Othello News July 2015
Matt Vinar wins the 2015 Australian Championship
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Location: Melboune, Australia
Date: July 25th Tourney format: 5 rounds and final 12 players came together at the 2015 Australian Othello Nationals in Melbourne. This was the 20th anniversary of the Australian Nationals, and it was good to see the tournament return to its birthplace. Matt Vinar went undefeated in the preliminary 5 rounds and then went on to defeat Phil Cairns in the final with a score of 47-17. There has not been any decision made concerning the team for the WOC, but this will be discussed over the next couple of weeks. Posted on AOF website by Phil Cairns List of Australian National Champions from 1995 here 
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VINAR Matthew 47-17 CAIRNS Phil Australian National Championship 2015, final 
link to AOF website
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Kwanyoon Kim wins 24st Korea Othello ChampionshipLocation: Seoul, South Korea
Date: July 26st Tourney format: 5 rounds A nice victory for Kwanyoon Kim with 5 wins. Second place for Joungmok Oh and Jihoon Chung with 4 points. 
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CHUNG Jihoon 40-24 KIM Donggyu 24st Korean Championship, round 2 |
KIM Seongchan 23-41 OH Joungmok 24st Korean Championship, round 3 |
KIM Kwanyoon 38-26 OH Joungmok 24st Korean Championship, round 5 |
Results of the semifinals of the GRAND PRIX AFRICAIN D’OTHELLO 2015
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Location: Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Date: July 24th Tourney format: 2 rounds The best players wiil play in the finals August 21st. Results round 1: NAMPE Franck 63 - 01 DIARRA FATOUMATA NAMPE Grace 12 - 52 AGNERO Jacob DIOMANDE Massia 43 - 21 GNONSIAN Anne Désirée CHERIF Fanta 18 - 46 OUREGA Ange AKPAKOU Grâce 23 - 41 BADJO Annie Carole MOBIO Ayé Juliana 32 - 32 KOUADIO AMA Deborah DIALLO Mariam 28 - 36 OUREGA Modéra AHOUA Grace 15 - 49 ADJAKA Angelo KOUAKOU Sephora 15 - 45 GUIEHOUA Marie-France NAMPE Wilfried 35 - 29 BESSI Prince Mickaël AKRE Gabriel 50 - 14 TOGBA Fils OUREGA Loh Jeannot 62 - 02 TOGBA Vanama Results round 2: DIALLO Mariam 33 - 31 NAMPE Wilfried GNONSIAN Anne Désirée 18 - 46 TOGBA Fils AKPAKOU Grâce 20 - 44 KOUADIO AMA Deborah BADJO Annie Carole 21 - 43 CHERIF Fanta OUREGA Modéra 50 - 14 NAMPE Grace OUREGA Zirimba Ange 56 - 08 KOUAKOU Sephora BESSI Prince Mickaël 14 - 50 GUIEHOUA Marie-France DIOMANDE Massia 54 - 10 AHOUA Grace AKRE Gabriel 48 - 16 TOGBA Vanama NAMPE Franck 24 - 40 AGNERO Jacob MOBIO Ayé Juliana 47 - 17 DIARRA FATOUMATA ADJAKA Angelo 10 - 54 OUREGA Loh Jeannot |
Results of the semifinals of the GRAND PRIX AFRICAIN D’OTHELLO 2015
NAMPE FRANCK 87pts Groupe TLT DIARRA FATOUMATA 18 pts Groupe Scolaire Saint Cyr NAMPE GRACE 26 pts Ludothèque CI AGNERO JACOB 92 pts ONG Vision Scientifique DIOMANDE MASSIA 97 pts Lycée Municipal Attécoubé TOGBA VANAMA 18pts ONG Vision Scientifique GNONSIAN ANNE DESIREE 39 pts Groupe Scolaire Saint Cyr CHERIF FANTA 61 pts Groupe TLT OUREGA ANGE 102 pts EPP AKABIA DIVO AKPAKOU GRACE 43 pts Groupe Scolaire Saint Cyr BADJO ANNIE CAROLE 62 pts EPP AKABIA DIVO MOBIO AYE JULIANA 79 pts Lycée Municipal Attécoubé KOUADIO AMA DEBORAH 76 pts Lycée Municipal Attécoubé DIALLO MARIAM 61 pts Groupe Scolaire Saint Cyr OUREGA MODERA GRACE 86 pts EPP AKABIA DIVO AHOUA GRACE 25 pts EPP AKABIA DIVO ADJAKA ANGELO 59 pts Ludothèque CI KOUAKOU SEPHORA 27 pts Lycée Municipal Attécoubé GUIEHOUA MARIE France 95 pts Ludothèque CI NAMPE WILFRIED 66 pts Groupe TLT BESSI MICKAEL 43 pts Groupe TLT OUREGA LOH JEANNOT 116pts ONG Vision Scientifique AKRE GABRIEL 98pts Groupe TLT TOGBA Fils 60pts ONG Vision Scientifique 
