Othello News July 2016
Vidar Aas wins Bergen OpenLocation: Bergen, Norway
Date: July 31st Links: Norges Othello Forbund Facebook Four players finished with 4 points after 5 rounds and there initially was some confusion as to who won the tourney. But in then end it was Vidat Aas who was pronounced the wiiinner. Final result: 1-3 Aas, Vidar 4 396.5 Scheving, Gudny Osk 4 377.0 Haukenes, Kenneth 4 376.0 4-5 Stokke, Solrun 3 400.0 Hjelmen, Gisle 3 304.5 6 Thulin, Kristian 2.5 265.5 7-8 Sælebakke, Steinar 2 317.5 Krossøy, Inge 2 305.0 9 Hermansen, Geir 1.5 307.0 10-11 Melgårdsbakken, Geir 1 250.0 Fransson, Siri 1 182.5 (3 rounds) |
Vidar Aas
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Dmitriy Atamanov wins the EGP Stockholm!
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Top 4 EGP Stockholm:
1: Dmitriy Atamanov RUS) 2: Imre Leader (GBR) 3: Oskar Eklund (SWE) 4: Takuji Kashiwabara (FRA) More info at Othello News EGP page Links: SOF on Facebook, LiveOthello 
Dmitriy Atamanov
The European Grand Prix will be decided in September in Amsterdam. It will be an exciting tournament. All four players at the top of the 2016 list still have a chance to win the European Championship and.... they all confirmed their participation!!!
Join us in Amsterdam and test your skills against Europe's best Othello players. If you intend to join, please send an email to roel.hobo@othello.nl. More info can be found on the NOV website. 
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results after 6 stages
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Sittisak Tantiprasongchai wins Thailand Othello Open 2016
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Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Date: July 23th Links: FB pictures, Thai Othello website Champion: Sittisak Tantiprasongchai 2nd place: Woramet Hempijit 3rd place: Piyanat Aunchulee Female Champion: Patcharaporn Tana 2nd Female: Charinee Mitmean Thailand WOC team: Sittisak Tantiprasongchai Woramet Hempijit Piyanat Aunchulee Patcharaporn Tana (Female) |
Piyanat Aunchulee, Woramet Hempijit, Sittisak Tantiprasongchai, Patcharaporn Tana and Charinee Mitmean
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NHEMPIJIT Woramet 23-41 TANTIPRASONGCHAI Sittisak Thailand Open 2016, final game 3 |
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Tetsuya Nakajima wins 15th All Japan Championship, Grand Othello (10 x 10)Location: Tokyo, Japan
Date: July 18th Winner: Tetsuya Nakajima Female Top: Yukiko Tatsumi Yukiko Tatsumi and Tetsuya Nakajima did not win a spot on the Japanese team for the regular Othello Championship. But today they qualified for the Grand Othello WOC that will held on Saturday, November 5th. Good luck to both! 
