Othello News September 2013
Theodosiou Pantelis wins Greece National Othello Championship
Location: Athens, Greece
Date: 28 September Tourney format: 3 rounds and final Not a lot f players this year (just 4) but the final games held a lot of suspense as Theodosiou Pantelis and Mitsis Georgios tied with 32-32 and had to play another round, where the winner was decided by only 1 stone (31-33).
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Qualification for 3rd position: Mastrantonakis - Litsas : 0-1 (11 - 53) Qualification for 1st position: Theodosiou - Mitsis : ½ - ½ (32 - 32) Mitsis - Theodosiou : 0-1 (31 - 33) |
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THEODOSIOU Pantelis 32 - 32 MITSIS Georgios Greece National Championship, final game 1 |
MITSIS Georgios 31 - 33 THEODOSIOU Pantelis Greece National Championship, final game 2 |
Top 10 Belgian Grand Prix 2013
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30th Belgian Othello Championship (Zonhoven)
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Dwiki Auditya wins Indonesia Grand National ChampionshipLocation: Jakarta, Indonesia
Date: 28 - 29 September 2013 Tourney format: 7 rounds on Saturday, semifinals, final and play-off on Sunday Winner of the AOI Grand National in 2012 was Romy Hidayat. He has played at a couple of international tourneys this year (Tokyo, Bangkok and Singapore) but he did not succeed in keeping the National Title. Romy was undefeated for 9 games but lost the semifinal and the playoff 3rd/4th place. The 2013 Indonesian Champion Dwiki Auditayahad won the best of 3 final against Giovanni Barricelli 2-0. TOP 4:
Womens Champion: Dian Oding Junior Champion: Alfaidzin Rahman |
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Results 1st day 6 rounds swiss
1: 6 pts [283] HIDAYAT Romy (4008) {IDN} 2: 4 pts [260] ALATHAS Fahmi (180011) {IDN} [245] BARRICELLI Giovanni (6444) {USA} [221] TONYLUDIN (180012) {IDN} [211] AUDITYA Dwiki (180006) {IDN} 6: 3 pts [203] ANGGRAENI Dian (180002) {IDN} [193] TAUFIK Masagus (180000) {IDN} [183] RAHMAN Alfaidzin (180003) {IDN} [152] ALBA Zonal Ulul (180029) {IDN} 10: 2 pts [178] TAMPUBOLON Frans (180008) {IDN} [157] JONATHAN Hendry (180013) {IDN} [131] TANUWIJAYA Margaret (180020) {IDN} [127] WONG Deddy (180017) {IDN} |
Semifinal :
BARRICELLI Giovanni - HIDAYAT Romy 51-13 ALATHAS Fahmi - AUDITYA Dwiki 20-44 3rd/4th playoffs : ALATHAS Fahmi - HIDAYAT Romy 36-28 Final : AUDITYA Dwiki - BARRICELLI Giovanni 46-18 BARRICELLI Giovanni - AUDITYA Dwiki 16-48 |
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ALATHAS Fahmi 36 - 28 HIDAYAT Romy Indonesia Grand National, playoff 3rd/4th place |
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Final game: Giovanni Barricelli - Dwiki Auditaya
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BARRICELLI Giovanni 16 - 48 AUDITAYA Dwiki Indonesia Grand National, final game 2 |
Olli Makkonen
the trophies
link to results
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Olli Makkonen wins Finland National Othello ChampionshipLocation: Helsinki, Finland
Date: 28 September 2013 Katie Wu won the European Grand Prix in Ghent. She did not win the Suomi Championship but she made it to the finals. Olli entered the tourney after a long break and to his own surprise managed to win it. Olli said that the timers seem to run a lot faster then before, has Olli slowed down? We'll see at the WOC. Olli lost only 1 game. That was a very close 31 - 33 against Janne Peiponen in round 2. Semifinal: Olli Makkonen vs Markku Pöysti 56 - 8 Janne Peiponen vs Katie Wu 21 - 43 Playoff 3rd/4th place: Janne Peiponen vs Markku Pöysti 47 - 17 Final: Katie Wu vs Olli Makkonen 22 - 42 WU Katie 22 - 42 MAKKONEN Olli Suomi(Finland) Championship, final |
