WOC 2015 Results and Reports
October 30th
round 8 - 13
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Champs see world in black and white
A nice report about the World Othello Championship in the "Cambridge News". It does not happen often, that you open the paper at breakfast and get to read about Othello heroes. Round 8: We had 3 players with 6 points after round 7: Makoto Suekuni, Nicky van den Biggelaar and Takuji Kashiwabara. Takuji killed David Hand 55-09 and Nicky lost 25-39 to Makoto. So now we have two players at the top. Arthur Juigner lost to Arnaud Delaunay 37-27. Yusuke Takanashi won his game against Roman Kraczyk. The other Japanese team member, Junya Ito, lost 27-37 against Niklas Wettergren. |
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VAN DEN BIGGELAAR Nicky 29-35 SUEKUNI Makoto (Round 8) 39th WOC Cambridge |
VAN DEN BIGGELAAR Nicky 29-35 SUEKUNI Makoto (Round 8) 39th WOC Cambridge |
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SUEKUNI Makoto 34-30 KASHIWABARA Takuji (Round 9) 39th WOC Cambridge |
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Round 9:
Makoto Suekuni defeated Takuji Kashiwabara at table 1. At the end of the game lots of players were gathered around the table to see what was happening. Yusuke Takanashi won against Jacky Fu. Nicky van den Biggelaar won against Niklas Wettergren, they both had 6 points after 8 rounds. |
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Niklas Wettergren
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WETTERGREN 29-35 v.d. BIGGELAAR (Round 9) 39th WOC Cambridge |
Nicky van den Biggelaar
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Round 10:
This is the Iast round before lunch. I did not have breakfast today and so I did not even dare to enter the tourney room, I was afraid the noise of my empty stomach would disturb the players. So I stayed at the tournament office that I share with the French, Emmanuel Lazard, Stéphane Nicolet and François Juigner. We followed the game between Takuji and Nicky (France versus Netherlands) on LiveOthello and the age old rivalry between our two countries surfaced. Well done Nicky!!
A lot of players watched the game between Yusuke Takanashi and Makoto Suekuni, some even referred to it as "The game of the Othello Gods".
This is the Iast round before lunch. I did not have breakfast today and so I did not even dare to enter the tourney room, I was afraid the noise of my empty stomach would disturb the players. So I stayed at the tournament office that I share with the French, Emmanuel Lazard, Stéphane Nicolet and François Juigner. We followed the game between Takuji and Nicky (France versus Netherlands) on LiveOthello and the age old rivalry between our two countries surfaced. Well done Nicky!!
A lot of players watched the game between Yusuke Takanashi and Makoto Suekuni, some even referred to it as "The game of the Othello Gods".
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TAKANASHI Yusuke 35-29 SUEKUNI Makoto (Round 10) 39th WOC Cambridge |
ITO Junya 46-18 JUIGNER Arthur (Round 10) 39th WOC Cambridge |
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KASHIWABARA 31-33 VAN DEN BIGGELAAR (Round 10) 39th WOC Cambridge |
Round 11:
Question by Stéphane Nicolet. What moves you have to make to get to this position? The answer lies hidden in the brains of Delaunay and Leader.
Yusuke Takanashi and Makoto Suekuni lead with 9 points. Nicky van den Biggelaar, Takuji Kashiwabara, Arnaud Delaunay and Karsten Felborg have 8 points
Question by Stéphane Nicolet. What moves you have to make to get to this position? The answer lies hidden in the brains of Delaunay and Leader.
Yusuke Takanashi and Makoto Suekuni lead with 9 points. Nicky van den Biggelaar, Takuji Kashiwabara, Arnaud Delaunay and Karsten Felborg have 8 points
Delaunay - Leader round 11
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SEELEY Ben 25-39 TAKANASHI Yusuke (Round 11) 39th WOC Cambridge |
SUEKUNI Makoto 36-28 ITO Junya (Round 11) 39th WOC Cambridge |
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Round 12:
A very interesting 31-33 game between David Hand and Yusuke Takanashi. David seemed to be winning but in the endgame he gave away the win. WOC round 12: Yusuke Takanashi and Makoto Suekuni lead with 10 points, Nicky van den Biggelaar keeps up with the two Japanese and Ben Seeley at 8.5 points is only half a point behind Nicky. Will these four play the semifinals? There is a hungry pack of Othello wolves waiting for a victim. Nicky and Ben are warned. Loose a point, loose your place in the finals. 
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HAND David 31-33 TAKANASHI Yusuke (Round 12) 39th WOC Cambridge |
FELDBORG Karsten 29-35 SUEKUNI Makoto (Round 12) 39th WOC Cambridge |
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Round 13:
A lot of players still had a chance to make it to the final, depending on what Nicky and Ben would do. The tension at the top tables was enormous. I watched the game at table 1 Marconi-Suekuni. It was a super exciting game. Though he lost, Francesco was very happy to end the tourney with a game like that. Especially after the unsuccessfull first day of tournament. With some of their best games, Yusuke Takanashi, Makoto Suekuni and Nicky van den Biggelaar qualified directly for the semifinals. As Ben Seeley lost his game against Michele Borassi he missed out on the semis. The fourth spot in the semis was decided by a playoff between Takuji Kashiwabara and Michele Borassi. Michele won in a clever game that was all about parity for black. Ladies finalists are Yoko Sano Rose and Nida Pattarukal Team winner is............................. Japan! They collected 30 points, 6 points less than the high goal of 36 they set out to achieve but team Japan impressed us all again. 7 hours of video feed from the tourneyroom can be found here |
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SEELEY Ben 29-35 BORASSI Michele (Round 13) 39th WOC Cambridge |
AUNCHULEE 29-35 VAN DEN BIGGELAAR (Round 13) 39th WOC Cambridge |
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SUEKUNI Makoto 33-31 MARCONI Francesco (Round 13) 39th WOC Cambridge |
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TAKANASHI Yusuke 40-24 FELDBORG Karsten (Round 13) 39th WOC Cambridge |
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BORASSI Michele 34-30 KASHIWABARA Takuji (Playoff game) 39th WOC Cambridge |
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