Othello News January 2012

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Albert Kortendijk wins 60th Dutch Open

Bussum, January 29th

Albert played a very good tourney, 6 wins and 1 draw against Ben van der Wagt. His game against Nicky van den Biggelaar in round 4 was very exciting and Albert won with 33 - 31. A thriller game!

Rank
1
2
3
4 
-
-
-
8
9
-
-
-
-
14
-
16

Player
Albert Kortendijk
Nicky van den Biggelaar
Patrick Aubroeck
Remko Zillig
Mark van Heere
Roel Hobo 
Erwin van den Berg  
Ben van der Wagt 
Jan de Graaf 
Anja van Gimst 
Martin Fransen 
Linda Praseptyo 
Marcel Sneek 
Jarl Ilbrink 
Jan van der Wagt 
Bauke Kortendijk 

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Points
6.5
6
5
4
4
4
4
3.5
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
0

Albert Kortendijk

Nicky v.d. Biggelaar - Albert Kortendijk
round 4

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Garry Edmead - Karsten Feldborg at Cambridge International Tourney, February 1997

Garry Edmead wins Sheffield Regional

Sheffield, January 28th

Ranking of the 7 players after round 7: 

Rank
1
2
3
4
5 
-
7

Player
EDMEAD Garry {GB}
BARRASS Iain {GB}
PRIDMORE Ben {GB}
ARNOLD Roy {GB}
BURGESS Andrew {GB}
LIGHTMAN Marie {GB}
FORSYTH Iain {GB}  

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Points
7    
5 
4  
3.5 
3 
3 
2.5 

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Michele Borassi wins European Grand Prix Rome  

January 14th - 15th 
Read more on our EGP 2011 Rome page

      

Michele Borassi, EGP Rome Final Match 3. Picture by Biagio Privitera

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George Gkiouzelis wins Greek New Years Tournament

Athens, Januari 8
Six players met in Hotel Stratos Vassilikos in Athens for a small but pleasant tourney, organised by Christina Mitsi. 

    Player

1. Gkiouzelis George, 6 points      
   
2. Gkiouzelis Alexandros, 4 points        
   
3. Palapanidis Christos, 4 points        
4. Kotopouli Maria, 2 points                   
5. Lellas Ektor, 2 points                         
6. Patsourakis Stratis, 0 points      

Gkiouzelis G. - Gkiouzelis A.
Greece New Year Tourney

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Yusuke at WOC in Rome in 2010. He was WOC champion in 2009 and 2010. Picture by Biagio Privitera

Yusuke Takanashi wins Shinagawa New Year Special

The Shinagawa New Year Special is a yearly tournament on January 3rd. The tournament gets its popularity by its high level and the high number of players. The first edition was held in 2005. 

Top 14 out of 63 players:

1.   Yusuke Takanashi,  7/7
2.   Junya Ito,  6/7 (lost 1 game 33-31 against Takanashi)
3.   Takamune Iijima, 6/7 (lost 40-24 to Junya Ito
4.   Tetsuya Nakajima, 5/7 (43-21 loss against Takanashi, 36-28 loss against Ito)
5.   Daisuke Asou, 5/7
6.   Hiroto Nagao, 5/7 
7.   Satoshi Asahina, 5/7 
8.   Makoto Suekuni, 5/7 
9.   Kouichiro Sato, 5/7 
10. Ryo Hidesato, 5/7 
11. Takashi Yamakawa, 5/7 
12. Shuntarou Tanaka, 5/7 
13. Masaki Saito, 5/7 
14. Wataru Imoto, 5/7 

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