Othello News July 2017
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Othello at Villa AdeleLocation: 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
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Guilherme Lisboa wins Nova Odessa tournamentLocation: 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!
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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 office@worldothello.org, 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 |
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Woramet Hempijit wins Thailand Othello Open 2017
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Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Date: July 23 Tourney format: 7 rounds, 3/4 playoff and final Link: FB page, LiveOthello 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. 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 |
final game 1: Woramet Hempijit - Anon Hongthong
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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
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Location: Indaiatuba, Brazil
Date: July 22-23 Tourney format: Saturday 7 rounds swiss, Sunday semifinal and final Link: FBO website, FB album, LiveOthello 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) 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. |
empty pool means there is an ongoing Othello tournament
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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 OpenLocation: Tokyo, Japan
Date: July 22nd Format: 6 rounds swiss Link: JOA website, Takeshi Murakami blog 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! |
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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
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ONUKI Yutaka 30-34 MURAKAMI Takeshi Shinagawa Seaside Open, round 2 note: another student from Takeshi Murakami's high school
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TATSUMI Yukiko 36-28 MURAKAMI Takeshi Shinagawa Seaside Open, round 4 |
Jan de Graaf and Marcel Sneek
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Mireille de Graaf wins 16th Burijn Othello OpenLocation: 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! |
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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 the 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.
The new Female Champion is Misa Sugawara, she won the final against Yukiko Tatsumi.
Free division (intermediate class) winner Toya Yamazaki, twin brother of last year's runner-up Keita Yamazaki. Second place this year for Satoshi Kurahashi.
Date: July 16th
Tourney format: 6 rounds, semifinals and final
Link: JOA website, Takeshi Murakami blog
This year the 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.
The new Female Champion is Misa Sugawara, she won the final against Yukiko Tatsumi.
Free division (intermediate class) winner Toya Yamazaki, twin brother of last year's runner-up Keita Yamazaki. Second place this year for Satoshi Kurahashi.
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
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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.
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SUGARAWA Misa 38-26 TATSUMI Yukiko All Japan 2017, ladies final |
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YAMAZAKI Toya 36-28 KURAHASHI Satoshi All Japan 2017, final free division |
final free division: Satoshi Kurahashi - Toya Yamazaki
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All Japan Champions since 1973
Chun Yip Tsoi wins Hong Kong Othello Open
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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" Semifinals: DONG Zhen 32-32 MA Derek LI Chun Wan 31-33 TSOI Chun Yip Final: MA Derek 23-41 TSOI Chun Yip |
Chun Yip Tsoi's two trophies
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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 |
Players, assistants, spectators and referees
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Uladzimir Khlebnikau wins Belarus Championship 2017Location: Brest, Belarus
Date: July 15th Tourney format: 6 rounds 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 |
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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
Borja Moreno Fernández wins US Open
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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 OpenLocation: 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
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TAKEMOTO Jun 16-48 SILVA FabrÃcio Brasil tournament, round 5 |
CORREIA JR Moises 33-31 JARA Alfredo Peine Brasil tournament, round 5 |
Matthias Berg
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Matthias Berg wins European Grand Prix 2017 BerlinMatthias Berg won the final against Marc Tastet. Third place for Imre Leader, 4th place for Sverre Tvedt.
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Maximiliano Pellizari wins Argentine Othello ChampionshipLocation: 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:
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Marcelo Lisnovsky, Daniel Olivares,
Max Seifert, Paula Iturbide, Germán Vazquez, Maximiliano Pellizzari
champions 2008 - 2017
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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
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final: Zhen Dong - Yan Song
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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.
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 PrixThe 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. 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?
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
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
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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.
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.
EGP Did You Know? by Tom Schotte
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EGP 2017 stage 5/8
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Upcoming: 1st Incheon Othello Grand Open in KoreaThere 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. 
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Othello Festa Osaka
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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 ChampionshipLocation: PlayOk
Date: July 1st Tourney format: 5 rounds, semifinal and final Link: LiveOthello 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
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DE VRIES Anouk 22-42 DORBECK Anne Dutch Junior Championship, final |
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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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