Othello News February 2017
8x7 Othello, the Suekuni opening?On Facebook I found this picture of Makoto Suekuni, about to make his first move in a game of 8x7 Othello against Hisako Kinoshita. I suppose the board belongs to Hisako's daughters.
When I was Japan I saw kids play 6x6 Othello but I have never before seen the 8x7. I can sort of understand the look on Makoto's face: how to tackle this lopsided dilemma? 
6x6 Othello
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Tom Schotte wins Brussels Othello OpenLocation: Brussels, Belgium
Date: February 25th Format: double round robin Link: LiveOthello, BOA website Tom Schotte started the tournament with a bye and then lost in the second round against his sister- in- law Rosalinde de Boer. The next 8 rounds were all wins for Tom undefeated. Rosalinde finished 2nd with 7/10. Third place for Nick Reunes. Did You Know???: this was Tom's 20th official tournament win in Belgium! |
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NICHOLLS Frederic 43-21 VD MOORTEL Frauke Brussels Othello Open, round 1 |
SCHOTTE Tom 24-40 DE BOER Rosalinde Brussels Othello Open, round 2 |
SCHOTTE Tom 50-14 REUNES Nick Brussels Othello Open, round 10 |
Tomoki Tanabe wins elementary school tournament in Niigata
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Location: Niigata, Japan
Date: February 25th Format: 4 rounds A nice gathering for elementary school children, with Othello teaching and a 4 round tournament. Tomoki Tanabe won all 4 rounds. Congrats Tomoki! Top 3: 優勝 田辺 知己 初段(Tomoki Tanabe) 4勝0敗 2位 小林 嘉野 1級(Kano Kobayashi) 3勝1敗 3位 衛藤 理壱 1級(Riichi Eto) 2勝2敗 |
Tomoki Tanabe and Toshiyuki Ikarashi
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Yusuke Takanashi wins 122nd Shinagawa Seaside OpenLocation: Tokyo, Japan
Date: February 25th Format: 6 rounds swiss Link: JOA website 29 players came to Shinagawa and the undefeated winner was Yusuke Takanashi. Second place for Takashi Yamamoto who scored 5 wins but lost to Yusuke in the third round. Also 5 wins for 3rd place Kenta Kiyonobu who lost in round 4 against Makoto Suekuni. Best lady: Yukiko Tatsumi she won 4 games and..... sent us the pictures and the info. Final result top: Winner: Yusuke Takanashi 6 wins 2nd: Takashi Yamamoto 5 wins, 1 loss 3rd: Kenta Kiyonobu 5 wins, 1 loss Female top: Yukiko Tatsumi 4 wins, 2 losses |
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Wu Jinfeng wins 15th Singapore Othello OpenLocation: Singapore
Date: February 19th Format: 7 rounds 
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Team Japan wins 1st Korea vs Japan Othello Match
Date: February 19th
Venue: Hotel Atti Seongsu in Seoul, South Korea
Format: 7 rounds, each team consists of seven players.
Links: Murakami blog,LiveOthello
The JOA and the KOO plan to make this a yearly event. Team Korea is invited to play in Japan next year. Japan is a very hard opponent as the final result shows but all too well, 42.5 points for Japan and 6.5 points for Korea. The Korean Othello Organisation is very active and I am sure there will be more wins for team Korea next year.
Venue: Hotel Atti Seongsu in Seoul, South Korea
Format: 7 rounds, each team consists of seven players.
Links: Murakami blog,LiveOthello
The JOA and the KOO plan to make this a yearly event. Team Korea is invited to play in Japan next year. Japan is a very hard opponent as the final result shows but all too well, 42.5 points for Japan and 6.5 points for Korea. The Korean Othello Organisation is very active and I am sure there will be more wins for team Korea next year.