Loh Jeannot Ourega at WOC 2014
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Qualified for the finals August 21st:
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Men:
1- OUREGA LOH JEANNOT 116pts (ONG Vision Scientifique) 2- AKRE GABRIEL 98pts (Groupe TLT) Junior Men: 1- OUREGA ZIRIMBA ANGE 102pts (EPP AKABIA DIVO) 2- AGNERO JACOB 92 pts (ONG Vision Scientifique) Boys: 1- NAMPE FRANCK 63pts (Groupe TLT) 2- TOGBA Fils 60pts (ONG Vision Scientifique) |
Ladies:
1- CHERIF FANTA 61pts (Groupe TLT) 2- GUIEHOUA Marie France 95pts (Ludothèque CI) Junior Ladies: 1- DIOMANDE MASSIA 97 pts (Lycée Municipal Attécoubé) 2- MOBIO AYE JULIANA 79pts (Lycée Municipal Attécoubé) Girls: 1- OUREGA MODERA 86pts (EPP AKABIA DIVO) 2- KOUADIO AMA DEBORAH 76pts (Lycée Municipal Attécoubé) |
Piyanat Aunchulee wins Thailand Othello OpenLocation: Bangkok, Thailand
Date: July 26th Tourney format: 7 rounds and final Link: Thailand Othello Facebookpage Piyanat reached the final with a perfect score of 7 wins. Piamrat Kraikokit defeated Sittisak Tantiprasongchai in round 7 and that win was crucial for his place in the final. It took Piayanat only 2 games to secure the victory, a perfect score with nothing but wins. Tana Patcharaporn was the best lady of the tournament and as she finished in the top 4 of the overall results, there was no lady-final. We look forward to see team Thailand perform at the WOC in Cambridge. 
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standings after 7 rounds
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AUNCHULEE Piyanat 48-16 PATTARAKUL Nida Thailand Othello Open 2015, round 2 |
KRAIKOKIT Piamrat 37-27 TANTIPRASONGCHAI Sittasak Thailand Othello Open 2015, round 7 |
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KRAIKOKIT Piamrat 17-47 AUNCHULEE Piyanat Thailand Othello Open 2015, final game 1 |
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AUNCHULEE Piyanat 54-10 KRAIKOKIT Piamrat Thailand Othello Open 2015, final game 2 |
Arthur Juigner wins Bussang tourney
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Location: Bussang, France
Date: July 25th Tourney format: 5 rounds Another Othello Summer Camp was organised by the FFO in the beautiful French Vosges. There was a final tourney which was attended by 7 summer camp participants and 7 extra players. Arthur won all his games at this tourney. Marc Tastet commented that Arthur won practically all his games at the summer camp. A great second place for his younger brother Félix who moved up to the second place by defeating Thierry Lévy-Abégnoli 33-31 in the final round. Thanks to François Juigner we have nice pictures of the tourney to show you. It's not often that the boys' father also plays at tourneys. I dont remember ever seeing his name in tourney results, well done François with 3 wins! Another Juigner, Gaston, finished with 2 points. I quessed that must be another Juigner brother and I was right. Gaston is the third brother, aged 11, usually not really interested in Othello, at least until Marc's course for beginners at Bussang. |
Tourney results after 5 rounds:
1: 5 pts [241] JUIGNER Arthur (50030) {FRA} 2: 4 pts [232] JUIGNER Félix (50067) {FRA} [229] TASTET Marc (2) {FRA} 4: 3 pts [233] LEVY-ABEGNOLI Thierry (3598) {FRA} [186] TASTET Rémi (50053) {FRA} [146] JUIGNER François (50057) {FRA} 7: 2 pts [133] DUMAS Clément (50080) {FRA} [132] JUIGNER Gaston (50077) {FRA} RUSSO Gianpiero (50083) {FRA} [126] VILLOING Jason (50085) {FRA} [125] ZAID Romain (50079) {FRA} 12: 1 pt [128] GARREC Arlette (50081) {FRA} [109] BURLAUD Léa (50084) {FRA} [88] RUSSO Flavio (50082) {FRA} |
link to tourney report on FFO website
Let's smash the top score! Play against the best of the world at the 39th World Othello Championship!
