first day is a qualifier - 6 rounds, 25 minutes per side, with Swiss accelerated pairing. The top 4 people qualify for 2nd day, which will be a double round robin.
List of players: Jian Cai, Jerry Hai, Sharon Katzman, Vlad Petric, Julia and Joseph Rose, Ben Ruhmkorff and Yoko Sano
8 players in this tourney, among them WOC 2011 female champion Jian Cai and she proved too strong for the other players on the second day of this tourney. She won her first 3 games and her win against Ben in round 5 won her the US National title.
As in previous years, the first day is a qualifier - 6 rounds, 25 minutes per side, with Swiss accelerated pairing. The top 4 people qualify for 2nd day, which will be a double round robin.
List of players: Jian Cai, Jerry Hai, Sharon Katzman, Vlad Petric, Julia and Joseph Rose, Ben Ruhmkorff and Yoko Sano
8 players in this tourney, among them WOC 2011 female champion Jian Cai and she proved too strong for the other players on the second day of this tourney. She won her first 3 games and her win against Ben in round 5 won her the US National title.
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HAI Jerry - CAI Jian US Championship 2012 Day 2, Round 1 
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round 1
SANO Yoko 28 - 36 RUHMKORFF Ben HAI Jerry 31 - 33 CAI Jan round 2 CAI Jian 43 - 21 RUHMKORFF Ben HAI Jerry 12 - 52 SANO Yoko round 3 RUHMKORFF Ben 19 - 45 HAI Jerry SANO Yoko 19 - 45 CAI Jian |
Results Day 2
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round 4
RUHMKORFF Ben 35 - 29 SANO Yoko CAI Jian 13 - 51 HAI Jerry round 5 RUHMKORFF Ben 26 - 38 CAI Jian SANO Yoko 24 - 40 HAI Jerry round 6 CAI Jian 26 - 38 SANO Yoko HAI Jerry 28 - 36 RUHMKORFF Ben |
Martin Ødegård wins Norgesmesterskap / Norway Championship
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Olso, Norway, 25 August
Tourney format: 7 rounds and final (1 game ) Martin Ødegård won all his games. In the final he played white against Sverre Tvedt and won the game 26 - 38. This is Martins third national title, he also won in 2009 and 2010. Jostein Danielsen won the Norway Championship in 2011, runner up was Tond Methi. Martin did not play at the 2011 championship, he was abroad. There were 7 players at this championship. 
Martin Ødegård
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TVEDT Sverre - ØDEGÅRD Martin Norway Championship Final Game 
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Marcel Peperkamp wins Belgian Othello Championship
Tom Schotte winner of Belgian Grand Prix 2012
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Gent, Belgium, August 19th
Tourney format:: 7 rounds, no final, no play-offs. Marcel won the 29th edition of the Belgian Championship. It is his second national title. He won the Belgin National Championship before in 2009. Tom Schotte was all set to win the Belgian Championship for the 5th time, but he will have to wait and try again next year. The young French player Arthur Juigner, who imprressed people with his performance at WOC 2012 and who played in the final of the youth division of Meijin Japan in March, was runner-up with only one loss against Marcel Peperkamp. Tom Schotte won the 2012 Belgian Grand Prix. The Belgian team for the 2012 World Othello Championship will consist of the following 4 players: Tom Schotte, Marcel Peperkamp, Michael May and Rosalinde de Boer. Dimitri Vaes qualified for the team, but resigned. Best foreign player in Belgian Othello competition in 2012: Jan C. de Graaf. 
Belgian Championship August 2012
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Daniel Olivares wins Buenos Aires Othello Open
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Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday August 12th
Tourney format: 5 rounds, 20 minutes per player 
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 Based on the results of this tourney and a tourney earlier this year, the following players have qualified to play at the Argentine Championship later this month: Daniel Olivares, Alejandro Coello, Marcelo Lisnovsky and Maximilian Pellizzari. The other two players will be David Nakasone and Paula Iturbide, they gathered more points at the two tournaments than the other remaining contestants.
The Argentine Championship will be played on Sunday, August 26. The games will then be 30 minutes per player. The tourney organisation will try to to have the games live at Liveothello. Last year's winner was Daniel Olivares, Alejandro Coello was runner-up and Ismael Rodriguez 3rd. | ||
Matthias Berg wins German Othello Championship
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Karlsruhe, Germany, 4 - 5 August
Matthias Berg played a perfect tourney and won the German Championship 2012. He won all his games in the 11 rounds and defeated Sebastian Schmidt in the final in 2 games. The same two finalists as last year, and again 2 - 0 for Matthias, Daniel Rößler defeated Marlis Elger in the play-off for the third and fourth place. All four have now qualified for the WOC in Leeuwarden (NLD) in November. Final Sebastian Schmidt 19 - 45 Matthias Berg Matthias Berg 34 - 30 Sebastian Schmidt Play-off 3rd / 4th Marlis Elger 23 - 41 Daniel Rößler Bayerische Othello Meisterschaft 2012 Gunnar Bach 1 - 0 Günther Beyer 
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final: Matthias Berg - Sebastian Schmidt
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BERG Matthias - SCHMIDT Sebastian German Othello Championship Final Game 2 |
Niklas Wettergren wins Göteborg Open
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Göteborg, Sweden, August 4
It was an exciting tournament! The winner Niklas Wettergren won the tourney with only a few discs more than the runner-up Matthias Andersson. The match between Niklas and Matthias ended in a draw.
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Niklas Wettergren
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LEE Choon Foong wins Singapore National Othello Championship
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Singapore, August 4
6 Rounds Swiss Pairing (25 min) + 1 Game Semis / Finals Semi-final LEE Choon Foong 45 - 19 LEONG Chee Kit LOW Wee Hao Eddie 24 - 40 KOH Bo Xiang Final KOH Bo Xiang 29 - 35 LEE Choon Foong Ladies Final ANGGRAENI Dian 12 - 52 NG Hui Wen
Best Female - NG Hui Wen |
link to results per round
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KOH Bo Xiang - LEE Choon Foong Singapore Nationals Final |
LEONG Chee Kit - LOW Eddie Singapore Nationals Playoff 3rd / 4th |
ANGGRAENI Dian - NG Hui Wen Singapore Nationals Ladies Final |
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