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Mitsuru Dairokuno wins IX Copa de Othello
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Location: Suzano, Brazil
Date: June 25 Tourney format: Link: Federação Brasileira de Othello, video1, video2 Another Othello victory for Mitsuru Dairokuno Final results: 1 - Mitsuru Dairokuno 2 - Gabriel Marden 3 - Rafael Furlan 4 - Moisés Dos Santos Teixeira 5 - Joao Victor Souza da Silva 6 - Moises Correia Jr 7 - Rita de Cássia Rufino 8 - Fernanda Cristina Pereira 9 - Luís Henrique Antônio Pereira 10 - Alcides Souza 11 - Renato José de Carvalho. |
Gabriel Marden - Mitsuru Dairokuno
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Arnaud Delaunay wins Finale du Grand Prix de France
Location: Paris, France
Date: June 24-25
Tourney format: double round robin and final
Link: LiveOthello
The final of the Grand Prix de France is a tournament with the 6 best players of the year, throughout the season, according to the ranking of the Grand Prix de France.
The winner of this tournament will be directly qualified for the World Championship.
Date: June 24-25
Tourney format: double round robin and final
Link: LiveOthello
The final of the Grand Prix de France is a tournament with the 6 best players of the year, throughout the season, according to the ranking of the Grand Prix de France.
The winner of this tournament will be directly qualified for the World Championship.
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Results halfway after 1 round robin:
1: 4.5 pts [210] DELAUNAY Arnaud (3518) {FRA} 2: 3. pts [173] TASTET Marc (2) {FRA} [165] LEVY-ABEGNOLI Thierry (3598) {FRA} 4: 2. pts [148] ANDRIANI Bintsa (45) {FRA} 5: 1.5 pts [155] KASHIWABARA Takuji (839) {FRA} 6: 1. pt [109] BUSUTTIL Michel (228) {FRA} |
Results after round 7, end of day 1 :
1: 5. pts [252] TASTET Marc (2) {FRA} 2: 4.5 pts [254] DELAUNAY Arnaud (3518) {FRA} 3: 4. pts [229] LEVY-ABEGNOLI Thierry (3598) {FRA} 4: 3.5 pts [236] KASHIWABARA Takuji (839) {FRA} 5: 3. pts [233] ANDRIANI Bintsa (45) {FRA} 6: 1. pt [140] BUSUTTIL Michel (228) {FRA} |
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Results after round 10:
1: 7. pts [380] TASTET Marc (2) {FRA} 2: 6.5 pts [380] DELAUNAY Arnaud (3518) {FRA} 3: 6. pts [323] LEVY-ABEGNOLI Thierry (3598) {FRA} 4: 5.5 pts [346] KASHIWABARA Takuji (839) {FRA} 5: 4. pts [315] ANDRIANI Bintsa (45) {FRA} 6: 1. pt [176] BUSUTTIL Michel (228) {FRA} |
There were 3 more rounds to play on Sunday and as the rop 4 all won 2 games and lost 1, nobody moved up or down in the ranking. Anything could have happened, but Marc and Arnaud qualified for the final. Thierry and Takuji just failed to obtain an extra win.
