Othello News May 2012
Nicky van den Biggelaar wins 7th Zonhoven Othello Open
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Zonhoven, Belgium, May 27th
Lots of Dutch players at this tourney on a lovely hot and sunny day. The Belgians were outnumbered by the Dutch and the Nicky took the Zonhoven trophy home. It was an exciting and fun Netherlands - Belgium match. Nicky van den Biggelaar (NL) 7/8 Roel Hobo (NL) 6/8 Tom Schotte (BE) 6/8 Marcel Peperkamp (BE) 5/8Jan de Graaf (NL) 4/8 Dimitri Vaes (BE) 4/8 Michael May (BE) 2/8 Marcel Sneek (NL) 1/8 Martin Fransen (NL) 1/8 |
Nicky van den Biggelaar at EGP Copenhagen
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GRZEGORZ ZIEBA – CEZARY DOMINCZAK,
BARTLOMIEJ SURY – ZBIGNIEW KOSIM,
HENRYK JAWORSKI – ANATOL LOKASTO,
MICHAL BUKA – ARKADIUSZ WEGLOREK
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Bartłomiej Sury wins 3rd stage Polish GP
Warszawa, Poland, May 19th
it was a 9-rounds tourney and Bartlomiej Sury won all his games. In the picture (left) you can see how his opponent Zbigniew Kosim got only 2 discs and had no where to go with 8 empty squares. FINAL RESULTS: 1. BARTŁOMIEJ SURY 9 pt (708) 2. MICHAŁ BUKA 8 pt (590) 3. ROMAN KRACZYK 7 pt (655) 4. GRZEGORZ ZIEBA 6 pt (635) 5. CEZARY DOMINCZAK 4 pt (507) 6. ARKADIUSZ WEGLOREK 4 pt (488) 7. ZBIGNIEW KOSIM 4 pt (485) 8. HENRYK JAWORSKI 2 pt (387) 9. ANATOL LOKASTO 1 pt (344) 10.JAROSLAW SOBIEN 0 pt 192) 
ARKADIUSZ WEGLOREK, ANATOL LOKASTO, BARTLOMIEJ SURY, JAROSLAW SOBIEN, ROMAN KRACZYK, MICHAL BUKA
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Michele Borassi wins Ferrara Othello Open
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Ferrara, Italy, May 20th
There was a strong earthquake in the area (6.3 R) at 4 a.m. in the morning. The tournament started late because the trains were not working and they had to retrieve three players that were stranded in Bologna. The tourney was relocated because the original tourney-site was too close to a high-rise for comfort. But nothing could stop these othello players from playing their favourite game!!!!
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Donato Barnaba, Guiseppe Chiarulli, Paolo Tormene
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BARNABA D. - KASHIWABARA T. round 5 of Ferrara Open |
Kunihiko Tanida wins 3rd Annual Cincinnati Open
Kunihiko Tanida
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Cincinnati, US, May 19 - 20
6 players in this tournament and they wil play a double round robin over 2 days.
