Othello News December 2014
Japanese Othello Statistics 2014
posted by Takashi Yamakawa on Facebook, December 31st 2014
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Average Rating
1. Makoto Suekuni 1580 2. Tetsu Satani 1574 3. Yusuke Takanashi 1566 Highest Rating 1. Yusuke Takanashi 1659 2. Makoto Suekuni 1659 3. Tetsu Satani 1650 |
Winning Percentage (More than 30 games)
1. Tetsu Satani 0.864 2. Kenta Tominaga 0.837 3. Masaki Takizawa 0.830 Winning Streak 1. Naoki Hamada 21 2. Kazuki Okamoto 19 3. Hiroto Nagao 18 |
Winning
1. Yuichi Hishiyama 174 2. Daisuke Kamikura 156 2. Hisashi Takahashi 156 謹賀新年 |
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Trikala Christmas tournamentLocation: Trikala, Greece
Date: December 28th The elves of Trikala left their work to play Othello ..... |
Jeroen Everts wins Stockholm Christmas XOT Othello event
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Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Date: December 27th Tourney format: 5 rounds and final. The tournament was played as XOT-handicap tournament. The lower ranked player starts with an advantage in the opening.Eg Niklas Wettergren played a -14 opening against Richard Fahleson. Ranking of the 9 players after round 5: 1: 4. pts [285] EVERTS Jeroen [284] WETTERGREN Niklas 3: 3.5 pts [260] HELMES Jiska 4: 3. pts [260] ZEMELKA Jan [243] KJELLBERG Arvid 6: 2.5 pts [239] STEENTOFT Benkt 7: 2. pts [228] GARDEBRINK Christian 8: 1. pt [184] STEENTOFT Mi [171] FAHLESON Rikard Final: Jeroen Everts - Niklas Wettergren 1-0 |
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Koh Bo Chao wins Othello Masters Series 2014
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Location: Singapore
Date: December 21st Tourney format: 7 rounds Final standings of Singapore Othello Masters Series 2014 Division A champion: Koh Bo Chao
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Leong Chee Kit, Koh Bo Chao and Koh Bo Xiang.
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Division B champion: Lim Wee Kiat
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Wu Jinfeng, Lim Wee Kiat and Chua Woon Yang
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Pierre Butin wins Tournoi Fin d'Annee 2014
Location: Grenoble, France
Date: December 20th
Tourney format: 5 rounds
report by Doris Schneider:
Yesterday, we left Geneva with our two Juigner Othello players. We expected just the usual quiet tournament. Two hours on the road, we thought we would be the same players as last year, at the same time, same place...
We thought we would have 4 convivial rounds, and a 5th during which Takuji and Arthur would have a fight to know the winner of the day.
But things didn't happen like this! Caroline had decided not to play, and Pierre Butin, back to Grenoble for some days, joined us after having not played in any tournament for several years.
So: Six players met on Saturday in Grenoble. Three favorites: Takuji Kashiwabara who was the best for France at 7th place at last World Othello Championship in Bangkok, Arthur Juigner, French Champion 2014 and Pierre Butin who had not played in any tournament for several years. In the first round, Arthur won against Takuji. Immediatly after this, in round 2, Arthur also won against Pierre Butin. Then our three favorites had quiet easy wins against the other players during two rounds. But it wasn't over. In the 5th round, Félix defeated Arthur. At the same time, Pierre beat Takuji.
Pierre Butin won this Chistmas tournament with 1 disc more than Arthur. Nice comeback!
Date: December 20th
Tourney format: 5 rounds
report by Doris Schneider:
Yesterday, we left Geneva with our two Juigner Othello players. We expected just the usual quiet tournament. Two hours on the road, we thought we would be the same players as last year, at the same time, same place...
We thought we would have 4 convivial rounds, and a 5th during which Takuji and Arthur would have a fight to know the winner of the day.
But things didn't happen like this! Caroline had decided not to play, and Pierre Butin, back to Grenoble for some days, joined us after having not played in any tournament for several years.
So: Six players met on Saturday in Grenoble. Three favorites: Takuji Kashiwabara who was the best for France at 7th place at last World Othello Championship in Bangkok, Arthur Juigner, French Champion 2014 and Pierre Butin who had not played in any tournament for several years. In the first round, Arthur won against Takuji. Immediatly after this, in round 2, Arthur also won against Pierre Butin. Then our three favorites had quiet easy wins against the other players during two rounds. But it wasn't over. In the 5th round, Félix defeated Arthur. At the same time, Pierre beat Takuji.
Pierre Butin won this Chistmas tournament with 1 disc more than Arthur. Nice comeback!