The best of three final was a 2:0 win for Arnaud Delaunay. Since 2011, Arnaud has qualified each year for the final of the Finale du Grand Prix de France and won 5 of 7! |
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DELAUNAY Arnaud 43-21 TASTET Marc Grand Prix de France, final game 1 |
Final: Arnaud Delaunay and Marc Tastet
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TASTET Marc 26-38 DELAUNAY Arnaud Grand Prix de France, final game 2 |
Yusuke Takanashi at Ibaraki Othello festival
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Yusuke Takanashi wins 126th ShinagawaLocation: Shinagawa, Japan
Date: June 24 Tourney format: 6 rounds Link: JOA website The former 4x World Champion won the tournament with 6 straight wins. Second place for Todai Takahashi, he scored 5 points. Third place for another former World Champion, Kaziki Okamoto who won 4 games. Fourth place for yet another very strong and well-known Othello player, Tetsuya Nakajima, who also scored 4 wins. |
Andrey Malnev wins Israeli Championship
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Location: Israel
Date: June 24 Tourney format: 5 rounds Congratulations to Andrey Malnev he won the championship with 4 wins and 1 loss against the runner-up Alexey Miller. Alexey also scored 4 wins, he lost against Leonid Shifman in the final round. A very rare, perhaps unprecedented, incident occurred in the game Ilya - Leonid. Leonid expired time - no, it's not such a rare case - and got 2 extra minutes. Then Ilya expired time and also received 2 additional minutes. And then... Ilya expired time again, but Leonid managed to make all the moves and won on the board... (note: by the rule it was a 33-31 win for Ilya) |
Final result:
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Imre Leader wins British National Othello Championship
Location: Salisbury, UK Date: June 24- 25 Tourney format: round robin, then 1-game semi-finals and final) Link: FB event page, LiveOthello Imre Leader won the British Championship 12 times. He won his first National in 1983 and his most recent win was last year. Only last weekend he won the European Grand Prix Aland tournament. He had not won an EGP stage since Moss 2011, so I am sure he felt it was about time to win one again. About this tournament, three in a row should appeal to a mathematician, go for it Imre! Ranking of the 8 players after round 7: 1: 7 pts [342] LEADER Imre (79) {GBR} 2: 5 pts [302] HAND David (2357) {GBR} [278] BARRASS Iain (2047) {GBR} 4: 4 pts [206] PRIDMORE Ben (4019) {GBR} 5: 3 pts [190] ARNOLD Roy (2006) {GBR} 6: 2 pts [180] DEXTER Helen (100002) {GBR} 7: 1 pt [168] KYTE Bruce (2078) {GBR} [126] STEPHENSON Ken (2001) {GBR} Semi finals: PRIDMORE Ben 25-39 LEADER Imre BARRASS Iain 13-51 HAND David Final: HAND David 32-32 LEADER Imre |
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PRIDMORE Ben 25-39 LEADER Imre British Championship, semifinal |
BARRASS Iain 13-51 HAND David British Championship, semifinal |
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HAND David 32-32 LEADER Imre British Championship, final |
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Tom Schotte wins 2nd Waarschoot Othello Open
Wendy de Graaf wins 2nd Waarschoot Othello Open B
Location: Waarschoot, Belgium
Date: June 24
Tourney format: 7 rounds and finals
Link: BOA website, LiveOthello
20 Players gathered in the garden of Tom & Akke-lien for a cosy garden tournament. The field of players was split between an A and B event. Tom Schotte (7/7) en Nick Reunes (6/7) qualified for the final, won by Tom (50-14). Mireille Blijleven finished best lady (4/7). Wendy de Graaf proved to be the best in the B event (7/7), well ahead of her sister Jasmijn (5/7). Kris Van Daele (5/7) was the best 'non-junior promising player' and Jan Verstuyft the best newcomer (4/7).
After the tournament it was time for the BBQ. That's the way it's done in Waarschoot!
Date: June 24
Tourney format: 7 rounds and finals
Link: BOA website, LiveOthello
20 Players gathered in the garden of Tom & Akke-lien for a cosy garden tournament. The field of players was split between an A and B event. Tom Schotte (7/7) en Nick Reunes (6/7) qualified for the final, won by Tom (50-14). Mireille Blijleven finished best lady (4/7). Wendy de Graaf proved to be the best in the B event (7/7), well ahead of her sister Jasmijn (5/7). Kris Van Daele (5/7) was the best 'non-junior promising player' and Jan Verstuyft the best newcomer (4/7).
