European Grand Prix 2013 - Paris
winner: Keita Ohmori
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Takuji Kashiwabara is European Grand Prix Champion, Keita Ohmori wins EGP Paris
The last stage of the European Grand Prix 2013, Paris EGP tournament on Saturday August 24th and Sunday August 25th.
The big question was, ""Who will be the European Othello Champion 2013, Francesco Marconi who has been #1 since the first tourney in Prague, or Takuji Kashiwabara? This year the Paris event attracted the Japanese players: Takeshi Murakami (rated 2271), Keita Ohmori (rated 2235), Nobuaki Mitsuya (rated 2118) and Keiko Horiuchi. Keita Ohmori was number 1 after 11 rounds with 9 points and he played the final against Takuji Kashiwabara 1.5 - 1.5 and won because he had the best score after 11 rounds.
Who won the EGP 2013? I got news from Paris that Franceso Marconi was the winner, but the Othello News EGP spreadsheet by Tom Schotte showed Takuji as the winner. Things had become complicated because of a new rule, that not many people seem to know about. Ohmori as the winner of EGP Paris got 200 points and Takuji received 140 points. With the old rule in case of a draw in a final (victory, loss and draw), the two finalists have to share the sum of the points. That would mean that Takuji gets (200+140)/2 = 170 points and not 140. In that case Takuji would be EGP Champion. Finally on Wednesday August 28th we received offical word that in fact the 2013 EGP Champion is Takuji Kashiwabara.
The big question was, ""Who will be the European Othello Champion 2013, Francesco Marconi who has been #1 since the first tourney in Prague, or Takuji Kashiwabara? This year the Paris event attracted the Japanese players: Takeshi Murakami (rated 2271), Keita Ohmori (rated 2235), Nobuaki Mitsuya (rated 2118) and Keiko Horiuchi. Keita Ohmori was number 1 after 11 rounds with 9 points and he played the final against Takuji Kashiwabara 1.5 - 1.5 and won because he had the best score after 11 rounds.
Who won the EGP 2013? I got news from Paris that Franceso Marconi was the winner, but the Othello News EGP spreadsheet by Tom Schotte showed Takuji as the winner. Things had become complicated because of a new rule, that not many people seem to know about. Ohmori as the winner of EGP Paris got 200 points and Takuji received 140 points. With the old rule in case of a draw in a final (victory, loss and draw), the two finalists have to share the sum of the points. That would mean that Takuji gets (200+140)/2 = 170 points and not 140. In that case Takuji would be EGP Champion. Finally on Wednesday August 28th we received offical word that in fact the 2013 EGP Champion is Takuji Kashiwabara.
Hello everyone,
after checking old emails, I can announce that the winner of EGP 2013 is Takuji Kashiwabara.
In 2006 a lot of players in Europe agreed to change the rules, but the change has never been effected. So the old rule is still valid and should be applied. It means that because of the draw final, Takuji and Keita Ohmori share the points for 2nd and 1st place. So Takuji gets 170 points instead of 140.
Sorry for the problems that the issue has created.
An official press release will follow in the European mailing list, even if it will take a day or two to prepare.
Francesco Marconi, August 28th
(translated by Othello news)
