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Othello News July 2017


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Othello at Villa Adele

Location: Anzio, Italy
​Date: July 29
Tourney format: 3-4 rounds swiss
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 Mini School Tournament and Othello Training, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

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European Grand Prix 2017, stage Ghent July 29-30
​Winner Nicky van den Bigelaar (NLD) for report visit our EGP Ghent 2017 page

40 subscriptions - the list has been updated! There are still boards and clocks available for additional players, so don't hesitate to make a last minute subscription :)
EGP Ghent, the 200th European Grand Prix tournament​, you don't want to miss this historic battle. Fourteen elite players (top 4 result in an EGP tournament) and among them ofcourse the EGP 2017 top 4: Matthias Berg, Takuji Kashiwabara, Marc Tastet and Imre Leader. Lots of European players, but also 2 players from Japan and a player from Egypt.

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EGP 2017 stage 6/8
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Guilherme Lisboa wins Nova Odessa tournament

Location: Nova Odessa, Brazil
​Date: July 25
Tourney format: 5 rounds


A new series of Othello tournaments started in Nova Odessa on Wednesday July 26th. The plan is to have 1 tournament a month on a Wednesday. Upcoming Tournaments: 30 August, 27 September, 18 October, 29 November, 13 December (end).

Guilherme Lisboa won the first tournament with 4 wins and 1 loss. There were 2 more players with 4 points, Joao Victor Souza Silva and Vitor Paie Correia

WOF Youth initiative needs you!

Hello all!

the World Othello Federation is starting up a work group; "WOF Youth Events-work group". 
If you are interested to be a part of our work group, or you know someone who might be interested, please send an email to [email protected], or send me a Facebook private message.
The groups intention is to support all WOF member nations to arrange youth events. Do you want more information, please contact us.

​Benkt Steentoft

Woramet Hempijit wins Thailand Othello Open 2017 ​

Location: Bangkok, Thailand
​Date: July 23
Tourney format:  7 rounds, 3/4 playoff and final
​​Li
nk: FB page, LiveOthello

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Woramet Hempijit won all his games in the swiss rounds and qualified to play in the final. His opponent in the final was Anon Hongthong who scored 6 wins
Woramet won the first game in the final. The second final game was the only loss for Woramet at this tournamen but the third game was another win. 
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The playoff for 3rd and 4th place was between Piamrat Kraikokit and Charinee Mitmean who both won 5 games in the swiss rounds. Charinee won the playoff 41-23.
​Piyanat Aunchulee and Patcharaporn Tana both had 4.5 points. I think at least for Piyanat it was a disappointing result.
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HONGTHONG Anon 22-42 HEMPIJIT Woramet
Thailand Open, final game 1

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final game 1: Woramet Hempijit - Anon Hongthong


HEMPIJIT Woramet 25-39 HONGTHONG Anon
Thailand Open, final game 2



HONGTHONG Anon 17-47 HEMPIJIT Woramet
Thailand Open, final game 3



MITMEAN Charinee 41-23 KRAIKOKIT Piamrat
Thailand Open, 3/4 playoff


​Pan-American Championship

Location: Indaiatuba, Brazil
​Date: July 22-23
Tourney format:  
Saturday 7 rounds swiss, Sunday  semifinal and final
​Link: FBO website, FB album, LiveOthello

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Overall leader after 7 rounds was Argentine player Daniel Olivares. He scored 6 wins. He qualified to play in the semifinal on Sunday along with Marcos Paulo Pires, Jun Takemoto and Marcel Lisnovsky.

Semi-final 1 :
Daniel Olivares (ARG) 45-19 Marcos Paulo Pires (BRA)
Marcos Paulo Pires (BRA) 20-44 Daniel Olivares (ARG)
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Semi-final 2:
Jun Takemoto (BRA) 55-9 Marcelo Lisnovsky (ARG)
Marcelo Lisnovsky (ARG) 32-32 Jun Takemoto (BRA)
Note: the match finished 33-31 for Takemoto on the board due to a missflip, Takemoto qualified for the final. 