After the tournament it was time for the BBQ. That's the way it's done in Waarschoot!
crosstable 7 rounds A-tournament
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crosstable 7 rounds B-tournament
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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 |
Martin Ødegård wins Norwegian Championship
Jostein Danielsen wins Norwegian Grand Prix 2017
Location: Oslo, Norway
Date: June 24
Tourney format: 7 rounds and final (1 game)
Link: LiveOthello
Martin Ødegård won the 2016 Norwegian Othello Champions, it was his 4th National win. Jan Kristian Haugland won 7 times. Also present at this tournament the 2011 and 2014 champion Jostein Danielsen and the 2015 champion Vidar Albrigtsen. A lot of contenders!
After the 7 swiss rounds, the two finalists were Martin Ødegård and Jostein Danielsen, Martin won 5 games, played a draw against Jostein in round 2 and lost against Tor Birger Skogen in round 7. Jostein also qualified for the final with 4 wins, a draw and a loss against Pal Olsen Hammervik in round 5. Martin won the final 38-26, his 5th National, well done!
Jostein Danielsen finished 1st in the Norwegian Grand Prix 2017, ahead of Martin Ødegård and Vidar Albrigtsen.
Date: June 24
Tourney format: 7 rounds and final (1 game)
Link: LiveOthello
Martin Ødegård won the 2016 Norwegian Othello Champions, it was his 4th National win. Jan Kristian Haugland won 7 times. Also present at this tournament the 2011 and 2014 champion Jostein Danielsen and the 2015 champion Vidar Albrigtsen. A lot of contenders!
After the 7 swiss rounds, the two finalists were Martin Ødegård and Jostein Danielsen, Martin won 5 games, played a draw against Jostein in round 2 and lost against Tor Birger Skogen in round 7. Jostein also qualified for the final with 4 wins, a draw and a loss against Pal Olsen Hammervik in round 5. Martin won the final 38-26, his 5th National, well done!
Jostein Danielsen finished 1st in the Norwegian Grand Prix 2017, ahead of Martin Ødegård and Vidar Albrigtsen.
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Ranking of the 10 players after round 7:
1: 5.5 pts [419.5] ODEGARD Martin (2560) {NOR} [396.5] DANIELSEN Jostein (2583) {NOR} 3: 4. pts [364] ALBRIGTSEN Vidar (2570) {NOR} [350] HAUGLAND Jan Kristian (1868) {NOR} [346] OLSEN HAMMERVIK Pal (2511) {NOR} 6: 3. pts [365.5] BOE Alexander (1878) {NOR} [345] TVEDT Sverre (140031) {NOR} [324.5] AAS Vidar (1800) {NOR} [303] SKOGEN Tor Birger (1802) {NOR} 10: 0. pt [251] ORBECK-NILSSEN Kim Andre (140048) {NOR} Final: Martin Ødegård - Jostein Danielsen 38/26 |
Norsk Grand Prix 2017
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HAUGLAND Jan Kristian 38-26 BØE Alexander Norwegian Championship, round 4 |
SKOGEN Tor Birger 37-27 ØDEGÅRD Martin Norwegian Championship, round 7 |
ØDEGÅRD Martin 38-26 DANIELSEN Jostein Norwegian Championship, final |
Imre Leader wins EGP ÅlandTop 4 after final and playoff:
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top Othello sleuths in search of the missing parity link
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EGP 2017 stage 5/8
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Masaki Takizawa wins 2017 Niigata Block Tournament
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Location: Niigata, Japan
Date: June 18 Tourney format: 6 rounds A clear victory for Masaki Takizawa with 6 wins. Final Result: 1優勝 滝沢 雅樹(Masaki Takizawa)九段 6勝0敗 2位 藍原 重朗(Shigeaki Aihara)三段 4勝2敗 3位 小原 大翔(Hiroto Obara)初段 4勝2敗 4位 梅沢 佳紀(Yoshinori Umezawa)五段 4勝2敗 5位 神田 吉浩(Yoshihiro Kanda)四段 4勝2敗 6位 長尾 広人(Hiroto Nagao)六段 4勝2敗 7位 梅澤 志帆(Shiho Umezawa)初段 3勝3敗 8位 衛藤 理壱(Riichi Eto)1級 3勝3敗 9位 衛藤 悦子(Etsuko Eto) 3勝3敗 ←1級取得 10位 佐久間 友啓(Tomohiro Sakuma) 3勝3敗 ←1級取得 11位 松橋 怜(Ren Matsuhashi) 3勝3敗 ←1級取得 12位 小林 嘉野(Kano Kobayashi)1級 2勝4敗 13位 卯田 杏里(Anri Uda) 2勝4敗 14位 岩坂 龍次(Ryuji Iwasaka)初段 2勝4敗 15位 滝沢 椋(Ryo Takizawa) 1勝5敗 ←3級取得 16位 唐沢 貴洋(Takahiro Karasawa) 0勝6敗 |
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Kwanyoon Kim wins 3rd MyeonginLocation: Seoul, South-Korea
Date: June 18 Tourney format: 7 rounds Link: LiveOthello, KOA Band Things went well forKwanyoon Kim at this tournament, he won all his games. Second place for Jaeyoung Sohr with 6 points and third place for Youjoon Seo with 5 points. 
