Othello News August 2014
Kenta Tominaga wins 89th Kanagawa open
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Location: Kanagawa, Japan
Date: August 31st Tourney format: 6 rounds Kenta Tominaga won the tourney with 5 wins and 1 loss. there were 3 more players with 5 wins: Keita Omori, Kenichi Itagaki and Tetsu Satani. 60 players at this tourney in 2 different division. |
link to results (in Japanese)
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Janne Peiponen wins Finland Othello ChampionshipLocation: Helsinki, Finland
Date: August 31 Tourney format: 7 rounds and final Finland Othello Championship was won by Janne Peiponen, the winner of the Nordic Championship earlier this year. Three players had 5 points after 7 rounds, Lari Pihlajapuro, Janne Peiponen and Olli Makkonen. PEIPONEN, Janne 40 - 24 PIHLAJAPURO Lari Finland Othello Championship 2014, final |
Ranking of the 9 players after round 7:
1: 5 pts [288] PIHLAJAPURO Lari (1625){FIN} [253] PEIPONEN Janne (1645) {FIN} [226] MAKKONEN Olli (1623) {FIN} 4: 4 pts [264] MAKKONEN Juhamatti (1629) {FIN} [233] KOPPINEN Jussi (1627) {FIN} [225] LEVANEN Harri (1622) {FIN} [199] WU Shuk Man Katie (4065) {HKG} 8: 2 pts [211] POYSTI Markku (1603) {FIN} [173] LONNQVIST Fredrik (1640) {FIN} Final: Janne Peiponen 40 - 24 Lari Pihlajapuro Playoff 3rd / 4th place: Juhamatti Makkonen 27 - 37 Olli Makkonen 
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Nicky van den Biggelaar wins 16th Open Dutch Othello Championship
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Location: Gouda, Netherlands
Date: August 31st Link to results per round on NOV website Nicky scored 6.5 points in 7 rounds. He started the tourney with a draw against Belgian Tom Schotte. All the Dutch players lost against Nicky. Congrats Nicky with your 6th National Championship! Tom was maybe startled by his draw against Nicky, he only won 3 more games. Runnerup was Roel Hobo and a third place for Edwin van den Berg and Patrick Aubroeck (2013 Dutch Champion). 
results after 7 rounds
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winners Dutch Championship Othello and Grand Prix 1999 - 2014
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BIGGELAAR, Nicky van den 32 - 32 SCHOTTE, Tom 16th Dutch Othello Championship, round 1 |
HOBO, Roel 30 - 34 BIGGELAAR, Nicky van den 16th Dutch Othello Championship, round 5 |
Chan Lik Fung wins 2014 Hong Kong Othello Championship
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Location: Hong Kong
Date: August 31st 14 players participated in the 2014 Hong Kong Othello Championship. In the semi-finals, Li Chun Wan beat Maverick Lam and Chan Lik Fung beat Randy Fang. Maverick Lam defeated Randy Fang in the playoff for 3rd / 4th place. Chan Lik Fung defeated Li Chun Wan in the final and is the 2014 Hong Kong Othello Champion. Top 4:
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Ranking of the 14 players after round 7:
1: 6 pts [442] LI Chun Wan (4139) {HKG} 2: 5 pts [445] CHAN LIK Fung (170008) {HKG} [439] FANG Randy (4088) {USA} [413] LAM Maverick (170002) {HKG} 5: 4 pts [423] TSOI Chun Yip (4076) {HKG} [418] YANG Kelvin (170003) {HKG} [406] YAP Siew Kun (160000) {MYS} [362] WONG Chi Wah (7401) {HKG} 9: 3 pts [372] CHAN WING Chung (170047) {HKG} [359] YAP Stery (9027) {MYS} [352] YAP Kok Soon (160003) {MYS} 12: 2 pts [329] CHENG Tommy (9026) {HKG} 13: 1 pt [210] WONG Andy (170005) {HKG} 14: 0 pt [224] LAM Terry (9025) {HKG} |
Oskar Eklund wins Swedish Championship 2014Location: Göteborg, Sweden
