Othello News June 2014
Alessandro Di Mattei wins stage V of the Città di Roma 2014
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Location: Rome, Italy
Date: June 29th Tourney format: 5 rounds, 23 players link to FNGO Facebook photoalbum Alessandro di Mattei was invincible this year at all five of the Città di Roma tourneys. The victory of the fifth and final stage was not easy. His opponent in the final round was Francesco Marconi and Allesandro would have lost that game if Francesco had managed his time better. So it was a second place for Franceso Marconi, together with Alessandro Tucci and Paolo Scognamiglio. A great result for Biagio Privitera and his son Francesco, they shared the 5th place. For tourney results of the other 17 players see the FNGO page. Alessandro Di Mattei won the individual 2014 competition with 100 points, second Michele Diodati ( 81 points) and third Paolo Scognamiglio (68 points). The 2014 team championship was won by the purple team: George Ortiz, Damiano Sperandio, Chiara Gigliucci, Cristina Terribili, Alessandro Tucci, Sofia Malatesta, Alessandro Ortiz and Alessio Cenci. |
Alessandro Di Mattei, winner Città di Roma 2014
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Città di Roma 2014, stage V
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link to Città di Roma 2014 team and individual results
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Arnaud Delaunay wins Finale Grand Prix de France 2014
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Location: Paris, France
Date: June 28 - 29 Tourney format: 10 rounds and finals Serge Benoit had also qualified for the Finale du Grand Prix de France. As he and next in line Thierry Levy-Abégnoli were unable to play in this 2-day event, Bintsa Andriani was invited to the tourney as the next replacement. Ranking of the 6 players after round 7 (day 1): 1: 6.5 pts [393] DELAUNAY Arnaud (3518) {FRA} 2: 5. pts [363] JUIGNER Arthur (50030) {FRA} 3: 2.5 pts [372] TASTET Marc (2) {FRA} [370] ANDRIANI Bintsa (45) {MDG} [353] KASHIWABARA Takuji (839) {FRA} 6: 2. pts [375] LAZARD Emmanuel (11) {FRA} Still three games to play for every participant but Arnaud Delaunay has already qualified to play the final tomorrow. Arthur Juigner needs only one more win to qualify. His opponents on Sunday are Bintsa Andriani, Arnaud Delaunay and Takuji Kashiwabara. |
Marc Tastet, Arthur Juigner and Stéphane Nicolet
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KASHIWABARA Takuji 47 - 17 LAZARD Emmanuel Grand Prix de France 2014, round 4 |
DELAUNAY Arnaud 32 - 32 ANDRIANI Bintsa Grand Prix de France 2014, round 6 |
TASTET Marc 30 - 34 JUIGNER Arthur Grand Prix de France 2014, round 7 |
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On Sunday Arthur killed all the suspense in the first round as he won his game against Bintsa Andriani 49 - 15. So with 2 more rounds to go, qualification for the final was done. Round 9 was a pre-final match between the two finalists. Arnaud Delaunay won this convincingly 43 - 21. In round 10 both Arnaud and Arthur lost, maybe they were saving their energy for later.
