Othello News March 2013
- Joung-Mok Oh wins Korea 19th National Othello Open
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Seoul. Korea, 31 March
Tourney format: 6 rounds Ranking of the 4 players after round 6: 1: 5.5 pts [269] OH Joung-Mok (4074) {KOR} 2: 4.5 pts [233] HA Seungsup (7573) {KOR} 3: 2. pts [194] GIM Dongsung (30010) {KOR} 4: 0. pt [72] CHO Yoon-jeong (30011) {KOR} 
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Kazuki Okamoto wins 34th Meijin-Sen
Joanna William wins Female final
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Tokyo, Japan, March 30 - 31
This edition of the Meijin had 125 players. Kazuki Okamoto won the Meijin in 2012. The other finalist was Junya Ito. The two players also played in the final of the Othello World Cup in Tokyo last January. Junya was the winner there. Junya did not make it to the final this time. He lost the semifinal against Kohachi Fukunaga. More success for Kazuki, he beat Tamanaga in the semifinal and the final was a 35 - 29 win against Kohachi Fukunaga. Joanna William won the female Meijin title. Joanna was "Queen of Othello" at the OWC in January. Meijin Final OKAMOTO Kazuki 35 - 28 FUKUNAGA Kohachi Female Final KINOSHITA Hisako 14 - 50 WILLIAM Joanna Final under 18 KURITA Seiya 37 - 27 OKAMOTO Kazuki Final under 15 won by Akira Nakaoka Final under 12 SHINOHARA Ryo 16 - 48 TOKI Yugo Read about 2012 Meijin 第34期名人戦大会方式 (2013 tourney info in Japanese) |
the semi-finalists
Meijin-Sen 2013
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Okamoto Kazuki 35-29 Fukunaga Kohachi Final game 34th Meijin-Sen, March 31st 2013 |
the 2013 Meijin finalists
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Joanna William at the Meijin 2013
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Kinoshita Hisako 14-50 Willam Joanna Final females 34th Meijin-Sen, March 30th 2013 |
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Seiya Kurita 37 - 27 Kazuki Okamoto Final under 18, 34th Meijin-Sen, March 30th 2013 |
Kazuki Okamoto - Seiya Kurita, Final under 18
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Masaaki Iwasaki (l) and Suetsugu Kawamura (r) in a daily sports paper
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Meijin-Sen History:
Check the final game of the first Meijin-Sen in 1980 here below. Suetsugu Kawamura won the first Meijin-sen and prolonged his title in 1981 and 1982. Masaaki Iwasaki was the runnerup in 1980, this year he was one of the crew. 
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Suetsugu Kawamura 46 - 18 Masaaki Iwasaki Final game 1st Meijin-Sen, March 30th 1980 | ||
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Piamrat Kraikokit wins Thailand Othello Championship
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Bangkok, Thailand, 30 - 31 March
34 players registered for this tourney. The champion of 2012, Piyanat Aunchulee was unable to prolong his title. This year also 1 foreign player: Romy Hidayat from Indonesia who won the playoff for 3rd place. Final Piamrat Kraikokit 32 - 32 Piyanat Aunchulee Piyanat Aunchulee 33 - 31 Piamrat Kraikokit Piamrat Kraikokit 40 - 24 Piyanat Aunchulee At the first game, Piamrat got advantage almost throughout the game but at the last eight moves he made a mistake due to time pressure, so it became a draw. The second game was an even game, but Piyanat was best at the endgame and won 33-31. And this is what Piamrat had to say about the final game: " Last game was quite amazing, I was behind him about -14 but with some tricky moves so I guess he got confused and ended up with 40-24 mine." 3/4 Playoff Romy Hidayat 34 - 30 Warawut Intaranop Female Final (One game) Nida Pattarakul 31 - 33 Duangkamol Sokankate Final Division 2 (One game) Sitthichai Iamchirangkun 25 - 39 Chitsanupong Taypa Check the result of last year's championship here |
Piamrat Kraikokit, Piyanat Aunchulee
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Piamrat Kraikokit 40 - 24 Piyanat Aunchulee Thai Championship final game 3 |
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Othello AmbassadorTo promote Othello at elementary schools, Shoko Nagakawa was appointed as othello ambassador in this year of the 40th anniversary of Othello. The Japanese Othello Association wants to boost after-school Othello activities. Shoko is a Japanese idol, actress and singer. She is best known as the presenter of Pokémon Sunday.
the mini-othello tourney at the OCW
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Nicky van den Biggelaar wins 65th Dutch Othello OpenBussum, Netherlands, March 24
Tourney format: 7 rounds Dutch Grand Prix 2013 tourney and also qualifier for Dutch Championship 2013 Mark van Heere tried his best in round 6, but Nicky played a nice no-corner win and as he was 2 points ahead of the other players, he was sure of this tourney victory. But Linda Praseptyo kept Nicky from a perfect score as she won her game against him in round 7. Well done Linda! 