Playoff 3rd - 4th place:

Marcos Paulo Pires 21-43 Marcelo Lisnovsky

​Final:
Daniel Olivares (ARG) 34-30 Jun Takemoto (BRA)

Jun Takemoto (BRA) 22-42 Daniel Olivares (ARG)
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OLIVARES Daniel 34-30 TAKEMOTO Jun
Pan-American Championship, final game 1



TAKEMOTO Jun 22-42 OLIVARES Daniel
Pan-American Championship, final game 2


FFO summercamp

​ Location: Ronce-les-Bains, France
Date: July 16-23 
Format: enjoy, learn, teach and play
​Link: FFO website
Report by Marc Tastet

The internship went well and it is likely that we return to Ronce-les-Bains next year. With you maybe?

See you soon,
Marc Tastet.
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empty pool means there is an ongoing Othello tournament
XOT Tournament July 18th (5 rounds):

1: 5 pts [209] CASPARD Emmanuel (355) {FRA}
2: 3 pts [197] RALLE Paul (1) {FRA}
[145] LECAT Monique (2788) {BEL}
4: 2 pts [173] TASTET Marc (2) {FRA}
[127] LEVY-ABEGNOLI Thierry (3598) {FRA}
6: 0 pt [109] TASTET Rémi (50053) {FRA}

Note that Monique beat Marc for the first time.​
​Blitz tournament July 20th, double all-round 

1: 8. pts [380] CASPARD Emmanuel (355) {FRA}
2: 6.5 pts [373] RALLE Paul (1) {FRA}
                   [370] TASTET Marc (2) {FRA}
4: 6. pts [379] LEVY-ABEGNOLI Thierry (3598) {FRA}
5: 1.5 pts [221] LECAT Monique (2788) {BEL}
                   [197] TASTET Rémi (50053) {FRA}

Note that Monique beat Paul for the first time.
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Final tournament July 22:

1: 4 pts [197] RALLE Paul (1) {FRA}
               [194] TASTET Marc (2) {FRA}
3: 3 pts [185] CASPARD Emmanuel (355) {FRA}
               [170] LEVY-ABEGNOLI Thierry (3598) {FRA}
5: 1 pt [94] TASTET Rémi (50053) {FRA}

It was obvious that Paul Ralle was not so rusty, 12 years after his last official tournament. Paul lost to Marc who lost against Thierry and this is all the info you need to reconstruct all the results. Note that the final ranking corresponds exactly to the order of the WOF player id-number: it was the experience that has prevailed at this tournament (as the number is smaller, the older it is).

​Tetsuya Nakajima wins 127th Shinagawa Seaside Open

Location: Tokyo, Japan
Date: July 22nd
Format: 6 rounds swiss
​Link: JOA website, Takeshi Murakami blog
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34 players came to Shinagawa to play at the 127th Shinagawa open. Undefeated winner of this tournament was Tetsuya Nakajima.

Final result top 3 :
Winner: Tetsuya Nakajima 6 wins, 374pt
2nd: Makoto Suekuni 5 wins, 1 loss, 416pt
3rd: Suguru Osato 5 wins, 1 loss, 341pt

Congratulations!


TAKAMIZAWA Daika 41-23 MURAKAMI Takeshi
Shinagawa Seaside Open, round 1

note: Takamizawa Daiki is a student at the high school where Takeshi Murakami teaches English


ONUKI Yutaka 30-34 MURAKAMI Takeshi
Shinagawa Seaside Open, round 2

note: another student from Takeshi Murakami's high school


TATSUMI Yukiko 36-28 MURAKAMI Takeshi
Shinagawa Seaside Open, round 4


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Jan de Graaf and Marcel Sneek

Mireille de Graaf wins ​16th Burijn Othello Open

​Location: Alkmaar, Netherlands
​Date: July 18th
Tourney format: 5 rounds

A proud Jan de Graaf posted the results of this end of year school tournament and with reason: his wife finished first and runner-up was his eldest daughter Wendy. His youngest daughter Jasmijn finished in the top 10.

It was a great Othello year at "De Burijn thanks to Jan de Graaf, Marcel Sneek and lots of enthusiast children.