Date: August 30 - 31 Tourney format: 7 rounds on Saturday, semifinals and final on SundayLink: results on SOF website After 7 rounds three players qualified for the semifinals on Sunday. A playoff was needed to determine the 4th semifinalist between Swedish Champion 2013, Nils Berner and Mathias Andersson. The game was won by Mathias, no title prolongation for Nils Berner. Semifinals: Marcus Frönmark 19 - 45 Niklas Wettergren (SF1) Niklas Wettergren 31 - 33 Marcus Frönmark (SF2) Marcus Frönmark 36 - 28 Niklas Wettergren (SF3) Oskar Eklund 39 - 25 Mathias Andersson (SF1) Mathias Andersson 17 - 47 Oskar Eklund (SF2) |
Ranking of the 11 players after round 7:
1: 6. pts [444] EKLUND Oskar (150016) {SWE} 2: 5.5 pts [449] WETTERGREN Niklas (150009) {SWE} 3: 4.5 pts [438] FRONMARK Marcus (1454) {SWE} 4: 4. pts [428] ANDERSSON Mathias (6552) {SWE} [408] BERNER Nils (1302) {SWE} [401] ENG Tintin (1492) {SWE} [380] MAGNUSSON Johan (1379) {SWE} [367] ZEMELKA Jan (1533) {SWE} 9: 3. pts [333] STEENTOFT Benkt (1301) {SWE} 10: 2. pts [313] JOHANSSON Erik (1493) {SWE} 11: 1. pt [267] Lindqvist Christer (150032) {SWE} Top 4 :
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FRÖNMARK, Marcus 36 - 28 WETTERGREN, Niklas Swedish Championship 2014, semifinal game 3 |
ANDERSSON, Mathias 17 - 47 EKLUND, Oskar Swedish Championship 2014, semifinal game 2 |
ANDERSSON, Mathias 40 - 24 WETTERGREN, Niklas Swedish Championship 2014, playoff 3/4 |
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EKLUND, Oskar 45 - 19 FRÖNMARK, Marcus Swedish Championship 2014, final game 1 |
2014 Swedish Championship top 4: Oskar, Niklas, Mathias and Markus
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FRÖNMARK, Marcus 30 - 34 EKLUND, Oskar Swedish Championship 2014, final game 2 |
Jostein Danielsen wins Norwegian Championship 2014
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Location: Oslo, Norway
Date: August 30th In 2013 Jan Kristian Haugland won his 6th Norwegian Othello title in a close final against Martin Ødegård. This year he played against Jostein Danielsen in the final and lost, bad luck, no 7th National title for Jan Kristian. Ranking of the 10 players after round 7: 1: 7. pts [451] DANIELSEN Jostein 2: 6. pts [429.5] HAUGLAND Jan Kristian 3: 5. pts [399] ODEGARD Martin 4: 4. pts [356.5] ALBRIGTSEN Vidar 5: 3.5 pts [326.5] SKOGEN Tor Birger 6: 3. pts [349] TVEDT Sverre 7: 3. pts [324] OLSEN Pal Tore 8: 2. pts [332] BOE Alexander 9: 1. pt [226] ORBECK-NILSSEN Kim Andre 10: 0.5 pt [271.5] KLUNGRE Vidar |
Jostein Danielsen at WOC 2013
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HAUGHLAND, Jan Kristian 36 - 28 ODEGARD, Martin Norwegian Championship 2014, round 2 |
ODEGARD, Martin 14 - 50 DANIELSEN, Jostein Norwegian Championship 2014, round 5 |
HAUGHLAND, Jan Kristian 27 - 37 DANIELSEN, Jostein Norwegian Championship 2014, final |
Takuji Kashiwabara wins Paris International 2014
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Location: Paris, France
Date: August 30 - 31 Tourney format: 6 rounds and final Only 3 players at this tourney, we hope to see many more at the French Championship results per round: Takuji Kashiwabara 35 - 29 Marc Tastet Michel Busuttil 23 - 41 Takuji Kashiwabara Marc Tastet 61 - 3 Michel Busuttil Marc Tastet 33 - 31 Takuji Kashiwabara Takuji Kashiwabara 49 - 15 Michel Busuttil Michel Busuttil 15 - 49 Marc Tastet Standings after 6 rounds: 1: 5 pts [252] TASTET Marc (2) {FRA} [236] KASHIWABARA Takuji (839) {FRA} 3: 2 pts [136] BUSUTTIL Michel (228) {FRA} |
Takuji Kashiwabara, Marc Tastet and Michel Busuttil
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KASHIWABARA, Takuji 35 - 29 TASTET, Marc Paris International 2014, round 1 |
games on Live Othello
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TASTET, Marc 33 - 31 KASHIWABARA, Takuji Paris International 2014, round 4 |
