Othello News October 2011
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Joanna William - Matt Vinar Final 
Australian Nationals 2011
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Matt Vinar wins Australian Othello ChampionshipSydney, October 15th
Matt Vinar won his 7th Australian Othello Champion title. He went undefeated in the tournament but had a draw in round 4 against Joanna William of Singapore. Matt and Joanna met again in the final and the defending Aussie champion won 28 - 36. Standings after 5 rounds :
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Niklas Wettergren wins Stockholm XOT tourney
Niklas Wettergren 3.5 pts
Benkt Steentoft 2.5 pts Veronica Stenberg 2 pts Henry Aspenryd 2 pts Simon Ingelman Sundberg 0 pts Svenska Othello Förbundet organised an XOT tournament for players that like the idea of playing random openings. The XOT tool can be found here: http://xot.xmav.eu/index.php?lang=en |
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Arthur Juigner wins Tournoi Ile de France
October 8th
1. Arthur Juigner 4/5 Marc Tastet 4/5 Arnaud Delaunay 4/5 4. Dominique Bétin 2/5 5. Frédéric Meyer 1/5 6. Gilles Cluzon 0/5 
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Arthur Juigner at EGP Paris 2011
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Prague
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Miroslav VORÁČEK wins last stage Czech Grand Prix
Praha 8.10.2011
1 Miroslav VORÁČEK 5 pts 2 Tomáš DOUDA 4 pts 3 Roman KREJČÍK 3 pts 4 Radana SRNCOVÁ 2 pts 5 Ján RYBÁRIK 1 pnt Tomáš DOUDA is winner of Czech Grand Prix 2011
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From Takeshi Murakami's Othello blog
In a Japanese TV show, Yusuke Takanashi, the World Othello Champion 2009 and 2010, played an interesting game against a famous comedian. Of course Yusuke Takanashi would easily win any normal game, so they set up a very interesting opening position. But Yusuke Takanashi won in spite of the handicap (black) 36 - 28 . Many people watched that TV show, there were a lot of reactions from viewers. This shows, Othello is fun!!!!
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Tim Krzywonos qualified for Canadian WOC team
The results of the elimination round for the third Canadian spot for the World Othello Championship held in Toronto on October 2nd are:
Adam Mroueh 8 - 55 Tim Krzywonos
Tim Krzywonos 49 - 15 Adam Mroueh
Tim Krzywonos wins the third spot and Adam Mroueh is a backup if Jacky Fu, Galo Carrera or Tim Krzywonos cannot attend. Tim played at the World Othello Championship 5 times before, in 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003.
Adam Mroueh 8 - 55 Tim Krzywonos
Tim Krzywonos 49 - 15 Adam Mroueh
Tim Krzywonos wins the third spot and Adam Mroueh is a backup if Jacky Fu, Galo Carrera or Tim Krzywonos cannot attend. Tim played at the World Othello Championship 5 times before, in 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003.
Michael Handel wins first Jakarta Othello Open 2011
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Jakarta Indonesia, October 1 - 2
1. Michael Handel [UK] 2. Romy Hidayat 3. Burhan Asikin 4. Giovanni Barricelli Final Romy Hidayat 23 - 41 Michael Handel Michael Handel 32 - 32 Romy Hidayat Romy Hidayat 34 - 30 Michael Handel Day 1: Michael Handel was the best player at the end of the six rounds played on day 1, he won all 6 of his games. Second place Romy Hidayat with 5 wins. Third place Burhan Asikin with 4 points. Johnny Barricelli won 4 games and the playoff for 4th place. |
 Romy Hidayat - Michael Handel, final game 2  Romy Hidayat - Michael Handel, final game 3 pictures by G. Barricelli
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Michael Handel - Romy Hidayat round 3 |