I wish you all a fun summer holiday!


​1. DE GRAAF, Mireille, NL, 5, 460
2. DE GRAAF, Wendy, NL, 4, 428
3. DE VRIES, Anouk, NL, 4, 399
4. DE VRIES, Jiske, NL, 4, 341
5. DORBECK, Anne, NL, 3, 405
6. DE VRIES, Judith, NL, 3, 347
7. EVERS, Anouk, NL, 3, 347
8. DE GRAAF, Jasmijn, NL, 3, 332
9. KAAIJ, Sterre, NL, 3, 328
10. LIMBACH, Esmee, NL, 3, 324

​11. WEIJERS, Eef, NL, 2, 319
​12. LE FEBRE, Mireille, NL, 2, 309
​13. DEKKER, Teun, NL, 2, 279
​14. KALKAN, Asaf, NL, 2, 278
​15. KAAIJ, Mees, NL, 2, 254
​16. WEIJERS, Saar, NL, 1.5, 184
​17. CONINX, Lars, NL, 1, 297
​18. ZEIJNSTRA, Storm, NL, 1, 282
​19. ABABOU, Aynan, NL, 1, 247
20. VAN DER PUY, Carmen, NL, 0.5, 239

Seiya Kurita wins 45th All Japan Championship

​Location: Chiba-shi, Japan
​Date: July 16th
Tourney format: 6 rounds, semifinals and final

Link: JOA website, Takeshi Murakami blog

This year t
he 45th Japan Othello Championship had 64 participants and 32 participants for the female division. The All Japan Championship was won by Seiya Kurita, a player who impressed many participants of the 2012 World Othello Championship where he finished third after winning the playoff against local favourite Nicky van den Biggelaar. His opponent in the 2017 All Japan final was Jo Nagano who lost 24-40. Third place for Kobachi Fukunaga. Next chance for Jo and others to win a spot on the Japan WOC team, will be at the Ouza-Sen in September.
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The new Female Champion is Misa Sugawara, she won the final against Yukiko Tatsumi.
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Free division (intermediate class) winner Toya Yamazaki, twin brother of last year's runner-up Keita Yamazaki
. Second place this year for Satoshi Kurahashi.
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Seiya Kurita: 45th All Japan Champion
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Misa Suguwara: Female Champion
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Koya Yamazaki: free division Champion
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final: Jo Nagano - Seiya Kurita


NAGANO Jo 24-40 KURITA Seiya
All Japan 2017, final

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Quite an eventful Ladies final between Misa Sugarawa and Yukiko Tatsumi with a missflip (game finished 39-25) and a timeout for Yukiko.


SUGARAWA Misa 38-26 TATSUMI Yukiko
All Japan 2017, ladies final



YAMAZAKI Toya 36-28 KURAHASHI Satoshi
All Japan 2017, final free division

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final free division: Satoshi Kurahashi - Toya Yamazaki
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All Japan Champions since 1973

Chun Yip Tsoi wins Hong Kong Othello Open

Location: Hongkong
​Date: July 16th
Tourney format: 
7 preliminary rounds, 1-game semifinal and 1-game final
Link: LiveOthello

11 players at the Hong Kong Othello Open Championship 2017.  Zhen Dong, Derek Ma, Chun Yip Tsoi and Chun Wan Li qualified for the semifinals.
Derek Ma won 33-31 against Zhen Dong in round 6, the semifinal final was a draw and Dereak had the draw-win as Zhen chose to play black. The other semifinal was also a close game but nevertheless a win for Chun Yip Tsoi. For the final​ 
Derek chose to win on draw, Yip chose white. The final was  clear 23-41 win for Chun Yip Tsoi who won his second HK championship. He won the first one in 1999. His comment: "I look forward to the next trophy and hope I don't have to wait so long"
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Semifinals:
DONG Zhen 32-32 MA Derek
LI Chun Wan 31-33 TSOI Chun Yip

Final:
MA Derek 23-41 TSOI Chun Yip
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Chun Yip Tsoi's two trophies