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KASHIWABARA, Takuji 32 - 32 TASTET, Marc Paris International 2014, final game 1 |
TASTET, Marc 21 - 43 KASHIWABARA, Takuji Paris International 2014, final game 2 |
KASHIWABARA, Takuji 50 - 14 TASTET, Marc Paris International 2014, final game 3 |
Ben Pridmore silver medallist at 1st MSO
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Ben Pridmore wins Othello tourney at Mind Sports OlympiadThe Mind Sports Olympiad is an annual event that brings people together from around the world to compete for medals in mental-skill games, such as Chess, Poker, Draughts, Scrabble, Go, Settlers of Catan, Backgammon, Othello and many more!
The 2014 Mind Sports Olympiad began on Sunday August 17th with an attendance of over 120 competitors in a morning session that included Chess 960, Scrabble, Backgammon, Stratego and Settlers of Catan. The Othello tourney, was on Sunday August 24th. It was a 5-round tourney of 15 minutes per player. Ben Pridmore, winner of the MSO Othello event, won a silver medal at the first MSO in 1997 in the IQ contest.
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Masaki Takizawa wins 26th Sea of Japan
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TAKIZAWA, Masaki 38 - 26 SUEKUNI, Makoto 26th Sea of Japan, final |
I wished to stimulate myself as I heard Mr.Suekuni will join the tournament whom shows best performance this year. Final game was really tough which made me considering when to resign the game. But I tried my best and finally got winning from the behind position. I will do my best at Oza tournament will be held next month with having "never give up mind" |
Ben Seeley wins New York 2014 Open
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Location: New York, USA
Date: August 23 - 24 Tourney format: 7 preliminary rounds on Saturday and double round robin on Sunday A very good first day of tourney for Ben Seeley, he won all his games and scored 7. Imre Leader (GBR) only lost to Ben in round 3 and scored 6. Brian Rose and Jerry Hai declined to play on the second day, so on Sunday the game was between Ben Seeley, Imre Leader, Yoko Sano Rose and Joseph Rose. Score after 4 out of 6 rounds, on the second day: Ben Seeley: 4 points, Imre Leader: 1.5 points, Joseph Rose: 1.5 points, Yoko Sano Rose: 1 point. Ben was sure of he victory but the fight for #2 was tight. Ben won the last 2 games and finished with a perfect score, he won all games this weekend. Imre won another point in round 12 against Joseph Rose but again failed against Ben Seeley in round 13. Yoko Rose won against her son Joseph in round 13. If Joseph had won he would have finished ex aequo with Imre. |
games on Live Othello
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ROSE, Brian 28 - 36 SEELEY, Ben New York 2014, round 2 |
SEELEY, Ben 51 - 13 LEADER, Imre New York 2014, round 3 |
LEADER, Imre 36 - 28 ROSE, Brian New York 2014, round 6 |
Standings NY 2014 Day 1
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Crosstable NY 2014 Day 1
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SEELEY, Ben 47 - 17 ROSE, Josph New York 2014, round 8 |
SANO ROSE, Yoko 21 - 43 SEELEY, Ben New York 2014, round 9 |
SEELEY, Ben 35 - 29 LEADER, Imre New York 2014, round 10 |
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SEELEY, Ben 45 - 10 SANO ROSE, Yoko New York 2014, round 12 |
LEADER, Imre 20 - 44 SEELEY, Ben New York 2014, round 13 |
2nd day standings: 1. Ben Seeley, 6 points 2. Imre Leader, 2.5 points 3. Yoko Sano Rose, 2 points 4. Joseph Rose, 1.5 points |
European Grand Prix 2014, who will be the 2014 European Champion?