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Mark van Heere 31 - 33 Nicky van den Biggelaar 65th Dutch open round 6 |
Linda Praseptyo 41 - 23 Nicky van den Biggelaar 65th Dutch open round 7 |
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Arthur Juigner wins Ile de France 2Paris, France, March 24
Tourney format: 5 rounds Arthur Juigner won this tourney, just like the previous Ile de France 1 in February. A very nice victory with 5 wins and the runnerup 2 points behind. Arthur also won the French Championship Qualification Tourney on March 16th. He is on a winning streak of 15 wins, no losses. Bintsa defeated Frédéric in the first round. Cecilia Norgren from Sweden lost 2 games 31 - 33 against Thierry and Marc. In the fifth and final round Arthur defeated Thierry and Marc lost his game against Frédéric. Link to standings Grand Prix de France 2012 - 2013
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Oscar Eklund wins Lund OpenLund, Sweden, March 23
Welcome to this year's Lund Open! As we celebrate the 30 year anniversary since the first recorded Lund / Malmo Open, the Swedish Othello federation invites everyone to a really fun Othello Tournament: The more we are, the more fun we have! Ju fler vi är, desto roligare har vi! It was a very hopeful invitiation but only 4 players showed up. Oscar Eklund was runner-up at the 2012 Swedish Championship. 1. Oscar Eklund 5 points 2, Robin Ragnarsson 3 points 3. Daniel Rignell 3 points 4. Bengt Steentoft 1 point |
SOF 30 år! |
ROBERT ZANIEWSKI – MALGORZATA NADOLSKA – MIROSLAW NADOLSKI – GRZEGORZ ZIEBA – DOMINIK NOWAK- JAROSLAW SOBIEN – DANIEL ZIEBA – ROMAN KRACZYK – CEZARY DOMINCZAK – BARTLOMIEJ SURY – ARKADIUSZ WEGLOREK – KAROL FILIPEK
JUNIOR CLASS RESULTS (4 ROUNDS)
1 LENDZIOSZEK JAKUB 3.5 pts 2 FRATCZAK JEDRZEJ 3 pts 3 KACZMARCZYK OSKAR 3 pts 4 JALOCHA MARTYNA 3 pts 5 GORZYNSKA WIKTORIA 2.5 pts 6 STOLA DOMINIKA 2 pts 7 TASIOR ADRIAN 2 pts 8 TASIOR KAMIL 2 pts 9 LITWINSKA ALEKSANDRA 2 pts 10 JALOCHA MARTA 1.5 pnt 11 WIEJAK WIKTORIA 1.5 pnt 12 TRYBEK JAKUB 1 nt 13 BELKIEWICZ AMELIA 1 pnt 14 KUSTWON KRZYSZTOF 0 pts |
Sury Bartlomiej wins Polish Grand Prix OthelloWarszawa, Poland, March 17
Tourney format: 7 rounds senior class and 4 rounds junior class SENIOR CLASS RESULTS (7 ROUNDS) 1 SURY BARTLOMIEJ 7 pts [530] 2 NOWAK DOMINIK 6 pts [544] 3 KRACZYK ROMAN 5 pts [480] 4 ZIEBA DANIEL 5 pts [444] 5 MARCINIAK BARTOSZ 4 pts [461] 6 ZIEBA GRZEGORZ 4 pts [459] 7 ZANIEWSKI ROBERT 4 pts [419] 8 DOMINCZAK CEZARY 4 pts [374] 9 SOBIEN JAROSLAW 4 pts [370] 10 FILIPEK KAROL 3.5 pts [318] 11 NADOLSKA MALGORZATA 3.5 pts [315] 12 WEGLOREK ARKADIUSZ 3 pts [377] 13 NADOLSKI MIROSLAW 3 pts [346] 14 LOKASTO ANATOL 3 pts [265] 15 LISIECKA EWA 2 pts [276] 16 TARADEJNA MONIKA 1.5 pnt [273] 17 JAWORSKI HENRYK 1.5 pnt [242] 18 WASIK ZBIGNIEW 1 pnt [268] 19 WITARZEWSKI ANDRZEJ 1 pnt [142] 20 GREDZKI LUKASZ 0 pts [111] 
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Arthur Juigner wins Qualification Tourney French Othello Championship
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Paris, France, March 16
