European Grand Prix 2014 - Copenhagen
winner: Takuji Kashiwabara (FRA)
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Location: Aktivhuset Olsbækken, Olsbæk Strandvej 43, 2670 Greve, Denmark
Date: May 3rd - 4th Tournament format : 12 players,11 rounds rr 2 x 25 minutes + finals Time schedule: Saturday May 3rd 9-10: Registration and free breakfast for players 10:00: Round 1 begins. 10-13: Round 1-3 13-14: Lunch 14-18: Round 4-7 18-?: Social event including dinner at the tournament site Sunday May 4th 8.45: Tournament site opens 9-13: Round 8-11 13-14: Lunch 14-17: Finals 17-18: Prize ceremony This tourney is Takuji Kashiwabara's 101st European Grand Prix tournament. Othello News interviewed Takuji on the occasion of his 100th EGP in Rome. If you missed it, here is the link to the interview. |
Final game 2 Kashiwabara - Tastet
link to games on LiveOthello
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Marc Tastet was on first place with 5.5 points after round 6. Second place with 5 points for Takuji Kashiwabara, Karsten Feldborg and Matthias Berg. Matthias was Marc's opponent in round 7 and Marc won. Move 45 C1 was a losing move for Matthias playing Black. So Marc Tastet still leads after the last round of the first day with 6.5 points. The draw game for Marc was in round 3 against Hanrik Vallund.
Karsten Feldborg also won his game in round 7 (40 - 24 against Henrik Vallund) and Takuji Kashiwabara won against Tor Birger Skogen (6 - 58). So no great changes at the top except for Matthias. Four more rounds tomorrow and the final. Imre has 140 EGP points, Takuji has 95 and Marc has 19 EGP Points. I think of them will be on top of the list after stage 3 but anything can happen. Marc Tastet wrote that this tournament is almost a veteran tournament: except for Matthias (almost 35 years) all other players are older than 46. |
Ranking of the 12 players after round 7:
1: 6.5 pts [421] TASTET Marc (2) {FRA} 2: 6. pts [417] KASHIWABARA Takuji (839) {FRA} [395] FELDBORG Karsten (92) {DNK} 4: 5. pts [478] BERG Matthias (5301) {DEU} 5: 4. pts [382] LEADER Imre (79) {GBR} [375] MARCONI Francesco (36) {ITA} [374] VALLUND Henrik (96) {DNK} 8: 3.5 pts [371] SKOGEN Tor Birger (1802) {NOR} 9: 1. pt [368] BADSTED Palle (1025) {DNK} [301] STEENTOFT Benkt (1301) {SWE} [299] PUZZO Luigi (43) {ITA} 12: 0. pt [271] AAGAARD-HANSEN Jens (1019) {DNK} |
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LEADER Imre 44 - 20 VALLUND Henrik EGP Copenhagen, round 1 |
KASHIWABARA Takuji 38 0 26 LEADER Imre EGP Copenhagen, round 2 |
BERG Matthias 52 - 11 LEADER Imre EGP Copenhagen, round 3 |
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KASHIWABARA Takuji 30 - 34 TASTET Marc EGP Copenhagen, round 4 |
MARCONI Francesco 18 - 45 FELDBORG Karsten EGP Copenhagen, round 6 |
BERG Matthias 20 - 44 TASTET Marc EGP Copenhagen, round 7 |
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KASHIWABARA Takuji 33 - 31 FELDBORG Karsten EGP Copenhagen, round 8 |
FELDBORG Karsten 15 - 48 Leader Imre EGP Copenhagen, round 9 |
KASHIWABARA Takuji 33 - 31 MARCONI Francesco EGP Copenhagen, round 10 |
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Ranking of the 12 players after round 11:
1: 10. pts [784] KASHIWABARA Takuji (839) {FRA} 2: 9.5 pts [758] TASTET Marc (2) {FRA} 3: 9. pts [839] BERG Matthias (5301) {DEU} 4: 8. pts [780] LEADER Imre (79) {GBR} [763] FELDBORG Karsten (92) {DNK} 6: 5. pts [740] MARCONI Francesco (36) {ITA} [703] VALLUND Henrik (96) {DNK} 8: 4. pts [671] SKOGEN Tor Birger (1802) {NOR} 9: 3.5 pts [692] BADSTED Palle (1025) {DNK} 10: 2. pts [630] STEENTOFT Benkt (1301) {SWE} 11: 1.5 pts [636] PUZZO Luigi (43) {ITA} 12: 0.5 pt [584] AAGAARD-HANSEN Jens (1019) {DNK} 
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Marc Tastet won another 3 games on the second day of the tourney but lost against Karsten Feldborg in round 11. Takuji Kashiwabara won all 4 games of the second day. That resulted in an all French final which was won by Takuji 2 - 0. A look at Tom Schotte's EGP statistics page shows that this is Takuji's 7th victory at EGP Copenhagen! Imre Leader won the playoff for 3rd place against Matthias Berg. With 200 points added to his total score, Takuji now leads the 2014 EGP with 295 points. Top 4 European Grand Prix Copenhagen:
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KASHIWABARA Takuji 42 - 22 TASTET Marc EGP Copenhagen, final game 1 |
TASTET Marc 21 - 43 KASHIWABARA Takuji EGP Copenhagen, final game 2 |
BERG Matthias 29 - 35 LEADER Imre EGP Copenhagen, playoff 3rd / 4th place |
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Marc Tastet (2nd), Takuji Kashiwabara (winner), Imre Leader (3rd) and Matthias Berg (4th)
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