Othello News March 2014
Tomáš Douda wins Czech GP Othello 2
Location, Prague, Czech Republic
Michele Borassi wins European Grand Prix in Rome, March 29 - 30
Read more on our special EGP Rome page.
Piyanat Aunchulee wins Thailand Othello Championship
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Date: 29 -30 March
Tourney format: 7 rounds 1st day for select best 12 players play in division 1 and 7 games for division 1 in 2nd day
Date: 29 -30 March
Tourney format: 7 rounds 1st day for select best 12 players play in division 1 and 7 games for division 1 in 2nd day
Results day 1
Piyanat Aunchulee - Warawut Intaranop
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Piyanat Aunchulee won 6 out of 7 games on the first day of the tourney. On the second day of the championship 7 more rounds will be played in 2 divisions and a final.
Warawut Intaranop and Theeraphap Tassananukulkit
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Piyanat Aunchulee qualified for the final with 6/7. Warawut Intaranop and Theeraphap Tassananukulkit played a playoff for the other spot in the final.
results day 2, division1
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INTARANOP Warawut 19 - 45 AUNCHULEE Piyanat, final game 1 |
Final: Warawut Intaranop - Piyanal Aunchulee
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AUNCHULEE Piyanat 35 - 29 INTARANOP Warawut, final game 2 |
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Dear all!
The World Othello Federation is now working with the new W.O.F homepage and also creating new email lists for the World Othello. All Federations Contact persons will get an invitation to the new emaillists and get the Othello bulletin and W.O.F/W.O.C. information. If you are NOT an W.O.F. Contact person, but also want to get the Othello Bulletin every month and other information in you can subscribe here. We hope that the new homepage and the new ways to fast send out information to you will be good!
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Michael Diodati and Valentino Giannini win local Rome Othello tournament
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Location: Rome, Italy
Date: 22 March At the end of a course of Othello, a tournament was held for 26 players. The main tourney was won by Michael Diodati, who won all 5 games. Second place for Leonardo Caviola with 4 points. Also 4 points for Alessio Cenci, Giulia Debertolis and Veronica Piccinni. more info At the same time there was a tournament for kids up to 12 years. A very exciting event for 10 enthusiast children. Winner was Valentino Giannini (10 years old) who scored four wins out of four. Second place for Daniel Arfire (11) with 3 points and also 3 points for Riccardo Carabetto (11). Just behind them with 2 wins, the two youngest players, both 7 years old, Chiara Di Mattei and Alessandro Ortiz. Most of the kids had followed all three classes of the course and they showed they had learned a lot about the basics of this game. more info |
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Link to the FB photoalbum of the very successfull Othello Tourney for beginners
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Invitation to the Australian NationalsDear All friends.
The Australian Othello group would like to cordially invite you to the Nationals being held just outside of Sydney. This will be an exciting event as the best Australian players will be playing in this tournament headed by Matt Vinar our current Australian Champion. We will be competing to see who qualifies for the World cup being held in Thailand. Australia is very happy to have the World cup being held in Thailand so close to our home, and so we are all fired up for this event. If you wish to participate then please see the details (right) or simply click this link. Regards, President Australian Othello Federations, Robert Girardo |
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Makoto Suekuni wins 35th Meijin-Sen / 第35期名人戦が始まりました！
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Location: Osaka, Japan
Date: 22 - 23 March Competitions for Ladies, High School Students, Junior High School Students and Elementary School Students on the first day of this Meijin-weekend. Winners:
Daisuke Kamikura and the two brothers Daichi and Takumi Kitano are all students at Tetsuya Nikajima's online Othello School. Their teacher did not win the Meijin-Sen but finished 11th with 5 wins. Not bad in a field of 134 players! |
MIYAOKA Yuki 37 - 27 TAKAHASHI Satomi 35th Meijin-Sen, Female final |
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On the second day of the Meijin-Sen the battle was on for 134 players, all eager to win the beautiful trophy.
