Othello News February 2013
First stage European Grand Prix 2013 in Prague 23 - 24 February won by Francesco MarconiTop 7 players after 11 rounds:
1: Martin Ødegård (NOR) 10 pnts 2: Francesco Marconi (ITA) 9 pts 3: Takuji Kashiwabara (FRA) 8 pts 4: Miroslav Voráček (CZE) 7.5 pnts 5: Patrick Aubroeck (NLD), Tom Schotte (BEL), Roman Kraczyk (POL) 7 pnts read more on our special EGP Prague page |
Francesco Marconi, winner EGP Prague 2013
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Donato Barnaba - winner
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Donato Barnaba wins Open di MilanoMilan, Italy, 17 February
Tourney format: 7 rounds The winner of the Milan Open in 2012 was Michele Borassi. The 2012 edition had 8 players. The FNGO puts a lot of effort in promoting Othello at game-fairs and other exhibitions but their worked has not payed off. This year also just 8 players. Final result: 1: BARNABA Donato 6 pts 2: DI MATTEI Alessandro 5 pts 3-5: KASHIWABARA Takuji (FRA) 4 pts ILACQUA Gianluca 4 pts TORMENE Paolo 4 pts 6-7: NART Marco 2 pts VANZINI Paolo 2 pts 8: CHIARULLI Giuseppe 1 pnt 
Open di Milano, Paolo Tormene, Paolo Vanzini, Guiseppe Chiarulli, Gianluca Ilacqua, Donato Barnaba, Takuji Kashiwabara, Marco Nart, Alessandro Di Mattei
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Full results (in Japanese)
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Masaki Takizawa wins 23rd Sea of Japan Open
Niigata, Japan, 17 February
Tourney format: 6 rounds (9 players) Final was won by Masaki Takizawa 58-6 1. Masaki Takizawa (9DAN) 6/6 + 1/1 2. Yoshinori Umezawa (5DAN) 5/6 + 0/1 3. Hiroto Nagao (6DAN) 4/6 |
Othello Meeting in Singapore
Singapore, 16 February
The Othello Organisation Singapore has a lot of active members. There will be a regular tourney next month but this weekend they had an informal meeting. The Othello World Cup 2014 will be in Singapore. I think the OOS works hard to copy the Japanese OWC 2012 results and take 1st, 2nd and 3rd place :). Special guest at this meeting: Kelvin Yang from Hong Kong.
The Othello Organisation Singapore has a lot of active members. There will be a regular tourney next month but this weekend they had an informal meeting. The Othello World Cup 2014 will be in Singapore. I think the OOS works hard to copy the Japanese OWC 2012 results and take 1st, 2nd and 3rd place :). Special guest at this meeting: Kelvin Yang from Hong Kong.