Takuji Kashiwabara wins French National Othello ChampionshipLocation: Paris, France
Date: 28 - 29 September 2013 Tourney format: 11 rounds and final Last year the title went to Emmanuel Caspard. The top 4 of last year were all present but only Takuji Kashiwabara (French Champion 2011) made it to the final. His opponent in the final: Sébastien Barre, French Champion in 2006 and 2010. Ranking of the 14 players after round 11:
1: 10.5 pts [887] BARRE Sebastien (3597) {FRA} 2: 8. pts [795] KASHIWABARA Takuji (839) {FRA} 3: 7.5 pts [789] CASPARD Emmanuel (355) {FRA} 4: 7. pts [762] DELAUNAY Arnaud (3518) {FRA} [747] LEVY-ABEGNOLI Thierry (3598) {FRA} [733] ANDRIANI Bintsa (45) {FRA} 7: 6.5 pts [796] AUZENDE Frederic (3384) {FRA} 8: 6. pts [696] LIANG Yi (558) {FRA} 9: 5.5 pts [744] JUIGNER Arthur (50030) {FRA} 10: 4. pts [648] MARGARIT Eric (3501) {FRA} 11: 2.5 pts [624] BUSUTTIL Michel (228) {FRA} [621] BENOIT Serge (3600) {FRA} 13: 2. pts [590] CLUZON Gilles (3734) {FRA} 14: 1. pt [578] BETIN Dominique (419) {FRA} 
Yi Liang - Arnaud Delaunay
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French Championship 2013
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BARRE Sébastien 19 - 45 KASHIWABARA Takuji French Championship, final game 1 |
Final game 1
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KASHIWABARA Takuji 35 - 29 BARRE Sébastien French Championship, final game 2 |
Nils Berner
Caroline Odsell
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Nils Berner wins Swedish National Othello ChampionshipLocation: Stockholm, Sweden
Date: 28 - 29 September 2013 Tourney format: 9 rounds on Saturday, semifinals and final on Sunday. 5 round tourney for beginners. Playoff for spot in semifinal: Hannes Sjöström - Caroline Odsell 26-38 Semifinals: ODSELL Caroline 46 - 18 NORGREN Cecilia NORGREN Cecilia 21 - 43 ODSELL Caroline BERNER Nils 52 - 12 EKLUND Oskar EKLUND Oskar 39 - 25 BERNER Nils EKLUND Oskar 24 - 40 BERNER Nils Results after 9 rounds:
1: 7. pts [562] NORGREN Cecilia (1532) {SWE} 2: 6. pts [631] EKLUND Oskar (150016) {SWE} [628] BERNER Nils (1302) {SWE} [611] ODSELL Caroline (1577) {SWE} [546] SJOSTROM Hannes (1538) {SWE} 6: 5.5 pts [605] ENG Tintin (1492) {SWE} [560] WETTERGREN Niklas (150009) {SWE} 8: 5. pts [610] FRONMARK Marcus (1454) {SWE} [591] ASPENRYD Henry (1513) {SWE} [575] ZEMELKA Jan (1533) {SWE} [515] GARDEBRINK Christian (1505) {SWE} 12: 4. pts [543] STENBERG Veronica (1375) {SWE} [536] BENGTSSON Ulf (1499) {SWE} [521] STEENTOFT Benkt (1301) {SWE} [500] RAGNARSSON Robin (1596) {SWE} [486] JOHANSSON Erik (1493) {SWE} [481] ROSENQVIST Anders (1368) {SWE} 18: 3. pts [505] SOSNOWSKI Mateusz (1389) {POL} 19: 1. pt [326] HELLGREN Bo (1313) {SWE}
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ODSELL Caroline 46 - 18 NORGREN Cecilia Swedish Championship, semifinal game 1 BERNER Nils 36 - 28 ODSELL Caroline Swedish Championship, final game 1 |
EKLUND Oskar 24 - 40 BERNER Nils Swedish Championship, semifinal game 3 ODSELL Caroline 31 - 33 BERNER Nils Swedish Championship, final game 2 |
Fredrik Ernander wins Swedish Championship for Beginners
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Semifinal:
Fredrik Ernander - Roger Gehrke 54-10 Jimmy Rönn - Malin Jeppsson 15-49 Final: Fredrik Ernander - Malin Jeppsson 47-17 Youths-final: Julie Bewing - Vilda Falk 23-41 |