Tourney format: 5 rounds Standings after 5 rounds: 1: 5 pts [238] JUIGNER Arthur {FRA} 2: 4 pts [180] LEVY-ABEGNOLI Thierry {FRA} 3: 3 pts [183] CLUZON Gilles ( {FRA} 4: 2 pts [141] BETIN Dominique {FRA} 5: 1 pt [98] BENOIT Serge {FRA} |
list of French Othello Champions since 1981
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Francesco Marconi wins Torneo di UdineUdine, Italy, March 10
Tourney format: 7 rounds This tourney is part of the Italian Othello Grand Prix. The first picture I received showed that Francesco Marconi, winner of the EGP Prague, was "in da house". Francesco won the Udine tourney in 2012 and now also the 2013 edition. Ranking after 3rd round: Marconi leads with three points, Di Mattei 2nd with two points, Chiarulli 3rd with two points, and then Ilacqua and Puzzo with two points. Feragotto, Honsell, Carpignano and Gelmi have 1 point. Fourth round is in progress. Ranking after 4th round: Marconi 4 points, Di Mattei, Ilacqua and Puzzo 3 points. Chiarulli, Carpignano and Honsell 2 points. Feragotto and Gelmi 1 point. |
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Ranking after 5th round:
Marconi 5 points, Puzzo and Di Mattei 4 points, Chiarulli and Ilacqua 3 points, Carpignano, Honsell and Gelmi 2 points, Feragotto 1 point. Ranking after 6th round: Marconi is still unbeaten and has 6 points. Di Mattei has 5 points. Puzzo and Ilacqua 4 points. Chiarulli and Honsell 3 points, Carpignano and Gelmi 2 points and Feragotto has 1 point.
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Fahmi Al Athas wins Indonesian Grand Prix 1
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Jakarta, Indonesia, March 9
Tourney format: 7 rounds + final (1 game) and playoff 3rd / 4th place Fahmi Al Athas, winner of the Jakarta Open in 2012, won the first stage of the Indonesian 2013 Grand Prix. Five players with 5 points after the first seven rounds, among them Romy Hidayat, winner of the 2012 AOI Grand National. Fahmi Al Athas won the final against Dwiki Auditaya and Romy Hidayat won 3rd / 4th place playoff against Masagus Taufik Ranking of the 16 players after round 7: 1: 5. pts [283] ALATHAS Fahmi {IDN} [277] AUDITAYA Dwiki {IDN} [252] HIDAYAT Romy {IDN} [236] TAUFIK Masagus {IDN} [213] TONYLUDIN {IDN} 6: 4. pts [280] ASIKIN Burhan {IDN} [221] ANGGRAENI Dian {IDN} [216] BARRICELLI Giovanni {USA} 9: 3.5 pts [236] RAHMAN Alfaidzin {IDN} 10: 3. pts [223] ALBA Zonal Ulul {IDN} [217] RISAN {IDN} [214] DIKDIK {IDN} [205] JODYA Desmond S {IDN} 14: 2. pts [195] GUMILAR Galih ) {IDN} 15: 1.5 pts [193] TANUWIJAYA Margaret {IDN} 16: 0. pt [123] WIJAYA Rendy {IDN} |
Fahmi Al Athas at the final game
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Dwiki Auditya 26 - 38 Fahmi Alathas Final game Indonesian Grand Prix 1 2013 |
Masagus Taufik 18 - 46 Romy Hidayat Playoff 3rd / 4th place Indonesian Grand Prix 1 2013 |
Belgian Othello Association at "Made In Asia" Expo in Brussels
Just like last time, the Belgian Othello Association was present at the Made In Asia Expo in Brussels. Quite a number of people were interested to play Othello.