Hiroyuki Iwata wins 2013 Tokyo Expert Game
Tokyo, Japan, 16 February
Tourney format: 6 rounds (20 players) Hiroyuki Iwata, #68 WOF rating, won this tourney with a perfect score of 6/6. There were 20 players at this tourney. Best junior player was Yugo Toki, who won the OWC junior trophy 3 weeks ago. Best female player, Yukiko Tatsumi. |
results ( in japanese)
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1. Hiroyuki Iwata (5DAN) 6/6
2. Tetsuya Nakajima (8DAN) 5/6 3. Shuntaro Tanaka (4DAN) 4/6 4. Satoshi Asahina 4/6 5. Yuichi Hishiyama 4/6 6. Takamune Iijima (7 DAN) 4/6 7. Jyou Nakano 3/6 8. Yasuhiro Ohuchi 3/6 9. Yuta Mabuchi 3/6 10. Yugo Toki (3DAN) 3/6 -> Junior winner |
11. Akira Ishikawa 3/6
12 Takahiro Kaneko 3/6 13. Hiroaki Iwakura 3/6 14. Takeshi Murakami (9DAN) 2/6 15. Yukiko Tatsumi (6DAN) 2/6 -> Female winner 16. Daisuke Kamikura 2/6 17. Naga Takahashi 2/6 18. Orita Miyakoshi 2/6 19. Katsuhiko Kozuka 1/6 20. Hideki Yahaba |
Karsten Feldborg wins LF OpenNykøbing Falster , Denmark, 16 February
Tourney format: 7 rounds round-robin Karsten Feldborg won all his games. The results per round in the crosstable below show that he won all his games with a large disccount, except for the game in round 7. Kim J. Nielsen almost kept Karsten from a perfect score, but Karsten managed to win 33-31. Ranking of the 7 players after round 7: 1: 7 pts [315] FELDBORG Karsten (92) {DNK} 2: 5 pts [283] HUBBARD Geoff (804) {AUS} [280] NIELSEN Kim J. (1045) {DNK} 4: 4 pts [260] VALLUND Henrik (96) {DNK} [185] STOEVRING Pia (1059) {DNK} 6: 2 pts [182] STOKKE Solrun (1981) {DNK} 7: 1 pt [119] PEDERSEN Mads (1075) {DNK} 
final standings after 7 rounds
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Tom Schotte - Karsten Feldborg at OWC 2013
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New.....Swedish Othelloförbundet Ladder Game
15 February
The first Swedish Online Ladder Game Season 2013 started February 10th with 40 players, divided over 6 divisions. The players can play their games online at Playok or any other site that the opponents agree upon. There is also the option to play real on the board games, when the players live in the same town or area. The 4 upper divisions have 6 players and season 2013 is divided in 3 parts of 2 months each. So you have 2 months to complete 2 games (15 to 25 minutes) against 5 opponents. The goal is to get promoted to a higher division, or to stay on top. To see games and results you must have an account at www.othello.nu I think it is a great initiative of the Swedish Othello Federation. They are trying to get more players actively involved and I think this might work very well. Once people get to know and meet other players online, they will be more inclined to take the next step and go to on the board tourneys. A lot of federations struggle to get people to come to the national tourneys, this seems like a good initiative that can be easily copied by other federations. The Swedish Organisation was so kind to allow me to play (the laddergame is officially for Swedish players only). I played my first 4 games in division 6 this week. I played my games at Playok and knowing that the games counted for the laddergame, made it all far more exciting. My opponent said the same thing. After the game, you send the results and the transcripts to the administrator. With only 3 promotion chances, I wont be making it to the top this year, but..... I don't think anyone expects me up there :) Trees van Seggelen |
Oskar Eklund 30 - 34 Niklas Wettergren Division 2 
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Uffe Bengtsson 28 - 36 Oscar Eriksson Division 5 |
The players that started Season 2013 in the 1st division:
Daniel Ljungqvist Daniel Rignell Göran Andersson Hannes Sjöström Markus Frönmark Nils Berner 
Good Luck!
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Andreas Jörgensen 24 - 40 Trees van Seggelen Division 6a |
World Othello Championship 2013 - 2015
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Hello all!