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The top WOC tourneys with regard to number of players:
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39th WOC will be held October 28th - 31st in Cambridge, UK!
more WOF info to be found here: Othello Bulletin issue 350 W.O.F. homepage WOF Woc-page Email to woc 2015 |
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14th Grand Othello Meijin-senLocation: Tokyo, Japan
Date: July 20th winner: Makoto Suekuni! runner-up: Tetsuya Nakajima |
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Thanks to Mr. Masaaki Iwasaki we have the full results of the 14th Grand Mejin-sen. Mr. Iwasaki also commented on the great achievement of Makoto Suekuni who won this Grand Othello title for the second year in a row, the day after he won the All Japan Championship.
Makoto Suekuni wins All Japan Championship 2015 |
全日本選手権 |
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Location: Higashi-Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
Date: July 19th Tourney format: 6 rounds, semifinals and final Last year Kazuki Okamoto won his second All Japan title. Kazuki Okamoto defeated the 2014 Meijin and World Champion Makoto Suekuni (All Japan Champion 1997) in the final. At this 43rd All Japan Championship Makoto won the most prestigious Japanese Othello title back after 18 years, well done! 1997 was a very good Othello year for Makoto, he also won the World Othello Championship in Athens. He reclaimed that title last year in Bangkok, Thailand. True Othello Champions live by the motto: I'll be back!!! Runner-up at the All Japan was Daisuke Kamikura. Third place for Masaya Kasai. 4th: Hiroshi Matsumoto, 5th Kazuki Okamoto, 6th: Tetsuya Nakajima, 7th: Nobuaki Mitsuya, 8th: Junya Ito. Yusuke Takanashi finished 14th with 4 wins. The Ladies Championship was decided in a final between Asuka Funatsu and Hisako Kinoshita (All Japan Ladies Champion in 2002 and 2004) and Asuka Funatsu won her very first All Japan Ladies Champion title. Congrats Atsuka! Open Division Champion is Yusuke Sawaki. He won the final against Yasuto Shirota. Congrats Yusuke! |
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final All Japan 2015: Makoto Suekuni - Daisuke Kamikura
I won All Japan Championship! |
KAMIKURA Daisuke 17 - 47 SUEKUNI Makoto All Japan Championship 2015, final |
I participated in the All Japan. Takashi finished 15th with four wins and 2 losses
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YAMAKAWA Takashi - MATSUMOTO HIROSHI All Japan Championship 2015, round 3 |
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KINOSHITA Hisako 30 - 34 FUNATSU Asuka All Japan Championship 2015, ladies final |
ladies final: Asuka Funatsu and Hisako Kinoshita
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open division final: Yasuto Shirota - Yusuke Sawaki.
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SAWAKI Yusuke 36-28 SHIROTA Yasuto All Japan Championship 2015, open division final |
Link to All Japan page on JOA website
Yan Song wins 4th Beijing Othello Open 2015
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Location: Beijing, China
Date: July 18th Tourney format: 7 rounds Swiss preliminaries; semifinals and final. Yan Song, the winner of the 2nd Beijing Open and the 3rd Beijing Open succeeded in defending his title. He won the 1-game final against Xu Chen. Best Lady was Yaqing Lu, just like she was in 2013 and 2014. I looked for results of the 1st Bejing Open and found that it was played in 2006. Results Top players 4ths Beijing Open: Champion: Yan SONG 2nd: Xu CHEN 3rd: Zihui JI 4th: Wei WANG Lady Champion: Yaqing LIU |
Yuaqing Liu and Yan Song
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WANG Wei 19 - 45 SONG Yan 4th Beijing Othello Open 2015, semi-final |
JI Zihui 33 - 31 WANG Wei 4th Beijing Othello Open 2015, playoff 3r / 4th place |
Roy Arnold wins Newcastle Mini Othello Tournament
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Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, Great Britain
Date: July 18th Tourney format: 6 rounds Roy Arnold won the tourney with five points. Runner-up was Marie Lightman who also scored 5 points 1: 5 pts [518] ARNOLD Roy (2006) {GBR} [456] LIGHTMAN Marie (100004) {GBR} 3: 4 pts [470] STEPHENSON Ken (2001) {GBR} 4: 3 pts [410] HORTON John (2089) {GBR} 5: 1 pt [342] -ANDERSON Sara (100021) {GBR} (left after round 5) 6: 0 pt [228] -TARZANOVIC Luke (100022) {GBR} (joined after round 5 |
Roy Arnold - Don Zhen at WOC 2014
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39th WOC will be held October 28th - 31st in Cambridge, UK!
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The British team has a trick up it's sleeve for the next WOC. Leonardo Caviola (ITA) spotted this super-secret training camp within the walls of the Cambridge University.