Ranking of the 11 players after round 5:
1: 4. pts [276] Jeppsson Malin (150033) {SWE} [275] GEHRKE Roger (150025) {SWE} 3: 3.5 pts [295] Ernander Fredrik (150035) {SWE} [291] Ronn Jimmy (150037) {SWE} 5: 3. pts [265] SJOGREN Johannes (150020) {SWE} Persson Carl (150032) {SWE} 7: 2. pts [216] Bewing Mikael (150039) {SWE} [215] Falk Vilda (150034) {SWE} NYMAN Maria (150030) {SWE} [187] Bewing Julie (150038) {SWE} 11: 1. pt [160] Sandstedt Owe (150036) {SWE} |
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Yuji Miyazaki wins 42nd Tatebayashi OpenMakoto Suekuni wins 82nd Chiyarenshi Open
14/09/2013 - 8 players - 6 rounds
Japan Othello Organisation website 1. Makoto Suekuni (9 DAN) 5/6 2. Tetsuya Nakajma (8 DAN) 5/6 3. Riki Saito (5 DAN) 4/6 4. Yuji Miyazaki (7 DAN) 4/6 |
Othello boards in Tokyo toyshop
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Takashi Yamakawa wins 13th Saitama Open15/09/2013 - 28 players - 6 rounds
Japan Othello Organisation website 1. Takashi Yamakawa (7 DAN) 5/6 (+156) 2. Tomoya Toda (7 DAN) 5/6 (+114) 3. Yuichi Hishiyama (3 DAN) 5/6 (+86) ... 7. Hiroshi Goto (7 DAN) 4/6 Takamune Iijima wins 65th Sendai Open |
link to WOC rules
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World Othello Championship Rules |
Erwin van den Berg wins playoff for spot on Dutch WOC Team The Dutch Grand Prix 2013 was won by Nicky van den Biggelaar and Roel Hobo ended second well ahead of the other competitors. Both players qualified for the Dutch WOC-team. Jiska Helmes is the female player on the Dutch team. Four other players, Erwin van den Berg, Patrick Aubroeck, Jan de Graaf and Sido Helmes qualified for the double round robin play-off. Patrick Aubroeck had to cancel the day before the playoff and his place was taken by Martin Fransen. I think it is a pitty that this means that the Dutch 2013 Champion will not play at the World Othello Championship.
Erwin van den Berg and Sido Helmes both had 4 wins but Erwin's disccount was better. Good luck in Stockholm to the Dutch team: Erwin, Roel, Nicky and Jiska!! Result after double round robin: Erwin van den Berg 4 pnts 223 Sido Helmes 4 pnts 202 Jan C. de Graaf 2,5 pnts199 Martin Fransen 1,5 pnts 144 |
link to games on LiveOthello
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BERG Erwin van den 44-20 FRANSEN Martin Dutch WOC playoff, round 1 Round 1 DE GRAAF Jan C. 35-29 HELMES Sido |
FRANSEN Martin 35-29 DE GRAAF Jan C. Dutch WOC playoff, round 2 Round 2 HELMES Sido 40-24 BERG, VAN DEN Erwin |
BERG Erwin van den 19-46 DE GRAAF Jan C. Dutch WOC playoff, round 3 Round 3 FRANSEN Martin 17-47 HELMES Sido |
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HELMES Sido 38-26 FRANSEN Martin Dutch WOC playoff, round 4 Round 4 DE GRAAF Jan C. 30-34 BERG Erwin v.d. |
DE GRAAF Jan C. 32-32 FRANSEN Martin Dutch WOC playoff, round 5 Round 5 BERG Erwin v.d 53-11 HELMES Sido |
HELMES Sido 37-27 DE GRAAF Jan C. Dutch WOC playoff, round 6 Round 6 FRANSEN Martin 14-50 BERG Erwin v.d. |
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HAND David 42-21 LEADER Imre British National Championship 2013, final  |
David Hand wins British National Othello ChampionshipLocation: Whitley Bay, England
