Othello News December 2012
David Parsons wins New York City Winter Tournament
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New York, USA, 29 December
Rob Bishop and David Parsons both had 3 points after 4 rounds and met in round 5. David managed to win the game 25 - 39. The only game David lost was in round 2 against Jerry Hai, 43 - 21.
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NYC Winter Tournament 2012, round 5
BISHOP Robert 25 - 39 PARSONS David | ||||
Roberto Orefice, Alessandro Di Mattei, Vittoria Liguori
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Alessandro Di Mattei wins Torneo di Natale at Torre del GrecoTorre del Greco, Italy, 29 December
Tourney format: round robin 7 rounds 12th edition of this classic Christmas Tourney. Last year they played random openings and the tourney was won by Paolo Scognamiglio. Seven players played seven rounds round-robin and the two rookie, Vittoria Liguori and Roberto Orefice, played several rounds between them. Results per round on FNGO website. Final results after 7 rounds: 1. Alessandro Di Mattei, 7 points 2. Luigi Lamberti, 6 points 3. Michele Diodati, 5 points 4. Pierluigi Stanzioni, 4 points 5. Tommaso Liguori, 3 points 6. Baggio Privitera, 2 points 7. Andrea Amirante, 1 point Best beginner: Roberto Orefice |
from left to right: Alessandro Di Mattei, Tommaso Liguori, Luigi Lamberti, Biagio Privitera, Michele Diodati, Andrea Amirante, Pierluigi Stanzione. In front little Vittoria Liguori.
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Niklas Wettergren wins New Year Othello XOTStockholm, Sweden, 29 December
Tourney format: 5 rounds, random openings A happy little social New Year's Tournament with random openings. A lot of fun and perfect for those who hate opening specialists :-) Niklas Wettergren won this XOT tournament, congrats! Ulf Bengtsson took home second place with the same number of WINS as Niklas but slightly fewer tiles. Henry Aspenryd came third, followed by Simon Ingelman-Sundberg, Veronica Stenberg and Bo Hellgren. 
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Roberto Sperandio wins Torneo di Natale
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Rome, Italy, 16 December
Tourney format: 4 rounds A good turnout of players at this Christmas tourney in Rome. Roberto Sperandio won all his games. George Ortiz played a good tourney too. He had 3/3 after round 3, but Roberto proved too strong for him in the last round 52 - 12. Also with 3 points, Paolo Scognamiglio, Alessandro Di Mattei and Francesco Marconi. Francesco will play at the OWC in Japan in January. results per round on FNGO website
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Leong Chee Kit wins Singapore Othello Masters Series
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Singapore, 16 December
Touney format: round robin - 7 rounds Time Control: 20 minutes per player per round 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. It was a very good tourney for Leong Chee Kit, he won all his games. 
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LEONG Chee Kit
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more pictures by KS Ying on OOS facebook page
Imre Leader wins Cambridge Christmas Friendly
Cambridge, England, 16 december
Report by Imre Leader on British Othello Yahoo Group:
After a double round robin we also had two double-round-robin 5-minute tournaments, in which I encountered very strong play from Phil and Roy. In the first tournament, Roy beat me and Phil lost on time against me while making move 60, in a winning position. In the second, Roy found a brilliant draw against me when he looked lost.
Report by Imre Leader on British Othello Yahoo Group:
After a double round robin we also had two double-round-robin 5-minute tournaments, in which I encountered very strong play from Phil and Roy. In the first tournament, Roy beat me and Phil lost on time against me while making move 60, in a winning position. In the second, Roy found a brilliant draw against me when he looked lost.
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Double round robin Swiss:
1. Imre Leader, 4 points 2. Phil Marson, 2 points 3. Roy Arnold, 0 points |
First 5-min tournament:
1. Imre Leader, 3 points 2. Roy Arnold, 2 points 3. Phil Marson, 1 point |
Second 5-min tournament:
1. Imre Leader, 3.5 points 2. Roy Arnold, 2.5 points 3. Phil Marson, 0 points |
1st Korea Children's Othello Championship 제1회 전국 어린이 오델로 대회 - 고학년부
Seoul, Korea, 15 December
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Ranking of the 23 players after round 5 (U8~U10):
1: 5 pts [218] 김수현 KIM Soohyun (35010) {KOR} 2: 4 pts [237] 정상권 JUNG Sangkwon (35024) {KOR} [234] 이수호 LEE Suho (35012) {KOR} [212] 김민석 KIM Minseok (35006) {KOR} [193] 이지훈 LEE Jyhoon (35014) {KOR} [172] 김주미 KIM Jumi (35023) {KOR} 6: 3 pts [201] 박지환 PARK Jihwan (35009) {KOR} [192] 엄세현 EUM Seehyun (35008) {KOR} [166] 신동건 SHIN Donggun (35019) {KOR} [162] 박시정 PARK Sijeong (35020) {KOR} [154] 박지성 PARK Jisung (35017) {KOR} [129] 이하연 LEE Hayean (35021) {KOR} 13: 2 pts [156] 김재현 KIM Jaehyun (35011) {KOR} [154] 김은교 KIM EunGyo (35013) {KOR} [152] 김호석 KIM Hoseok (35022) {KOR} [144] 최석우 CHOI Seokwoo (35026) {KOR} [141] 유동원 YOO Dongwon (35015) {KOR} [140] 김동영 KIM Dongyoung (35007) {KOR} [124] 김민서 KIM Minseo (35016) {KOR} 20: 1 pt [124] 나영웅 NA Youngwoong (35027) {KOR} [117] 오현석 OH Hyunseok (35025) {KOR} [116] 이휘성 LEE Wheesung (35028) {KOR} [102] 이영우 LEE Youngwoo (35018) {KOR} |
