Othello News September 2014
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Tim Krzywonos wins 2014 Canadian ChampionshipLocation: Toronto, Canada
Date: September 28th Tourney format: double round robin This tournament is the qualifier for WOC and the top 3 ranked Canadian players will be qualified to represent Canada at the World Championship in Thailand in November 2014. report by Jacky Fu: Tim has done it again. He has once again become the Canadian Champion. Four players showed up and a double round robin was played. The results are as follows:
Jacky and Tim won against each other 33-31 apiece, but Tim won by overall disc count. Congratulations to Tim for once again becoming the Canadian Champion. . |
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KRZYWONOS, Tim 33 - 31 FU, Jacky Canadian Championship 2014, round 1 |
FU, Jacky 33 - 31 KRZYWONOS, Tim Canadian Championship 2014, round 4 |
Fabrício Silva wins Brazil National Othello Championship
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Location: São Paulo, Brazil
Date: September 28th Tourney format: double round robin, playoff 3rd / 4th place and final (best of 3) Number of players: 4 |
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Kenneth Paw wins 11th Singapore Open
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Location: Singapore
Date: September 27th Tourney format: 6 rounds The 11th Singapore Open attracted a lot of of new players like Lim Xin Yi, Chua Woon Yang, Kevin Hamijoyo, Lim Wee Kiat and Wilson Ong. They perfomed very well and managed to beat some of SG top players. Lim Xin Yi finished 3rd with 4 out of 6. Among her victories a very smart win against Alex Koh Bo Chao. Lim Xin Yi is a rising star in SG Othello, her first tournament was the SG nationals this August where she finished 14th/20th with 3/6 wins At the previous Singapore Open this September she finished 3rd/19th with 4/6 wins. Winner of the tourney: Kenneth Paw. He won 5 games and lost only 1 game to the runnerup Koh Bo Xiang who also finished with 5 points (lost to Chua Woon Yang). Thanks to Roy Lin for all the info! 
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EGP Krakow top 3: Takuji Kashiwabara (2nd), Miłosz Cupiał (1st) and Marc Tastet (3rd)
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Final stage European Grand Prix in Krakow
Miłosz Cupiał (POL) wins EGP Krakow in a 2-game final against Takuji Kashiwabara. Takuji Kashiwabara is winner of the European Grand Prix for the 8th time. Read more on the Othello News EGP Krakow page. Takuji's results in EGP 2014: 1st in Copenhagen 2nd in Krakow 3rd in Stockholm 4th in Rome 5th in Cambridge 6th in Den Hoorn In 1992 Marc Tastet was 1st in Milan, 2nd in Paris, 3rd in Cambrdige, 4th in Brussels, 5th in Copenhagen. I know Takuji is very fond of number sequences, I bet he is very happy he did even better than that. |
Lai Meng Joo wins Kuala Lumpur Othello Championship 2014
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Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Date: September 16th Tourney format: double round robin Final result:
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Yap Kok Soon, Lai Meng Joo, Yap Siew Kun, Yan Leong Woo, Ng Yen Lee and Stanley Ooi
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Makoto Suekuni - Tetsuya Nakajima, Grand Othello
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Tetsuya Nakajima wins 94th Shinagawa Seaside OpenLocation: Shinagawa, Japan
Date: September 13th Tourney format: 6 rounds Tetsuya Nakajima won with 5 / 6. Runner up was Yukiko Tatsumi-Iijimaa also with 5 points and third place with 5 points for Hiroyuki Iwata.
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Tomáš Douda wins Czech National Championship
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Location: Prague, Czech Republic
Date: September 13 - 14 Tomáš Douda defeated the 2013 champion Miroslav Voráček in a 3-game final. Ivo Rybárik won the playoff for 3rd/4th place in a shattering 64-0 game against Josef Rampir. 