Date: 14 - 15 September Tourney format: 9 rounds, 3rd / 4th play-off and 1 game final The 37th British Othello Championship, which this year took place in Whitley Bay was won by David Hand. He won his first National Title in 2008 in a 37-27 final against Michael Handel. The top two players from this event qualify for the forthcoming World Championship in Stockholm, Sweden. Marie Lightman won the women's title by beating Helen Starkey 35-29 in a play-off. Standings after 9 rounds: 1: 8 pts HAND David (2357) {GBR} LEADER Imre (79) {GBR} 3: 7 pts HANDEL Michael (324) {GBR} 4: 6 pts BARRASS Iain (2047) {GBR} TURNER Ian (2036) {GBR} 6: 4 pts LIGHTMAN Marie (100004) {GBR} ARNOLD Roy (2006) {GBR} STARKEY Helen (100002) {GBR} MARSON Phil (2065) {GBR} 10: 2 pts STEPHENSON Ken (2001) {GBR} 11: 1 pnt HAIGH David (189) {GBR} 12: 0 pts BELDON Gerry (100009) {GBR} |
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Miroslav Voráček wins Czech National Othello ChampionshipLocation: Prague, Czech Republic
Date: 14 - 15 September Tourney format: 7 rounds and final Miroslav Voráček played an excellent tourney last year. He won all his games in the 7 rounds, won both his games in the semifinals and won 2 out of the 3 games in the final against Douda. It was Miroslav's 8th National title, and he won his 9th one this weekend. Tomáš Douda seemed on his way to win his 5th Championship with a perfect score of 7/7 (won his game against Miroslav in round 3 with 30 - 34), but in the final Miroslav won 2-0. Final: Miroslav Voráček 47 - 17 Tomáš Douda Tomáš Douda 27 - 37 Miroslav Voráček
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VORACEK Miroslav 30-34 DOUDA Tomas Czech Championship 2013, round 3 |
VORACEK Miroslav 47-17 DOUDA Tomas Czech Championship 2013, final game 1 |
DOUDA Tomas 27-37 VORACEK Miroslav Czech Championship 2013, final game 2 |
Michele Borassi wins Italian National Othello ChampionshipLocation: Milan, Italy
Date: 14 - 15 September 2013 Tourney format: 7 rounds Swiss, semifinals and final for 2 categories Website FNGO with Championship results and statistics Last year the Italian Championship was won by Michele Borassi and this year he won his 7th National title in 2 games in a best of 3 final against Alessandro Di Mattei. After 4 rounds on day 1, Francesco Marconi was ahead of the other players with a perfect score of 4 wins. He won only 1 game of the three on sunday and Michele Borassi took the lead. Francesco lost his semifinal againt Di Mattei but secured the third place in a best of 3 playoff against Gianluca Ilacqua 
standings after round 7
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ciao a tutti
link to FNGO website
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ILAQUA Gianluca 23-41 BORASSI Michele Italian National Championship 2013, semifinal |
Results semifinals: Ilacqua, Gianluca 23 - 41 Borassi, Michele Borassi,Michele 39 - 25 Ilacqua, Gianluca Di Mattei, Alessandro 33 - 31 Marconi, Francesco Marconi, Francesco 30 - 34 Di Mattei, Alessandro Playoff 3rd / 4th place: Marconi, Francesco 45 - 19 Ilacqua, Gianluca Ilacqua, Gianluca 13 - 51 Marconi, Francesco |
MARCONI Francesco 30-34 DI MATTEI Alessandro Italian National Championship 2013, semifinal |
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DI MATTEI, Alessandro 28-36 BORASSI Michele Italian National Championship 2013, final game 1 |
Results final: Di Mattei, Alessandro 28 - 36 Borassi, Michele Borassi, Michele 44 - 20 Di Mattei, Alessandro |
BORASSI Michele 44-20 DI MATTEI, Alessandro Italian National Championship 2013, final game 2 |
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Di Mattei and Borassi in final game 2
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Final results beginners:
Playoff 3rd / 4th place: Paolo Vanzini 45-19 Giuseppe Chiarulli Giuseppe Chiarulli 33-31 Paolo Vanzini Paolo Vanzini 46-18 Giuseppe Chiarulli Final: Xiao Wei Chen 30-34 Luca Colao Luca Colao 52-12 Xiao Wei Chen |
Karsten Feldborg wins Denmark National Othello ChampionshipLocation: Valby, Denmark
Date: 14 September 2013 Tourney format: 7 rounds and final Karsten Felborg won his 16th National Championship an a 1-game final against Henrik Vallund. Karsten qualified for the final with 7/7. They played against each other in round 4. Both games can be replayed below. With the Denmark Championship, Karsten also secured the Dansk Othello Grand Prix title. The Danish WOC team will be: Karsten Feldborg, Henrik Vallund, and Palle Badsted. Solrun Stokke qualified as the Danish female participant. Ranking of the 8 players after round 7: 1: 7 pts [335] FELDBORG Karsten (92) {DNK} 2: 6 pts [327] VALLUND Henrik (96) {DNK} 3: 5 pts [256] BADSTED Palle (1025) {DNK} 4: 4 pts [235] CARRERA Galo (110000) {CAN} 5: 3 pts [235] AAGAARD-HANSEN Jens (1019) {DNK} 6: 2 pts [158] STOKKE Solrun (1981) {DNK} 7: 1 pt [154] MICHAELSEN Peter (1000) {DNK} 8: 0 pt [92] PALUDAN Berit (220005) {DNK} |
Karsten Feldborg at WOC 2012
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VALLUND Henrik 46 - 18 CARRERA Galo Denmark Championship 2013, round 1 |
FELDBORG Karsten 41 - 23 VALLUND Henrik Denmark Championship 2013, round 4 |
VALLUND Henrik 21 - 43 FELDBORG Karsten Denmark Championship 2013, Final |
Thirty previous Danish National Othello Championships:
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01 1982 Karsten Feldborg, 46 players
021984 Karsten Feldborg, 11 players 03 1985 Claus Qvist Jessen, 9 players 04 1986 Claus Qvist Jessen, 10 players 05 1987 Henrik Vallund, 10 players 06 1988 Erik Jensen, 8 players 07 1989 Karsten Feldborg, 9 players 08 1990 Karsten Feldborg, 5 players 09 1991 Karsten Feldborg, 5 players 10 1992 Karsten Feldborg, 5 players |
11 1993 Torben Vallund, 5 players
12 1994 Karsten Feldborg, 5 players 13 1995 Karsten Feldborg, 7 players 14 1996 Karsten Feldborg, 6 players 15 1997 Karsten Feldborg, 6 players 16 1998 Erik Lund Jensen, 10 players 17 1999 Erik Lund Jensen, 11 players 18 2000 Erik Lund Jensen, 12 players 19 2001 Karsten Feldborg, 12 players 20 2002 Karsten Feldborg, 9 players |
21 2003 Karsten Feldborg, 10 players
22 2004 Henrik Vallund, 15 players 23 2005 Torben Vallund, 20 players 24 2006 Henrik Vallund, 17 players 25 2007 Jonas Lindholt, 14 players 26 2008 Karsten Feldborg, 15 players 27 2009 Erik Lund Jensen, 10 players 28 2010 Geoff Hubbard, 7 players 29 2011 Palle Badsted, 11 players 30 2012 Karsten Feldborg, 5 players |
Denmark Othello Grand Prix 2013
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link to games on LiveOthello
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European Grand Prix Rules on Eurothfed mailinglist
Dear Othello players,
the ones who followed the last EGP events well know that it didn't end with the last tournament in Paris. In fact a regulated question didn't permit to establish immediately the winner. The question was about the number of points to assign to Kashiwabara after the final: one point affirmed that in case of drawn play-offs (1,5-1,5) the sum of the points should be shared between the two players (it means (200+140)/2 = 170), a second point affirmed that the rule was changed some years ago and for the second place only 140 points are assigned. In the first case Kashiwabara would be the winner, in the second Marconi.