Team Netherlands will rap it's way to the final. Let us know how your team prepares for WOC 2015. |
Kazu Satohisa wins 78th Sendai OpenLocation: Sendai, Japan
Date: July 12th Tourney format: 6 rounds, 14 players Links: results on JOA website Kazu Satohisa won the tourney with a perfect score of 6 wins. |
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Makoto Suekuni wins 162nd Nagareyama openLocation: Nagareyama, Japan
Date: July 12th Tourney format: 6 rounds, 23 players Links: results on JOA website The reigning World Othello Champion won the 162nd Nagareyama Open with 6 wins. That's what champions do, win everything! I checked Makoto's facebook page to see if any pictures were posted of the tourney. So far no pictures but on his page he had posted a fun video of 2013 OWC Junya Ito in a Japanese game show. I thought it was worth sharing. |
Ben Seeley at US Open Chicago 2015
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Ben Seeley wins US National OpenLocation: Chicago, USA
Date: July 11th - 12th Links: Facebook event page This is a qualifying event for the 2015 World Othello Championship. Day 1: Yohanes Chitra finished 6.5 / 7 on the first day with only a draw to Edmund Yiu preventing a perfect record. Frank Armatys stood in 2nd losing only to Yohanes. Day 2: Ben Seeley came from behind to win the 2015 National Open. He needed help and got it with Dal Yu defeating leader Yohanes Chitra in round 11. |
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YIU Edmund 32 - 32 CHITRA Yohanes US National Open 2015, round 3 |
SEELEY Ben 28 - 36 CHITRA Yohanes US National Open 2015, round 4 |
SEELEY Ben 48 - 16 CHITRA Yohanes US National Open 2015, round 10 |
pictures were posted by Dal S. Yu on United States Othello Association's Facebook page
- Jeroen Everts wins Västerås Open
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Location: Västerås, Sweden
Date: July 11th Tourney format: 7 rounds Link: SOF website tourney info and Nordic ranking Jeroen Everts won his games against all the other players at this tournement. The runner-up, Marcus Frönmark, won al his games in the first 5 rounds, but then lost against Jeroen and Tintin Eng. Tintin, tourney host and winner of the Västerås Open in 2014, only scored 1 point in the first 3 rounds, but from then on won all his games. On visit from the Netherlands, 2010 Female World Othello Champion Jiska Helmes. She collected 2.5 points: two wins against Rikard Fahleson and Arvid Kjellberg and a draw against Benkt Steentoft. 
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ENG Tintin 19 - 45 EVERTS Jeroen Västerås Open 2015, round 3 |
WETTERGREN Niklas 19 - 45 FRÖNMARK Marcus Västerås Open 2015, round 4 |
Hiroyuki Iwata wins 93rd Kanagawa Open
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Hiroyuki Iwata won the tourney with 5 wins and 1 loss. The one loss was against Masaya Kasai. There were 3 more players with 5 wins: Kunihiko Tanida, Yoshi Oike (sorry if the name is incorrect, I can not find the name in my Japanese players database) and Masaya Kasai. Makoto Suekuni, WOC 2014, finished 8th with 4 wins. Same amount of wins for Takeshi Murakami. Check Murakami's games on his blog.
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MURAKAMI Takeshi 21 - 43 TANIDA Kunihiko 93rd Kanagawa Open, round 3 |
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TASTET Marc 31-33 KASHIWABARA Takuji EGP Athens 2015, final game 1 |
Top 4 EGP Athens:
For more info, results and pictures check our special EGP Athens page.
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KASHIWABARA Takuji 53-11 TASTET Marc EGP Athens 2015, final game 2 |
After a relatively modest start, Takuji is back in the race of the 2015 European Grand Prix Championship. He won both Oslo and Athens. As Francesco Marconi explains: Takuji sometimes hibernates a bit in winter, but he still wakes up in the spring! |
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EGP Athens: this weekend July 4th - 5thMiroslav Voráček is still in the lead even though so far he has only played in 3 EGP tourneys. Takuji Kashiwabara did not make it to the final in the first three tourneys, but he played a very good swiss round at the EGP Oslo (9.5/11) and he won the final 2-1 against Imre Leader. If he plans to hold on to the title of European Champion, he will have to win a couple more, but there are 3 more stages to go. Imre Leader (3rd) and Francesco Marconi (4th) really need a win to catch up.
Results and pictures will be posted on our special EGP Athens page. Or check the Facebook event page and the Greek Othello Federation's website. Latest update!!! EGP Athens winner: Takuji Kashiwabara (FRA) |
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Yusuke and Makoto prefer sushi over Othello discs
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