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Next and final stage of the 2014 EGP is in Krakow Poland end of September. In the table above you can find a prognosis of the final score of the top 8 players. Ofcourse, we all know anything can happen at a tourney. Maybe the local Polish players will give the Othello elite a run for their money, but indulge me in a game of what if’s. If Nicky van den Biggelaar plays Krakow and wins, he will be the 2014 EGP Champion. Nicky only played in 2 of the 6 EGP tourneys, I hope he will show up in Krakow. I think it’s about time a Dutchman wins the EGP Championship (see table right). Next in Line is Takuji Kashiwabara, if he wins EGP Krakow it’s his 8th EGP Championship title. A tremendous accomplishment! Marc Tastet can be EGP champion when he wins Krakow, provided Nicky does not play against him in the final and takes 140 points. A second place for Takuji Kashiwabara would be no problem. Imre Leader would get 490 points if he won. We could have 3 people equal first with 490 if Imre wins in the final against Takuji and Nicky wins the playoff for 3rd place. That would be a spectacular end of EGP 2014. Marc Tastet informed me that there is a best of 5 scores EGP rule in case of a tiebreak, so that Takuji would be ahead of Imre and Nicky on tie-break. Things are a bit harder for Francesco Marconi, if he wins Krakow, he needs Nicky to do no better than 4th place and no 2nd place for Takuji Matthias Berg and Arthur Juigner, the EGP Stockholm finalists, best thing for them is to make it to the final together. If Nicky does not show up, or does not make it to the top 4, only a 3rd place by Takuji would be a threat to Arthur. Michele Borassi could win equal with Nicky, if Nicky doesn't show up and Takuji is not in the top 4, Marc not in the top 3, Imre, Francesco and Matthias not second. Maybe it's time to start an Othello News Betting Office? |
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Fukuchi Keisuke wins Othello Elementary School Grand Prix 2014
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Location: Tokyo, Japan
Date: August 3rd 1.Keisuke, Fukuchi (age 7) 2.Touya, Yamazaki (age 12) This tournament is nation-wide for elementary school students, and it was won by the very talented 7-year old Fukuchi Keisuke. What a great achievement at his first ever school tournament! |
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players 7th Singapore National Othello Championship
Alex Koh Bo Chao wins 7th Singapore National Othello Championship
Location: Singapore
Date: August 3rd
Tourney format: 6 rounds (Swiss pairing), 20 minutes per player, top 4 players advance to semi-finals and finals
Top 4:
Best lady: Ng Hui Wen
Location: Singapore
Date: August 3rd
Tourney format: 6 rounds (Swiss pairing), 20 minutes per player, top 4 players advance to semi-finals and finals
Top 4:
- Alex Koh, Bo Chao
- Chew, Ching Wuen
- Sky Chong, Wun Leong
- Leong, Chee Kit
Best lady: Ng Hui Wen
SNOC 2014 Ranking List after 6 rounds Swiss Pairings.
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NG, Hui Wen 35 - 29 LIM, Xin Yi 7th SNCO, Female Final game 2 |
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SKY CHONG, Wun Leong 34 - 30 LEONG, Chee Kit 7th SNCO, playoff 3rd / 4th game 2 |
ALEX KOH, Bo Chao 36 - 28 CHEW, Ching Wuen 7th SNCO, final game 2 |
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Matthias Berg wins European Grand Prix Stockholm
Read more on the Othello News EGP Stockholm page. Facebook event info 
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