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LEE Chunae 19-45 SOHR Jaeyoung 3rd Myeongin, round 2 |
NAM Sungwoo 22-42 KIM Kwanyoon 3rd Myeongin, round 7 |
Edmund Yiu wins US National Open, Chicago Area
Location: Chicago, USA
Date: June 17-18
Date: June 17-18
Tournament format will be based on # of players and player preferences. We will probably try to maximize player participation from those who wish to play the most. But you do not have to play both days. We will announce tourney format later. If you have an issue or question about it let us know and we will announce it sooner.
This tournament is scheduled to rank 2nd behind the NYC tournament for filling team spots for the USA Team at the World Championship in Ghent, Belgium.
Also like last year, if both players in a game wish to play with an XOT starting position, they can do so. If either player in a game wants to play with the classic starting position, then that will be the starting position for the game.
Edmund Yiu has won the National Open in a small field of four this weekend. He won 11 of his 12 games in the quadruple round robin format. Only 1 loss, against David Rockwell in round 9.
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ARMATYS Frank 31-33 YIU Edmund 2017 US National Open, round 7 |
ROCKWELL David 36-28 YIU Edmund 2017 US National Open, round 9 |
Ivo Rybárik wins Czech Othello Championship
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Location: Prague, Czech Republic
Date: June 17 Tourney format: 7 rounds and final Link: FB page Last year Miroslav Voráček won the final against Tomáš Douda 2 - 0. This year Tomáš Douda had a diffeernt opponent in the final, Ivo Rybárik. In the best of three final Ivo won 2:0. Congrats Ivo with your first National Othello Championship! Ladies Champion: Andrea Vernerová Junior Champion: Nikita Zinčenko 
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Czech Champions 1999 -2017
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Michael Shifman wins 1st Israel Othello Children's Championship (U15)Location: Israel
Date: June 17 Tourney format: 5 rounds Report by: Leonid Shifman We held many children's tournaments during the school year and selected the 8 strongest children to play in final.. Micky Shifman won all his games, but it was no easy walk... He won a very close game with Danielle, she won all her other games and finished 2nd. In the last round Nimrod Presente won a very hard game against Yaron Chereshnya and he took the 3rd place. Micky, Danielle and Nimrod are 11 y. o. and they are classmates. Yaron is best from U10. |
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Final result:
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Danielle, Michael and Nimrod
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Karsten Feldborg wins Greve Cup 2017
Palle Badsted (3rd), Karsten Feldborg (winner), Henrik Vallund (2nd), Daniel Høegh (best junior/amateur)
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Location: Greve, Denmark
Date: June 17 Tourney format: Round robin + final + playoff 3/4 + playoff 5/6. Link: LiveOthello Karsten lost his game in round 5 against Henrik Vallund. But in the final Henrik lost 19-45 against Karsten. This was the third win in a row in the Dansk Othello Grand Prix 2017 for Karsten. With just 2 more tourneys to go, I think it is a safe bet to claim GP 2017 for Karsten. |
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VALLUND Henrik 29-35 HOEGH Daniel Greve Cup, round 4 |
FELDBORG Karsten 30-34 VALLUND Henrik Greve Cup, round 5 |
VALLUND Henrik 19-45 FELDBORG Karsten Greve Cup, final |
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EGP Åland 2017, June 17-18For info and results, check our EGP Åland page.