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The Juigner family recently moved to Switzerland and they did not forget to pack their Othello boards. Doris mailed that the Swiss Othello website is still under construction, but its off to a great start. Who designed that logo? It's perfect! |
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KASHIWABARA Takuji 30-34 JUIGNER Arthur Tournoi Fin d'Annee 2014, round 1 |
JUIGNER Arthur 43-21 BUTIN Pierre Tournoi Fin d'Annee 2014, round 2 |
SCHNEIDER Doris 17-47 MICHEL Stéphane Tournoi Fin d'Annee 2014, round 5 |
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BUTIN Pierre 39-25 KASHIWABARA Takuji Tournoi Fin d'Annee 2014, round 5 |
JUIGNER Arthur 29-35 JUIGNER Felix Tournoi Fin d'Annee 2014, round 5 |
Final standing after 5 rounds: Pierre BUTIN, 4 points Arthur JUIGNER, 4 points Takuji KASHIWABARA, 3 points Stéphane MICHEL, 2 points Félix JUIGNER, 2 points Doris SCHNEIDER, 0 points |
World Othello Federation Rating , December 19th 2014
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First Dutch Othello School Tournament at "De Burijn" in Alkmaar
Location: Alkmaar, The Netherlands
Date: December 17th
Jan de Graaf and Marcel Sneek teach the pupils at "De Burijn" how to play Othello. The 6th lesson on December 2nd was about how to use the clock. About time to see if the kids are able to apply what they have learned so far. Great initiative by the NOV!
Date: December 17th
Jan de Graaf and Marcel Sneek teach the pupils at "De Burijn" how to play Othello. The 6th lesson on December 2nd was about how to use the clock. About time to see if the kids are able to apply what they have learned so far. Great initiative by the NOV!
Masaki Takizawa wins 67th Niigata Othello Convention
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Location: Niigata, Japan
Date: December 14th Tourney format: 5 rounds It was a great tourney with good games. Afterwards the players enjoyed a very good dinner at the year-end party. Top 4 of 22 players 1. Masaki Takizawa, 5 points 2. Hidekazu Nagasaki, 4 points 3. Satoshi Asahina, 4 points 4. Syunjirou Kobayashi, 4 points |
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Torneo Othello di Natale
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Location: Rome, Italy
Date: December 14th Tourney format: 4 or 5 rounds Tourney was cancelled because the venue was closed. The owner forgot the appointment. |
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Three winners at Tournoi de Noël
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Location: Paris, France
Date: December 13th Tourney format: 5 rounds A tourney with 12 twelve players and an enormous amount of clementines. I guess by the time Andriani took the pictures the clementines were gone. The only fruit I can find on the 4 pictures below is half a kiwi! After the tourney had finished I reported that Emmanuel Lazard was the winner, but he sent me a note that it was more a three way tie for first place. Great, the two Christmas tourneys in Paris and Cambridge result in a total of six winners. What a merry Christmas spirit! |
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Ranking of the 12 players after round 5:
1: 4. pts [209] LAZARD Emmanuel [198] LEVY-ABEGNOLI Thierry [193] DELAUNAY Arnaud 4: 3. pts [211] TASTET Marc [191] ANDRIANI Bintsa [160] BERTRANDIAS Marc 7: 2. pts [148] BENOIT Serge [136] CORBINEAU Georges [124] TOUCHENE Fouad 10: 1.5 pts [137] CLUZON Gilles 11: 1. pt [141] BUSUTTIL Michel 12: 0.5 pt [72] YONNET-LONDONO BAENA Ruben |
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LÉVY-ABÉGNOLI, Thierry 40 - 24 LAZARD, Emmanuel 2014 Tournoi de Noël, round 2 |
DELAUNAY, Arnaud 43 - 21 LÉVY-ABÉGNOLI, Thierry 2014 Tournoi de Noël, round 3 |
LAZARD, Emmanuel 34 - 30 DELAUNAY, Arnaud 2014 Tournoi de Noël, round 5 |
Three winners at the Cambridge Christmas FriendlyLocation: Cambridge, UK
Date: December 13th Tourney format: 7 rounds The annual pre-Christmas tournament held in its traditional city of Cambridge. Three players finished with 6 points: Matthias Berg, Imre Leader and Guy Plowman. Matthias Berg lost his game in the first round against Guy Plowman. Imre leader lost his game in the last round against Matthias Berg. Guy Plowman lost against Imre Leader in round 4, 18 - 46. Ranking of the 8 players after round 7: 1: 6 pts [343] BERG Matthias (5301) {DEU} [320] LEADER Imre (79) {GBR} [302] PLOWMAN Guy (320) {GBR} 4: 3 pts [191] ARNOLD Roy (2006) {GBR} [190] DEXTER Helen (100002) {GBR} 6: 2 pts [177] PLOWMAN Luke (2069) {GBR} [156] HAIGH David (189) {GBR} 8: 0 pt [113] PLOWMAN Mark (100027) {GBR} |
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BERG, Matthias 30 - 34 PLOWMAN, Guy 2014 Cambridge Christmas Friendly, round 1 |
PLOWMAN, Guy 18 - 46 LEADER Imre 2014 Cambridge Christmas Friendly, round 4 |
BERG Matthias 34 - 30 LEADER Imre 2014 Cambridge Christmas Friendly, round 7 |