Makoto Suekuni and Takashi Yamakawa qualified for the semifinals with 7 wins, both achieved a perfect score after 7 rounds. The other 2 semifinalists, Tetsu Satani and Yuji Miyazaki (All Japan Champion 2013) had 6 wins. The Meijin winner of 2013, Kazuki Okamoto, also had 6 wins after 7 rounds but just missed the semifinals. In the semi-final Takashi Yamakawa played a draw game against Tetsu Satani and so did Makoto Suekuni against Yuji Miyazaki. The "draw win for black" rule advanced both Yamakawa and Suekuni to the final. The 1-game final was won by Makoto Suekuni 41 - 23. This is Makoto's 5th Meijin-Sen victory. He won the Meijin for the first time in 1993 and he won again in 1994, 2003 and 2004. In 1997 Makoto Suekuni won the All Japan Championship and the World Othello Championship in Athens. He reached the WOC final again in 2003 and 2004 ( lost to Ben Seeley) and in 2006 (lost to Hideshi Tamenori). Top 4 of 35th Meijin-Sen
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Takashi Yamakawa (2nd) Makoto Suekuni (winner), Tetsu Satani (3rd)
link to results (in Japanese)
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YAMAKAWA Takashi 34 - 30 MURAKAMI Takeshi 35th Meijin-Sen, round 1 |
"This is my game against Yamakawa in the first round. I was playing well until move 40, which was a big mistake. Yamakawa’s 49 was an excellent move, which lost several discs but made the rest of the game a straightforward win for black." |
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SUEKUNI Makoto 32 - 32 MIYAZAKI Yuji 35th Meijin-Sen, semi-final |
YAMAKAWA Takashi 32 - 32 SATANI Tetsu 35th Meijin-Sen, semi-final |
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MIYAZUKI Yuji 19 - 45 SATANI Tetsu 35th Meijin-Sen, playoff 3rd / 4th place |
SUEKUNI Makoto 41 - 23 YAMAKAWA Takashi 35th Meijin-Sen, final |
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Makoto Suekuni, Meijin-Sen winner in 1993, 1994, 2003, 2004 and 2014
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Yuichi Hishiyama wins 236th Kawagoe Open
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Location: Kawagoe, Japan
Date: March 16th, 2014 Tourney format: 6 rounds Number of players: 15 Top 6 players:
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第236回川越順位戦＆川越エイトスターズオセロ大会
There was also a small 2 round 8-star Othello tourney. Only four players participated and the winner was Takashi Yamakawa with 2 wins. 
link to results (in Japanese)
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Made In Asia EpositionLocation: Brussels, Belgium
Date: 14 - 16 March The Belgian Othello Association had a stand at the Made In Asia Expo for the 3rd year in a row. Tom Schotte, Jeroen de Wael and Martin Fransen (NLD) were present to promote the game. A lot of expo-visitors stopped at the Othello stand to play a game. Lots of colourful and fun people! 
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Nicky van den Biggelaar wins 70th Dutch Othello OpenLocation: Lexmond, Netherlands
Date: March 16th Tourney format: 7 rounds Two players finished with 6 wins, Nicky van den Biggelaar and Roel Hobo. Nicky started the tourney with a 4 - 60 victory against the Othello News editor and only lost against Patrick Aubroeck in round 6 (31 - 33). Roel Hobo lost to Nicky in round 4 (23 - 41). Third place with 5 points for Jan de Graaf. Dorpshuis Het Bosch is a very nice venue, thanks to the Dorpshuis staff for the nice welcome and lunch. 
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Final result after 7 rounds
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SEGGELEN Trees van 4 - 60 BIGGELAAR Nicky v.d. 70th Dutch Open 2014, round 1 |
Nicky knows no mercy
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Takashi Yamakawa wins 151st Nagareyama Open
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Date: March 9th Tourney format: 6 rounds Number of players: 31 After his victory at the Sea of Japan tournament in February, and the Kanagawa Open last week, another 6-win victory for Takashi Yamakawa. Next weekend Takashi plays at the Kawagoe Open and the weekend after that ..... the Meijin-sen. |
第151回流山オープン
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Alessandro Di Mattei wins Udine Open
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Location: Udine, Italy
Date: March 9th Tourney format: 7 rounds Number of players: 13 It's not a great surprise that Alessandro Di Matei won the Udine open with a perfect score of seven wins. A very well deserved second place for Gianluca Ilacqua with 6 wins and third place with 5 wins, Francesco Marconi, who won the Udine Open last year. Excellent fourth place for Giulia Debertolis. The major of Udine, Furio Honsell, also participated, just like last year. 