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Round 1:
🇰🇷LEE Kwangwook 28-36🇯🇵村上 健 MURAKAMI Takeshi 🇰🇷OH Joungmok 14-50🇯🇵末國 誠 SUEKUNI Makoto 🇰🇷MOON Sungcheol 7-57 🇯🇵滝沢 雅樹 TAKIZAWA Masaki 🇰🇷CHUNG Jihoon 24-40🇯🇵和田 真幹 WADA Masaki 🇰🇷HONG Hyungbum 7-57🇯🇵岡本 一樹 OKAMOTO Kazuki 🇰🇷LEE Chunae 10-54🇯🇵中島哲也 NAKAJIMA Tetsuya 🇰🇷KIM Kwanyoon 5-59🇯🇵高梨 悠介 TAKANASHI Yusuke |
Round 2:
🇰🇷LEE Kwangwook 34-30🇯🇵高梨 悠介 TAKANASHI Yusuke 🇰🇷OH Joungmok 47-17🇯🇵村上 健 MURAKAMI Takeshi 🇰🇷MOON Sungcheol 8-56 🇯🇵末國 誠 SUEKUNI Makoto 🇰🇷CHUNG Jihoon 11-53🇯🇵滝沢 雅樹 TAKIZAWA Masaki 🇰🇷HONG Hyungbum 26-38🇯🇵和田 真幹 WADA Masaki 🇰🇷LEE Chunae 20-44🇯🇵岡本 一樹 OKAMOTO Kazuki 🇰🇷KIM Kwanyoon 1-63🇯🇵中島 哲也 NAKAJIMA Tetsuya |
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Round 3:
🇰🇷LEE Kwangwook 39-25🇯🇵中島 哲也 NAKAJIMA Tetsuya 🇰🇷OH Joungmok 29-35🇯🇵高梨 悠介 TAKANASHI Yusuke 🇰🇷MOON Sungcheol 0-64🇯🇵村上 健 MURAKAMI Takeshi 🇰🇷CHUNG Jihoon 13-51🇯🇵末國 誠 SUEKUNI Makoto 🇰🇷HONG Hyungbum 1-63🇯🇵滝沢 雅樹 TAKIZAWA Masaki 🇰🇷LEE Chunae 33-31🇯🇵和田 真幹 WADA Masaki 🇰🇷KIM Kwanyoon 18-46🇯🇵岡本 一樹 OKAMOTO Kazuki |
Round 4:
🇰🇷LEE Kwangwook 19-45🇯🇵岡本 一樹 OKAMOTO Kazuki 🇰🇷OH Joungmok 29-35🇯🇵中島 哲也 NAKAJIMA Tetsuya 🇰🇷MOON Sungcheol 7-57🇯🇵高梨 悠介 TAKANASHI Yusuke 🇰🇷CHUNG Jihoon 22-42🇯🇵村上 健 MURAKAMI Takeshi 🇰🇷HONG Hyungbum 20-44🇯🇵末國 誠 SUEKUNI Makoto 🇰🇷LEE Chunae 26-38🇯🇵滝沢 雅樹 TAKIZAWA Masaki 🇰🇷KIM Kwanyoon 35-29🇯🇵和田 真幹 WADA Masaki |
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Round 5:
🇰🇷LEE Kwangwook 28-36🇯🇵和田 真幹 WADA Masaki 🇰🇷OH Joungmok 22-42🇯🇵岡本 一樹 OKAMOTO Kazuki 🇰🇷MOON Sungcheol 18-46🇯🇵中島 哲也 NAKAJIMA Tetsuya 🇰🇷CHUNG Jihoon 8-56🇯🇵高梨 悠介TAKANASHI Yusuke 🇰🇷HONG Hyungbum 15-49🇯🇵村上 健 MURAKAMI Takeshi 🇰🇷LEE Chunae 17-47🇯🇵末國 誠 SUEKUNI Makoto 🇰🇷KIM Kwanyoon 14-50🇯🇵滝沢 雅樹 TAKIZAWA Masaki |
Round 6:
🇰🇷LEE Kwangwook 34-30🇯🇵滝沢 雅樹 TAKIZAWA Masaki 🇰🇷OH Joungmok 18-46🇯🇵和田 真幹 WADA Masaki 🇰🇷MOON Sungcheol 12-52🇯🇵岡本 一樹 OKAMOTO Kazuki 🇰🇷CHUNG Jihoon 21-43🇯🇵中島 哲也 NAKAJIMA Tetsuya 🇰🇷HONG Hyungbum 6-58🇯🇵高梨 悠介 TAKANASHI Yusuke 🇰🇷LEE Chunae 12-52🇯🇵村上 健 MURAKAMI Takeshi 🇰🇷KIM Kwanyoon 15-49🇯🇵末國 誠 SUEKUNI Makoto |
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Round 7:
🇰🇷LEE Kwangwook 32-32🇯🇵末國 誠 SUEKUNI Makoto 🇰🇷OH Joungmok 41-23🇯🇵滝沢 雅樹 TAKIZAWA Masaki 🇰🇷MOON Sungcheol 16-48🇯🇵和田 真幹 WADA Masaki 🇰🇷CHUNG Jihoon 23-41🇯🇵岡本 一樹 OKAMOTO Kazuki 🇰🇷HONG Hyungbum 20-44🇯🇵中島 哲也 NAKAJIMA Tetsuya 🇰🇷LEE Chunae 10-54🇯🇵高梨 悠介 TAKANASHI Yusuke 🇰🇷KIM Kwanyoon 24-40🇯🇵村上 健 MURAKAMI Takeshi A selection of games can be viewed at |
TAKIZAWA Masaki - OH Joungmok
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LEE Kwang Wook 28-36 MURAKAMI Takeshi 1st Korea-Japan match, round 1 |
OH Joung-Mok 29-35 NAKAJIMA Tetsuya 1st Korea-Japan match, round 4 |
LEE Chunae 10-54 TAKANASHI Yusuke 1st Korea-Japan match, round 7 |
Matthias Berg wins first stage European Grand Prix 2017 in PragueMore info on our special EGP Prague Page
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EGP standings after stage 1 Prague