Othello Speed Flipping was introduced at the OCW in Tokyo in January and Tom Schotte brought a flipping set home. It featured as a very fun event at the exposition. There will be speed-flip competition at the Ghent Easter tournament on April 1st,
Othello Speed Flipping was introduced at the OCW in Tokyo in January and Tom Schotte brought a flipping set home. It featured as a very fun event at the exposition. There will be speed-flip competition at the Ghent Easter tournament on April 1st,
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Junya Ito at OWC in January
results (in Japanese)
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Junya Ito wins 82nd Kanagawa OpenKanagawa, Japan, 3 March
Tourney format: 6 rounds (46 players) Yusuke Takanashi, who won the 80th Chiyarenshi Open the day before, was unbeaten until the last round. But in round 6 he lost to Junya Ito (29 - 35). Junya Ito finished the tourney with 5 wins and a drawgame against Nobuaki Mitsuya. Top 10: 1. Junya Ito [7DAN] 5.5/6 + 62 2. Daisuke Kamikura [3DAN] 5 + 106 3. Yusuke Takanashi [9DAN] 5 + 100 4. Kenta Kiyonobu [4DAN] 5 + 85 5. Masahiro Goto [4DAN] 4.5 + 100 6. Nobuaki Mitsuya [5DAN] 4.5 + 70 7. Kunihiko Tanida [7DAN] 4 + 81 8. Takeshi Murakami [9DAN] 4 + 60 9. Hidekazu Nagasaki [6DAN] 4 + 58 10. Yuji MIyazaki [5DAN] 4 + 46 ありがとう。 Thanks to Tom Schotte who sends us all the Japanese Othello news. |
Emmanuel Caspard wins Cambridge International OpenCambridge, England, 2 - 3 March.
Tourney format: 11 rounds, final and playoff 3rd / 4th place This is the first tourney of the British Othello Federation in 2013. Eleven players at this tourney from 5 different countries: Imre Leader (GBR), Roy Arnold (GBR), Ben Pridmore (GBR), David Beck (GBR), Emmanuel Caspard (FRA), Arnaud Delaunay (FRA), Stéphane Nicolet (FRA), Emmanuel Lazard (FRA), Borja Moreno Fernández (ESP), Martin Ødegård (NOR), Pierluigi Stanzione (ITA). Real big Othello names, this was a very interesting tourney. They played 8 rounds on Saturday, Martin Ødegård won all his games and was well on his way to the final. But just like last weekend in Prague against Francesco Marconi, he lost the final in Cambridge against Emmanuel Caspard. 
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Martin, Emmanuel, Arnaud
Arnaud Delaunay 43 - 21 Borja Moreno Cambridge International playoff 3rd / 4th |
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Emmanuel Caspard 41 - 23 Martin Ødegård Cambridge International Final Game 1 |
Final: Emmanuel Caspard 41 - 23 Martin Ødegård Martin Ødegård 28 - 36 Emmanuel Caspard Match 3rd / 4th place: Arnaud Delaunay 43 - 21 Borja Moreno |
Martin Ødegård 28 - 36 Emmanuel Caspard Cambridge International Final Game 2 |
more pictures by Emmanuel Caspard
Yusuke Takanashi wins 80th Chiyarenshi Open
6 rounds,16 players ( Japan, 02/03/2013)
1. Yusuke Takanashi (9DAN) 5/6 [388] 2. Junya Ito (7DAN) 5/6 [349.5] 3. Kenta Kiyobonu (4DAN) 5/6 [325] 4. Yukiko Tatsumi (6DAN) 4/6 [320] 5. Yuichi Hishiyama (3DAN) 4/6 [271] 6. Tetsuya Nakajima (8DAN) 3/6 [326] 7. Ryota Nagamatsu (3DAN) 3/6 [311.5] 8. Hiroaki Iwakura (3DAN) 3/6 [296] 9. Satoshi Asahina (3DAN) 3/6 [291] 10. Nobuaki Mitsuya (5DAN) 3/6[288.5] 11. Akira Ishikawa (4DAN) 2/6 [315] 12. Ryosuke Tsuchiya (5DAN) 2/6 [292] 13. Satoshi Koide (3DAN) 2/6 [257] 14. Naga Takahashi (3DAN) 2/6 [251] 15. Kunihiko Tanida (7DAN) 1/6 [281.5] 16. Ryo Shinohara (3DAN) 1/6 [237] Junya Ito was unbeaten until the last round, but lost to Kenta Kiyobonu (28-36) Yusuke Takanashi lost to Junya Ito (26-38) and Kenta Kiyonobu lost to Yusuke Takanashi (49-15) Yukiko Tatsumi best (and only) woman won against Tetsuya Nakajima in the last round (40-24) |
Yusuke Takanashi
results ( in japanese)
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