link to FNGO website
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MARCONI Francesco 29 - 35 ILACQUA Gianluca Udine Open 2014, round 2 |
DI MATTEI Alessandro 40 - 24 ILACQUA Gianluca Udine Open 2014, round 3 |
MARCONI Francesco 29 - 35 DI MATTEI Alessandro Udine Open 2014, round 4 |
pictures by Marino Carpignano
Photo archive of the Italian Othello Federation on FacebookHere is a new online photo album dedicated to the early years of Othello in Italy and worldwide. So far only 18 pictures, but Biagio Privitera will surely add more.
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Takuji Kashiwabara wins Ile-de-France 2
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Location: Paris, France
Date: March 8th Touney format: 5 rounds Number of players: 9 The Othello day in sunny Paris started with a meeting of the FFO Assemblée Générale about the new statutes In the afternoon the players gathered for this year's second Ile de France tournament. The latest classification of the Grand Prix of France will soon be available here. Next Tournament in Ile- de- France : IdF3 Saturday, April 5 . |
Final results:
1: 5 pts [229] KASHIWABARA Takuji (839) {FRA} 2: 4 pts [219] DELAUNAY Arnaud (3518) {FRA} 3: 3 pts [171] LECAT Monique (2788) {BEL} [160] LAZARD Emmanuel (11) {FRA} [134] TASTET Marc (2) {FRA} 6: 2 pts [163] LEVY-ABEGNOLI Thierry (3598) {FRA} [142] BENOIT Serge (3600) {FRA} [134] CLUZON Gilles (3734) {FRA} 9: 1 pt [128] BUSUTTIL Michel (228) {FRA} |
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LEVY-ABEGNOLI Thierry 29 - 35 TASTET Marc IDF 2, round 1 |
LECAT Monique 36 - 28 LAZARD Emmanuel IDF 2, round 4 |
KASHIWABARA Takuji 38 - 26 DELAUNAY Arnaud IDF 2, round 4 |
Takashi Yamakawa wins 87th Kanagawa Open
Takashi Yamakawa
Top 3 of the 87th Kanagawa Open:
link to results (in Japanese)
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第87回神奈川オープン
★山川王座が全勝優勝 Location: Kanagawa, Japan
Date: March 2nd Tourney format: 6 round Swiss system, 49 players in 2 categories After his victory at the Sea of Japan tournament in February, yet another win at a major tourney for Takashi Yamakawa. Takashi started the tourney with a win against Yusuke Takanashi and from then all the games were his. TAKANASHI Yusuke 30 - 34 YAMAKAWA Takashi 87th Kanagawa Open, round 1 |
News EGP Cambridge March 1 - 2: Nicky van den Biggelaar (NLD) beats Imre Leader (GBR) 2 - 1 in the final
read it on our special EGP Cambridge page
European Othello Champion for 3 years in a row Takuji Kashiwabara will surely want to win that prestigious prize again this year. Who else? Francesco Marconi who came so close to winning the title last year? Marc Tastet seems eager to take on the challenge, or will the EGP 2014 winner be one of the Dutch travelling Othello circus? Go team Netherlands!!!
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Interesting EGP facts by Tom Schotte
go to EGP Cambridge page |
The Belgian battle: Tom Schotte - Michael May
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Othello European Grand Prix Cambridge 2014 - 59 tournament victories in one picture!
This photo features the winners of more than 1/3rd of all (175) EGP tournaments played since 1986. David Beck, Roel Hobo, Emmanuel Lazard, Imre Leader, Martin Ødegård, Tom Schotte, Takuji Kashiwabara, Emmanuel Caspard, Matthias Berg and Nicky van den Biggelaar at Trinity College, University of Cambridge. |