Marc Tastet and Takuji Kashiwabara played in all four EGP stages that were played so far this year, Prague, Athens, Barcelona and Oslo. Matthias Berg only missed the Athens stage. Two stages for Imre Leader, he played in Prague and Oslo and now will play his third EGP of this season. Stéphane Nicolet played in Athens and now is up for his second stage. Also so far two stages for Tomáš Douda, Martin Fransen and Roel Hobo, but they have not signed up for the Åland tournament. Three more stages to go after this tournament and ofcourse any player can still win if he/she wins the last three tournamens in Berlin, Ghent and Paris. I think the EGP battle for the title of European Champion will be decided between Takuji Kashiwabara (10 x winner), Marc Tastet (4x winner) and Matthias Berg. |
EGP 2017 after 4 stages
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Roel Hobo wins 16th Iepen Fryske Othello KampioenskippenLocation: Langweer, Netherlands
Date: June 11 Tourney format: 6 rounds Link: NOV website Overall winner: Roel Hobo (Nijmegen) 1e Open category: Holbe Kuperus (Langweer) 2e Open category: Arend Kuperus (Langweer) 1e Junior (elementary school): Amarens de Vries (Langweer) 2e Junior (elementary school): Jiske de Vries (Alkmaar) |
interview by Radio Spannenburg with Roel Hobo
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Daniel Olivares wins Torneo Invierno 2017Location: Buenos Aires, Argentine
Date: June 11 Tourney format: The following players have classified for the Argentine Othello Championship on July 9th: Maxi Pellizzari, Daniel Olivares, Germán Vázquez, Paula Iturbide, Max Seifert and Marcelo Lisnovsky. Daniel Olivares, 5 points 237 discs Maximiliano Axel Pellizzari, 4 points 234 discs Paula Iturbide, 3 points 175 discs Marcelo Lisnovsky, 3 points 174 discs Sebastián Thierer, 3 points 174 discs Max Seifert, 3 points 166 discs Germán Vazquez, 3 points 162 discs Guillermo Dario Pasqualetti, 2 points 128 discs Matías Roldán, 2 points 122 discs Nilda Carmen Spinetto Barroetaveña, 2 points 99 discs Mercedes Cohen, 2 points 98 discs Leonardo Chaufan, 2 points 75 discs Diego Olivares, 1 point 76 discs |
Imre Leader wins British Othello - York Regional
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Location: York, UK
Date: June 10 Tourney format: 6 rounds Just four players at this regional tournament. Imre won all his game. Second place for Bruce Kyte, who managed to keep 30 discs in his game against Imre in round 3. York Regional final results: Imre Leader 6/6 Bruce Kyte 4/6 Roy Arnold 2/6 Ken Stephenson 0/6 |
Round 1:
Bruce 41 Roy 23 Imre 36 Ken 28 Round 2: Ken 24 Bruce 40 Roy 7 imre 57 Round 3: Bruce 30 Imre 34 Ken 25 Roy 39 |
Round 4:
Roy 12 Bruce 52 Ken 18 Imre 46 Round 5: Bruce 42 Ken 22 Imre 64 Roy 0 Round 6: Imre 50 Bruce 12 Roy 48 Ken 16 |
Francesco Marconi wins Gran Maestro 2017
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Location: Rome, Italy
Date: June 11 Tourney format: 7 rounds Links: winners since 1985 Why does Alessandro di Mattei show us that he has 2 perfect sets of 5 fingers? That is because this is the 10th time that Francesco Marconi won the Italian Gran Maestro. Francesco did it in style, he won all his games. Congrats to a great player! Francesco won the GM for the first time as far back as 1988. Last time he won was in 2006. And now that big tropy is his again! Second place for Alessandro Di Mattei who had 5 wins and third place for Paolo Scognamiglio with 4.5 points |
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Stéphane Nicolet wins Ile de France 5
Location: Paris, France
Date: June 10
Tourney format: 5 rounds XOT opening
Links:
Report by Marc Tastet
This is the first XOT tournament held in Paris, (there were XOT tournaments during summer camps).
