Othello News January 2017
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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)
Jostein Danielsen wins the Oslo Open
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Location: Oslo, Norway
Date: January 21st Format: 7 rounds Two losses for the winner at this tournament: in round 5 DANIELSEN Jostein 12/52 HAUGLAND Jan Kristian and in round 6 ALBRIGTSEN Vidar 34-30 DANIELSEN Jostein. These thee players all finished with 5 wins, but thanks to a 64-0 win in the last round against ORBECK-NILSSEN Kim Andre, the tournament win went to Jostein. |
Ranking of the 7 players after round 7:
1: 5. pts [286] DANIELSEN Jostein (2583) {NOR} 2: 5. pts [272] ALBRIGTSEN Vidar (2570) {NOR} 3: 5. pts [253] HAUGLAND Jan Kristian (1868) {NOR} 4: 4.5 pts [244] OLSEN Pal Tore (2511) {NOR} 5: 4.5 pts [220] TVEDT Sverre (140031) {NOR} 6: 3. pts [196] SKOGEN Tor Birger (1802) {NOR} 7: 1. pt [153] ORBECK-NILSSEN Kim Andre (140048) {NOR} |
Kwangwook Lee wins 26th Korea Othello ChampionshipsLocation: Seoul, South Korea
Date: January 22nd Format: 5 rounds Twentysix players came to the Lotte Department Culture Center in Seould. Kwangwook Lee won the tournament with 5 wins. He is momentarily on a 15 game winning streak. Second place for Joungmok Oh with 4 wins. He lost 23-41 in the last round against Kwangwook Lee. 
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SON BeomKeun 29-35 LEE Kwangwook
26st Korea Othello Championship, round 3
Final Yuichi Hishiyama - Makoto Suekuni
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Makoto Suekuni wins 2017 Tokyo MastersLocation: Tokyo, Japan
Date: January 22nd Format: 6 rounds and final Link: JOA website Makoto Suekuni won the tournament with 5 wins and 1 losss. Runner-up was Yuichi Hishiyama who also scored 5 wins and 1 loss. Makoto won the deciding final against Yuichi 36-28. |
Hidekazu Nagasaki wins Niigata Masters
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Location: Niigata, Japan
Date: January 21st Format: 5 rounds Link: JOA website 1新潟地区名人 長崎 秀和 六段(Hidekazu Nagasaki) 4勝1敗 2位 藍原 重朗 三段(Shigeaki Aihara) 4勝1敗 3位 滝沢 雅樹 九段(Masaki Takizawa) 4勝1敗 4位 神田 吉浩 四段(Yoshihiro Kanda) 3勝2敗 5位 長尾 広人 六段(Hiroto Nagao) 3勝2敗 6位 小林 俊次郎 初段(Syunjiro Kobayashi) 3勝2敗 7位 花里 三千雄 初段(Michio hanari) 2勝2敗1分 8位 小林 嘉野 1級(Kano Kobayashi) 2勝2敗1分 9位 小原 大翔 初段(Hiroto Obara) 2勝3敗 10位 梅澤 志帆 1級(Shiho Umezawa) 2勝3敗 11位 梅沢 佳紀 五段(Yoshinori Umezawa) 2勝3敗 12位 衛藤 理壱 1級(Riichi Eto) 1勝4敗 13位 卯田 杏里 (Anri Uda) 1勝4敗 14位 小原 宏昭 1級(Hiroaki Obara) 1勝4敗 |
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Masayuki and Shunsuke Hama win 13th Mito Parent-Child tournament
Location: Mito, Japan
Date: January 21st
Format: 12 rounds, no clocks
Link: JOA website
Masayuki and Shunsuki Hama together scored 10 wins and 2 lossed at the 13th Mito Parent-Child tournament.
Date: January 21st
Format: 12 rounds, no clocks
Link: JOA website
Masayuki and Shunsuki Hama together scored 10 wins and 2 lossed at the 13th Mito Parent-Child tournament.
