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Borja, WOC Rome 2010
| February 22nd
iOthello.net went down a few months ago, but now it is back! With a new name and a fresh start (sorry, you'll have to register again!). For those of you who hadn't heard of it before, at eOthello you can play Othello in a turn-based style. Site administrator Borja Moreno Fernández invites you all to check it out! |
David Sahli wins Open de Cannes
Cannes, February 19th
Final results: 5 pts SAHLI David (245) 4 pts SCHERNO Dominique (218) 3 pts JONQUIERES Philippe (192) 3 pts RETIERE Christophe (170) 3 pts DUSOIR Corentin (163) 2 pts BELAVAL Maxime (143) 2 pts LE MORVAN Eric (129) 1 pnt CATALANOTTI Alain (139) 1 pnt GOUYSSE Henry (106) 1 pnt TURQUOIS Alban (95) 
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Emmanuel Saint-Jours and David Sahli, Sélection de Bordeaux, 2007
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Martin Ødegård wins Oslo Open
Oslo February 4th
Martin Ødegård was invincible, he won the Oslo Open with 7 straight wins. The tournament had 8 players and it was nice was that both Jan Kristian Haugland and Vidar Albrigtsen had found their way back to the Othello board. Ranking of the 8 players after round 7: | 
Link to results per round
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Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 - | Player
ODEGARD Martin HAUGLAND Jan Kristian ALBRIGTSEN Vidar DANIELSEN Jostein SKOGEN Tor Birger RAA Harald BERG Robert TVEDT Sverre | Points
7 6 4 3.5 3 2.5 1 1 | 
Martin Ødegård
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Tom Schotte wins Liège Open
Liège Belgium, February 4th
Tom won 6 games out of 7. The only game he lost was in round 4 against Jan de Graaf. Jan played black and won 38 - 26. Matthias Berg won 5 games. He lost against Tom (see below) and against the other player from Germany, Daniel Rossler.
Unfortunately de Dutch players arrived too late at the tourney and missed the first round. I am sure that had to do with the extreme cold weather and icy roads.
Tom won 6 games out of 7. The only game he lost was in round 4 against Jan de Graaf. Jan played black and won 38 - 26. Matthias Berg won 5 games. He lost against Tom (see below) and against the other player from Germany, Daniel Rossler.
Unfortunately de Dutch players arrived too late at the tourney and missed the first round. I am sure that had to do with the extreme cold weather and icy roads.
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1 2 - 4 5 - - 8 9 10 11 - 13 | Player
SCHOTTE Tom (2795) {B} BERG Matthias (5301) {D} CANTAMESSA Alessandro (2797) {B} ROSSLER Daniel (70002) {D} DE GRAAF Jan C. (4012) {NL} MAY Michael (5905) {B} SCHAAF Michael (5349) {D} VAES Dimitri (2785) {B} VAN DAMME Brecht (5909) {B} FRANSEN Martin (5239) {NL} DE BOER Akke-Lien (5265) {NL} SNEEK Marcel (5083) {NL} ILITCH Juliette (270011) {B} | Points
6 5 5 4.5 4 * 4 4 3.5 3 2.5 * 2 2 * 1.5 | 
Matthias Berg, Tom Schotte, Alessandro Cantamessa
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* Jan, Martin and Marcel missed the first round and played only 6 games.
cross table 7 rounds Liège Open
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Ulf Bengtsson wins Dragon Lair Open
Stockholm Sweden, February 4th
The Norrköping Open tournament was moved to the Dragon Lair in Stockholm. Ulf Bengtsson, made a brilliant comeback and won the Dragon's Lair Open unbeaten! Second place, Christian, and third for Henry. Seven players showed up to the weekend's tournament, and a further two debutants were recruited. It was a relaxed but exciting tournament. Report copied from SOF website 
Link to SOF tourney page with results per round
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 | Points
7 5.5 5.5 4 4 3 3 2 1 |
Albert Kortendijk wins 60th Dutch Open
Bussum, January 29th
Albert played a very good tourney, 6 wins and 1 draw against Ben van der Wagt. His game against Nicky van den Biggelaar in round 4 was very exciting and Albert won with 33 - 31. A thriller game! |
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1 2 3 4 - - - 8 9 - - - - 14 - 16 | Player
Albert Kortendijk Nicky van den Biggelaar Patrick Aubroeck Remko Zillig Mark van Heere Roel Hobo Erwin van den Berg Ben van der Wagt Jan de Graaf Anja van Gimst Martin Fransen Linda Praseptyo Marcel Sneek Jarl Ilbrink Jan van der Wagt Bauke Kortendijk 
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6.5 6 5 4 4 4 4 3.5 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 0 | 
Albert Kortendijk
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Garry Edmead - Karsten Feldborg at Cambridge International Tourney, February 1997
| Garry Edmead wins Sheffield RegionalSheffield, January 28th
Ranking of the 7 players after round 7:
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Michele Borassi wins European Grand Prix Rome
January 14th - 15th
Read more on our EGP 2011 Rome page
Read more on our EGP 2011 Rome page
Michele Borassi, EGP Rome Final Match 3. Picture by Biagio Privitera
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George Gkiouzelis wins Greek New Years TournamentAthens, Januari 8
Six players met in Hotel Stratos Vassilikos in Athens for a small but pleasant tourney, organised by Christina Mitsi. |
Player
1. Gkiouzelis George 2. Gkiouzelis Alexandros 3. Palapanidis Christos 4. Kotopouli Maria 5. Lellas Ektor 6. Patsourakis Stratis | Points
6 4 4 2 2 0 | 
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Yusuke at WOC in Rome in 2010. He was WOC champion in 2009 and 2010. Picture by Biagio Privitera
| Yusuke Takanashi wins Shinagawa New Year SpecialThe Shinagawa New Year Special is a yearly tournament on January 3rd. The tournament gets its popularity by its high level and the high number of players. The first edition was held in 2005.
Top 14 out of 63 players:
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