For each round, the program of Matthias Berg was used, available here (thank you Matthias). This program (in Java) makes it possible to randomly select an opening from the small (evaluation between -1 and +1) or the large list (evaluation between -2 and +2). Before each round, everyone was allowed to put a veto on the displayed position. In that case we tried another starting position. In each round, the selected opniing was the same for all players. This formula was, it seems, appreciated by the participants.
Congratulations to Stéphane Nicolet, who won all his games. I think this is the first time that 3 generations of the Ovion family participated in the same tournament! In addition, we were pleased to welcome Valentin, who plays on the Internet but was eager to move from the virtual world to the real world.
Date: June 10
Tourney format: 5 rounds XOT opening
Links:
Report by Marc Tastet
This is the first XOT tournament held in Paris, (there were XOT tournaments during summer camps).
For each round, the program of Matthias Berg was used, available here (thank you Matthias). This program (in Java) makes it possible to randomly select an opening from the small (evaluation between -1 and +1) or the large list (evaluation between -2 and +2). Before each round, everyone was allowed to put a veto on the displayed position. In that case we tried another starting position. In each round, the selected opniing was the same for all players. This formula was, it seems, appreciated by the participants.
Congratulations to Stéphane Nicolet, who won all his games. I think this is the first time that 3 generations of the Ovion family participated in the same tournament! In addition, we were pleased to welcome Valentin, who plays on the Internet but was eager to move from the virtual world to the real world.
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Ranking of the 12 players after round 5:
1: 5. pts [243] NICOLET Stéphane (433) {FRA} 2: 4. pts [215] TASTET Marc (2) {FRA} 3: 3. pts [203] COLLAY Frédéric (478) {FRA} [176] BUSUTTIL Michel (228) {FRA} [164] LEVY-ABEGNOLI Thierry (3598) {FRA} [164] TASTET Rémi (50053) {FRA} 7: 2.5 pts [143] TOUCHENE Fouad (9025) {DZA} 8: 2. pts [155] CLUZON Gilles (3734) {FRA} [142] LAGACHE Vincent (3723) {FRA} 10: 1.5 pts [126] OVION Jacques (275) {FRA} 11: 1. pt [119] GUILLAUME Valentin (50108) {FRA} 12: 0. pt [70] OVION Alix-Anne (50097) {FRA} |
Stéphane Nicolet and Marc Tastet
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João Victor wins 1st Othello Blitz tournament in Brazil
Location: São Paulo,, Brazil
Date: June 10
Date: June 10
Oskar Eklund wins Swedish Othello Championship 2017
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Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Date: June 10-11 Tourney format: 7 rounds on first day, semifinals and final on second day Links: LiveOthello, FB event, SOF website former Champions Seven rounds were played on saturday, the top four qualified for the semifinals on Sunday. 1: 6.5 pts [459] Eklund Oskar (150016) {SWE} 2: 5. PTS [483] Wettergren Niklas (150009) {SWE} 3: 5. PTS [392] Johansson Erik (1493) {SWE} 4: 4.5 pts [403] Freiburghaus Kim (150060) {SWE} 5: 4. PTS [445] Stenberg Veronica (1375) {SWE} 6: 4. pts [438] TURUNEN Daniel (1459) {SWE} 7: 4. PTS [402] Steentoft Benkt (1301) {SWE} 8: 4. PTS [351] Kjellberg Arvid (1599) {SWE} 9: 3. pts [349] SELLING Jimmy (150037) {SWE} 10: 3. PTS [333] Hellgren Bo (1313) {SWE} 11: 3. PTS [326] Zemelka Jan (1533) {SWE} 12: 2. PTS [305] Widman Linnea (150055) {SWE} 13: 1. PT [267] Ronn Tommy (150058) {SWE} 14: 0. PT [241] Eriksson Matilda (150061) {SWE} Semifinal on day 2: FREIBURGHAUS Kim 19-45 EKLUND Oskar