Michel Busuttil and Fouad Touchene
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Marc Tastet wins Ile de France 1Location: Paris, France
Date: January 21st Format: 5 rounds Link: LiveOthello, FFO website Nothing but wins for Marc Tastet at the first IdF tournament in 2017. Second place for Arnaud Delaunay and Takuji Kashiwabara who both scored 3.5 points. 1: 5 pts [175] Marc TASTET (2) {FRA} 2: 3.5 pts [190] Arnaud DELAUNAY (3518) {FRA} [190] Takuji KASHIWABARA (839) {FRA} 4: 3 pts [181] Samuel CLINTON (50036) {FRA} 5: 2 pts [173] Bintsa ANDRIANI (45) {MDG} [167] Emmanuel LAZARD (11) {FRA} [152] Fouad TOUCHENE (9025) {FRA} [146] Thierry LEVY-ABEGNOLI (3598) {FRA} [128] Michel BUSUTTIL (228) {FRA} 10: 0 pt [98] Serge BENOIT (3600) {FRA} |
Takuj Kashiwabara and Marc Tastet
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KASHIWABARA Takuji 31-33 TASTET Marc IdF1, round 2 White played a parallel opening and won |
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TASTET Marc 36-28 CLINTON Samuel IdF1, round 5 |
Samuel Clinton and Marc Tastet
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Takuji Kashiwabara and Arnaud Delaunay
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KASHIWABARA Takuji 32-32 DELAUNAY Arnaud IdF1, round 5 |
Othello Bulletin 1-2017 from the World Othello Federation |
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Jan C. de Graaf wins 5th Ghent Othello OpenLocation: Ghent, Belgium
Date: January 15th Format: 7 rounds Link: BOA website, LiveOthello Jan C. de Graaf wins 5th Ghent Othello, furthest traveller Benkt Steentoft placed 2nd. Both players won 6/7. Best Belgian was Nick Reunes with 4/7, best female Rosalinde de Boer. She also scored 4/7. Frédéric Nicholls was best beginner with 3/7, but only had a narrow loss to Albert Kortendijk in the last round (31-33), where a win would have promoted him to advanced. Linda Klatten was the best promising/new player, also with 3 points. Notable are the results of Eline, Jana and Sander who played their first official tournaments at the age of 8, 7 and 6. Thank you Treck Hostel Gent for hosting us and serving the brunch. report by Tom Schotte |
DE GRAAF Jan C. 32-32 STEENTOFT Benkt Ghent Open, round 2 |
Karsten Feldborg wins Rørby Othello Open
Location: Rørby, Denmark
Date: January 14th
Format: 7 rounds
Link: FB event, LiveOthello
Only wins for Karsten Feldborg at this tournament. He now leads the 2017Denmark Othello Grand Prix with 2 victories.
Date: January 14th
Format: 7 rounds
Link: FB event, LiveOthello
Only wins for Karsten Feldborg at this tournament. He now leads the 2017Denmark Othello Grand Prix with 2 victories.
crosstable Rørby Open
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FELDBORG Karsten 46-18 VALLUND Henrik Rørby Open, round 3 |
LUND JENSEN Erik 41-23 BADSTED Palle Rørby Open, round 6 |
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Dan Monastyrsky wins Kfar-Saba Children Open (youngest)Location: Kfar-Saba, Israel
Date: January 14th Format: 5 rounds Dan Monastyrski (on the photo he sits on the right) won with 4 points. He was the youngest player at this tournament: he is only in first grade... Congrats Dan! Final results:
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Miroslav Voráček wins Czech GP1Location: Prague, Czech Republic
Date: January 14th Format: 6 rounds Swiss A great start of the Czech Grand Prix for Miroslav Voráček who won the tournament with 7 wins. Second place for Ján Rybarik with 6 wins. Next up in Prague is the first stage of the European Grand Prix February 18-19th. Two years ago Miroslav Voráček (CZE) and Francesco Marconi (ITA) qualified to play in the final as they had both finished the Swiss rounds with 9 points. Miroslav won the EGP final 2-1. Will he win the Prague EGP again? Will another Czech player reach for the top? Or........... will you sign up and become one of Europe's Othello legends? |
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Thailand Othello Asociation at National Children Day
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Date: January 14th
A great opportunity for the kids to be introdused to the game by Piyanat Aunchulee, reigning World Othello Champion!
Date: January 14th
A great opportunity for the kids to be introdused to the game by Piyanat Aunchulee, reigning World Othello Champion!
