Othello News November 2016
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World Othello Federation NewsThe annual WOF meeting was held in Mito, Japan, November 4th. The meeting minutes can be found here.
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La Ville en JeuxGeneva, Switzerland, has a yearly games festival in November since 2009 .
The event "La Ville en Jeux" was held November 27th at the ""salle communale de Plainpalais". It was a fun day for all, beginners and experienced players, children and adults. This event offered a great opportunity to enjoy both classic and new games. Othello News spotted some familiar faces: the Juigner brothers and their mother Doris Schneider. It does not take a genius to figure out who took the picture.... Othello Star Photographer Francois Juigner |
EGP Prague, start of European Grand Prix 2017
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Ahoj Europe!
I would like to cordially invite everyone for the EGP Prague 2017. This tournament will be held in a very similar way it was held in the past years. Plus, we will work on some small improvements. For those who have never been to Prague, it is a great occassion to visit! The flights have gotten a bit cheaper, the highways are finally finished, the weather is booked to be snowy. For those who had come before, we will discover some new places in the evenings, and we will try to make a record of even larger EGP! Date: 18.-19.2.2017 Location: DDM Praha 2, Slezská 21 (usual location) Entry fee: 4 EUR (0,4 EUR juniors up to 15y/o) Travel: your own business but let me know if you need any assistance (airport transfer, parking, etc.) Accomodation: at tournament location for 4 EUR / person / night in own sleeping bag or find your own little hotel Organizer: Ján Rybárik Contact: Mirek Voráček, [email protected], +420739000323 (call, SMS, WhatsApp) For more information in the future, follow Facebook and Othello News. Mirek Voracek |
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Tetsuya Nakajima wins 119th Shinagawa Seaside OpenLocation: Shinagawa, Japan
Date: November 26th Format: 6 rounds Links: JOA website Tetsuya Nakajima won the Rome open on November 19th. Back in Japan he continued with another tournament win. Top 3 of 25 players: Tetsuya Nakajima, 6 wins Masao Inoue, 5 wins Daisuke Kamikura, 4 wins |
Arnaud Delaunay won the Ile de France 8
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Location: Paris, France
Date: November 26th Format: 5 rounds Links: FFO website, LiveOthello Arnaud Delaunay won the tournament with a perfect score of 5 out of 5. Second place for Marc Tastet. 1: 5 pts [253] DELAUNAY Arnaud (3518) {FRA} 2: 4 pts [188] TASTET Marc (2) {FRA} 3: 3 pts [181] LEVY-ABEGNOLI Thierry (3598) {FRA} [166] BUSUTTIL Michel (228) {FRA} [165] KASHIWABARA Takuji (839) {FRA} 6: 2 pts [139] LECAT Monique (2788) {BEL} [137] BENOIT Serge (3600) {FRA} [125] BETIN Dominique (419) {FRA} 9: 1 pt [122] TOUCHENE Fouad (9025) {DZA} 10: 0 pt [124] OVION Jacques (275) {FRA} |
LÉVY-ABÉGNOLI Thierry 10-54 DELAUNAY Arnaud IdF8, round 4 |
Fouad Touchene - Arnaud Delaunay
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DELAUNAY Arnaud 46-18 TOUCHENE Fouad IdF8, round 1 |
Tom Schotte wins XOT Othello Tournament 2016
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Location: Ghent, Belgium
Date: November 26th Format: 6 rounds Links: BOA website, FB eventpage The Belgian Othello Association organised its third XOT tournament, with a random (equal) opening position on the board. In this way book players have no longer an advantage. The XOT tournament is the first qualification tournament for the World Othello Championship 2017, which will be held in BELGIUM. Every player received 2 points, regardless of the final result. Tom Schotte won the tournament with 5 wins and 1 loss against runner-up Nick Reunes. It was Tom's 6th Othello tournament win this year. At the general meeting of the Belgian Othello Association, held before the tournament, Tom was re-elected as president of the Belgian Othello Association for 2 more years. He became president in 2007 and will serve now till end of 2018. A busy Othello year ahead for Tom with the organisation of the 41st World Championship in 2017. Tom Schotte does a lot for the national and international Othello community. Thanks Tom and congrats!!! |
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Riho Umezawa wins Niigata School Tournament
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Location: Niigata, Japan
Date: November 26th Format: 4 rounds Links: FB page Riho Umezawa won all her 4 games at this school tournament. 1位 梅澤 里帆 (5年) Riho Umezawa 4勝0敗 2位 長谷部 真優 (5年) Mayu Hasebe 3勝1敗 3位 北住 和也 (3年) Kazuya Kitazumi 3勝1敗 |
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European Grand Prix Season 2017
First Othello EGP tournament in 2017 will be in Prague, capital of the Czech Republic. Everyone is welcome to the heart of Europe where, according to the Czech Republic Othello Federation, one of the most popular World Othello events will take place.