results by Ján Rybárik
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results of semifinals, playoff and final by Ján Rybárik
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Alexey Miller wins Israeli National Championship
Location: Kfar-Saba, Israel
Date: September 13th Tourney format: swiss 5 rounds 1. Alexey Miller 4 2. Lev Radzivilovsky 3.5 3. Pavel Radzivilovsky 3 284.5 Leonid Shifman 3 257.5 Ilya Shifman 3 254 6. Michael Margaliot 2.5 7. Shany Shifman 1 8. Micky Shifman 0 |
RADZIVILOVSKY, Pavel 30 - 44 MILLER, Alexey Israeli Championship 2014, round 4 |
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MARGALIOT, Michael 17 - 47 SHIFMAN, Leonid Israeli Championship 2014, round 2 |
SHIFMAN, Ilya 45 - 19 RADZIVILOVSKY, Pavel Israeli Championship 2014, round 5 |
Erik Lund Jensen wins 32nd Danish National Championship
Location: Valby, Denmark
Date: September 13th
Date: September 13th
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report by Henrik Vallund
11 players participated in the 32nd Danish Othello Championship – 3 more than in 2013. Congratulations to the winner Erik Lund Jensen, who won the final 45-19 against Karsten Feldborg. It was Eriks 6th Danish title (he also won in 1988, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2009). Erik has played the final 16 times – won 6 and lost 10, while Karsten has played the final 21 times – won 16 and lost 5. Erik and Karsten have played in the final together 11 times – Karsten won 8 and Erik 3. Congratulations to the new player Cecilia Fjellerup, who also is now the 2014 Junior Danish Champion (under 18 years). Congratulations to Henning Storm, who was the best amateur player (Nordic Rating below 1100 points). |
Final result of the 7 rounds of swiss + the final:
1: LUND JENSEN Erik (93) {DNK} 6/7 (488) + 1/1 (45-19) 2: FELDBORG Karsten (92) {DNK} 6 (509) + 0/1 (19-45) 3: LINDE Mathias (220003) {DNK} 5 (458) 4: STORM Henning (1047) {DNK} 4½ (404) 5: VALLUND Henrik (96) {DNK} 4½ (387) 6: MAARTENSSON Mikael (1017) {DNK} 4 (353) 7: AAGAARD-HANSEN Jens (1019) {DNK} 3 (401) 8: BADSTED Palle (1025) {DNK} 3 (335) 9: PALUDAN Berit (220005) {DNK} 2 (320) 10: MICHAELSEN Peter (1000) {DNK} 2 (302) 11: FJELLERUP Cecilia (220007) {DNK} 2 (271)
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VALLUND, Henrik 12 - 52 LUND JENSEN, Erik 32nd Danish Championship 2014, round 2 |
VALLUND, Henrik 45 - 19 MICHAELSEN, Peter 32nd Danish Championship 2014, round 4 |
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FELDBORG, Karsten 19 - 45 LUND JENSEN, Erik 32nd Danish Championship 2014, final |
Final: Karsten Feldborg - Erik Lund Jensen. Tablejudge Mathias Linde
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Arthur Juigner wins French Championship 2014
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Location: Montbard, France
Date: September 13 - 14 Tourney format: 11 rounds and final, no playoff for 3rd / 4th place. Two pairs of brothers at this tourney, the Andriani's and the Juigner's. French champion of 2013, Takuji Kashiwabara is present to try to win the title for the 3rd time. A pitty that former champions like Marc Tastet, Stéphane Nicolet and Emmanuel Caspard are not present this weekend. Takuji Kashiwabara won 10.5 points in 11 rounds. He played a draw against Arthur Juigner in round 2. Arthur won all his other games, except in round 4 when he lost 21 - 43 against Arnaud Delaunay. The final started with a win for Arthur, the second game was for Takuji and the third game was again for 12 year old new French National Othello Champion Arthur Juigner. Bravo Arthur, well done! And let's not forget his younger brother Félix who impressed the other players and scored 6/11. According to data received from FFO, to be French National Othello Champion at the age of 12, sets a new national and world record. The previous record holder for France was Paul Ralle (age 16 in 1984). According to Roman Kraczyk (POL), the world record holder for National Champion was not Kunihiko Tanida (Japan National Champion at age 14 in 1982) as we reported earlier. Łukasz Szyszko was the Polish National Champion at age 11 in 2002. In total, Łukasz Szyszko won the National Championship 3 times. He stopped to play Othello at the age 17. It seems like the world record belongs to Lukasz. Maybe Félix Juigner wil beat the record in the years to come? |
