Othello News June 2011

Takuji Kashiwabara leads European Grand Prix 2011 

Takuji Kashiwabara from France won only 27 points in Köln and now has 457 points, but Marc Tastet {FR} did not get any points at all and stays at 2nd place with 400 points.
Number 3 and 4 are two players from the Netherlands Roel Hobo (200 + 60) and Nicky van den Biggelaar (90 + 140).
Imre Leader {GB} won 27 points and is at 5th place with 227 points. 
David Hand {GB} had not played an EGP tourney this year and enters the EGP ratinglist 2011 at 6th place with 200 points.
7th place, Miroslav Voracek {CZ}, did only play in the Prague tourney where he won 90 points and Matthias Berg {DE} who received 90 points for his 3rd place in Köln.
Tom Schotte {BE} won another 4 points and is at 9th place with 79 points. At number 10, Ruben Saiz {ES}, 60 points.

Takuji Kashiwabara won the EGP four times (2001, 2002, 2003, and the last time in 2006). 
Marc Tastet also won the EGP 4 times, (1993, 1994, 1995, 1997). 
Roel Hobo won 1 EGP tournament, Prague 2008.
Nicky van den Biggelaar also won 1 EGP tournament, Prague 2007.
Imre Leader won the EGP 5 times (1986, 1988, 1991, 2007 and 2010). 
The two young dutch players wedged themselves in a pack of formidable EGP champions.

Two more EGP tourneys to go, Gent Belgium, July 30 - 31 and Paris France, August 27 - 28. 

David Hand wins  European Grand Prix Köln

European Grand Prix 2011, Köln
Finals:
No final games played between David Hand and Nicky van den Biggelaar.
Unforeseen circumstances forced Nicky to return to the Netherlands and he forfeited the games.
David Hand won the final by default. Both players are granted the normal EGP points for first and second place.

3/4 final
Roel Hobo - Matthias Berg 24 - 40

Report on EGP Köln by Tom Schotte (in Dutch)


David Hand wins European Grand Prix Köln Germany June 26th 2011



Standings after 11 rounds + finals:

1.      David Hand (GB)                 9               
2.      Nicky van den Biggelaar (NL)    8.5             
3.      Matthias Berg (DE)              8.5 + 1         
4. 	Roel Hobo (NL)			7 + 0 		
5.      Imre Leader (GB)                6.5             
=.      Takuji Kashiwabara (FR)         6.5             
=.      Sebastian Schmidt (DE)          6.5             
=.      Erwin van den Berg (NL)         6.5             
9.      Michael Schaaf (DE)             6               
=.      Iain Barrass (GB)               6               
=.      Tom Schotte (BE)                6               
=.      Martin Fransen (NL)             6               
13.     Marc Tastet (FR)                5               
=.      Tonya Modellatore (DE)          5               
=.      Marcel Sneek (NL)               5               
=.      Jan de Graaf (NL)               5               
18.     Daniel Rossler (DE)             4               
=.      Patrick Aubroeck (NL)           4               
=.      Guenter Beyer (DE)              4               
=.      Beate Offerzier (DE)            4               
=.      Josbert van de Zande (NL)       4               
23.     Lars Winkler (DE)               2               
=.      Corrie de Graaf (NL)            1


Arnaud Delauney wins 2011 French Grand Prix

Runner-up is Takuji Kashiwabara.

After 1 day and 7 rounds :
Takuji Kashiwabara 5
Arnaud Delaunay 4
Frédéric Auzende, Arthur Juigner 3.5
Sébastien Barre 3
Pierre Butin 2

After 10 rounds :

Takuji Kashiwabara 6
Arnaud Delaunay 6
Frédéric Auzende 5,5
Sébastien Barre 5
Arthur Juigner 4,5
Pierre Butin 3

And the final :

Arnaud Delaunay 21-43 Takuji Kashiwabara
Takuji Kashiwabara 31-33 Arnaud Delaunay
Arnaud Delaunay 49-15 Takuji Kashiwabara
Final Game 2 French Grand Prix 2011
See history of French Grand Prix winners on Othello Wiki Book Project


Arnaud Delauney at Prequalificatif de Grenoble 2011


Tor Birger Skogen wins Kristiansand Open Norway 

June 18th 2011

Ranking of the 4 players after round 6: 

1: 4.5 pts [189] SKOGEN Tor Birger 
2: 3. pts [209] KULLANDAIRAJ George-Paul 
3: 2.5 pts [192] BOE Alexander
4: 2. pts [178] SAWALA Rita 

Ian Turner wins Farnborough Regional

June 18th 2011

Ranking of the 5 players after round 10:

1: 8.5 pts [1067] TURNER Ian (2036) {GB}
2: 8. pts [1115] BARRASS Iain (2047) {GB}
3: 7.5 pts [1021] ARNOLD Roy (2006) {GB}
4: 4. pts [908] TURNER Alison (2033) {GB}
5: 2. pts [789] TURNER Tanith (2097) {GB}

Henrik Vallund wins Danish Grand Prix

Henrik Vallund wins the Danish Grand Prix and thereby qualifies to play in the World Othello Championship.

Winners Dansk Othello Grand Prix:

2011: Henrik Vallund
2010: Geoff Hubbard
2009: Henrik Vallund
2007/08: Henrik Vallund
2006/07: Jonas Lindholt Gregersen
2005/06: Henrik Vallund
2004/05: Henrik Vallund

Karsten Feldborg wins Greve Cup

Denmark June 18th 2011

01: Karsten Feldborg
02: Henrik Vallund
03: Geoff Hubbard (Australia)
04: Pia Støvring
05: Kim J. Nielsen
06: Daniel Rignell (Sweden)
07: Kim Dennis Jensen (best beginner)
08: Jens Aagaard-Hansen
09: Solrun Stokke
10: Mikael Mårtensson (beginner)

Final: 
Henrik Vallund 0 - 64 Karsten Feldborg
Karsten Feldborg 48 - 16 Henrik Vallund

Playoff 3/4
Geoff Hubbard 44 - 20 Pia Støvring
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Roel Hobo wins 10th Iepen Fryske Othello Kampioenskippen 

12-6-2011, Langweer

34 players met in Langweer for this outdoor championship in the most beautiful village of Friesland (NL)

Final top 10 after 6 rounds: 
  1.  5,5 +2  525  Roel Hobo                5071   Winnaar
  2.  5   +2  496  Tom Schotte              2795   2de plaats
  3.  4   +2  518  Jiska Helmes             5287   3de plaats
      4   +2  447  Martin Fransen           5239 
  5.  3,5 +2  490  Erwin van den Berg       5198 
      3,5 +2  484  Albert Kortendijk        5012 
      3,5 +2  457  Jan de Graaf             4012 
  8.  4   +1  352  Corrie de Graaf          5062 B
  9.  3   +2  429  Marcel Sneek             5083 
      3   +2  427  Linda Praseptyo          5159

Roel Hobo - Jiska Helmes by Corrie de Graaf


more results from Iepen Fryske Othello Kampioenskippen 2011

Iain Barrass wins Sheffield Regional 

June 4th 2011 

Ranking of the 6 players after round 10:

1: 10. pts [739] BARRASS Iain (2047) {GB}
2: 7. pts [658] PRIDMORE Ben (4019) {GB}
3: 5.5 pts [628] ARNOLD Roy (2006) {GB}
4: 3.5 pts [589] LIGHTMAN Marie (100004) {GB}
5: 3. pts [609] STANTON Robert (318) {GB}
6: 1. pt [497] CALLADINE Robert (2353) {GB}

(Robert Stanton played from Round 3)
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