European Grand Prix 2017 kicks off in Prague, followed by the Athens tournament in april
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Prague European Grand Prix
Date: 18 - 16 February Venue: DDM Praha 2, Slezská 21 (usual location) Organizer: Ján Rybárik Contact: Mirek Voráček, mirdavor64@go2.pl, +420739000323 (call, SMS, WhatsApp) Link: FB eventpage, Othello News page |
Athens European Grand Prix
Date: 1 - 2 April Venue: En Delfois Coffee Bar Restaurant, δελφων 5, 10680 Athens Tournament director: George Mitsis Contact: email at mt_george@hotmail.com Link: FB eventpage, Othello News page |
Takanori Oshimizu wins 91st Sendai OpenLocation: Kanagawa, Japan
Date: January 8th Format: 6 rounds swiss Links: JOA website Takanori Oshimizu won the 91st Sendai Open with 5 wins and 1 loss. |
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Keisuke Fukuchi
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Keisuke Fukuchi wins 101st Kanagawa OpenLocation: Kanagawa, Japan
Date: January 8th Format: 6 rounds swiss Link: JOA website, Murakami blog 42 players came to Kanagawa for this tournament. Undefeated winner at this 6 round tourney was junior player Keisuke Fukuchi. Best female player at was Yukiko Tatsumi who scored 4 wins. Very good tournament for Yukiko with wins against none other than Takeshi Murakami and Kunihiko Tanida. I think she is aiming for a spot on team Japan for WOC 2017! Final result top 3: Winner: Keisuke Fukuchi 6 wins 2nd: Suguru Osato 5 wins, 1 loss 3rd: Masao Inoue 5 wins, 1 loss |
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MURAKAMI Takeshi 23-41 TATSUMI Yukiko 101st Kanagawa Open, round 5 |
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Yasushi Nagano wins 13th Shinagawa New Year’s Cup
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Location: Shinagawa, Tokyo
Date: January 3rd Format: 7-round Swiss, 20 minutes per player Link: Murakami blog Report by Takeshi Murakami 67 players competed in the first tournament of the year. The winner Yasushi Nagano, repeated his winning streak, beating Yusuke Takanashi in round 6 and Tetsuya Nakajima in round 7. Second place for Takeshi Murakami who lost to Yusuke Takanashi in round 3 but won all the other games. Third place for Kenta Kiyonobu who lost to Hiroto Nagao in round 2 but won all the rest, notably beating Takanashi 32-32 in the last round. Fourth place for Tetsuya Nakajima who's only loss until round 7 was to Takanashi in round 5. With his large disccount Nakajima would have won the tournament had he defeated Nagano in the last round. But Nagano was invincible; 35 to 29 to Nagano. Fifth place for Takanashi who won all his games until round 6, when he lost to Nagano and then to Kiyonobu. Female champion was Yukiko Tatsumi with 4 wins and 3 losses. In some Japanese tournaments a special rule is used to avoid draws. Before each game the higher ranked player (the one who has a higher dan, or if the two players have the same dans then the older one) hides a disc in his palm. The other player tells which color is facing the top. The higher ranked player then reveals the disc to see if the guess of the other is correct. If it is correct then the player who guessed correctly has the right to choose the color for the game, or the win in case of draw. If it is not correct the right to choose goes to the player who hid the disc in his palm. Top 8 of 67 players 1. Yasushi Nagano 7 wins, 474 pts 2. Takeshi Murakami 6 wins, 1 loss, 438 pts 3. Kenta Kiyonobu 6 wins, 1 loss, 415 pts 4. Tetsuya Nakajima 5 wins, 2 losses, 512 pts 5. Yusuke Takanashi 5 wins, 2 losses, 495 pts 6. Takanune Iijima 5 wins, 2 losses, 450 pts 7. Shoutarou Tsuchiya 5 wins, 2 losses, 443 pts 8. Makoto Suekuni 5 wins, 2 losses, 430 pts … |
Kenta Kiyonobu, Yasushi Nagano Takeshi Murakami and Yukiko Tatsumi (front)
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Yasushi Nagano
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TAKANASHI Yusuke 46-18 MURAKAMI Takeshi 13th Shinagawa New Year’s Cup, round 3 White lost on time at move 58. Black chose to leave b1 blank, maximizing his discs |
KAMIKURA Daisuke 26-38 MURAKAMI Takeshi 113th Shinagawa New Year’s Cup, round 7 |
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