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Standings after 7 rounds:
1: 6.5 pts [468] KASHIWABARA Takuji (839) 2: 6. pts [460] DELAUNAY Arnaud (3518) 3: 5.5 pts [475] JUIGNER Arthur (50030) 4: 4. pts [470] LAZARD Emmanuel (11) [452] ANDRIANI Bintsa (45) [440] LEVY-ABEGNOLI Thierry (3598) [393] JUIGNER Felix (50067) 8: 3. pts [437] ANDRIANI Sandry (46) [341] BENOIT Serge (3600) [339] CLUZON Gilles (3734) [310] AVY Bernadette (3801) [300] AVY Jean-Pierre (3791) [299] BRUIANT Jacky (50028) 14: 2. pts [272] CAPLET Alain (3790) [262] DELGADO Marie-Louise (3766) 16: 0. pt [218] MOLLET Thierry (50070)
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KASHIWABARA, Takuji 32 - 32 JUIGNER, Arthur French Championship 2014, round 2 |
LEVY-ABEGNOLI, Thierry 28 - 36 DELAUNAY, Arnaud French Championship 2014, round 2 | ||
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ANDRIANI, Bintsa 22 - 42 LÉVY-ABÉGNOLI, Thierry French Championship 2014, round 8 |
DELAUNAY, Arnaud 28 - 36 ANDRIANI, Sandry French Championship 2014, round 9 |
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Standings after 11 rounds:
1: 10.5 pts [898] KASHIWABARA Takuji (839) 2: 9.5 pts [908] JUIGNER Arthur (50030) 3: 9. pts [882] DELAUNAY Arnaud (3518) 4: 8. pts [852] LEVY-ABEGNOLI Thierry (3598) 5: 7. pts [822] ANDRIANI Bintsa (45) 6: 6. pts [848] ANDRIANI Sandry (46) [827] LAZARD Emmanuel (11) [762] JUIGNER Felix (50067) 9: 5. pts [701] BENOIT Serge (3600) [639] AVY Jean-Pierre (3791) [620] BRUIANT Jacky (50028) 12: 4. pts [665] CLUZON Gilles (3734) 13: 3. pts [557] AVY Bernadette (3801) 14: 2. pts [523] DELGADO Marie-Louise (3766) [491] CAPLET Alain (3790) 16: 0. pt [445] MOLLET Thierry (50070)
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the brothers played in round 10 and 11, both games were won by the eldest brother
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KASHIWABARA, Takuji 21 - 43 JUIGNER, Arthur French Championship 2014, final game 1 |
ready for final game 1: Arthur, Thierry, Félix, Emmanuel and Takuji
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JUIGNER, Arthur 17 - 47 KASHIWABARA, Takuji French Championship 2014, final game 2 |
KASHIWABARA, Takuji 16 - 48 JUIGNER, Arthur French Championship 2014, final game 3 |
Alejandro Coello wins Torneo Invierno
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Location: Buenos Aires, Argentine
Date: September 7th report by Marcelo Lisnovsky: Winter 2014 Othello Tournament was held in Buenos Aires, September 7, at the Torre Blanca Chess Club. 6 players showed up, in a round robin format. Final standings: 1) Alejandro Coello, 4 points 206 discs 2) Germán Vazquez, 4 points181 discs 3) Daniel Olivares, 3 points 204 discs 4) Marcelo Lisnovsky, 3 points 177 discs 5) Paula Iturbide, 1 point 120 discs 6) Max Seifert, 0 points 72 discs Qualified for Argentine National Championship: Maximiliano Pellizzari, Alejandro Coello, Daniel Olivares, Germán Vazquez, Marcelo Lisnovsky and Max Seifert. Congrats to Alejandro Coello, the winner. |
COELLO, Alejandro 35 - 29 LISNOVSKY, Marcelo Torneo Invierno, round 2 |
Jan de Graaf (NLD) wins 31st Belgian Othello Championship, Tom Schotte is Belgian Champion 2014
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Location: Gent, Belgium