LI Chun Wan 31-33 TSOI Chun Yip
Hong Kong Open, semi-final



DONG Zhen 32-32 MA Derek
Hong Kong Open, semi-final



MA Derek 23-41 TSOI Chun Yip
Hong Kong Open, final


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Players, assistants, spectators and referees

​Uladzimir Khlebnikau wins Belarus Championship 2017

Location: Brest, Belarus
​Date: July 15th
Tourney format: 6 rounds
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Uladzimir Khlebnikau finished 3rd last year and Andrei Kryvasheyev was the 2016 Belarus Champion.  was but this year the title was for Uladzimir Khlebnikau, who won 5 out of 6 games.

Final result:
1. Uladzimir Khlebnikau: 5/6

2. Andrei Kryvasheyev: 3/6
3. Aliaksei Tsishchanka: 2/6
4. Aliaksandr Panasiuk: 2/6


KHLEBNIKAU Uladzimir 37-27 KRYVASHEYEV Andrei
Belarus Championship



TSISHCHANKA Aliaksei 41-23 PANASIUK Aliaksandr
Belarus Championship


Mitsuru Dairokuno wins Othello event at Mind Sports Festival, Suzano, Brazil

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Borja Moreno Fernández wins US Open

​ Location: Rosemead, USA
​Date: July 8-9th
Tourney format: 12 rounds


​Congrats to Borja for winning the US Open!  Borja won all 10 games.  Yohanes won his games against Ben except the last one when he defaulted on time.  Some of these games were very close despite the sometimes unbalanced final scores.  They will be sending transcripts.  

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Fabrício Silva wins ​Jundiaí Othello Open

Location: Jundiaí, Brazil
​Date: July 9th
Tourney format: 5 rounds
Link: 
FBO website, LiveOthello

Just 5 players at this tournament and the undefeated winner was Fabrício Silva.
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Jun Takemoto, Moises Correia Jr., Fabricio Silva, Mitsuru Dairokuno


TAKEMOTO Jun 16-48 SILVA Fabrício
Brasil tournament, round 5



CORREIA JR Moises 33-31 JARA Alfredo Peine
Brasil tournament, round 5


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Matthias Berg

Matthias Berg wins European Grand Prix 2017 Berlin​

Matthias Berg won the final against Marc Tastet. Third place for Imre Leader, 4th place for Sverre Tvedt.

More info at our EGP Berlin page

Maximiliano Pellizari wins Argentine Othello Championship

Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
​Date: July 9th
Link: 
LiveOthello

Six players qualified for the Argentine Championship 2017: Maximiliano Pellizzari, Daniel Olivares, Germán Vazquez, Paula Iturbide, Max Seifert and Marcelo Lisnovsky.

Daniel Olivares won his third National title last year and would have loved to keep the title but things did not work out that way for him. Maximiliano Pellizari won back the title that he lost in 2016 and he did it in style, he won all his games in the 5 round tournament. Now 4 times Argentine Othello Champion, congrats Maxi!
Final results:
  1. Maximiliano Pellizzari 5 points 231 discs
  2. Daniel Olivares 4 points 174 discs
  3. Marcelo Lisnovsky 3 points 138 discs
  4. Paula Iturbide 1 point 154 discs
  5. Max Seifert 1 point 135 discs
  6. Germán Vazquez 1 point 128 discs
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Marcelo Lisnovsky, Daniel Olivares, Max Seifert, Paula Iturbide, Germán Vazquez, Maximiliano Pellizzari
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champions 2008 - 2017


LISNOVSKY Marcelo 33-31 ITURBIDE Paula
Argentine Championship, round 1



PELLIZZARI Maximiliano 53-11 OLIVARES Daniel
Argentine Championship, round 1



PELLIZZARI Maximiliano 51-13 SEIFERT Max
Argentine Championship, round 5


​Yan Song wins 10th Singapore National Championship
Zhen Dong is runner-up and Female Champion

Location: Singapore
​Date: July 9th
Format: 7 rounds, semifinals and final
​Links: Facebook OOS, LiveOthello FB, table 2 video, table 1 video

This year strong players from China and Hong Kong, including the 2016 WOC men's runners-up Song Yan and the 2016 WOC Female Champion Don Zhen, joined the Singapore tournament.

