Othello News November 2011
David Hand wins Cambridge Christmas tournament
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November 26th 2011
David Hand won the Cambridge Christmas tourney, with Borja Moreno Fernández coming a close second and David Beck third. Tough games but a very enjoyable tourney, according to Helen Starkey (Chair of the British Othello Federation). The organisation decided to use random openings, and this led to great fun, everyone seemed to enjoy it. Imre Leader said it was often quite scary to be looking at an unfamiliar position at move 8 or so! Final result:
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Nicky van den Biggelaar wins 11th Dutch Blitz OpenNovember 20th, 2011. On a very foggy November day, 15 players came to Bussum for a blitz tourney. Even though the WON editor was there, you will have to wait for the official full standings. I was too busy to take notes. Blitz games are really a lot of fun, but hard work too. Nicky van den Biggelaar, WOC 3rd place finalist, won the final against Mark van Heere with 2 - 1. Jiska Helmes beat Anja van Gimst in the ladies final. Jiska won another trophy, the one for best advanced player. There even was a trophy for best beginner and the WON editor was proud to take that rooky trophy home :). |
 The Netherlands (Dutch) Othello Organisation |
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Lady / advanced final:
Jiska Helmes - Anja van Gimst 33-31 Anja van Gimst - Jiska Helmes 29-35 Semi-finals: Nicky van den Biggelaar - Erwin van den Berg 35-29 Erwin van den Berg - Nicky van den Biggelaar 30-34 Mark van Heere - Albert Kortendijk 64-0 (T) Albert Kortendijk - Mark van Heere 33-31 Mark van Heere - Albert Kortendijk 51-13 Playoff 3rd / 4th place Erwin van den Berg - Albert Kortendijk 9-55 Albert Kortendijk - Erwin van den Berg 26-38 Erwin van den Berg - Albert Kortendijk 24-40 Final: Nicky van den Biggelaar - Mark van Heere 35-29 Mark van Heere - Nicky van den Biggelaar 34-30 Nicky van den Biggelaar - Mark van Heere 42-22 |
Ranking after 15 rounds:
1. 14 Nicky van den Biggelaar 2. 11 Mark van Heere 3. 10 Albert Kortendijk 4. 9,5 Erwin van den Berg 5. 9 Martin Fransen 6. 8,5 Jan de Graaf 7. 8 Patrick Aubroeck 8 Jiska Helmes 8 Anja van Gimst 8 Linda Praseptyo 8 Jarl Ilbrink 12. 7 Trees van Seggelen 13 . 6 Marcel Sneek 14. 3 Bauke Kortendijk 15. 2 Natascha Fonseca Neves 16. 0 Mr. Bye |
Arthur Juigner wins French Junior ChampionshipParis, 20th November Eight young french Othello players met at the Ludothèque de Thiais. Arthur Juigner defended the title he won last year. Ofcourse all the other players were eager to beat him, but Arthur played a great tourney and won all his games. Arthur was invincible, in style with his great performance at the World Othello Championship, where he played fabulous games against experienced international players and ended at 14th place. Standings after 7 rounds: 1: 7 pts [433] JUIGNER Arthur (50030) {F} 2: 4 pts [239] ZINE Nicolas (50059) {F} [218] CINAR Sedanur (50062) {F} [213] DARMON Raphael (50058) {F} [201] DARMON Lucas (50052) {F} 6: 3 pts [210] AKYUZ Melike (50061) {F} 7: 1 pt [142] FAGNIDI Prince-Jeremy (50060) {F} [136] FAGNIDI Grace-Esther (50063) {F} Final Junior Championship: ZINE Nicolas 4 -- JUIGNER Arthur 60 JUIGNER Arthur 56 -- ZINE Nicolas 8 Final <12 year old : CINAR Sedanur 20 -- DARMON Lucas 44 DARMON Lucas 32 -- CINAR Sedanur 32 DARMON Lucas 46 -- CINAR Sedanur 18 |
Arthur at WOC 2011 in Newark USA
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Takuji Kashiwabara wins Préqualificatif de GrenobleFive players came to Grenoble to play in the 8th edition of the Préqualificatif de Grenoble on
November 19 - 20, 2011. The Grenoble Othello Club organised the tourney. Tourney format 10 rounds swiss + final best of three. Tourney results count for the Grand Prix de France 2012 and as prequalifier for WOC 2012. Takuji won all his games, except for the first game in the finals. Marc Tastet won that game 48 - 16. The next two games were won by Takuji 45 - 19 and 44 - 20. Final standings: 1. Kashiwabara Takuji 10/10 +2 2. Tastet Marc 6.5 +1 3. Delaunay Arnaud 6 4. Lazard Emmanuel 5.5 5. Michel Stéphane 2. Round 1: KASHIWABARA Takuji 33 - 31 TASTET Marc DELAUNAY Arnaud 28 - 36 LAZARD Emmanuel Round 2: MICHEL Stéphane 7 - 57 DELAUNAY Arnaud LAZARD Emmanuel 26 - 38 KASHIWABARA Takuji Round 3: TASTET Marc 32 - 32 LAZARD Emmanuel KASHIWABARA Takuji 47 - 17 MICHEL Stéphane Round 4: DELAUNAY Arnaud 30 - 34 KASHIWABARA Takuji MICHEL Stéphane 29 - 35 TASTET Marc Round 5: TASTET Marc 38 - 26 DELAUNAY Arnaud LAZARD Emmanuel 56 - 8 MICHEL Stéphane Round 6: TASTET Marc 30 - 34 KASHIWABARA Takuji LAZARD Emmanuel 26 - 38 DELAUNAY Arnaud Round 7: KASHIWABARA Takuji 44 - 20 LAZARD Emmanuel DELAUNAY Arnaud 46 - 18 MICHEL Stéphane |
Standings after day 1: KASHIWABARA Takuji 7 / 7 TASTET Marc 4.5 / 7 DELAUNAY Arnaud 4 / 7 LAZARD Emmanuel 3.5 / 7 MICHEL Stéphane 2 / 7 |
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Round 8:
LAZARD Emmanuel 27 - 37 TASTET Marc MICHEL Stéphane7 - 57 KASHIWABARA Takuji Round 9: TASTET Marc 55 - 9 MICHEL Stéphane KASHIWABARA Takuji 58 - 6 DELAUNAY Arnaud Round 10: DELAUNAY Arnaud 35 - 29 TASTET Marc MICHEL Stéphane 15 - 49 LAZARD Emmanuel Final: TASTET Marc 48 - 16 KASHIWABARA Takuji KASHIWABARA Takuji 45 - 19 TASTET Marc KASHIWABARA Takuji 44 - 20 TASTET Marc |
Top three players, Arnaud Delaunay, Takuji Kashiwabara, Marc Tastet (left to right). Picture thanks to Emmanuel Lazard
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World Othello Championship November 2 - 5, 2011
Piyanat Aunchulee (THA), Hiroki Nobukawa (JPN), Nicky van den Biggelaar (NED)
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The 2011 Othello Champions: Hiroki Nabukawa (JPN) - Jian Cai (USA)
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