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Yasushi Nagano wins 44th All Japan Championship
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Location: Toko, Japan
Date: July 17th Tourney format: 6 rounds, semifinals and final Link: JOA website In 2015 the All Japan Championship was won by Makoto Suekuni with a second place for Daisuke Kamikura. Yusuke Takanashi finshed 14th last year. But this year Yusuke made it to the final. He won the All Japan in 2012 and was keen on winning it for the second time. But the final was won by Yasushi Nagano in a very close game that ended 33-31. Yusuke was in the lead untill move 44 but then....... that's the fascinating mystery of Othello. Third place for Tetsu Statani The Women's final between Jun Hada and Hisako Kinoshita (female champion in 2002 and 2004) was won by Jun Hada. Third place for Yukiko Tatsumi. Open Category final between Keita Yamazaki and Keisuke Fukuchi was won by Keisuke Fukuchi. More info will be posted as soon as available. |
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the finalists:
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NAGANO Yasushi 33-31 TAKANASHI Yusuke 44th All Japan Championship, final |
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All Japan Championship 1973 - 2016
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OSHIMIZU Takanori 28 - 36 TAKANASHI Yusuke Takanashi 58th Tatebayashi Open Championship, round 6 |
Yusuke Takanashi wins 58th Tatebayashi OpenLocation: Tatebayashi, Japan
Date: July 10 Tourney format: 6 rounds Link: JOA website Reigning World Othello Champion Yusuke Takanashi won the tournament in style: 6 wins, no losses. Second place for Takanori Oshimizu who scored 4 wins, 1 loss (against Yusuke) and 1 draw (against Yasuhiro Ohuchi). A total of 18 players at this event. |
Jacky Fu wins USA National OpenLocation: Skokie, USA
Date: July 9 - 10 Top 4 of 7 players after the first day: Yohanes Chitra - 6.5 Jerry Hai - 5.5 Jacky Fu - 5 Dal Yu - 5 These four played a double round robin on Sunday. Here is a quick summary of what David Rockwell claimed was "the most exciting day of Othello I have ever witnessed". Results day 2: Jacky Fu 3.5 Jerry Hai 3.0 Yohanes Chitra 3.0 Dal Yu 2.5 Jerry won the tie break with Yohanes. I have been organizing and directing Othello tournaments for 30 years now. At the National Open today, I announced my decision to call it quits as an organizer. It is my intention to continue playing tournament Othello for a long time to come. I want to thank everyone who has supported my events and my love of the game over the years. The Othello community is truly special. Thank you all. Lots of reactions of Othello players on this annoucement. To sum it up: David did a great job and the Othello community is grateful for all the work he did for USA Othello. I met David and his wife Linda at the WOC in the Netherlands in 2012 and they are really wonderful people.
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day 2 of the US National Open 2016
the Othello cookies were gone in less than 3 hours!
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YU Dal 33-31 CHITRA Yohanes US National Open day 2, round 2 |
FU Jacky 23-41 HAI Jerry US National Open day 2, round 5 |
crosstable day 1
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crosstable day 2
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World Othello Championship News from the WOFDear all!
The W.O.C. 2016 homepage is updated with the official list of registered national teams and players. National teams WOC 2016 - Mito, Japan 31 registered federations 94 registered players 20 Female attendents 11 Youth attendents This weekend the WOF site will be updated with information about the Mito Othello Festival! Othello News WOC page is also online. Stay tuned! |
Yoshinori Ohike wins 98th Kanagawa Open
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Location, Kanagawa, Japan
Date: July 3rd Link: JOA website Format: 6 rounds A nice tournament with 35 players. Yoshinori Ohike won the tournament undefeated. Three players behind him with 4 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw: Takashi Yamamoto, Yomoya Toda and Kyotaro Tamaki. |
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Lucas Cherem wins Copa de Othelo V
Lucas Cherem - Moisés Correira Jr.
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Location, Nova Odessa, Brazil
Date: July 3rd Link: FB photoalbum, FB page Lucas Cherem is undefeated champion in the Fifth Edition of the tournament. At this tournament 36 players from Indaiatuba, Nova Odessa, Tietê and São Paulo. In the first round Lucas defeated Guilherme Lisboa (41-23). In the second round he (16-48) against Evans Fritsch. An easey (64-)) victory in the third round against Luan Costa (64-0). Another win in round 4 against José Figueira (8-46), and even Moisés Correia Jr . was defeated in the last round (42-22). 1 - Lucas Cherem Camargo Rodrigues - São Paulo 2 - Moisés Correia Jr. - Nova Odessa 3 - Evans Fritsch - Indaiatuba 4 - Otávio Mora Moura Andre - Indaiatuba 5 - Lúcio Rodrigues Jr. - Tietê 6 - Willian Cesar Ferreira da Silva - Nova Odessa 7 - Eldivando Fernando Costa - Indaiatuba 8 - Emerson Almeida Lopes - Indaiatuba | ||
Othello Elementary School Grand Prix qualification tournamentLocation, Niigata Japan
Date: July 3rd This was a qualifying tournament for the Othello Elementary School Grand Prix Final 2016 in Tokyo on August 7th. A total of 28 players at this tournament. Congrats to the winners.!
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