Arnaud Delaunay won the GPdeF in 2011 and 2012. In 2013 Marc Tastet won and Arnaud was runnerup. Arthur started the final well with a 30 - 33 win, but the next 2 games were for Arnaud. Congrats to both finalists!. |
Ranking of the 6 players after round 10 (day 2):
1: 7.5 pts [637] DELAUNAY Arnaud (3518) {FRA} 2: 6. pts [619] JUIGNER Arthur (50030) {FRA} 3: 5. pts [633] KASHIWABARA Takuji (839) {FRA} 4: 4.5 pts [621] TASTET Marc (2) {FRA} 5: 3.5 pts [618] LAZARD Emmanuel (11) {FRA} [592] ANDRIANI Bintsa (45) {FRA} |
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DELAUNAY Arnaud 43 - 21 JUIGNER Arthur Grand Prix de France 2014, round 9 |
LAZARD Emmanuel 32 - 32 KASHIWABARA Takuji Grand Prix de France 2014, round 9 |
TASTET Marc 37 - 27 DELAUNAY Arnaud Grand Prix de France 2014, round 10 |
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DELAUNAY Arnaud 30 - 33 JUIGNER Arthur Grand Prix de France 2014, final game 1 |
JUIGNER Arthur 17 - 47 DELAUNAY Arnaud Grand Prix de France 2014, final game 2 |
JUIGNER Arthur 19 - 45 DELAUNAY Arnaud Grand Prix de France 2014, final game 3 |
Classement du GP de France
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Tintin Eng wins Västerås OpenLocation: Västerås, Sweden
Date: June 28th Tourney format: 7 rounds, no finals A pleasant tourney, very social and many laughs. 4 players won 5 out of 7, the winner was Tintin Eng. Tintin lost in round 4 gainst Henry Aspenryd and in round 5 against Daniel Turunen. He had to win round 7 and that's just what he did, a 44 - 22 win against Veronica Stenberg. Afterwards their was a nice dinner for all the players. |
Ranking of the 10 players after round 7:
1: 5 pts [416] ENG Tintin (1492) {SWE} [400] ASPENRYD Henry (1513) {SWE} [388] STENBERG Veronica (1375) {SWE} [385] TURUNEN Daniel (1459) {SWE} 5: 4 pts [422] EKLUND Oskar (150016) {SWE} 6: 3 pts [388] MAGNUSSON Johan (1379) {SWE} [362] NORGREN Cecilia (1532) {SWE} [345] KJELLBERG Arvid (1599) {SWE} 9: 1 pt [304] JOHANSSON Erik (1493) {SWE} [300] STEENTOFT Benkt (1301) {SWE} |
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EKLUND Oscar 34 - 30 ASPENRYD Henry Västerås Open, round 2 |
ASPENRYD Henry 42 - 22 ENG Tintin Västerås Open, round 4 |
STENBERG Veronica 36 - 26 ASPENRYD Henry Västerås Open, round 5 |
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PRASEPTYO Linda 31 - 33 SCHOTTE Tom 8th Zonhoven Open, round 5 |
Tom Schotte wins 8th Zonhoven Open
Location: Zonhoven, Belgium
Date: June 22nd Tourney format: 7 rounds In the same weekend as the Dutch EGP there was a nice tourney in Belgium with 14 players. Tom Schotte sent me a message, "the curse of Zonhoven is broken". I had a quick glance at the Belgian archives and yes, in the past not a single Belgian player managed to win this tournament. Among the past winners there were a lot of Dutchmen, like Nicky van den Biggelaar, Roel Hobo and Jan de Graaf. This year it finally was Tom's turn and he finished the tourney in style with 7 points. It could easily have been only 6 points, if Linda Praseptyo had not made a mistake in their game in round 5. She made a wrong move 57 G1, maybe due to 12 spectators all gathered around the table to watch the game. Runner-up at the tourney was Albert Kortendijk with 6 points 
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Nicky van den Biggelaar wins European Grand Prix Den HoornThe Dutch EGP was held at de Stolp on the island Texel, on the 21st - 22nd June. Check the news updates on our special EGP Den Hoorn page |
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Jan de Graaf wins Langweer tournamentLocation, Langweer, Friesland
