Othello News July 2014
Jan de Graaf wins 72nd Dutch Othello Open
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Location: Lent, Netherlands
Date: July 20th Final result after 7 rounds:
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awards 72nd Dutch Othello Open
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GRAAF Jan de 32 - 32 HOBO Roel 72nd Dutch Open, round 3 |
HOBO Roel 31 - 33 GRAAF Jan de 72nd Dutch Open, round 6 |
Jingmin Qin wins 9th Guangzhou Open
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Location: Guangzhou, China
Date: July 20th The Guanzhou Open in 2013 was won by Yan Song and Zhen Dong was the best female player. In January this year they won the title King and Queen of Othello at the OWC in Singapore. This year the Guangzou winner is Jingmin Qin. In 2012 she finished 4th, last year she lost the ladies final against Zen Dhong, this year she was best of all! She defeated Yuebo Li in the semifinal and had a glorious victory against Randy Fang in the final. We hope to see the Guangzhou Champion at the WOC in Bangkok! I received a message that the last moves of the final game as originally posted on Liveothello ( 14 - 50) were incorrect, the final result was 23 - 41. Luckily we had a picture of the final board, thanks to Emmanuel Lazard for reconstructing the last moves! Top 4:
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Final game 23 - 41
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FANG Randy 52 - 12 ZHAO Hongguang 9th Guanzhou Open, semifinal 2 |
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FANG Randy 23 - 41 QIN Jingmin 9th Guanzhou Open, final |
Imre Leader wins Doncaster Regional
Roy Arnold winner 2014 British Grand Prix
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 Roy Arnold
Location: Doncaster, Great Britain
Date: July 19th Tourney format: 7 rounds Imre leader won the Doncaster regional and added another 200 points to his British Grand Prix total, but the winner of the 2014 British Grand Prix is Roy Arnold. Doncaster standings:
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Piyanat Aunchulee wins Thailand Othello Open, Nida Pattarakul is Female Champion
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Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Date: July 13th Number of players: 35 Top 4 players:
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HEMPIJIT Woramet 24 - 40 AUNCHULEE Piyanat Tailand Othello Open, final game 1 
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Kazuki Okamoto wins 42nd All Japan Championship
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All Japan 2014 semifinals
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Final game 42nd All Japan Championship: Kazuki Okamoto vs Makoto Suekuni
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OKAMOTO Kazuki 37 - 27 SUEKUNI Makoto 42nd All Japan, final |
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TATSUMI Yukiko 32 - 32 KINOSHITA Hisako 42nd All Japan, ladies final |
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ITO Junya 25 - 39 TAKANASHI Yusuke 42nd All Japan Another interesting game between two strong Japanese players. Junya Ito, how great it was to see him win the OWC in 2013 in Tokyo. I was also in Leeuwarden at the WOC in 2012 when Yusuke Takanashi won his third WOC title. And for both young players, I think the best is yet to come!
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Ben Seeley wins 2014 USA National Othello Open
Location: Chicago, USA
Date: June 12 - 13
Date: June 12 - 13
"Ben Seeley went through the double round robin field without losing a game. For his efforts, he has qualified to represent the USOA at WOC in Thailand this autumn. Ed Yiu overcame a slow start finishing second. Ed finished by winning 10 of 11 games after losing his first three. Tom Wiencek and I only played one day each."
David Rockwell
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Standings after Day 1:
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2014 USA National Othello Open
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Final standings after Day 2:
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CHITRA Yohanes 26 - 38 SEELEY Ben USA National Othello Open, round 1 |
Ben Seeley
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SEELEY Ben 42 - 22 ARMATYS Frank USA National Othello Open, round 14 |
Roberto Sperandio wins Italian Grand Master 2014
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Location: Rome, Italy
Date: July 6th Link to FB photoalbum Now that the Italian Grand Prix is concluded, the Italian Othello players have their annual Grand Master tourney, reserved for Masters and Candidate-Masters. Invited are 8 players (sorted by rating) who have participated in at least one stage of the Italian Grand Prix 2014 or in the last Italian Championship. Officially invited: Michele Borassi, Alessandro Di Mattei, Roberto Sperandio, Francesco Marconi, Donato Barnaba, Beppi Menozzi, Carlo Alami and Domenico Palladino. Reserves: George Ortiz and Gianluca Ilacqua. Alessandro di Mattei won his first Grand Master tourney in 2013. A hard task to win again this year cause among his opponents these three formidable GM winners: Francesco Marconi (9x GM, first win in 1988), Roberto Sperandio (6 x GM, first win 1996) and Michele Borassi (5 x GM, first win 2007). For more past results check the FNGO page. Before the final 7th round, 4 players in the lead with 4 points: Francesco Marconi, Roberto Sperandio, Alessandro Di Mattei and Michele Borassi. Michele and Alessandro played against each other and Michele lost 35 - 29. Francesco won his game against Domenico Palladino 21 - 43 and Roberto won against Gianluca Ilacqua 37 - 27. The tourney finished with 3 players with 5 points: Roberto Sperandio (winnner), Alessandro Di Mattei (2nd), Francesco Marconi (3rd). Roberto earned a spot on the Italian team at the WOC in Thailand in November. |
Alessandro, Roberto, Francesco
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Round 7: 4 players at 4 points at the start of this final round. The video by Biagio Privitera focusses on the game Borassi - Di Mattei. But the winner sat at another table. It was not Francesco Marconi who was in the lead of the top 4 after round 6, it was Roberto Sperandio. Bravo!
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DI MATTEI Alessandro 35 - 29 BORASSI Michele Italian Grand Master 2014, round 7 |
Tetsuya Nakajima wins 93rd Shinagawa Seaside Open
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Location: Tokyo, Japan
Date: July 5th Tourney format: 6 rounds Tetsuya Nakajima was undefeated at this tourney with a total number of 15 players. Runnerup was Daisuke Kamikura who won 5 games. On the latest World Othello Federation ratinglist, Tetsuya Nakajima is # 12 and Daisuke Kamikura is # 76. The very prestigious All Japan Championship will be held on Sunday 13th, all the Japanese Othello players now focus on this upcoming event. Good luck to al!!! 
upcoming next weekend: 42nd All Japan Championship
link to results (in Japanese)
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NAKAJIMA Tetsuya 35 - 29 KAMIKURA Daisuke 93rd Shinagawa Seaside Open, round 3 |
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PANASIUK, Aliaksandr 17 - 47 KHLEBNIKAU, Uladzimir Belarus Othello Championship, final |
Uladzimir Khlebnikau wins 5th Belarus National Othello ChampionshipLocation: Brest, Belarus
Date: July 3rd Last year Aliaksandr Panasiuk won the 4th Belarus Championship, but this year the victory was for Uladzimir Khlebnikau. It seems Uladzimir likes even years, he won the championship in 2010, 2012 and now in 2014. Who will win the tourney next year? I say, go Sviatlana! KHLEBNIKAU Uladzimir, 4 + 1 PANASIUK Aliaksandr, 3 + 0 KRYVASHEYEU Andrei, 1 PANASIUK Sviatlana, 1 KRYVASHEYEU Pavel, 1 
The participants of the fifth Belarusian Championship Brest-2014
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