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Othello News February 2014


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Biagio Privitera lost 28 - 36 to Felix Juigner in round 2


ILACQUA Gianluca 22 - 42 BARNABA Donato
Milan Open 2014, round 5

"This was probably my best game of the tournament. Interesting to analyze the correct way to play the final to defend the northern border that, starting from move 36 and 38, is characterized by a rather risky position."

Donato Barnaba

Alessandro Di Mattei wins Milan Open

Location: Milan, Italy
Date: February 23rd
Tourney format: 7 rounds

First stage of Italian Grand Prix. Three foreign players at this tourney: Takuji Kashiwabara and the 2 Juigner brothers Arthur and Felix. We all know Arthur, but his brother Felix, age 7, is also a very keen Othello player.  

The two brothers played against each other in the first round and that game was a 10 - 54 victory for the oldest brother. In round 2 Arthur defeated Francesco Marconi 37 - 27 and in round 3 he had another win against Alessandro di Mattei 39 - 25. In the 4th round Roberto Sperandio was the only player to beat Arthur at this tourney. 

Roberto Sperandio was in the lead with 4 wins after 4 rounds but then he lost against Alessandro Di Mattei 39 - 26. Arthur and Francesco also won another game so after 5 rounds we had 4 players with 4 points. Ony 3 points so far for European ChampionTakuji Kashiwabara.

At the start of the final 7th round 3 players had a score of 5 points: Roberto Sperandio, Alessandro Di Mattei and Arthur Juigner. Di Mattei defeated Francesco Marconi 47 - 17. Donato Barnaba won 42 - 22 against Roberto Sperandio. Arthur won against Takuji Kashiwabara, an astonishing 9 - 55 game. Two players with 6 points at the end of round 7, Alessandro Di Mattei (winner) and Arthur Juigner (2nd place). Third place with 5 points for Roberto Sperandio.

Lots of great pictures by Biagio Privitera on facebook (public album).
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link to FNGO website
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round 5: Alessandro 38 - 26 Roberto and Gianluca 22 - 42 Donato
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final round
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Top 3 Milan Open 2014

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  • Alessandro Di Mattei wins Città di Roma stage 2

Location: Rome, Italy
Date: February 16th
Tourney format: 5 rounds

Just like the first stage, the second was also won by Alessandro Di Mattei. Standings after 2 tourneys can be found here.

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Takashi Yamakawa wins 25th Sea of Japan Open

 
Location: Niigata, Japan
Date: February 16th
Tourney format: 6 rounds and 1-game final

Masaki Takizawa qualified for the final with a perfect score of 6 wins. His opponent in the final, Takashi Yamakawa, qualified  with 5 wins. The final was a 25 -39 victory for Takashi Yamakawa who played white. Masaki Takizawa chose to play black and would have had the win in case of a draw. Their game in round 4 was a 33 - 31 win for Masaki Takizawa and the final game was identical to the other game up to move 26. Instead of H4 white took G3.

A nice rematch for Yamakawa who failed to reach the semifinal of the OWC in Singapore on the second day after a very good start on day 1.

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final, 25th Sea of Japan

TAKIZAWA Masaki 33 - 31 YAMAKAWA Takashi
25th Sea of Japan, round 4


TAKIZAWA Masaki 25 - 39 YAMAKAWA Takashi
25th Sea of Japan, final


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European Grand Prix Rules

A voting procedure was started on February 5th for the complete set of EGP rules. It is a collection of all the rules that were already separately approved in the past. Of course future modifications will be possible.

Francesco  Marconi  notified the European federations on February 13th that the majority of the Federations votes was in and the set of rules is approved.


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Moscow Mind-Sport Festival Othello Tourneys

Location: Moscow, Russia
Date: February 1 - 2

Two Othello tourneys at the mind-sport festival in Moscow. The regular tourney  on Saturday was won by Dmitriy Atamanov. Vladislav Kalashnik won the Anti-Othello tourney on Sunday.
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Leonid Shifman wins Othello tourney Ramat-Gan

Location: Ramat-Gan, Israel 
Date: February 9th
Tourney format: rounds robin

This was a  Shifman "family" tournament. Leonid Shifman, his son Ilya and 8-year old Michael, son of Ilya, and granddad won!

  1. SHIFMAN, Leonid, IL, 4 points
  2. SHIFMAN, Ilya, IL, 3 points
  3. MARGALIOT, Michael, IL, 2 points
  4. RADZIVILOVSKY, Pavel, IL, 1 point
  5. SHIFMAN, Michael, IL, 0, points


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Leonid Shifman at WOC 2012

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Ivo Rybárik wins Czech Grand Prix Othello Stage 1

Location: Prague, Czech Republic
Date: February 8th
Tourney format: 7 rounds

First tourney in the Grand Prix Othello 2014. There will be 4 more tourneys and the final Czech Championship. Dates of the next tourneys are not yet available.

Ivo won the tourney with points, second place for Stanislav Drábek with 5 points and third place also with 5 points for Roman Neužil. Best player under 12 with 3 points, Pavel Veith. Best player under 18 Miroslav Neužil, 4 points

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thanks to Ján Rybárik we have the results and pictures all in one

Nicky van den Biggelaar wins 69th Dutch Othello Open

Location: Bussum, Netherlands
Date: February 2nd
Tourney format: 7 rounds

The first Dutch tourney in 2014 and the winner is no surprise...... Nicky van den Biggelaar and he won it in style with a perfect score of 6 wins and a bye in the final round.


Final results:
  1. Nicky van den Biggelaar, 7 points
  2. Patrick Aubroeck, 5.5 points
  3. Jan de Graaf, 5 points
  4. Roel Hobo, 4 points
  5. Erwin van den Berg, 3 points
  6. Martin Fransen, 2.5 points
  7. Marcel Sneek, 1 point
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Nicky van den Biggelaar
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link to NOV website, results per round

BIGGELAAR, Nicky van den 35 - 29 HOBO, Roel
69th Dutch Othello Open, round 5


GRAAF, Jan de 41 - 23 BERG, Edwin van den
69th Dutch Othello Open, round 6


Albert Kortendijk (NLD) wins Marche-en-Famenne Othello Open

Location: Marche-en-Famenne, Belgium
Date: February 1st
Tourney format: 6 rounds

A very succesful trip to Belgium for the Dutch couple Albert and Linda. Albert won the tourney with 5 wins out of 6 and Linda was second with 4.5 points. Albert lost only 1 game and that was his game against Linda in round 5. Too bad that Linda did not start the tourney too well, a loss against #4 Jeroen de Wael in round 1 and a draw in round 2 against Pierre Poliakoff.  But after a slow start she defeated both Albert and Tom Schotte. Best Belgian player was Tom Schotte. 



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