Othello News May 2011

Hiroki Nobukawa wins Meijin 

Hiroki Nobukawa wins Meijin, May 29, 2011

The 1st Worldwide Othello News report directly from Japan by Masato Koide (Japan Othello Association).

The 32nd Meijin-Sen was held in Tokyo on May 29. The Meijin-Sen is one of the Japanese 3 big tournament. A lot of top players of Japan come to Tokyo aiming at victory of the Meijin-Sen.

154 players participated in the 32nd Meijin-Sen from all over Japan.
Champions of each class are as follows.

* Indiscriminate class : Mr. Hiroki Nobukawa (age 26)
* Woman class : Ms. Yuka Sakurai (age 22)
* Youth class : Mr. Satoshi Kurahashi (age 10)
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Yuka Sakurai - Hiroki Nobukawa - Mr. Goro Hasegawa - Satoshi Kurahashi

Tomáš Douda wins Prague Open 

May 28th 2011 

1. Tomáš Douda 7/7
2. Matyáš Racek 5
3. Ivo Rybárik 5
4. Veronika Macková 4
5. Ján Rybárik 4
6. Lucie Dočkalová 2
7. Radek Dočkal 1

Results on website Belgian Othello Association (in Dutch) 

Marcus Frönmark wins Nordic Championship 

May 2011, Stockholm 
Final:
Marcus Frönmark 45 - 19 Henry Aspenryd
Henry Aspenryd 29 - 35 Marcus Frönmark

3/4 playoff:
Emmanuel Lazard 37 - 27 Jan de Graaf

Ranking of the 20 players after round 11:

1 : 8.5 pts [824] ASPENRYD Henry (1513) {SE}
2 : 8.0 pts [820] FRONMARK Marcus (1454) {SE}
            [786] LAZARD Emmanuel (11) {FR}
4 : 7.5 pts [862] DE GRAAF Jan C. (4012) {NL}
5 : 7.0 pts [836] TURUNEN Daniel (1459) {SE}
            [807] ENG Tintin (1492) {SE}
7 : 6.0 pts [776] WETTERGREN Niklas (150007) {SE}
            [759] FRANSEN Martin (5239) {NL}
            [746] ZILLIG Remko (5169) {NL}
            [735] STEENTOFT Benkt (1301) {SE}
11: 5.0 pts [687] JOHANSSON Erik (1493) {SE}
            [685] VALLUND Henrik (96) {DK}
            [677] STENBERG Veronica (1375) {SE}
14: 4.0 pts [606] SNEEK Marcel (5083) {NL}
            [571] KJELLBERG Arvid (1599) {SE}
16: 3.0 pts [652] BERG Robert (1993) {NO}
            [637] INGELMAN-SUNDBERG Simon (1495) {SE}
            [622] -ZEMELKA Jan (1533) {SE}
19: 2.0 pts [647] -LJUNGQVIST Daniel (1511) {SE}
            [536] HELLGREN Bo (1313) {SE}

Jan Zemelka and Daniel Ljungqvist only played on day 1 (7 rounds).


Henry Aspenryd - Marcus Frönmark
Final game 2 Stockholm




Interview with Markus Frönmark in Värmlands Volksblad June 15th 2011 (in Swedish)

Eddie Williams wins Cincinatti Open

22/5-2011

Eddie once again dominated this tournament, winning every game for the second year in a row.

1. Eddie Williams
2. Ben Ruhmkorff
3. Sharon Katzman / David Rockwell
5. Jeffrey Sedlarik

Jeffrey Seldarik needed to leave after the 1st round robin, and David Rockwell needed to leave after the 3rd round robin. Obviously, the final results may have been different had they stayed. 

crosstable Cincinnati Open 

Bartłomiej Sury wins Warszawa Open

21-05-20111. 

 Bartłomiej Sury 5/5 
2. Roman Kraczyk 4 
3. Łukasz Przywóski 3 
4. Cezary Domińczak 2 
5. Henryk Jaworski 1 
6. Arkadiusz Węglorek 0

Karsten Feldborg wins Copenhagen Open

21/5-2011, round-robin, 5 rounds, 2x25 minutes, no final

Ranking of the 5 players after round 5:

  1:   5 pts [225]   FELDBORG Karsten (92) {DK}
  2:   4 pts [189]   VALLUND Henrik (96) {DK}
  3:   3 pts [145]   AAGAARD-HANSEN Jens (1019) {DK}
  4:   2 pts [146]   STOKKE Solrun (1981) {DK}
  5:   1 pt  [135]   MAARTENSSON Mikael (1017) {DK}

Roy Arnold defended his Whitley Bay title

21/5 - 2011

Roy Arnold did not have it all his own way as Marie Lightman held him to a draw in the fifth round.

Ranking of the 4 players after round 6:

1: 5.5 pts [427] ARNOLD Roy (2006) {GB}
2: 4.5 pts [402] LIGHTMAN Marie (100004) {GB}
3: 1. pt   [385] BOWERS Emma (100012) {GB}
           [346] BELDON Gerry (100009) {GB}

Alessandro Di Mattei winner Italian Grand Prix 2011




1. Alessandro Di Mattei
2. Francesco Marconi
3. Gianluca Ilacqua
4. Donato Barnaba 
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Allessandro di Matei

Roberto Sperandio wins GPI Rome

May 15th 2011

1)  Sperandio Roberto 6pt.
2)  Di Mattei Alessandro 5pt. 30.0
3)  Stanzione Pierluigi 5 pt. 21.0
4)  Marconi Francesco 4pt. 30.0
5)  Barnaba Donato 4pt. 30.0
6)  Di Pietro Massimo 4pt. 25.0
7)  Diodati Michele 4pt. 24.0 
8)  Sperandio Damiano 4pt. 24.0
9)  Scognamiglio Paolo 4pt. 23.0
10) Leonardo Caviola 4pt. 23.0
11) Chiarulli Giuseppe 3pt. 25.0
12) Strada Fabio 3pt. 25.0
13) Ilacqua Gianluca 3pt. 20.0
14) Ortiz George 2 pt.
15) Russo Luigi 1pt.
16) Lella Graziano 0pt.

Tomáš Douda wins Praha Open 

May 5th 2011

1. Tomáš Douda 9 pts 
2. Ivo Rybárik 9 pts
3. Matyáš Racek 6 pts
4. Ján Rybárik 3 pts
5. Radana Srncová 3 pts

Imre Leader wins EGP Moss

read more at our EGP MOSS page 

Ben Pridmore wins Cambridge Regionals

30-4- 2011, Cambridge Regional Results
Posted by: Adelaide TC Carpenter at British Othello

Four players turned up (David Beck, Iain Barrass, Ben Pridmore, and Roy Arnold), so they played a double round robin for 6 rounds.

Final results: Ben 5/6, David 4, Iain and Roy 1.5.

Results by rounds:
1) David 29--35 Ben, Iain 55--9 Roy;
2) Ben 35--29 Iain, Roy 17--47 David;
3) David 39--25 Iain, Ben 42--22 Roy;
4) Ben 25--39 David, Roy 32--32 Iain;
5) Iain 28--36 Ben, David 30--34 Roy;
6) Iain 23--41 David, Roy 30--34 Ben;

Ben's blog on his victory

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