Othello News December 2011

Paolo Scognamiglio wins Torneo di Natale 

27th December, the eleventh edition of the Torneo di Natale Campano. 
Ten participants were challenged with 5 rounds, random openings. 
For Paolo Scognamiglio it was his first victory in an open tournament, he won all his games.

Final Standings:
Paolo Scognamiglio        
Tommaso Liguori            
Alessandro Di Mattei      
Luigi Lamberti                  
Francesco Privitera       
Biagio Privitera               
Pierluigi Stanzione            
Michele Diodati                 
Andrea Amirante              
Giuseppe Tedesco          

report by Alessandro Di Mattei 
 points
5
4
3.5
3
2.5
2
2
2
1
0
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link to FNGO website
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Paolo Scognamiglio at Italian Championship, September 2011. Pictures by Biagio Privitera
more pictures by Biagio Privitera

Takuji Kashiwabara wins Tournoi de Fin d'Année 2011 

Grenoble, December 18th 
Dedicated to the memory of Marie-Christine Torri.

Only 4 players attended this tourney, they played 6 rounds. Manu Lazard played a draw against Takuji. Takuji won all his other games. 

1.      Takuji Kashiwabara   
2.      Manu Lazard                
3.      Stéphane Michel          
4.      Caroline Nicolas        
5,5 pts
3,5 pts 
2    pts 
1    pnt  



Roman Kraczyk wins Warsaw Championship

December 17th, Warsaw

The Warsaw Championship is one of the tourneys in the Polish Grand Priix. The twelve players played 9 rounds, no final games or 3rd / 4th place playoff
  
       Player
1-2 KRACZYK, ROMAN   
       CUPIAL, MILOSZ  
 3    MARCINIAK, BARTOSZ 
4-5 SURY, BARTLOMIEJ  
       TOROUS, MARIUSZ  
 6    ZANIEWSKI, ROBERT 
pts
7
7
6.5
6
6
5.5
      Player 
7-8 ZIEBA, GRZEGORZ  
       BUKA, MICHAL   
 9   DOMINCZAK, CEZARY  
10  WEGLOREK, ARKADIUSZ
11  JAWORSKI, HENRYK           
12  SOLTYSIAK, ANDRZEJ  
pts 
5
5
3
2
1
0

Marc Tastet wins Tournoi de Noël 2011

December 10th

 1:   5 pts [200]   TASTET Marc 
 2:   4 pts [220]   BUTIN Pierre 
 3:   3 pts [164]   JUIGNER Arthur 
 4:   2 pts [163]   RUBIO Céline 
                 [150]   CLUZON Gilles 
                 [144]   BENOIT Serge 
                 [119]   BETIN Dominique 

According to the report by Marc Tastet, it was a very nice tourney. Tangerines and  cookies helped to create the Christmas setting.

Classement Grand Prix de France
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Arc de Triomphe - Champs-Élysées



Niklas Wettergren wins Uppsala Open

December 10th

In 2010 Niklas was number 2 at the Uppsala Open, which was won by Oscar Eriksson. But this year the Uppsala open trophy is his.  It was a close call though. Martin Fransen (tablejudge at WOC 2011) and Marcus Frönmark (26th place at WOC 2011), also won 5 out of 7, as did Jonas Isakson (but he had a bye at round 6).  

1.      5 pts   Niklas Wettergren 
2.      5 pts   Martin Fransen (NL)
3.      5 pts   Marcus Frönmark 
4.      5 pts   Jonas Isakson
5.      4 pts   Henry Aspenryd
6.      4 pts   Christian Gårdebrink
7.      4 pts    Marcel Sneek (NL)
8.      3 pts   Benkt Steentoft
9.      3 pts   Simon Ingelman-Sundberg
10.    3 pts   Mateusz Sosnowski
11.    1 pnt   Johannes Sjögren 
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Niklas Wettergren
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Link to results on SOF website

Marie-Christine Torri - † December 5th 2011

French Othello player Marie-Christine Torri has passed away. She was a very enthousiast Othello player,  founder of the Grenoble Othello Club. She was table judge at the World Othello Championship in 2002 in Amsterdam and in 2003 in Stockholm.
She was a very sweet person and will be missed by many. Our condolances to her family and friends.
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Read the obituary by Thierry Lévy-Abégnoli at the FFO website.
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Marie-Christine and Takuji at French Championship September 2007. Picture from FFO website

Bo Chao Alex Koh wins Singapore Othello Masters

December 4th

The Singapore Othello Masters Series tournament is held at the end of each year featuring the top 8 ranked players of Singapore based on the World Othello Federation Ranking List updated after the World Othello Championship. 
Alex and Jinfeng who represented Singapore in the World Othello Championship replayed WOC games, and shared their WOC experiences. Check our WOC page to see their final WOC results.
After the Masters tourney there was a nice year end dinner party.

Final Results after 7 rounds:

1       Alex Koh, Bo Chao 7 pnts
2-3    Koh, Bo Xiang 5 pnts
          Ng, Qi Han 5 pnts
4        William, Joanna 4 pnts
5-6    Wu, Jinfeng 3 pnts
          Leong, Chee Kit 3 pnts
7       Ying, Ke Sin 1 pnt
8       Chua, Zi Wei 0 pnts
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website OOS
more pictures at Flickr



Miroslav Voráček  wins friendly tourney in Beijing

December 3, 2011 Beijing

  1. VORÁCEK Miroslav  6.5 pnts
  2. HU Yingchong 5.5 pnts
  3. WANG Weiwei 4.5 pnts
  4. FANG Yuqi 3.5 pnts
  5. WANG Bing 3 pnts
  6. ZHAO Jingtao 3 pnts
  7. JIA Baolong 1 pnt
  8. LIANG Rui 1 pnt

more results at Soong's Othello Sky