W.O.F. is now working with the WOC 2013. We hope we in a month will be able to tell you all where WOC 2013 will be. We sended for a week ago out an asking to all Federations in W.O.F. and we got some answers. We are now working with them. IF any Federation still is interested to arrange WOC 2013, please send an email before February 15th 2013 to benkt@worldothellofederation.com. If your Federation is interested to arrange WOC 2014 or WOC 2015, please contact us before March 1st 2013. We planning to announce at WOC 2013 where it will be 2014, therefore it is important to start working already now. We looking forward to great WOC 2013 - 2015! |
Benkt Steentoft, Tournament Manager World Othello Federation
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Hayato Hata wins 34th Kinki Hokuriki Expert (Meijin) game
Osaka, Japan, 10 February
Tourney format: 7 rounds Top 3 of 20 players: 1. Hayato Hata wins 34th Kinki Hokuriki Expert (Meijin) game (3DAN) 7/7 -> promoted to 4 DAN 2. Ryoto Kamada (6DAN) 6/7 3. Hiroshi Matsumoto (6DAN) 5/7 |
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Tetsuya Nakajima wins 85th Shinagawa Open
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Shinagawa, Japan, 9 February
Tourney format: 6 rounds Tetsuya Nakajima played at the Othello World Cup and finshed #16 with 7 wins. Top 5 of 34 players: 1. Tetsuya Nakajima (8DAN) 6/6 [397] 2. Hiroyuki Iwata (5DAN) 5/6 [354.5] 3. Ryosuke Tsuchiya (5DAN) 5/6 [351] 4. Ryota Nagamatsu (3DAN) 5/6 [309] 5. Makoto Suekuni (9DAN) 4/6 [366.5] ..... 15. Yuji Miyazaki (5DAN) 3/6 [310] |
Tetsuya Nakajima
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Jan C. de Graaf wins Liège Othello Open
Jan C. de Graaf, tablejudge at OWC
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Liège, Belgium, 10 February 2013
Tourney format: 5 rounds (25 minutes) This tournament counts for the Belgian Grand Prix 2013 and thus for the Belgian World Othello Championship qualification. Only 5 players at this tourney, three of them drove all the way from the Netherlands through a beautiful white winter landscape. Just back from Japan, where they were tablejudges at the OWC, Liège seemed just round the corner to them. A pitty that not more Belgian players were present. Ranking of the 5 players after round 5: 1: 4.5 pts [275] DE GRAAF Jan C. (4012) {NLD} 2: 4. pts [278] FRANSEN Martin (5239) {NLD} 3: 2.5 pts [248] SCHOTTE Tom (2795) {BEL} 4: 2. pts [229] MAY Michael (5905) {BEL} [220] SNEEK Marcel (5083) {NLD} |
Arthur Juigner wins Ile de France 1Paris, France, 9 Februari 2013
Tourney format: 5 rounds Just back from the Othello World Cup in Tokyo, Arthur showed his skills and won all his games. Congrats Arthur!!! 
Link to standings Grand Prix de France 2012 - 2013
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round 9 OWC: Arthur Juigner - Junya Ito
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Another chance to play Othello in Japan: 34th Meijin-Sen in Tokyo
Sumida Riverside Hall, Sky Tree Tower and Asahi Beer Hall
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message by Bengt Steentoft
Dear all Othello players in the world We are pleased to announce that the 34th Meijin-Sen will be held in Tokyo. March 31, 2013. A lot of top players of Othello in Japan will participate in this tournament. If you are interested in participating in this tournament, please contact Mr. Masato Koide. E-mail: koide@megahouse.co.jp The registration must be done before February 28. Details of the 34th Meijin-Sen are as follows. ★ Date: March 31, 2013. Time: 9:00 am ~ 6:00 pm ★ Venue: The Sumida Riverside Hall The Sumida Riverside Hall is located at 5 minutes walk from Asakusa station. ★ Number of participants: about 200 players ★ Entry fee : JPY 3000 |
New members of the World Othello Federation Head Council: Roman Krazcyk and Roger Gehrke
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update 3 February 2013
Dear all, The voting for WOF secretary and sponsor manager gave the result that both Roman Krazcyk (Poland) as secretary and Roger Gehrke (Sweden) as sponsor manager was elected. I got votes from 15 countries; The Netherlands, Israel, India, Australia, Brazil, Thailand, Czech republic, Denmark, Belgium, Spain, Great Britain, Argentina, Italia, Ivory Coast, Sweden. Roger got 15 x yesRoman got 13 x yes, 1 x no and 1 blank This means that Roman and Roger from 1 February is member of the WOF council. Congratulations to both! Best regards, Tor Birger Skogen |
World Othello Federation
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