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Danielle Yosifovich wins Israeli Children's Grand Prix, 1.4Location: Israel
Date: Februay 11th Tourney format: 5 rounds In the final round Shani tried to help her brother Michael and won against Danielle, but it was not enough... Brightwell victory to Danielle! 6 boys and 4 girls played at this tournament. The girls (Danielle, Shani, Asol and Ofir) have won 8 : 4 in match girls - boys!..
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Touya Yamazaki wins 38th Kinki Hokuriku ChampionshipLocation: Japan
Date: February 12th Format: 7 rounds Link: JOA website Touya Yamazaki won the tournament with a perfect score of 7 wins! Second place for Yuji Miyazaki who scored 6 wins and 1 loss in round 5 against Yamazaki. Top 3 of 35 players:
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The Fédération Française d'Othello at Festival du Jeu
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Location: Sucy-en-Brie, France
Date: February 1-5th Link: FFO website The FFO was present at the 5th edition of the Festival du Jeu at the Espace Jean-Marie Poirier. The first three days were devoted to welcoming school children. The stand was set up with 12 boards to accommodate up to 24 young players at the time. In the weekend the stand had 6 boards set up, which proved enough to accommodate the families that visited the festival in the weekend. Several members of the FFO he;lped out during these five days: Serge Benoit, Monique Lecat, Thierry Lévy-Abégnoli and especially Michel Busuttil, who is warmly thanked for his permanent presence, from Wednesday to Sunday. |
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Hibiki Okizaki wins 38th Sendai MastersLocation: Sendai, Japan
Date: February 12th Format: 6 rounds and final Link: JOA website Hibiki Okizaki and Takanari Oshimizu qualified for the final with 5 wins and 1 loss. Hibiki won the final, I am not too sure about the final score but a quick look at the picture makes me quess ittttt was a 31-33 win. Top 3 of 16 players:
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Takeshi Murakami wins 113th Shinagawa Seaside Challenge Cup
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Location: Tokyo, Japan Date: February 11th Format: 6 rounds swiss Link: Murakami blog 10 players in the Advanced division and also 10 players in the Intermediate division at this 113th Shinagawa Seaside Challenge Cup. The top three all scored 4 wins and 2 losses. Takeshi Murakami was the best of the three. I hope Takeshi will post some interesting games at his blog, if he does, Othello News will re-post them asap. Final result top 3 for advanced division: Winner: Takeshi Murakami 4 wins, 2 losses 2nd: Tetsuya Nakajima 4 wins, 2 losses 3rd: Daisuke Kamikura 4 wins, 2 losses Final result for Intermediate division: Kazuki Nakamura wins with 5 wins and 1 loss. |
Daisuke Kamikura, Takeshi Murakami and Tetsuya Nakajima
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MURAKAMI Takeshi 50-14 NAKAJIMA Tetsuya 113th Shinagawa Challenge Cup, round 1 |