The two top WOC players qualified for the semifinals and proceeded to the final. Yan Song won the final 12-52.

​Top 4:
1. SONG Yan (CHN)
2. DONG Zhen (CN)
3. LI Chun Wan (HKG)
4. LOW Eddie(SGP)
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Othello at Comixpoli

Location: Ladispoli, Italy
Date: July 8th
​Link: FNGO FB

Another great Othello event sponsored by the FNGO. Sun, sea and Othello, what a great day to spend a summerday.

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Qualifcation tournaments for Elementary School Grand Prix

The Japan Othello Association organises a junior Othello Grand-Prix also this year. The title is “Othello Shougakusei Grand-Prix 2017” in Japanese.

The tournament is open for all elementary school children. It consists of 13 district qualifications held throughout Japan and a final tournament at the Bandai building in Tokyo.

The first district qualification took place on May 28th in Tokai district and Kinki-Hyogo district and this weekend there is a very big tournament in Kanto region.

The final will be on August 6th. The Champion qualifies for the junior spot at the Japanes World Othello Championship team.
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​More info at JOA website.

Kanto region, July 8th
Kansai
Niigata
More junior Othello experts from all over Japan, ready for the Elementary School Grand Prix.
Who will win a ticket to the World Othello Championship in Ghent, Belgium?

European Grand Prix 2017, next stage Berlin
​results will be posted on our EGP Berlin page

Stage 6 of the 2017 EGP will take place at the end of this week, in Berlin. Before the Aland tournament, I wrote that I thought the EGP 2017 would go to either Kashiwabara, Tastet or Berg. But then, Imre Leader won the Aland tournament and he seems to be in great form. Were he to win Berlin and then Ghent.......... I don't want to knock any player off my top 3 list. I will just make it a top 4. Good luck to Marc Tastet, Matthias Berg, Imre Leader and the other two registered players, Sverre Tvedt and Stefan Murawski. Takuji Kashiwabara was stopped at the Lufthansa check-in counter on Friday, he had failed to notice that his passport expired a month ago, no EGP for him tis weekend.

Matthias Berg lobbied hard to get the EGP to Germany and the first German EGP was in 2008. Matthias hoped to enspire players to take part in German and foreign EGP's. This EGP just 1 other German player will show up at the Berlin EGP. Due to
Local players EGP 2017:
Prague: 18 out of 44
Athens: 7 out of 10
Barcelona: 3 out of 9
Oslo: 8 out of 17

Aland: 2 out of 15 ​
Berlin: 2 out of 5
Ghent: expects 11 out of 35
Paris: expects 8+ out of 20+
​Local players EGP 2016:
Rome: 16 out of 22
Cambridge: 13 out of 19 (a lot of juniors)
St. Petersburg: 13 out of 19
Copenhagen: 4 out of 18
Warsaw: 7 out of 11
Stockholm: 14 out of 10
Amsterdam: 10 out of 18
The main problem of the EGP in my view is the dwindling number of players that is interested to play at least 4 EGP's in a year. This year we have Kashiwabara, Tastet, Berg and Leader. In 2016 we had just 3: Kashiwabara, Schotte and Tastet. In 2015 Kashiwabara, Voracek, Marconi, Tastet and Leader. In 2014 Kashiwabara, Tastet, Leader and Marconi. In 2013  Kashiwabara, Marconi,  Odegard, Tastet and Hobo. In 2012 Kashiwabara, Tastet, Marconi, Hobo and Fransen.

I think the EGP is the engine to boost Othello in Europe. Two top priorities are: attract more players to their national EGP and get more players to play at least 4 EGP's a year. It will make the tourneys more interesting, the fight for the championship will be harder. There is a lot we can learn from the players that have been around for years like Takuji Kashiwabara, Marc Tastet, Imre Leader and Francesco Marconi. Players love to share their expertise and their love of the game with others. The Othello crowd is small in Europe, but great fun to hang out with.