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cover of othello book by Tanida
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TANIDA Kunihiko - RUHMKORFF Ben round 5 of 3rd Annual Cincinnati Open |
Ben Ruhmkorff
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Nicky van den Biggelaar wins EGP Copenhagen, Denmark
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Final: Arnaud Delaunay (FR) 27 - 37 Nicky van den Biggelaar (NL) Nicky van den Biggelaar (NL) 38 - 26 Arnaud Delaunay (FR) Final result:
1: 8.5 pts [872] VAN DEN BIGGELAAR Nicky (5105) {NL} +2/2 2: 9.5 pts [837] DELAUNAY Arnaud (3518) {FR} +0/2 3: 7.5 pts [813] TASTET Marc (2) {FR} +1/1 4: 7.5 pts [837] KASHIWABARA Takuji (839) {FR} + 0/1 5: 7. pts [801] FELDBORG Karsten (92) {DK} [785] LEADER Imre (79) {GB} 7: 6. pts [748] HOBO Roel (5071) {NL} 8: 5.5 pts [726] BADSTED Palle (1025) {DK} 9: 5. pts [714] DE GRAAF Jan C. (4012) {NL} 10: 4.5 pts [667] VALLUND Henrik (96) {DK} 11: 3. pts [637] FRANSEN Martin (5239) {NL} [616] SNEEK Marcel (5083) {NL} [605] AAGAARD-HANSEN Jens (1019) {DK} |
Playoff 3rd / 4th place Marc Tastet (FR) 33 - 31 Takuji Kashiwabara (FR) 
Marc Tastet, Nicky van den Biggelaar, Arnaud Delaunay
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read all about it on our special European Grand Prix Copenhagen page
Thierry wins Selection de Paris
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Bry-sur-Marne, France, May 12th
It was a 5 round tourney. Thierry won all his games. Samuel Clinton beat Arthur Juigner. They both qualified for the French Championship and the French Junior Championship. Thx Monique Lecat for the report. 1: 5 pts [230] LEVY-ABEGNOLI Thierry (3598) {FR}
2: 4 pts [220] CLINTON Samuel (50036) {FR} 3: 3 pts [197] JUIGNER Arthur (50030) {FR} [175] RUBIO Celine (3839) {FR} [154] LECAT Monique (2788) {BE} 6: 2 pts [159] BENOIT Serge (3600) {FR} 7: 1 pt [120] BETIN Dominique (419) {FR} [89] SCHNEIDER Doris (50063) {FR} [56] MOUCHEN Marie-France (50062) {FR} (3 rounds) |
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Randy Fang wins 7th Guangzhou Open
Randy Fang wins 7th Guangzhou Othello Open
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Guangzhou, China, May 6th
There were 32 players at this 7th edition of the Guangzhou Othello tourney. After 7 rounds Yan Song , winner of Guangzhou in 2006 and 2008, had most points (6.5). Randy Fang was second (6.0), Jingmin Qin was third (5.5) and Chun Yip Tsoi qualified for the semifinals with 5 points. Final: TSOI Chun Yip 31 - 33 FANG Randy Semifinal: TSOI Chun Yip 36 - 28 SONG Yan QIN Jingmin 32 - 32 FANG Randy Playoff 3rd / 4th: SONG Yan 64-0 QIN Jingmin Winner of junior division: HUANG Guangyuan |
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1: Randy FANG (Randy) 2: Chun Yip TSOI (Yip) 3: Yan SONG (Asura) 4: Jingmin QIN (Crystal) crosstable of 7 rounds swiss-system |
the winners
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7th Guangzhou Open
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TSOI Chun Yip - FANG Randy Final Guangzhou Open |
7th Guangzhou Open, May 6th 2012
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TSOI Chun Yip - SONG Yan Semifinal Guangzhou Open |
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pictures from Jingmin Qin's blog
Imre Leader wins Cambridge Regional
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Cambridge, UK, May 5th
(From Imre, posted at BOF) ...The Cambridge Regional was held, May 5th, with 9 players, some of whom had heroically carried clocks for long distances. There were some very notable scalps, where players beat people ranked way above them. Marie beat Ben, who is 457 points above her. Roy beat Iain, who is 270 points above him. Helen beat Borja, who is 515 points above her. 
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Miroslav VORÁČEK wins GPO4
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1 Miroslav VORÁČEK 6.5 pts
2 Ivo RYBÁRIK 6 pts 3 Tomáš DOUDA 5.5 pts 4 Petr KAŇOVSKÝ 4 pts 5 Jiří NOVOTNÝ 3 pts 6 Ján RYBÁRIK 2 pts 7 Miroslav NEUŽIL 2 pts 8 Hana KOTINOVÁ 2 pts 9 Veronika MACKOVÁ 1 pnt |
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