EKLUND Oskar 34-30 FREIBURGHAUS Kim (flipping error) JOHANSSON Erik 22-42 WETTERGREN Niklas WETTERGREN Niklas 40-24 JOHANSSON Erik It took Oskar Eklund and Niklas Wettergren only 2 games to secure a spot in the final. Kim Freiburghaus defeated Erik Johansson in the playoff for 3rd or 4th place. Oskar Eklund won the final 2-0. He was number 1 after the swiss rounds and he held on to his top position. Oskar was the 2014 Swedish Champion, in 2015 Niklas Wettergren won the title. Oskar won the title back in 2016 and this year he defended his title succesfully. Congrats Oskar! Qualified for team Sweden at WOC 2017: Oskar Eklund, Daniel Turunen, Niklas Wettergren and Caroline Odsell. |
Niklas Wettergren, Oskar Eklund, Kim Freiburghaus
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FREIBURGHAUS Kim 40-24 JOHANSSON Eric Swedish Championship, playoff 3/4 |
EKLUND Oskar 35-29 WETTERGREN Niklas Swedish Championship, final game 1 |
WETTERGREN Niklas 27-37 EKLUND Oskar Swedish Championship, final game 2 |
Matt Vinar wins Australian Nationals for the 12th timeLocation: Brisbane, Australia
Date: June 3rd Links: List of Austalian National Champions, AOF website Report by: Matt Vinar Another great nationals! |
Matt Vinar
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Matt Vinar won the Nationals for the first time in 2001 and now his 12th National win. Congrats to a great Champion!
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HUGHES Scott 22-42 VINAR Matt Australian Nationals, final |
Othelo promotion in Japan
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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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news from the JOA
Pictures from a smilar event on June 3rd at AEON Niigata South Store. Imagine you go shopping and then all of a sudden you get a chance to play a game of Othello against World Othello Champion 1985 and 1994, Masaki Takizawa!
World Othello Championship 2017 Website Is Online!!
The site is now online with lots of important information. The site website will be updated regularly so it is important you check the info from time to time. Today we added the Registration-page and the Schedule and Venue information. Info about the Othello Weekend and much more to come in the weeks ahead.
I love this site, it looks fantastic!!!!!!!!
The WOC web-site, and the upcoming WOF-site is built by JK Web design. They have also created the Belgium Othello Association web-site. If your federation is interested in a professional web-site, contact the WOF-office.
I love this site, it looks fantastic!!!!!!!!
The WOC web-site, and the upcoming WOF-site is built by JK Web design. They have also created the Belgium Othello Association web-site. If your federation is interested in a professional web-site, contact the WOF-office.
Othello workshop in Kharkov, Ukraine, July 7th
The workshop took place at the 138th elementary school.
Othello Ukraine is on Facebook
Othello Ukraine is on Facebook
Online Othello Match National Childrens Teams Israel 6:10 Netherlands
Location: Playok
Date: June 6th
Links: LiveOthello, results website
Another online Othello match between Israel and the Netherlands. The Israeli team scored 6 points, top scorers were Michael Shifman and Nimrod Presente who each scored 2 wins. Team Netherlands scored 10 points, topscorer was Anouk de Vries who scored 4 wins.
Date: June 6th
Links: LiveOthello, results website
Another online Othello match between Israel and the Netherlands. The Israeli team scored 6 points, top scorers were Michael Shifman and Nimrod Presente who each scored 2 wins. Team Netherlands scored 10 points, topscorer was Anouk de Vries who scored 4 wins.