Take a look at Tom Schotte's EGP Statistics page for more numbers.
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EGP Did You Know? by Tom Schotte
  • ​Lari Pihlajapuro spent 13 years and 82 days between his two silver medals. He joins Didier Piau, Dominik Nowak, Arthur Juigner and Jeroen Everts who have lost two finals without winning one.
  • Imre Leader claimed his 18th victory, but it took him 6 years and 48 days after number 17. This is not his longest 'in between wins' period: Between his 7th (1993) and 8th (2001) win more than 8 years passed.
  • With participating in Aland, Marc Tastet is the first player to have played in all organising countries (15).
  • Imre Leader took another record though: the one of the oldest winner. With a considerable age of 53 and 231 days he overtakes Marc Tastet, who is still the oldest player to become 2nd, 3rd and 4th in a tournament.
  • Aland had only 1 player with the Finnish nationality. This only happened to one other country in history before: Belgium in 1993 where the very brave Alain Daix was present.
  • ​Jubilees: 40 victories for United Kingdom, 10th season Finland joins an EGP tournament, 40th podium for Imre Leader (18-10-12), 4000 EGP points for Sweden. 
  • In Oslo, Oskar Eklund became the 4th Swedish player to win a tournament, but the first who did this outside Sweden. He is the 55th player to win an European Grand Prix tournament.
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EGP 2017 stage 5/8

Upcoming: 1st Incheon Othello Grand Open in Korea

There will be a big tourney in Korea on August 26th, the "Incheon Othello Grand Open".

Do you feel like doing something
 adventurous this summer? Do you want to play Othello? Travel to Incheon Korea, play at the Incheon Othello Grand Open and when you prove to be the best after 7 rounds and a final, you win 900 US dollars!

Contact email: Chun Ae LEE, Korean Othello Association director in the Incheon area.

​​More info in the added txt-file.
1st_incheon_othello_grand_open.txt
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World Othello Championship 2017

The first players have registered. Players page can be found here.

​Join us in Ghent, Belgium!!!

Othello Festa Osaka

​Over 1000 people participated in this event in the AEON MALL Sakaikitahanada  Osake on June 10th and 11th.

Lots to do for kids and adults, for beginners and advanced players.

Most popular at the Othello Festa: simultaneous Othello games, 6 players against 1 Othello master. Around 250 people challenged the experts.
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Ricardo Brandão Pinto wins Online Brazil 2 Championship

Location: PlayOk
Date: July 1st
Tourney format: 5 rounds, semifinal and final
​Link: LiveOthello
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Semifinals:

SILVA Fabrício 49-15 DAIROKUNO Mitsuru
PINTO Ricardo Brandao 60-4 MARDEN Gabriel

Final:
PINTO Ricardo Brandao 35-29 SILVA Fabrício
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PINTO Ricardo 35-29 SILVA
Brazil Online 2, final


Anne Dorbeck wins Dutch Junior Championship
​Nicky van den Biggelaar wins 86th Dutch Othello Open 

Location: Almere, Netherlands
Date: July 1st
Tourney format: 7 rounds
​Link:
 NOV website, LiveOthello

​
Nicky van den Biggelaar won all his games and took the 86th Dutch Open. It was his 30th victory at a Dutch open. The first one he won was the 21st Dutch Othello Open in Alkmaar, July 11th 2004. 
Five players finished with 5 wins: Jan de Graaf, Patrick Aubroeck, Tom Schotte, Albert Kortendijk and Erwin van den Berg.

Best Lady was Belgian  Frauke Van de Moortel.

Quite a number of junior players scored 3 points, but Anouk de Vries and Anne Dorbeck qualified for the Junior final. That game was won by Anne Dorbeck, 22-42.
Picture


DE VRIES Anouk 22-42 DORBECK Anne
Dutch Junior Championship, final



SCHOTTE Tom 54-10 REUNES Nick
2nd Waarschoot Open, final



DE BOER Akke-Lien 59-5 DE GRAAF Wendy
2nd Waarschoot Open,
last place A- vs winner B-tournament


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