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Ranking of the 14 players after round 7 : 1: 6.5 pts [455] KASHIWABARA Takuji (839) {FRA} 2: 6. pts [467] OHMORI Keita (5569) {JPN} 3: 4.5 pts [470] JUIGNER Arthur (50030) {FRA} 4: 4. pts [421] MURAKAMI Takeshi (299) {JPN} [410] TASTET Marc (2) {FRA} [392] AUZENDE Frederic (3384) {FRA} [386] MITSUYA Nobuaki (5567) {JPN} 8: 3.5 pts [392] FRONMARK Marcus (1454) {SWE} [385] MARCONI Francesco (36) {ITA} 10: 3. pts [311] ANDRIANI Sandry (46) {FRA} 11: 2. pts [336] LEVY-ABEGNOLI Thierry (3598) {FRA} [285] SKOGEN Tor Birger (1802) {NOR} [256] HORIUCHI Keiko (652) {JPN} 14: 0. pt [228] BUSUTTIL Michel (228) {FRA} |
Keita Ohmori (JPN) winner of EGP Paris
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Results of round 1 :
1 HORIUCHI Keiko (652) -- ANDRIANI Sandry (46) 16/48 2 OHMORI Keita (5569) -- TASTET Marc (2) 55/09 3 MURAKAMI Takeshi (299) -- AUZENDE Frederic (3384) 22/42 4 MARCONI Francesco (36) -- JUIGNER Arthur (50030) 32/32 5 LEVY-ABEGNOLI Thierry (3598) -- FRONMARK Marcus (1454) 27/37 6 MITSUYA Nobuaki (5567) -- KASHIWABARA Takuji (839) 26/38 7 SKOGEN Tor Birger (1802) -- BUSUTTIL Michel (228) 50/14 Results of round 3 :
1 SKOGEN Tor Birger (1802) -- FRONMARK Marcus (1454) 13/51 2 MARCONI Francesco (36) -- KASHIWABARA Takuji (839) 18/46 3 ANDRIANI Sandry (46) -- JUIGNER Arthur (50030) 09/55 4 OHMORI Keita (5569) -- AUZENDE Frederic (3384) 34/30 5 MURAKAMI Takeshi (299) -- TASTET Marc (2) 48/16 6 HORIUCHI Keiko (652) -- LEVY-ABEGNOLI Thierry (3598) 10/54 7 MITSUYA Nobuaki (5567) -- BUSUTTIL Michel (228) 54/10 Results of round 5 :
1 KASHIWABARA Takuji (839) -- MURAKAMI Takeshi (299) 41/23 2 FRONMARK Marcus (1454) -- OHMORI Keita (5569) 22/42 3 MITSUYA Nobuaki (5567) -- JUIGNER Arthur (50030) 07/57 4 MARCONI Francesco (36) -- TASTET Marc (2) 18/46 5 SKOGEN Tor Birger (1802) -- ANDRIANI Sandry (46) 31/33 6 HORIUCHI Keiko (652) -- AUZENDE Frederic (3384) 14/50 7 LEVY-ABEGNOLI Thierry (3598) -- BUSUTTIL Michel (228) 53/11 Results of round 7 :
1 KASHIWABARA Takuji (839) -- TASTET Marc (2) 32/32 2 MARCONI Francesco (36) -- OHMORI Keita (5569) 27/37 3 FRONMARK Marcus (1454) -- JUIGNER Arthur (50030) 19/45 4 ANDRIANI Sandry (46) -- MURAKAMI Takeshi (299) 11/53 5 LEVY-ABEGNOLI Thierry (3598) -- MITSUYA Nobuaki (5567) 28/36 6 AUZENDE Frederic (3384) -- BUSUTTIL Michel (228) 49/15 7 SKOGEN Tor Birger (1802) -- HORIUCHI Keiko (652) 14/50 
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Results of round 2 :
1 FRONMARK Marcus (1454) -- ANDRIANI Sandry (46) 48/16 2 AUZENDE Frederic (3384) -- SKOGEN Tor Birger (1802) 31/33 3 KASHIWABARA Takuji (839) -- OHMORI Keita (5569) 34/30 4 LEVY-ABEGNOLI Thierry (3598) -- MARCONI Francesco (36) 28/36 5 JUIGNER Arthur (50030) -- HORIUCHI Keiko (652) 61/03 6 BUSUTTIL Michel (228) -- MURAKAMI Takeshi (299) 17/47 7 TASTET Marc (2) -- MITSUYA Nobuaki (5567) 34/30 Results of round 4 :
1 KASHIWABARA Takuji (839) -- FRONMARK Marcus (1454) 49/15 2 JUIGNER Arthur (50030) -- OHMORI Keita (5569) 23/41 3 MURAKAMI Takeshi (299) -- SKOGEN Tor Birger (1802) 59/05 4 AUZENDE Frederic (3384) -- MARCONI Francesco (36) 29/35 5 ANDRIANI Sandry (46) -- MITSUYA Nobuaki (5567) 15/49 6 TASTET Marc (2) -- LEVY-ABEGNOLI Thierry (3598) 64/00 7 BUSUTTIL Michel (228) -- HORIUCHI Keiko (652) 30/34 Results of round 6 :
1 JUIGNER Arthur (50030) -- KASHIWABARA Takuji (839) 26/38 2 OHMORI Keita (5569) -- MURAKAMI Takeshi (299) 48/16 3 TASTET Marc (2) -- FRONMARK Marcus (1454) 32/32 4 SKOGEN Tor Birger (1802) -- MARCONI Francesco (36) 19/45 5 AUZENDE Frederic (3384) -- LEVY-ABEGNOLI Thierry (3598) 44/20 6 HORIUCHI Keiko (652) -- MITSUYA Nobuaki (5567) 12/52 7 BUSUTTIL Michel (228) -- ANDRIANI Sandry (46) 05/59 
Francesco lost in round 3 against Takuji Kashiwabara 18 - 46
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pictures day 1 by Bintsa Andriani