A day search among the emails of the last years, confirmed that the rule has been discussed but never voted and, so, never changed. It means that in the last EGP tournament Kashiwabara takes 170 points and gets the first position. Following there's a short history about the question.
In 2006, in the Cambridge EGP tournament, the final for the third place was between Marconi and Hobo, Marconi won, but he did with a drawn (1,5-1,5), so finally he got 75 points instead of the expected 90. Not knowing the rule, a clarification was asked, and after the explanation (it's a rule born with the EGP) started a discussion (on the British mailing list) if the rule had to change or not: the objection was that if a final gives a winner, the two players are separated in the final rank and should receive a different number of points instead of sharing their sum. Informally there was a general agreement to change the rule but, of course, it couldn't be done for that current year but only for the following one after a discussion and a vote by all the federations. But after the end of that edition of the EGP, it hasn't been done, as is possible to see on the European mailing list (this could be consulted accessing the site http://groups.yahoo.com/). This means that even there's a memory of the intention to change the rule, the rule has never changed and the old one still lives and the first two players, in the Paris tournament, shares their EGP points.
Beside this topic, I believe that is very urgent to have a collection of all the rules of the EGP published on internet. Some months ago I’ve sent to some council representatives a draft copy for an informal discussion before its official launch and vote by all the federations. I think it's urgent to make it official before the next edition of the EGP. Is what I'll do in the next days.
Sincerely,
F. Marconi
the ones who followed the last EGP events well know that it didn't end with the last tournament in Paris. In fact a regulated question didn't permit to establish immediately the winner. The question was about the number of points to assign to Kashiwabara after the final: one point affirmed that in case of drawn play-offs (1,5-1,5) the sum of the points should be shared between the two players (it means (200+140)/2 = 170), a second point affirmed that the rule was changed some years ago and for the second place only 140 points are assigned. In the first case Kashiwabara would be the winner, in the second Marconi.
A day search among the emails of the last years, confirmed that the rule has been discussed but never voted and, so, never changed. It means that in the last EGP tournament Kashiwabara takes 170 points and gets the first position. Following there's a short history about the question.
In 2006, in the Cambridge EGP tournament, the final for the third place was between Marconi and Hobo, Marconi won, but he did with a drawn (1,5-1,5), so finally he got 75 points instead of the expected 90. Not knowing the rule, a clarification was asked, and after the explanation (it's a rule born with the EGP) started a discussion (on the British mailing list) if the rule had to change or not: the objection was that if a final gives a winner, the two players are separated in the final rank and should receive a different number of points instead of sharing their sum. Informally there was a general agreement to change the rule but, of course, it couldn't be done for that current year but only for the following one after a discussion and a vote by all the federations. But after the end of that edition of the EGP, it hasn't been done, as is possible to see on the European mailing list (this could be consulted accessing the site http://groups.yahoo.com/). This means that even there's a memory of the intention to change the rule, the rule has never changed and the old one still lives and the first two players, in the Paris tournament, shares their EGP points.
Beside this topic, I believe that is very urgent to have a collection of all the rules of the EGP published on internet. Some months ago I’ve sent to some council representatives a draft copy for an informal discussion before its official launch and vote by all the federations. I think it's urgent to make it official before the next edition of the EGP. Is what I'll do in the next days.