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DE VRIES Jiske 11-53 PRESENTE Nimrod Junior teams, round 2 |
SHIFMAN Michael 11-53 DE VRIES Anouk Junior teams, round 3 |
Still time to sign up for EGP Åland, June 17-18
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This tournament is part of the European Grand Prix 2017 and will consist out of 11 rounds and finals.Tournament is open for all nationalities!
This is the first time ever, that an EGP tournament is arranged on Åland Islands and Finland. Come and join this historic event and visit our beautiful Island. The tournament will be held in Hotel Arkipelag. Our players will get a special price for staying at the tournament hotel. Please contact Suomi Othello for more information and booking code. More information on Facebook event page and Othello News EGP Åland page 
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List of expected players per June 6th:
Takuji Kashiwabara Marc Tastet Stéphane Nicolet Matthias Berg Imre Leader David Hand Linda Praseptyo Albert Kortendijk Oskar Eklund Henry Aspenryd, Veronika Stenberg Benkt Steentoft Jan Zemelka Niklas Wettergren Caroline Odsell Göran Andersson Erik Johnasson Katie Wu Lari Pihlajapuro Patrik Hirvonen Janne Peiponen Harri Levänen Markkus Pöysti Riku Leino |
Paweł Pęczkowski wins Othello Championship Poland
Beata Ratajczyk is the Female Polish Champion
Location: Kraków, Poland
Date: June 3-4
Tourney format: 9 rounds, semifinals and final
Link: LiveOthello
Fifteen players at this tournament. Polish Champion in 2017 is Paweł Pęczkowski. Runner-up is Miłosz Cupiał. Dominik Novak finished third and fourth place is for Bartłomiej Sury. Beata Ratajczyk is the 2017 Female Polish Othello Champion.
Date: June 3-4
Tourney format: 9 rounds, semifinals and final
Link: LiveOthello
Fifteen players at this tournament. Polish Champion in 2017 is Paweł Pęczkowski. Runner-up is Miłosz Cupiał. Dominik Novak finished third and fourth place is for Bartłomiej Sury. Beata Ratajczyk is the 2017 Female Polish Othello Champion.
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Results after 9 rounds:
1 Pęczkowski Paweł 8 [707] 2 Sury Bartłomiej 8 [705] 3 Nowak Dominik 7 [735] 4 Cupiał Miłosz 7 [670] 5 Zaniewski Robert 5 [616] 6 Buka Michał 5 [597] 7 Nowicki Jarek 4,5 [540] 8 Lulka Adrian 4,5 [508] 9 Sokołowski Hubert 4 [496] 10 Ratajczyk Beata 4 [479] 11 Jechorek Agnieszka 4 [471] 12 Krawiec Ireneusz 3 [441] 13 Kaczor Agnieszka 3 [436] 14 Krawiec Lesław 3 [3 [424] 15 Pławski Adam 2 {383] |
Semi-final:
Miłosz Cupiał 42 - 22 Bartłomiej Sury Bartłomiej Sury 33- 31 Miłosz Cupiał Miłosz Cupiał 47-17 Bartłomiej Sury Dominik Nowak 22-42 Paweł Pęczkowski Paweł Pęczkowski 46- 18 Dominik Nowak Playoff 3rd / 4th place: Dominik Nowak 46-18 Bartłomiej Sury Ladies Final: Agnieszka Jechorek 14-50 Beata Ratajczyk Finał: Miłosz Cupiał 24-40 Paweł Pęczkowski Paweł Pęczkowski 40-24 Miłosz Cupiał |
hide or run position, black player chose to hide
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CUPIAŁ Miłosz 24-40 PĘCZKOWSKI Paweł Polish Championship 2017, final game 1 |
PĘCZKOWSKI Paweł 40-24 CUPIAŁ Miłosz Polish Championship 2017, final game 2 |
Upcoming: 1st Incheon Othello Grand Open in Korea
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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. |
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