Date: June 15th Touney format: 6 rounds Jan de Graaf won back the title of Langweer Champion. The last time he won this fun Friesian tournament, was in 2010. Does this mean Jan is ready to win the EGP next weekend in Den Hoorn Texel? Come and see for yourself and join the tourney, there is room for more players. Final result of 16 players after 6 rounds: 1. 6 +2 543 Jan de Graaf 4012 2. 5 +2 487 Linda Praseptyo 5159 3. 4 +2 510 Albert Kortendijk 5012 4. 3 +2 442 Jarl Ilbrink 5010 3 +2 437 Bauke Kortendijk 5030 B 6. 3,5 +1 395 Jolle Kuperus 120025 B Best Langweerder 3,5 +1 394 Froukje de Vries 6196 B 2nd Langweerder 8. 3 +1 418 Holbe Kuperus 6108 B 3 +1 354 Arend Kuperus 6201 B 10. 2 +2 451 Marcel Sneek 5083 11. 3 379 Natascha Fonseca Neves 6166 B 12. 3 312 Marije de Vries 120030 B best primary school 13. 2 +1 318 Jorrit Kuperus 120016 B 14. 2 287 Tjitze de Vries 6197 B 15. 1,5 254 Lora Melissen 120018 B 16. 0,5 +1 259 Joren Melissen 120017 B |
Jan de Graaf, winner Langweer
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Martin Ødegård
HAUGLAND Jan Kristian 25 - 39 ØDEGARD Martin Oslo Summer Open, round 3 |
Martin Ødegård wins Oslo Summer OpenLocation: Oslo, Norway
Date: June 14th Tourney format: 7 rounds Martin was invincible and took seven straight wins in the Oslo Summer Open 2014. Second place for Jostein Danielsen and third for Jan Kristian Haugland. I have not gone through all the past tournament results, but I think we must return to the previous millennium to find a Norwegian tournament in which Jan Kristian did not finish in the top 2 report by Tor Birger Skogen Ranking of the eight players after round 7: 1: 7 pts [324] ØDEGARD Martin (2560) {ENG} 2: 6 pts [275] DANIELSEN Jostein (2583) {ENG} 3: 5 pts [282] HAUGLAND Jan Kristian (1868) {ENG} 4: 3 pts [246] SKOGEN Tor Birger (1802) {ENG} [211] OLSEN Pal Tore (2511) {ENG} 6: 2 pts [187 ] TVEDT Sverre (140031) {NOR} 7: 1 pt [145] NILSSEN Yngvar (140001) {ENG} [122] ØRBECK-NILSSEN Kim Andre (140048) 
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FNGO presents Othello in Sicily at Etna Comics 2014
Great launch of OTHELLO in Sicily at "Etna Comics 2014", with hundreds of people playing Othello! Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 June 2014 Othello was very well received in Sicily and the President of the Italian Othello Federation, Biagio Privitera, and Leonardo Caviola were very happy with the enthusiast reaction.
Here is the link to the photoalbum
Here is the link to the photoalbum
Matthias Berg wins German Othello National ChampionshipLocation: Kelbra, Germany
Date: June 14th - 15th Tourney format: double round robin Matthias Berg wins the German National Othello Championship with 9/10. He only lost the game in round 8 against Daniel Rössler. This is Matthias' 13th title, the first one was in 2001, only time his winning streak was interrupted was in 2008. That year the German Champion was Andreas Höhne. Second place with 7 points for Gunnar Bach. Jörg Gärtner and Daniel Rössler both finished with 6 points and played a for 3rd / 4th place which was won by Daniel (17 - 47). 
Matthias Berg at WOC 2012
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Frank, Gunnar, Daniel, Jörg, Stefan, Matthias
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BERG Matthias 48 - 16 BACH Gunnar German National Championship, round 2 |
BERG Matthias 17 - 47 RÖSSLER Daniel German National Championship, round 8 |
RÖSSLER Daniel 27 - 37 BACH Gunnar German National Championship, round 10 |
Henrik Vallund in Othello combat outfit
Ever since I was almost completely whiped off the board at an EGP by Henrik Vallund in my early Othello years, I have had the greatest respect for this Danish player. I was sure he would make it to the finals and when I got the results in, I doublechecked to see if all was really correct.