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Expected players at European Grand Prix PragueLook who has pre-registered so far (sorted by rating):
Takuji Kashiwabara (FRA) (2177) Milosz Cupial (POL) (2151) Marc Tastet (FRA) (2110) Francesco Marconi (ITA) (2107) Bartolomiej Sury (POL) (2072) Tom Schotte (BEL) (2056) Marcus Fronmark (SWE) (2001) Jan C. de Graaf (NLD) (1961) George Ortiz (AUS) (1883) Gunnar Bach (GER) (1789) Dimitri Vaes (BEL) (1753) Benkt Steentoft (SWE) (1714) Pavel Radzivilovsky (ISR) (1694) Michal Buka (POL) (1693) Luigi Puzzo (ITA) (1621) Joerg Gaertner (GER) (1586) + several mysteries ("will-see" on the spot players) + sevaral low ranked Czech players + some CZE reps + few Czech mysteries Are you coming, too? Link to EGP Prague FB page |
Yusuke Takanashi wins 2014 Oshida Cup
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Location: Koriyama, Japan
Date: December 7th Tourney format: the 9 players were divided into two groups, the top two people to play in the final league. Yusuke Takanashi won the tourney undefeated. Second place for Takanori Oshimizu and third place for Takamune Iijima. 
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link to results (in Japanese)
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TAKANASHI, Yusuke 40 - 24 IIJIMA, Takamune 2014 Oshida Cup |
TAKANASHI, Yusuke 43 - 21 OSHIMIZU, Takanori 2014 Oshida Cup |
Koh Bo Chao about WOC 2014
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My WOC 2014 experience was a fulfilling one which I managed to play almost every top player I wanted to challenge including the eventual champion Makoto Suekuni. I think the tournament was the most comprehensive version of the event held so I really admire and give credit to the Thailand Othello association for bringing such a great experience to all players.
Looking back on the tournament, I was really humbled by all the great players I met at the tournament and really seek to pursue greater heights in my Othello standards. I was exceptionally proud of my team mate and room mate Chew Ching Wuen who scored six wins on the first day, especially playing a wonderful endgame to beat last years' champion Kazuki Okamoto in round 7 (not sure why he lost his magic on the second day though, haha no offense). I was also really amazed and proud of Sky Chong (who was able to get 0 discs in one game but also managed to score a victory over Nakano Jyou) and our teams overall performance because throughout the tournament, we had stuck closely behind the all time favourites team Japan up to the end of round 10 we were only behind them by 0.5 point. I was really disappointed in myself for not being able to contribute to Team SG by scoring a single point against any of the Japanese players and for pre-maturely giving up my dream to enter semi-finals when I had 7 points at the beginning of round 12 against my idol Nicky van den Biggelaar. Even though I felt I hadn't bothered to play much creative openings against him, but credit goes to him to securing the win firmly against me. It was only at round 13 had I realised that even if you had a bad start like Natsuke Aunchulee, you could still fight back if you don't give up. I admire his will to contest and fight his way to the playoff against Yan Song. Perhaps in my mind at the start of round 12, I had already had the mindset I was only destined for at most a top 10 finish and not being able to progress to day three felt a little meaningless. I felt ashamed of myself even more when I saw how Makoto fought back against Ben Seeley to win 2-1 overcoming his losing streak against him in the finals. I admire the fact that he doesn't set limits to his own game and his indomitable self belief. Especially when he can say "wzebra's rating is wrong, and his move is right for the opening to midgame evaluation stage". Not to mention the cool way he manages his time and flips the discs which is something I have yet to witness anyone else in the Othello world attain such a great balance of elegance and speed in flipping discs comprised with quality move making at the same time. He is also well liked by just about everyone in the Othello world and is so humble. I wish I could say I want to become a Makoto. But the truth is, I want to become something more 我要成为新加坡的台柱！ Posted on FB by Koh Bo Chao on December 7th |
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Niklas Wettergren wins Uppsala Open 2014
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Location: Uppsala, Sweden
Date: December 6th Tourney format: 7 rounds Niklas lost only 1 game at this tourney and that was his game against Jan Zemelka in round 2. Niklas played black and lost 23 - 41. In the next round, Jan almost defeated the runnerup Daniel Turunen.
Daniel Turunen - Niklas Wettergren
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TURUNEN, Daniel 34 - 30 ZEMELKA, Jan 2014 Uppsala Open, round 3 
Turunen - Zemelka, ups and downs
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