KAMIKURA Daisuke 32-32 MURAKAMI Takeshi 113th Shinagawa Challenge Cup, round 2 |
TAKAHASHI Hisashi 31-33 MURAKAMI Takeshi 113th Shinagawa Challenge Cup, round 6 |
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Yoshinori Ohike wins 38th Kangawa OpenLocation: Kanagawa, Japan
Date: February 5th Format: 5 rounds Link: JOA website Yoshinori Ohike won the Kanagawa Open with 4 wins an 1 loss. Also 4 wins and 1 loss for the runner-up, Keisuke Fukuchi |
Evans Fritsch wins VII Copa de OthelloLocation: Nova Odessa, Brazil
Date: February 5th Format: 5 rounds Link: FB album Evans Fritsch scored 5 wins and was the best of the 23 players at the VII Copa de Othello. Best female player was Ekatarina Ivashchenko Sarnadskaya who finished 10th with 3 points. Next tournament is scheduled for March 25th. |
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Alessandro Di Mattei wins Milan OpenLocation: Milan, Italy
Date: February 5 th Format: 7 rounds Link: FNGO website, LiveOthello Alessandro Di Mattei won the tournament with 7 wins! Seond place with 5 wins for Damiano Foschi and Takuji Kashiwbara 
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Patrick Aubroeck wins 82nd Dutch Othello OpenLocation: Gouda, The Netherlands
Date: February 4th Format: 7 rounds Link: NOV website Back at the Dutch tournaments some familiar faces. Arnoud Meijer had not played at tournaments for 5.5 years The win was for Patrick Aubroeck, runner-up was Roel Hobo. Jan de Graaf and Roel Hobo played their 100th mutial game! Results per round can be found here. Final results:
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HOBO Roel 47-17 GRAAF Jan C. de mutual game #100 BIGGELAAR Nicky vd 27-37 AUBROECK Patrick 82nd Dutch open |
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Alessandro Di Mattei wins 1st stage Città di Roma 2017Location: Rome, Itay
Date: January 29th Format: 4 rounds Link: FNGO website Thirteen players at the first stage of the 2017 Città di Roma. Alessandro won all 4 games. Three players finished behind him with 3 points: Michele Diodati, Leonardo Caviola and Paolo Arcara. 
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Daniel Turunen wins Sandsborg OpenLocation: Sandsborg, Sweden
Date: January 28th Format: 5 rounds 12 players attended and Benkt Steentoft shared some interesting facts with us.
Sadly Henry Aspenryd was ill and had to withdraw from the tournament after 3 rounds. Snabb återhämtning Henry! |
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Ilya Shifman wins Kfar-Saba Open
Location: Kfar-Saba, Israel
Date: January 28th
Format: 5 rounds
Another small tournament in Kfar Saba: 3 men, 2 boys and 1 girl. The men took the top 3 places, the girl Danielle was the best of the junior players.
Final result:
Date: January 28th
Format: 5 rounds
Another small tournament in Kfar Saba: 3 men, 2 boys and 1 girl. The men took the top 3 places, the girl Danielle was the best of the junior players.