For now, I will leave the picture as is. The winner of the Greve Cup will have to present a more fun picture, or else Henrik stays :) Karsten Feldborg won the tourney almost undefeated, except for 1 game in the final. This was his 14th Greve Cup victory, the first victory was in 1989. Runner up Erik Lund Jensen won the Greve Cup in 2001 in a final against Feldborg. A succesful tourney, double the number of players than in 2013 Jens Aagaard-Hansen leads the 2014 Danish Othello Grand Prix
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Karsten Feldborg wins Greve CupLocation: Greve, Denmark
Date: June 14th Number of players: 8 games on LiveOthello Greve Cup 2014 Group 1, ranking of the 4 players after round 3: 1: 3 pts [123] LUND JENSEN Erik (93) {DNK} 2: 2 pts [115] RAGNARSSON Robin (1596) {SWE} 3: 1 pt [71] VALLUND Henrik (96) {DNK} 4: 0 pt [75] MICHAELSEN Peter (1000) {DNK} Greve Cup 2014 Group 2, ranking of the 4 players after round 3: 1: 3 pts [146] FELDBORG Karsten (92) {DNK} 2: 2 pts [99] AAGAARD-HANSEN Jens (1019) {DNK} 3: 1 pt [105] BADSTED Palle (1025) {DNK} 4: 0 pt [34] PEDERSEN Mads (1075) {DNK} Greve Cup 2014 playoff 5-8, ranking of the 4 players after round 3: 5: 3 pts [177] VALLUND Henrik (96) {DNK} 6: 2 pts [118] BADSTED Palle (1025) {DNK} 7: 1 pt [60] MICHAELSEN Peter (1000) {DNK} – best beginner 8: 0 pt [29] PEDERSEN Mads (1075) {DNK} - beginner Semifinal LUND JENSEN Erik vs. AAGAARD-HANSEN Jens, 2 - 0 FELDBORG Karsten vs. RAGNARSSON Robin, 2 - 0 Playoff 3rd / 4th: RAGNARSSON Robin 46 - 18 AAGAARD-HANSEN Jens Final: FELDBORG Karsten vs LUND JENSEN Erik, 2 - 1 | ||||||
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LUND JENSEN Eric 11 - 53 FELDBORG Karsten Greve Cup, final game 1 |
FELDBORG Karsten 24 - 40 LUND JENSEN Eric Greve Cup, final game 2 |
LUND JENSEN Eric 20 - 44 FELDBORG Karsten Greve Cup, final game 3 |
Maximiliano Pellizzari wins Argentine Othello OpenLocation: Buenos Aires, Argentine
Date: June 8th Report by Marcelo Lisnovsky The Argentine Othello Open was held in Circulo de Ajedrez Torrre Blanca (White Tower Chess Club), Buenos Aires, on June 8, 2014. We had 13 players and played 5 rounds swiss system. I was very glad to have newbies, as well as regulars. Winner was 2013 Argentine Champion, Maximiliano Pellizzari. Runner up was highest ranked Argentine player, Daniel Olivares. |
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Imre Leader wins Cambridge RegionalLocation: Cambridge, United Kingdom
Date: June 7th Tourney format: 6 rounds In 2013 the Cambridge Regional was a five round tourney which was won by Iain Barras, Iain and Imre both finished with 4 points. This year Imre went for an undisputed win with 6 points Ranking after 6 rounds:
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Imre Leader
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Takuji Kashiwabara wins Prequalificatif de GrenobleDate: June 7 - 8
Location,: Grenoble, France Tourney format: Seven rounds on Saturday, semi-finals and finals on Sunday. At the end of day 1, Arthur Juigner lead the tourney with 7 points after 7 rounds, second place for Takuji Kashiwabara with 6 points. Five points for Arnaud Delaunay and 4 points for Bintsa Andriani. These are the 4 players that qualify for the semifinals. On sunday the semifinal started well for Bintsa Andriani as he won his first game against Arthur Juigner, who was undefeated in this tourney up till then. But the young player outsmarted his opponent in the next two games. The semifinal between Arnaud Delaunay and Takuji Kashiwabara started with a draw. Takuji won the next game and Arnaud won the third game. Disccount was in favour of Takuji, but only by just 2 discs. Bintsa Andriani won the playoff for 3rd place against Arnaud Delaunay. Takuji Kashiwabara won the final 2 - 1 against Arthur Juigner. Arthur won the first game but the next two final games were for Takuji. |