Sincerely,
F. Marconi
version 23 sept 2013
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Hi all,
following the last messages, I send to all the European federations the draft copy of the rules for the EGP. They are a simple collection of all the rules approved up to now. Please read it and send me yours notes. I'd like to final version of it during the meeting we'll have at the WOC in Stockholm. Please, the federations that probably won't be present at the next WOC, send your vote by email on this list. Thanks F. Marconi | ||
Pawel Peczkowski is the new Polish Othello Champion
Country: Poland, Poznan
Date: 7 and 8 September 2013 Tourney format : 11 rounds, semifinals and final
Semifinals: MARIUSZ SZALANKIEWICZ - MILOSZ CUPIAL 39:25 MILOSZ CUPIAL - MARIUSZ SZALANKIEWICZ 54:10 MARIUSZ SZALANKIEWICZ - MILOSZ CUPIAL 29:35 PIOTR TANSKI - PAWEL PECZKOWSKI 31:33 PAWEL PECZKOWSKI - PIOTR TANSKI 29:35 PIOTR TANSKI - PAWEL PECZKOWSKI 20:44 Final: PAWEL PECZKOWSKI - MILOSZ CUPIAL 2-0 PAWEL PECZKOWSKI - MILOSZ CUPIAL 42:22 MILOSZ CUPIAL - PAWEL PECZKOWSKI 22:42 Playoff 3rd / 4th place: PIOTR TANSKI - MAREK SZALANKIEWICZ 22:42 |
Standings after 11 rounds:
1 CUPIAL, MILOSZ 2074 9.5 PTS 2 PECZKOWSKI, PAWEL 2189 9 PTS 3 TANSKI, PIOTR 2280 8.5 PTS 4 SZALANKIEWICZ, MAREK 1919 8 PTS 5 NOWAK, DOMINIK 2245 7.5 PTS 6 KAZIMIERCZUK, MARIUSZ 1964 6 PTS - SURY, BARTLOMIEJ 2167 6 PTS 8 KRACZYK, ROMAN 1946 5.5 PTS 9 MARCINIAK, BARTOSZ 1800 5 PTS 10 TOROUS, MARIUSZ 1785 4 PTS 11 NOWICKI, JAROSLAW 1400 3.5 PTS 12 STAWSKI, JACEK 1200 2.5 PTS 13 TOROUS, AGNIESZKA 1500 2 PTS |
Patrick Aubroeck wins 15th Dutch National ChampionshipCountry: The Netherlands, Zwolle
Date: 08/09/2013 Tourney format : 7 rounds 
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Patrick Aubroeck
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With the absence of 5-times Dutch champion Nicky van den Biggelaar the battle field promised to be very exciting. Patrick Aubroeck has used this chance to become Dutch Othello champion for the first time. Four players were present with a rating above 2000: Albert Kortendijk (2049), Patrick Aubroeck (2049), Tom Schotte (2048) and Roel Hobo (2035). Both Patrick and Roel started the tournament well with three consecutive wins while Tom (1/3) and Albert (0/3) missed their start completely. Roel beat Patrick in the 4th round and seemed to be on his way for a second national title.
Patrick recovered well by beating Jan and Martin in round five and six while Roel lost to Tim and Tom. This resulted in Patrick being in sole lead after round six. He secured the title in the 7th round with a win over Albert. |
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HOBO Roel 41 - 23 GRAAF Jan de Dutch Championship 2013, round 1 |
HOBO Roel 38 - 26 AUBROECK Patrick Dutch Championship 2013, round 4 |
Dutch Grand Prix 2013 winner: Nicky van den Biggelaar
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The Dutch Grand Prix 2013 was won by Nicky van den Biggelaar for the 10th consecutive time. This means his first win was in 2004 and since then he has won this competition every year.
Roel Hobo ended second well ahead of the other competitors. Both players are qualified for the World Othello Championship 2013 in Stockholm. Four other players (Erwin van den Berg, Patrick Aubroeck, Jan de Graaf and Sido Helmes) will play a double round robin on Sunday September 15th for the third ticket in the Dutch team. This means that the Dutch champion, Patrick Aubroeck, is not sure to be part of the team. Both Albert Kortendijk (for the play-off) and Linda Praseptyo (for the ladies play-off) declined, so that Jiska Helmes automatically qualified for the ladies spot on the Dutch team. |
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Maximiliano Axel Pellizzari wins Argentina National Championship
Country: Argentina
Date: 08/09/2013 Tourney format : 6 players, 5 rounds 6 players qualifed for the Argentina National Championship. Maximilano Axel Pellizzari won all his games and is Argentine champion for the first time. Maximiliano Axel Pellizzari 5 pts Marcelo Lisnovsky 4 pts Daniel Olivares 3 pts David Nakasone 2 pts Alejandro Coello 1pt Max Seifert 0 pts |
Maximiliano (r) in his game against Alejandro Coello
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PELLIZZARI Maximiliano 42 - 22 COELLO Alejandro Argentina Championship, round 1 |
COELLO Alejandro 14 - 50 OLIVARES Daniel Argentina Championship, round 2 |
LISNOVSKY Marcelo 33-30 COELLO Argentina Championship, round 4 |
Takashi Yamakawa wins 8th Ouza-sen
Country: Japan
Date: 01/09/2013
Tourney format : 75 players, 6 rounds + Final
The best Japanese players came together for a high standard tournament aiming for a place in the Japanese team for the World Othello Championship 2013 and the Othello World Cup 2014. It was an exciting tournament with two players who remained unbeaten in the preliminary rounds. Both Takashi Yamakawa and Makoto Suekuni won their 6 games.