Go to our Prague 2017 page for more info.
Go to our Prague 2017 page for more info.
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40th WOC in Mito Japan, thanks to all
Thanks again to Japan Othello Association, Megahouse and the World Othello Federation for letting me be part of this major event!
Thanks to all the players and crew, it was wonderful to meet you in Mito and to work with you. Special thanks to all the members of the Japanese WOC crew for making me feel so welcome and for all your help. Trees van Seggelen, Othello News | ||||||
WTHOR Othello DatabaseMarc Tastet has recently updated the WTHOR Othello database.
Please download the files from the FFO website WTHOR page. The study of these 118,818 games will help you on your way to WOC 2017. Games 2016: 1904 games including 521 games "World Championship Mito" recently typed by Emmanuel Lazard and Stéphane Nicolet. Great thanks to both of them! Total number of games from 1977 to 2016: 119339 
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Lazard - Nicolet
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Daniel Olivares wins Othello tournament at Olimpiadas de la MenteLocation: Buenos Aires, Argentine
Date: November 20th Format: 6 rounds Links: Asociación Argentina de Othello, FB photoalbum This second edition of the Argentine Mindsports Olympics had Chess, Checkers, Othello, Go and Scrabble tournaments. Final results Othello : Daniel Olivares 6 points 248 discs (gold medal) Marcelo Lisnovsky 5 points 233 discs (silver medal) Paula Iturbide 3 points 210 discs (bronze medal) Max Seifert 3 points 196 discs Germán Vazquez 3 points 158 discs Matías Roldán 3 points 126 discs Mercedes Cohen 2,5 points 144 discs Leonardo Chaufan 2,5 points 93 discs Diego Olivares 2 points 113 discs Victoria Camps 0 points 79 discs |
Makoto Suekuni wins Tohoku OpenLocation: Sendai, Japan
Date: November 20th Format: 6 rounds and final Links: JOA website 17 players came to Sendai for this tournament. After 6 rounds, Daisuke Kamikura and Makoto Suekuni qualified for the final game which was won by Makoto Suekuni. Hiroto Nagao and Hisakazu Sato qualified for 3rd/4th place play-off and that game was won by Hiroto Nagao. Very nice 5th place for Yukiko Tatsumi, who sent us all the info. Thx again Yukiko! Final result top 5: Winner: Makoto Suekuni 6 wins, 1 loss 2nd: Daisuke Kamikura 6 wins, 1 loss 3rd: Hiroto Nagao 5 wins, 2 loss 4th: Hisakazu Sato 3 wins, 4 losses 5th: Yukiko Tatsumi 4 wins, 2 losses. |
winner: Makoto Suekuni
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ready for the final
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SUEKUNI Makoto 36-28 KAMIKURA Daisuke Tohoku Open, final |
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Michio Hanari wins 37th Niigata Othello Challenge CupLocation: Niigata, Japan
Date: November 20th Format: 5 rounds Links: Niigata block FB 1優勝 花里 三千雄 1級(Michio Hanari) 5勝0敗 ←初段入段 2位 梅澤 志帆 1級(Shiho Umezawa) 4勝1敗 3位 田辺 知己 1級(Tomoki Tanabe) 3勝2敗 4位 小山 仁志(Hitoshi Koyama) 3勝2敗 5位 岩坂 龍次 初段(Ryuji Iwasaka) 3勝2敗 6位 高野 邦彦(Kunihiko Takano) 3勝2敗 7位 渡辺 泰央 2級(Yasuo Watanabe) 3勝2敗 8位 衛藤 理壱 2級(Riichi Eto) 2勝3敗 9位 梅澤 里帆 1級(Riho Umezawa) 2勝3敗 10位 桧垣 俊介(Syunsuke Higaki) 2勝3敗 11位 小林 嘉野 1級(Kano Kobayashi) 2勝3敗 12位 今田 哉子(Chikako Imada) 2勝3敗 ←3級取得 13位 今田 晋 4級(Susumu Imada) 1勝4敗 14位 卯田 杏里(Anri Uda) 0勝5敗 |
Roma Open, won by special guest Tetsuya Nakajima (JPN)
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Location: Rome, Italy
Date: November 19th Format: 5 rounds Links: FNGO website, FNGO FB Roberto Sperandio played a draw against Tetsuya Nakajuma in round 1, but lost on time (1 second). A big win for Nakajima in round 2 against Alessandro Di Mattei 14 - 50. Round 3 was another win for Nakaijima 57-7 against Paolo Scognamiglio. Franceso Marconi also lost against Tetsuya Nakajima in round 4. There was only 1 Italian still standing and 2008 World Othello Champion Michele Borassi proved his worth and defeated Tetsuya in the final round 33-31. But Borassi had lost to Roberto Sperandio in round 2 and to Francesco Marconi in round 3. The winner of the Roma Open was Tetsuya Nakajima, World Othello Chamipnship finalist in 1999, WOC semi-finalist in 2006 and 2007, Meijin Champion in 1997 and 1998, All Japan Champion in 2006, Ouza-sen winner in 2006 and 2007. Final result: 1. Tetsuya Nakajima, 4 points 2. Michele Borassi, 3 points Roberto Sperandio, 3 points 4. Francesco Marconi, 2 points Alessandro Di Mattei, 2 points 6. Paolo Scognamiglio, 1 point |
Francesco Marconi, Roberto Sperandio, Michele Borassi, Tetsuya Nakajima, Paolo Scognamiglio
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Woramet Hempijit, Sittisak Tantiprasongchai, Piyanat Aunchulee, Zen Thammatorn (team manager) and Patcharaporn Tana
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Interview with Zen Thammatorn, team manager team ThailandWhat were the team's expectations at the start of the tournament?