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Results of round 8:
1 KASHIWABARA Takuji (839) -- AUZENDE Frederic (3384) 30/34 2 MITSUYA Nobuaki (5567) -- OHMORI Keita (5569) 16/48 3 MURAKAMI Takeshi (299) -- JUIGNER Arthur (50030) 33/31 4 TASTET Marc (2) -- ANDRIANI Sandry (46) 47/17 5 FRONMARK Marcus (1454) -- HORIUCHI Keiko (652) 57/07 6 BUSUTTIL Michel (228) -- MARCONI Francesco (36) 25/39 7 LEVY-ABEGNOLI Thierry (3598) -- SKOGEN Tor Birger (1802) 45/19 Results of round 10:
1 OHMORI Keita (5569) -- LEVY-ABEGNOLI Thierry (3598) 60/04 2 ANDRIANI Sandry (46) -- KASHIWABARA Takuji (839) 10/54 3 JUIGNER Arthur (50030) -- AUZENDE Frederic (3384) 47/17 4 MARCONI Francesco (36) -- MURAKAMI Takeshi (299) 16/48 5 TASTET Marc (2) -- HORIUCHI Keiko (652) 40/24 6 BUSUTTIL Michel (228) -- FRONMARK Marcus (1454) 14/50 7 MITSUYA Nobuaki (5567) -- SKOGEN Tor Birger (1802) 38/26 |
Results of round 9:
1 OHMORI Keita (5569) -- SKOGEN Tor Birger (1802) 41/23 2 HORIUCHI Keiko (652) -- KASHIWABARA Takuji (839) 21/43 3 AUZENDE Frederic (3384) -- TASTET Marc (2) 47/17 4 MURAKAMI Takeshi (299) -- FRONMARK Marcus (1454) 48/16 5 MARCONI Francesco (36) -- MITSUYA Nobuaki (5567) 37/27 6 JUIGNER Arthur (50030) -- BUSUTTIL Michel (228) 38/26 7 ANDRIANI Sandry (46) -- LEVY-ABEGNOLI Thierry (3598) 19/45 Results of round 11:
1 OHMORI Keita (5569) -- ANDRIANI Sandry (46) 28/36 2 LEVY-ABEGNOLI Thierry (3598) -- KASHIWABARA Takuji (839) 48/16 3 MURAKAMI Takeshi (299) -- MITSUYA Nobuaki (5567) 11/53 4 SKOGEN Tor Birger (1802) -- JUIGNER Arthur (50030) 09/55 5 FRONMARK Marcus (1454) -- AUZENDE Frederic (3384) 37/27 6 TASTET Marc (2) -- BUSUTTIL Michel (228) 64/00 7 HORIUCHI Keiko (652) -- MARCONI Francesco (36) 14/50 |
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Standings after round 11:
1: 9. pts [860] OHMORI Keita (5569) {JPN} 2: 8.5 pts [820] KASHIWABARA Takuji (839) {FRA} 3: 7.5 pts [815] JUIGNER Arthur (50030) {FRA} 4: 7. pts [786] MURAKAMI Takeshi (299) {JPN} [764] TASTET Marc (2) {FRA} 6: 6.5 pts [732] FRONMARK Marcus (1454) {SWE} [713] MARCONI Francesco (36) {ITA} 8: 6. pts [766] AUZENDE Frederic (3384) {FRA} [739] MITSUYA Nobuaki (5567) {JPN} 10: 5. pts [697] LEVY-ABEGNOLI Thierry (3598) {FRA} 11: 4. pts [636] ANDRIANI Sandry (46) {FRA} 12: 2. pts [599] SKOGEN Tor Birger (1802) {NOR} [559] HORIUCHI Keiko (652) {JPN} 14: 0. pt [524] BUSUTTIL Michel (228) {FRA} 
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Takeshi Murakami
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JUIGNER Arthur 30 - 34 MURAKAMI Takeshi playoff 3rd / 4th place EGP PARIS | ||
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OHMORI Keita 28 - 36 KASHIWABARA Takuji Final game 1 EGP PARIS |
KASHIWABARA Takuji 32 - 32 OHMORI Keita Final game 2 EGP PARIS |
OHMORI Keita 36 - 28 KASHIWABARA Takuji Final game 3 EGP PARIS |
Takuji Kashiwabara: 7 times European Grand Prix Champion
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Francesco Marconi, runner-up in the 2013 EGP
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Congrats Takuji and Francesco, two great players who honour the European Grand Prix tradition (since 1986) and also congratulations to the solid numbers 3 and 4, Martin Ødegård and Marc Tastet.
The European Grand Prix is a best 4 tourney circuit. Only 5 players played 4 or more tourneys this year: Takuji Kashiwabara, Francesco Marconi, Martin Ødegård, Marc Tastet and Roel Hobo.
The European Grand Prix is a best 4 tourney circuit. Only 5 players played 4 or more tourneys this year: Takuji Kashiwabara, Francesco Marconi, Martin Ødegård, Marc Tastet and Roel Hobo.