In the final Takashi Yamakawa was the strongest player and won with with 26 - 38 against former world champion Makoto Suekuni. The game was broadcasted live and could be reviewed at any time. Of every round one interesting game was broadcasted as well.
Takashi Yamakawa has proven to be competitive throughout the years. Unfortunately he had not yet been able to win a major tournament. He is currently #7 in the world (2431), while Makoto Suekuni is #6 (2434).
3 times world champion Yusuke Takanashi was eliminated for the final early on in the tournament losing to Kenta Tominaga in the first round (21-43). Tomoya Toda lost in the deciding 6th round to Takashi Yamakawa (29-35). Worth mentioning are the results of Keita Ohmori (#6) and Takeshi Murakami (#7), who just came back from Europe after the Paris European Grand Prix tournament, probably facing some jet lag.
Final result:
Date: 01/09/2013
Tourney format : 75 players, 6 rounds + Final
The best Japanese players came together for a high standard tournament aiming for a place in the Japanese team for the World Othello Championship 2013 and the Othello World Cup 2014. It was an exciting tournament with two players who remained unbeaten in the preliminary rounds. Both Takashi Yamakawa and Makoto Suekuni won their 6 games.
In the final Takashi Yamakawa was the strongest player and won with with 26 - 38 against former world champion Makoto Suekuni. The game was broadcasted live and could be reviewed at any time. Of every round one interesting game was broadcasted as well.
Takashi Yamakawa has proven to be competitive throughout the years. Unfortunately he had not yet been able to win a major tournament. He is currently #7 in the world (2431), while Makoto Suekuni is #6 (2434).
3 times world champion Yusuke Takanashi was eliminated for the final early on in the tournament losing to Kenta Tominaga in the first round (21-43). Tomoya Toda lost in the deciding 6th round to Takashi Yamakawa (29-35). Worth mentioning are the results of Keita Ohmori (#6) and Takeshi Murakami (#7), who just came back from Europe after the Paris European Grand Prix tournament, probably facing some jet lag.
Final result:
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1. Takashi Yamakawa (7DAN) 6 pts (+1) (397)
2. Makoto Suekuni (9 DAN) 6 pts (+0) (373) 3. Yusuke Takansshi (9 DAN) 5pts (359) 4. Tomoya Toda (7 DAN) (349) 5. Hiroyuki Iwata (5 DAN) (339) 6. Keita Ohmori (5 DAN) (335) 7. Takeshi Murakami (9 DAN) 4.5 pts (358) 8. Yasushi Nagano (4 DAN) (350) 9. Tomohiro Ohno (7 DAN) (328) 10. Osamu Kamemoto (5 DAN) (314) 11. Seiya Kurita (7 DAN) 4 pts (384) ... |
14. Kazuki Okamoto (8 DAN) 4 pts (340)
17. Masaki Takizawa (9 DAN) 4 pts (336) 21. Tetsuya Nakajima (8 DAN) 4 pts (313) 22. Yuji Miyazaki (7 DAN) 4 pts (310) 29. Hiroto Nagao (7 DAN) 3 pts (332) 32. Kenta Tominaga (9 DAN) 3 pts (329) 42. Hiroshi Goto (7 DAN) 3 pts (298) 43 Hideki Kitajima (7 DAN) 3 pts (296) 44. Kazuhiro Sakaguchi (9 DAN) 3 pts (295) 55. Jyunya Ito (7 DAN) 2 pts 289 
tourney results (japanese)
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SUEKUNI Makoto 26 - 38 YAMAKAWA Takashi 8th Ouza-Sen, final |