I wanted Thai team to get 2nd place in team champion. What was the stress like for the team at the start of round 13? If Piyanat beat Ben Seeley, He will get in the semi-final round. Everyone in Thailand who was online in that day and Thai players in WOC , they cheer up for Piyanat to win that game. From the opening of the game, Piyanat was winning. He made a big mistake in the midgame, but Ben did not see it. Finally Piyanat won, everyone was very happy. Did you do anything special to prepare Piyanat for the semi's? Nothing special, but I heard from Woramet who shared the room with Piyanat, that Piyanat woke up very early in the morning (5 am) to prepare his opening. When did Piyanat really start to believe the WOC Trophy would be his? He said last 6 move in the last game. What happened when the team returned to Thailand with the Champion? Some Thailand Othello players came to the airport to congratulate Piyanat. A couple of news channels asked for Piyanat's phone number to do the news. The sponsor of Othello Team Thailand, Sosuco Group, was very happy with the succes. |
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Interview Piyanat Aunchulee (taken a week before the World Othello Championship)
What got you interested in the game of Othello? How did you learn to play? How old were you? - I don’t know what make me interesting Othello .. but I like about Social and friends of Othello. It’s more than friends of Othello ..When some problem come to My life ..My Othello friends can help me : ) I know othello from Family FR202 (game connect with TV). In 2001 Lots of Othello players are mathematicians or IT professionals. What is your background? - I’m admin (Make report and manage document) .. and I finding to change What are 1 or 2 easy things any player,advanced or beginner, can do to improve their game? - Play a lot and Join Real tournament (not count ONLINE tournament) Which player(s) have meant a lot for the progression of the game? And how? - Everyone because that can build good Social good friends What was your most memorable game? - Maybe with Yusuke round 12 WOC2010 (25-39). Because I’m not believe in my ability but I can beat Japanese World Champion. That year is my first time enter to Semi final WOC How did you qualify for your national team? - Champion Of Thailand Othello Championship 2016 How do you prepare for this WOC? - Can I change Question to did you have time for prepare ? haha xD. I didn’t have a time to prepare for WOC this year ..Many Work come to me and that’s reason I finding to change my work Assuming you make it to the semi-finals, name the other three.What’s so special about these three? - Only Yusuke Takanashi in my list for final. And 2 player ( if count me is 3 ) not big different skill everyone has chance Winning team since 2005 is Japan. Which team has the best chance to stop their winning streak and why? - Maybe China or Usa From seeded players interviews |
TAKANASHI Yusuke 29-35 AUNCHULEE Piyanat WOC 2012, round 12 |
WOF OfficeDear all!
Informations from the W.O.F. Office. The Office opening hours 14/11 - 24/11 is Mondays 00:00-06:00 AM CET and Wednesdays 18:00-23:00 PM CET. Email: [email protected] Hereby is the information about the WOF council 2016-2018. President - Tor Birger Skogen - [email protected] Treasurer - Tadataka Maehata Event Manager - Benkt Steentoft, Sponsor Manager - Roher Gehrke, Asia Confederation - Hiroyoshi Kudo Europa Confederation - Tom Schotte Pan America Confederation - Daniel Olivares (Africa Confederation - For the moment; Secretary, under discussions) Benkt Steentoft |
Benkt-san
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Live TV and video's WOC in Mito
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In case you missed these video's on WOC day 2, WOC day 3 and Mito Othello Week page, I copied the videos to the news page. The Umbrella Othello, what a brilliant and fun idea!
I was really impressed by the livestudio comments and images. To be able to see the faces of the players during the games, to have live comments by top players, really the next step to promote worldwide interest in Othello tournaments. Great job Satoshi Koide, Makoto Suekuni, Kunihiko Tanida and all the others that worked hard to make this possible.
