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Othello World Cup 2014


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Good luck to all!!!!

The Othello World Cup started on Wednesday evening January 15th with a welcome reception, Othello Speedwave fun and the eagerly awaited pairing for first round.

Earlier that day there was a meeting of the World Othello Federation, the Japan Othello Association and Megahouse. I heard it was a very good meeting and we all hope to receive  news about the WOC 2014 by the end of this week. 

Visit our extra OWC interview page and read more about the OWC Othello Idols :)
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The OWC 2014 official website has a Gallery with excellent pictures by Ying Ke Sin. Take a look, the pictures are fantastic. Several are posted here on Othello News. Thanks to Ying Ke Sin and Singapore Othello Organisation.

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On Table 1: Yuji Miyazaki  against OWC 2013 winner Junya Ito
Check the list of players here.

The tourney did not started well for the 2013 "King of Othello", he would have won 33 - 31 against Yuji Miyazaki but there was a flipping error and he lost 31 - 33

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Yuji Miyazaki - Junya Ito, round 1
After round 3 we had 5 players with 3 points: Yusuke Takanashi (JPN), Kenta Tominaga(JPN), Makoto Suekuni(JPN), Takeshi Murakami(JPN) and Wun Leong Sky Chong (UAE).

I was kind of surprised to see Makoto's name in the standings. I had been told that he would be helping out with the tourney organisation and his name was added to the players page well after the tourney had started. Most likely he is a substitute for a missing player. Great to have him on board. 
Yusuke versus Makoto: Makoto recently beat Yusuke at the Shinagawa New Years Cup and at the Shinagawa Seaside Open but Yusuke was not to be beaten a third time in a row and won 39 - 25 in round 4.

Top players with 4 points after round 4: Yusuke Takanashi and Kenta Tominaga. They played against eachother in round 5 and that game was a draw. The OWC results page initially awarded them both 5 points, but that was later corrected and both players got half a point.

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Makoto Suekuni - Yusuke Takanashi, round 4


HIDAYAT, Romy 28 - 36 MURAKAMI, Takeshi
OWC 2014, round 1

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round 1: Hidayat - Murakami


TAKANASHI, Yusuke 39 - 25 SUEKUNI, Makoto
OWC 2014, round 4



TOMINAGA, Kenta 32 - 32 TAKANASHI, Yusuke
OWC 2014, round 5




TAKANASHI, Yusuke 30 - 34 YAMAKAWA, Takashi
OWC 2014, round 6




SUEKUNI, Makoto 22 - 42 TOMINAGA, Kenta
OWC 2014, round 6


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waiting for results round 7
Top 8 after 7 rounds:
  1. Kenta Tominaga, (JPN) 6.5 points
  2. Takashi Yamakawa, (JPN) 6 points
  3. Yusuke Takanashi, (JPN) 5.5 points
  4. Yan Song, (CHN) 5 points
  5. Junuy Ito, (JPN) 5 points
  6. Tomohiro Ohno, (JPN) 5 points
  7.  Yuji Miyazaki, (JPN) 5 points
  8. Hiroshi Goto, (JPN) 5 points

Kenta Tominaga, World Othello Champion 2007,  won two more games in round 6 (Makoto Suekuni) and 7 (Yuji Miyazaki) and leads with 6.5 points at the end of the first day. 



TOMINAGA, Kenta 44 - 20 MIYAZAKI Yuji
OWC 2014, round 7


Nine Japanese players in the top 10, what a great achievement.
Yan Song from China won 5 games and is currently # 4 and the highest ranked non-Japanese Asian player. 
The best European player is  # 15 Francesco Marconi with 4 points. 
Final results of all players after 7 rounds at OWC page or download here:
round_7_standings.pdf
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Kenta Tominaga won his game in round 8 but in the next rounds he lost 29 - 35 to Tomohiro Ohno, 36 - 28 to Junya Ito and 30 - 34 to Hiroshi Goto. But he won enough points on the first day to make it to the quarter finals. Yan Song won 3 out of 4 today and qualified  as #1 for the quarter finals.Takashi Yamakawa and Yuji Miyazaki dropped out of the top 8 and their place was taken by Tetsuya Nakajima and Masaki Takizawa who both won all their games in rounds 8 to 11.