Ranking of the 16 players after round 5 (U11~U13):
1: 5 pts [231] 박유진 PARK Yujin (35043) {KOR} 2: 4 pts [196] 정주영 JUNG Juyoung (35038) {KOR} [188] 유현지 YOO Hyunji (35044) {KOR} 4: 3 pts [209] 송승현 SONG Seunghyun (35033) {KOR} [207] 박석원 PARK Seokwon (35041) {KOR} [187] 이진우 LEE Jinwoo (35036) {KOR} [175] 이주호 LEE Juho (35029) {KOR} [143] 박소연 PARK Soyeon (35032) {KOR} 9: 2 pts [171] 이진혁 LEE Jinhyuk (35034) {KOR} [160] 이병현 LEE Byounghyun (35040) {KOR} [155] 김선우 KIM Sunoo (35030) {KOR} [153] 이성진 LEE Seongjin (35037) {KOR} [121] 박소연 PARK Sohyeon (35042) {KOR} 14: 1 pt [100] 이호승 LEE Hoseung (35031) {KOR} [75] 엄세빈 EUM Seabin (35035) {KOR} 16: 0 pt [89] 이지인 LEE Jyin (35039) {KOR} 
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Patrick Aubroeck wins 12th Dutch Blitz OpenGouda, Netherlands, 15 December
Tourney format: double round robin + final + play-off 3rd / 4th place Patrick Aubroeck won the final against Roel Hobo. Jan de Graaf lost the play-off for 3rd / 4th place against Erwin van den Berg. Patrick is one of the 5 Dutch players who have been selected to play at the Othello World Cup in Tokyo in January. The others are: Nicky van den Biggelaar, Albert Kortendijk, Linda Praseptyo and Jiska Helmes. Jan de Graaf and Marcel Sneek have been invited as tourney officials. 
Patrick Aubroeck at WOC 2012
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Emmanuel Caspard wins Tournoi de Noël
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Paris, France, 15 December
Tourney format: 5 rounds Cecilia joined the tourney as she was visiting Paris for a couple of days. She will also play at the OWC in Japan next January. According to Marc Tastet, the game between Céline and Manu was interesting, with a nice swindle by Céline after move 34. Céline made the last mistake: move 48 D8 was winning. More on FFO website.
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CASPARD Manu 36 - 28 RUBIO Céline Tournoi de Noël, 2012 |
Jacques Ovion wins Montbard tourneyMontbard, France, 15 December
Tourney format: 5 rounds Qualification for the French nationals which will be held in September 2013 in Montbard. Jacques Ovion won this tourney at the age of 67, that must be some sort of record. Up till now his only national individual title was in the seventies; more precisely in the MJC (Maison des Jeunes et de la Culture) in South-West suburbs of Paris at Issy les Moulineaux in 1979. More on FFO website 
Montbard 15 December 2012
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Benkt Steentoft wins Uppsala Open
Uppsala, Sweden, 8th December
Tourney format: 7 rounds
Benkt Steentoft and Niklas Wettergren both lost only 1 game. Benkt lost 22 - 42 to Niklas in round 3. Benkt was ahead but lost his advantage in the endgame. Niklas lost 9 - 55 to Arvid Kjellberg in round 6.
Tourney format: 7 rounds
Benkt Steentoft and Niklas Wettergren both lost only 1 game. Benkt lost 22 - 42 to Niklas in round 3. Benkt was ahead but lost his advantage in the endgame. Niklas lost 9 - 55 to Arvid Kjellberg in round 6.
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1 Benkt Steentoft 6 pts 2 Niklas Wettergren 6 pts 3 Jonas Ödmark 5 pts 4 Christopher Andersson 4 pts 5 Tintin Eng 4 pts 6 Arvid Kjellberg 4 pts 7 Marcus Frönmark 4 pts 8 Simon Ingelman-Sundberg 4 pts |
09 Christian Gårdebrink 4 pts 10 Mateusz Sosnowski 3 pts 11 Jan Zemelka 3 pts 12 Bo Hellgren 3 pts 13 Erik Johansson 3 pts 14 Blazej Korzenewski 2 pts 15 Johannes Sjögren 1 pnt |
link to results per round
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more pictures by Mateusz Sosnowski
Dusit Chinwattana and Anuwat Wongwiwat win Sosuco Othello Tag Team Tournament
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Bangkok, Thailand, 2nd December
Tourney format: 7 rounds This was the first time the Thai Othelllo Association organised this type of team tournament and it was a great succes. This is a very fun event with 2 teams of 2 players at the board. I am sure a tourney like this might help to attract more players to on the board tourneys. The team players take turns at the board. The purpose is to let strong players train weak players, but they have to do it before tournament. During the game, it's not allowed to talk about strategy. Final Result:
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1. Dusit Chinwattana (1794), Anuwat Wongwiwat (1601)
2. Pongpipat Srisa-ngajit (1985), Charinee Mitmean (1585) 3. Duangkamol Sokankate (2026), Paniti Seksonwiriya (1332) 4. Piamrat Kraikokit (2153), Chotika Wongpitakroj (newbie) 5. Warawut Intaranop (1886), Kun Pongpirodom (1267) 6. Sitthichai Iamchirangkun (2013), Ungsuma Charoennak (1356) |
7. Thammatorn Kraikokit (2120), So Smart Lovely Guy (newbie)
8. Chatcha Ratthanadechathorn (1714), Patumwadee Pornissarasaree (1693) 9. Chatchanat Paphawiwattananont (1773), Chitwadee Sangnate (1075) 10. Pharisorn Sritaraphan (1708), Anutara Termlerdmanaswong (newbie) 11. Pariyakorn Rattanapranee (newbie), Malisa Ngerngobjaroen (newbie) 12. Nam Whan (newbie) , Ngor (newbie) |