Final result:
- SHIFMAN, Ilya, IL, 5, 244
- MARGALIOT, Michael, IL, 4, 217
- SHIFMAN, Leonid, IL, 3, 207
- YOSIFOVICH, Danielle, IL, 2, 92
- FABIAN, Asaf, IL, 1, 116
- SHIFMAN, Michael, IL, 0, 84
Dmitryi Atamanov wins Larix tournamentLocation: Moscow, Russia
Date: January 28th - 29th Format: 11 rounds and best of 3 final Link: LiveOthello A familiar name at this tournament, Dmitryi Atamanov, winner of the 2016 St. Petersburg and Stockholm EGP. Dmitryi qualified for the final with 8 points and won 2-0 against Alexander Syachin who had scored 9 points in the swiss rounds. The playoff for 3rd / 4th place did not go so well for Vyaceslav Kobsev, who lost 17-47 against Alexey Dubrov. Top 4 Larix Moscow tournament:
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ATAMANOV Dmitryi 18-46 SYACHIN Alexander Larix, round 5 |
ATAMANOV Dmitryi 37-27 AVERINA Elena Larix, round 6 |
DUBOV Alexey 36-28 ATAMANOV Dmitryi Larix, round 7 |
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KOBZEV Vyaceslav 17-47 DUBOV Alexey Larix, playoff 3/4 |
ATAMANOV Dmitryi 49-15 SYACHIN Alexander Larix, final game 1 |
SYACHIN Alexander 25-39 ATAMANOV Dmitryi Larix, final game 2 |
Kazuki Okamoto wins 121st Shinagawa Seaside Open
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Date: January 28th
Format: 6 rounds swiss
25 players came to Shinagawa for this tournament. Three players scored 5 wins: Kazuki Okamoto (lost in the final round against runner-up Masao Inoue), Masao Inoue (lost against Kenta Kiyonobu in the 1st round) and Daisuke Kamikura (lost against Daiki Takamizawa in 2nd round).
The 4th place for Daiki Takamizawa who lost against Kazuki Okamoto in 3rd round and Tetsuya Nakajima in 4th round, but he played a great tournament with wins against Daisuke Kamikura, Yukiko Tatsumi and Makoto Suekuni in 6th round. Daiki is a high school student and one of the English teachers at his school is.............. Takeshi Murakami!
Final result top 5:
Winner: Kazuki Okamoto 5 wins, 1 loss (417pt)
2nd: Masao Inoue 5 wins, 1 losses (366pt)
3rd: Daisuke Kamikura 5 wins, 1 loss (343pt)
4th: Daiki Takamizawa 4 wins, 2 losses (365pt)
5th: Tetsuya Nakajima 4 wins, 2 losses (350pt)
Female top:
Yukiko Tatsumi 3 wins, 3 losses (307pt)
Date: January 28th
Format: 6 rounds swiss
25 players came to Shinagawa for this tournament. Three players scored 5 wins: Kazuki Okamoto (lost in the final round against runner-up Masao Inoue), Masao Inoue (lost against Kenta Kiyonobu in the 1st round) and Daisuke Kamikura (lost against Daiki Takamizawa in 2nd round).
The 4th place for Daiki Takamizawa who lost against Kazuki Okamoto in 3rd round and Tetsuya Nakajima in 4th round, but he played a great tournament with wins against Daisuke Kamikura, Yukiko Tatsumi and Makoto Suekuni in 6th round. Daiki is a high school student and one of the English teachers at his school is.............. Takeshi Murakami!
Final result top 5:
Winner: Kazuki Okamoto 5 wins, 1 loss (417pt)
2nd: Masao Inoue 5 wins, 1 losses (366pt)
3rd: Daisuke Kamikura 5 wins, 1 loss (343pt)
4th: Daiki Takamizawa 4 wins, 2 losses (365pt)
5th: Tetsuya Nakajima 4 wins, 2 losses (350pt)
Female top:
Yukiko Tatsumi 3 wins, 3 losses (307pt)