Quarter-finalists:
  1. Yan Song, (CHN) 8 points
  2. Tomohiro Ohno, (JPN) 8 points
  3. Tetsuya Nakajima, (JPN) 8 points
  4. Hiroshi Goto, (JPN) 8 points
  5. Masaki Takizawa, (JPN) 8 points
  6. Yusuke Takanashi, (JPN) 7.5 points
  7. Kenta Tominaga, (JPN) 7.5 points
  8. Junya Ito, (JPN) 7 points 


Best European player: Francesco Marconi (ITA) at rank 16 with 6 points. Martin Odegard (NOR) #22 had 5.5 points and Miroslav Voracek #30 had 5 points.

Final results of all players after 11 rounds at OWC page or download here:

round_11_standings.pdf
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the OWC 2014 quarter-finalists

Quarter-final

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Yan Song and Junya Ito played a draw game. Song Yan won because the higher ranked player wins in the event of draw.

ITO, Junya 32 - 32 SONG Yan
OWC 2014, quarter-final


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The old King is dead!


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TAKIZAWA, Masaki 36 - 26 GOTO, Hiroshi
OWC 2014, quarter-final


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Hiroshi Goto and Masaki Takizawa
Interview with Masaki Takizawa at Interview page
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Tetsuya Nakajima and Yusuke Takanashi. Tetsuya ran out of time

TAKANASHI, Yusuke 1 - 0 NAKAJIMA, Tetsuya
OWC 2014, quarter-final



TOMINAGA, Kenta 46 - 18 OHNO, Tomohiro
OWC 2014, quarter-final


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Tomohiro Ono and Kenta Tominaga

Semi-final

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Masaki Takizawa and Yan Song

TAKIZAWA, Masaki 30 - 34 SONG, Yan
OWC 2014, semi-final



TOMINAGA, Kenta 44 - 20 TAKANASHI, Yusuke
OWC 2014, semi-final


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Kenta Tominaga and Yusuke Takanashi

Play-off 3rd / 4th place, Ladies Final and Final


TAKANASHI, Yusuke 33 - 31 TAKIZAWA, Masaki
OWC 2014, playoff 3rd / 4th place

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Playoff 3rd / 4th place: Yusuke Takanashi (JPN) and Masaki Takizawa (JPN)

DONG, Zhen 38 - 26 YAP, Siew Kun
OWC 2014, final ladies

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Ladies final: Siew Kun Yap (MYS) and Zhen Dong (HKG)
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the defeated players watch the final game
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The final: Kenta Tominaga (JPN) and Yan Song (CHN)
The new King of Othello: Yan Song from China!
Queen of Othello: Zhen Dong from Hong Kong

The Othello World Cup 2014, the last tournament of the 40th anniversary of Othello, was won by Yan Song from China. Winner of the female final is Zhen Dong from Hong Kong. Congratulations to both!!! Read the interview with the winners here.

TOMINAGA, Kenta 30 - 34 SONG Yan
OWC 2014, final



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Tetsuya Nakajima (JPN) defeated Yan Song (CHN) in the Miracle 5 Skyguest final

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8-Stars Othello final: Takashi Yamakawa (JPN) won 50-38 against Kenta Tominaga (JPN)

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Grand Othello final: Yusuke Takanashi (JPN) won 77-23 against Lim Wee Kiat (SGP)

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Japan Team B wins Team Tournament

An excellent 4 - 1 victory for Japan  Team B (Yusuke Takanashi, Takashi Yamakawa, Tomohiro Ohno, Yuji Miyazaki and Yoko Sano) in the team final against Japan Team A (Junya Ito, Kenta Tominaga, Tetsu Satani, Masaki Takizawa and Hisako Kinoshita).

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Makoto Suekuni (JPN) wins Othello Speedwave final against Takashi Yamakawa (JPN)

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This ends the OWC 2014 games. All that rests is the victory dinner, the award ceremony and saying goodbye to Othello friends. 

Congratulations to all winners!!

Read the interviews on our special interview page
And what happened at the OWC 2013?
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Yan Song, winner of OWC 2014

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