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Semifinal 1:
JUIGNER Arthur 30 - 34 ANDRIANI Bintsa DELAUNAY Arnaud 32 - 32 KASHIWABARA Takuji JUIGNER Arthur 30 - 34 ANDRIANI Bintsa semifinal 1 DELAUNAY Arnaud 32 - 32 KASHIWABARA Takuji semifinal 1 |
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ANDRIANI Bintsa 29 - 35 JUIGNER KASHIWABARA Takuji 50 - 14 DELAUNAY Arnaud ANDRIANI Bintsa 29 - 35 JUIGNER semifinal 2 KASHIWABARA Takuji 50 - 14 DELAUNAY Arnaud semifinal 2 |
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JUIGNER Arthur 37 - 27 ANDRIANI Bintsa DELAUNAY Arnaud 49 - 15 KASHIWABARA Takuji JUIGNER Arthur 37 - 27 ANDRIANI Bintsa semifinal 3 DELAUNAY Arnaud 49 - 15 KASHIWABARA Takuji semifinal 3 |
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ANDRIANI Bintsa 40 - 24 DELAUNAY Arnaud playoff 3rd / 4th |
JUIGNER Arthur 35 - 29 KASHIWABARA Takuji final game 1 |
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KASHIWABARA Takuji 36 - 28 JUIGNER Arthur final game 2 |
JUIGNER Arthur 28 - 36 KASHIWABARA Takuji final game 3 |
HU Yingchong wins 1st Huanzhou Othello Open, female champion DONG Zhen
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Date: June 1st, 2014
Location: Hangzhou, Zhejiang,China Format: Qualifying round: 7 rounds Swiss system, 2 X 20 mins. Semifinal and Final:2 X 30 mins Fourteen players battled to win the 2014 Hangzhou Othello Open. At the end of the day, HU Yingchong had played 9 games and won all nine games. Second place in the tourney and women's champion for DONG Zhen the 2014 OWC Queen of Othello. Top 4:
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final: HU Yingchong - DONG Zhen
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DONG Zhen 46 - 18 FENG Ling 1st Hangzhou Othello Open, semifinal |
KANG Le 24 - 40 HU Yingchong 1st Hangzhou Othello Open, semifinal |
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KANG Le 24 - 40 FENG Ling 1st Hangzhou Othello Open, 3rd / 4th playoff |
DONG Zhen 21 - 43 HU Yingchong 1st Hangzhou Othello Open, final |
Next stage European Grand Prix 2014 in Den Hoorn, Netherlands
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The fifth stage of the European Grand Prix will be played June 21 - 22 on the beautiful island Texel that lies on the north coast of The Netherlands. So far we have 5 foreign players and a very disappointing total of 7 dutch players. The last Dutch EGP in Gouda 2012 had only 11 players where as when I started to play Othello, we had tourneys with as much as 60 players.
I know there is a nice tourney in Zonhoven, Belgium, on Sunday. I know that travelling to Texel takes a bit more planning, but here is your chance to battle with the best European Othello players. Moreover, you need not worry about accomodation, all is perfectly organised by the NOV. Jan de Graaf and Marcel Sneek can pick you up from Schiphol airport, IJmuiden harbour or Alkmaar trainstation in order to travel together to Den Helder for the ferry to Texel. COME TO TEXEL!!!!!!!!! Trees van Seggelen, June 6th |
Den Hoorn, Texel
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Saturday:
08:00 breakfast 09:15 welcome speech 09:30 start first round 12:30 lunchbreak 14:00 start round 4 18:00 preparation dinner 19:00 dinner social evening |
Sunday:
08:00 breakfast 09:30 start round 8 13:30 lunchbreak 14:30 finals 17:30 award ceremony 18:00 preparation dinner 19:00 dinner social evening |
Monday:
10:00 departure |
Francesco Marconi (ITA) wins European Grand Prix Moscow
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