Thanks again to Japan Othello Association and World Othello Federation for letting me be part of this major event! Thanks to all the member of the Japanese WOC crew for making me feel so welcome and for all your help!!
I was really impressed by the livestudio comments and images. To be able to see the faces of the players during the games, to have live comments by top players, really the next step to promote worldwide interest in Othello tournaments. Great job Satoshi Koide, Makoto Suekuni, Kunihiko Tanida and all the others that worked hard to make this possible.
Thanks again to Japan Othello Association and World Othello Federation for letting me be part of this major event! Thanks to all the member of the Japanese WOC crew for making me feel so welcome and for all your help!!
Piyanat Aunchulee and Yasushi Nagano after semifinal at WOC Mito
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Yasushi Nagano wins 111th Coastal Challenge CupLocation: Japan
Date: November 12th Format: 6 rounds Links: JOA website Yasohi Nagano won all his games in the Swiss rounds at the WOC in Mito last week. He finished fourth after losing the semifinal against Piyanat Aunchulee and a loss in the playoff against Yusuke Takanashi. The last day of th WOC did not bring him the victory, but everybody was impressed by his strong game. Yasushi won the 111th Coastal Challenge Cup with 4 wins and 2 losses, Runner-up was Riki Saito who also scored also 4 wins. |
Fabrício Silva wins 10th Brazil Othello Championship
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Location: Nova Odessa, Brazil
Date: November 6th Links: Othello Federação Brasileira de Othello FB, FB Pictures 84 players at the World Championship in Mito Japan, the Brazil Championship had almost as many players, 80! Lots of players, lots of trophies! Moises Correia Jr is now the chairman of Brazilian Othello Federation. The winners! Sub 10 - (m)
Victor Pio Araujo - Nova Odessa Sub 10 - (v) Ekaterina Ivashenko Sarnadskaya - Tietê Sub 12 - (m) Ian Felipe de Souza - Indaiatuba Sub 12 - (v) Evelyn Caroline Santos da Silva - Indaiatuba Sub 14 - (m) João Victor Souza da Silva - Nova Odessa Sub 14 - (v) Thalia Terezinha da Cruz Martins - Tietê Sub 16 - (m) Rheniter Fernandez Macedo - Nova Odessa Sub 16 - (v) Olga Sarnadskya - Tietê Sub 18 - (v) Pâmela de Lima Santos - Indaiatuba 60 - (m) Ademir Biscaro Demarque - Tietê 60 - (v) Natalia Micheletto - Nova Odessa Absoluto: Fabrício Silva - Franco da Rocha Female Champion Dinah Tavares Godoi - Sumaré |
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Game analysis by Fabrício Silva
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SILVA FabrÃcio 47 - 17 CHEREM Lucas Brazil Championship 2016 |
World Othello Championship Hall Of Fame
WOC Champions 1977 - 2016
Ladies Champions 2005 - 2016
Best Team 1987 - 2016
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Junior Champion 2016
WOC number of players
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World Othello Champion 2016 : Piyanat Aunchulee, Thailand 2nd place: Yan Song, China 3rd place: Yusuke Takanashi, Japan 4th place: Yasushi Nagano, Japan Ladies Champion: Zhen Dong, China 2nd place: Hisako Kinoshita, Japan 3rd place: Joanna William, Australia 4th place: Veronica Stenberg, Sweden Junior Champion: Masaki Wada, Japan 2nd place: Arthur Juigner, Switzerland Best team: Japan 
Zhen Dong, Piyanat Aunchulee and Masaki Wada
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World Othello Championship Links
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what a great Champion!
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the woc 2016 poster, beautiful design
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40th World Othello Championship, all over the internet
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The 2015 Champions: Yusuke Takanashi and Yoko Sano Rose
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WOC InterviewsList of (former) Champions and seeded players at WOC 2016
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Othello News sent a list of questions to all these players. The first ones to respond were Yan Song, Hisako Kinoshita, Ben Seeley and Nicky van den Biggelaar, Piyanat Aunchulee and Yusuke Takanashi. I hope the rest will follow soon. Check it out at the WOC 2016 Interview Page. WOC list of players sorted by rating can be foud here.
40th World Othello Championship announcement video
第40回世界オセロ選手権 告知動画
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From the video:
Question: Yusuke Takanashi, what is your resolution for this WOC 2016? My resolution is to break the record of Mr. Tamenori who won the World Othello Championship games 7 times in total. If I win this tournament 2016, it would be 5th time. One more thing is that, I want to make people impressed and excited through my game. 10 years ago, I started playing the Othello and I watched World Othello Championship for the first time. It was 30th WOC in Mito where WOC takes place. That's why this is kind of impressive to me having the game in Mito I was very amazed when I watched 30th WOC so now is the time for me to make people excited! |
