EGP Prague 2015
winner: Miroslav Voracek
Miroslav Voracek, winner of EGP Prague 2015
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Top 4 EGP Prague:
1. Miroslav Voráček (CZE) 2. Francesco Marconi (ITA) 3. Imre Leader (GBR) 4. Takuji Kashiwabara (FRA) 
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EUROPEAN GRAND PRIX 2015
link to results current season on official Othello European Grand Prix website
Thanks to Miroslav Voráček, Othello News received pictures even before the first official disc was flipped, Great job Mirek!
The tourney has a broad range of participants, everyone can join! The kids will play for the Under 15 and Under 18 cups. And lots of prizes...
Petr Hofman - the newcomer, is set to win and will do anything for that, including having a mineral water or... that's how he calls it.
Petr Hofman - the newcomer, is set to win and will do anything for that, including having a mineral water or... that's how he calls it.
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Results after 4 rounds:
Roel Hobo (NLD), Francesco Marconi (ITA) and Marc Tastet (FRA) lead with 4 wins. Takuji Kashiwabara has 3 points, he lost against Tomáš Douda. Arthur Juigner also on 3 points, lost against Marc Tastet 34-30. Imre Leader won 3 games, lost against Gianluca Ilacqua. Results after 5 rounds:
Francesco Marconi (ITA) leads with 5 points. Seven players with 4 points: Roel Hobo, Takuji Kashiwabara, Miroslav Voráček, Arthur Juigner, Marcus Fronmark, Marc Tastet and Jan de Graaf. 
Imre Leader and Jan de Graaf recap their game. Good job Jan!
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Ján Rybárik as the organizer shows his results after round 6
Roel Hobo
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partial results after 7 rounds
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Results after 7 rounds:
A great start of the European Grand Prix for Francesco Marconi, he won all his games on the first day. Runnerup is the Dutch player Roel Hobo with 6/7. Roel lost against Francesco Marconi in round 5 but won the two remaining games. He won 30 - 34 against Takuji in round 7. Eight players have 5/7: Takuji Kashiwabara, Mirek Voráček, Imre Leader, Tom Schotte, Marc Tastet, Tomáš Douda, Jan de Graaf and young Félix Juigner. Arthur Juigner is behind his younger brother with 4 points out of 7. Best lady at the end of the first day is Marie Lightman (GBR). Thanks to François Juigner we can show you some wonderful pictures. 
Francesco Marconi - Marc Tastet
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The second day of the EGP Prague tourney started with the arrival of a fabulous Othello cake. The Czech organisation was kind enough to send pictures of the cake to Othello News, but........ I would have preferred to receive a piece of that cake!!!!!!! And to Miroslav Voráček's, HAPPY BIRTHDAY! |
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The two best players of the first day of tourney, Francesco Marconi and Roel Hobo, both started the second day with a loss. Francesco Marconi lost 26 - 38 against Takuji Kashiwabara. Imre Leader defeated Roel Hobo 42 - 22.
Miroslav Voráček won against Tom Schotte 29 - 35. A very close game between Tomáš Douda and Marc Tastet which ended in a 31 - 33 win for Marc. Jan de Graaf won 39 - 25 against Félix Juigner. Arthur Juigner won against Luigi Puzzo 22 - 42, so now the 2 brothers are both at 5 points. Ranking of best 7 after 8 rounds: Francesco Marconi leads with 7/8. Six players with 6 points: Takuji Kashiwabara, Roel Hobo, Miroslav Voráček, Imre Leader, Marc Tastet and Jan de Graaf. Round 9 was a 20 - 44 win for Francesco Marconi against Jan de Graaf. Takuji Kashiwabara won 33 - 31 against Imre Leader. Another loss for Roel Hobo, this time against Marc Tastet, 29 - 35. Miroslav Voráček won 50 - 14 against Arthur Juigner. Ranking of best 4 after 9 rounds: Francesco Marconi leads with 8/9. Three players behind him with 7 points: Takuji Kashiwabara, Miroslav Voráček and Marc Tastet. In round 10 Francesco Marconi kept the lead with a 39 - 25 victory against Félix Juigner. Marc Tastet lost 24 - 40 against Miroslav Voráček. Takuji Kashiwabara won 30 - 34 against Tom Schotte. Ranking of best 6 after 10 rounds: Francesco Marconi leads with 9/10. Behind him with 8 points: Takuji Kashiwabara and Miroslav Voráček.Three players with 7 points: Imre Leader, Marc Tastet and Jan de Graaf. A very disappointing day for Roel Hobo, so far all losses for him on the second day. In round 11 Imre Leader won 38 - 26 against Francesco Marconi. Takuji Kashiwabara lost 28 - 36 against Miroslav. Jan de Graaf defeated Marc Tastet 38 - 26. Roel Hobo won against Félix Juigner. Ranking of best 5 after 11 rounds: Miroslav Voráček (CZE) and Francesco Marconi (ITA) finished the Swiss rounds with 9 points and will play in the final. Three players with 8 points: Takuji Kashiwabara (FRA), Imre Leader (GBR) and Jan de Graaf (NLD). Takuji and Imre will play for 3rd and 4th place in the playoff. Best Lady is Marie Lightman (GBR) with 6/11. Arthur Juigner finished as best player under 15 with 7/11 and Miroslav Neuzil is winner of 15 - 18 year category with 5/11. Francesco Marconi won the previous EGP Prague in 2013 where he won the final 2 - 0 against Martin Ødegård. Miroslav Voráček made it to the 3/4 playoff in 2013, which he won against Takuji Kashiwabara. Now, the first stage of the European Grand Prix 2015 was won by Miroslav Voráček in his home town. Congrats Mirek!!! |
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KASHIWABARA Takuji 28 - 36 LEADER Imre EGP Prague 2015, playoff 3/4 |
MARCONI Francesco 33 - 31 VORACEK Miroslav EGP Prague 2015, final game 1 |
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VORACEK Miroslav 34 - 30 MARCONI Francesco EGP Prague 2015, final game 2 |
MARCONI Francesco 29 - 35 VORACEK Miroslav EGP Prague 2015, final game 3 |
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