Date: September 7th Tom Schotte won his 6th Belgian Othello Champion's title with a second place at the 31st Belgian Othello Championship. He won in 2005 - 2008 - 2010 - 2011 - 2013 - 2014. Great job Tom! A list of Belgian Champions since 1979 can be found here. Jan C. de Graaf from the Netherlands won the tournament with 6/7. He only lost in round 5 against Tom Schotte. Tom started the tourney with a loss against Dutch player Sido Helmes. The tournament remained thrilling until the last round. Jan de Graaf won his final game against Jeroen de Wael, Tom Schotte lost his final round against Michael May 31-33. He only needed 2 discs more to win the tournament. Two more players with 5 points, Jiska Helmes (female champion 2010) and Michael May. |
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HELMES, Sido 26 - 38 GRAAF, Jan de Belgian Championship 2014, round 4 |
SCHOTTE, Tom 44 - 20 GRAAF, Jan de Belgian Championship 2014, round 5 |
Makoto Suekuni wins 9th Ouza-sen tourney
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Location: Tokyo, Japan
Date: September 7th Live broadcast of Japanese Ouza-sen tourney Thanks to the live broadcast and Ben Seeley who took notes, we can show you the games that were broadcasted. Two players had 6 points after 6 rounds, Makoto Suekuni and Jyou Nakano. Makoto won the championship very convincingly 49 - 15. Takashi Yamakawa, the 2013 Ouza-sen champion, lost to finalist Jyou Nakano in round 4. Female Ouza-sen is Satomi Takahashi and youth champion is Yugo Toki 
Ouza-sen champions 2006 - 2014
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results 6 rounds, 9th Ouza-sen
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NAGAO, Kazuki 14 - 50 YAMAKAWA,Takashi Ouza-sen, round 1 |
YAMAKAWA,Takashi 46 - 17 SATANI, Tetsu Ouza-sen, round 2 |
NAGANO, Yasushi 29 - 35 YAMAKAWA,Takashi Ouza-sen, round 3 |
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YAMAKAWA,Takashi 20 - 44 NAKANO, Jyou Ouza-sen, round 4 |
TAKANASHI, Yusuke 45 - 19 ASOU, Daisuke Ouza-sen, round 5 |
SUEKUNI, Makoto 49 - 15 NAKANO, Jyou Ouza-sen, final |
Guy Plowman wins British Othello Championship
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Location: Witney, England
Date: September 6 - 7 Guy Plowman won the 2014 British Championship by beating Ben Pridmore 45-19 in the final and succeeds 2013 champion David Hand. Marie Lightman, who succeeds Helen Starkey as BOF Chair, won the womens title for the second time. Third place for Iain Barass. 
results per round
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BOF chair Marie Lightman presents trophy to Guy Plowman
PRIDMORE, Ben 19 - 45 PLOWMAN, Guy British Nationals, final |
Michele Borassi (Master Champion), Maria Serena Vecchi (Women Champion), Francesco Privitera (Category Champion)
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Michele Borassi wins Italian Championship 2014Location: Rome, Italy
Date: September 6 - 7 Pictures thanks to Biagio Privitera The Othello Italian Champions 2014: Michele Borassi (Master Champion), Francesco Privitera (Category Champion) and Maria Serena Vecchi (Women Champion). Junior champion (under 12) is Alessandro Ortiz. The Juniors played 4 rounds and a final. Alessandro, age 7, won the final 33 - 31 against Valentino Giannini. Alessandro's dad, George Ortiz, gave him some last minute tips in the morning before they went to the tournament and apparently it paid off. It took Francesco Marconi and Michele Borassi 3 games to decide the new Italian champion. Michele Borassi won the title for the 8th time. |
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Camp. ASSOLUTI.
M.Borassi - A.Di Mattei 34-30 34-30 F.Marconi - D.Barnaba 40-24 48-16 |
Camp. CATEGORIA.
L.Caviola - C.Gigliucci 43-21 39-25 F.Privitera - M.S.Vecchi 38-26 48-16 |
The finalists: Michele Borassi and Francesco Marconi
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Results Final: Francesco Marconi 35 - 29 Michele Borassi Michele Borassi 34 - 30 Francesco Marconi Francesco Marconi 18 - 46 Michele Borassi Playoff 3rd/4th place: Alessandro Di Mattei 38 - 26 Donato Barnaba The video (right) iTvRome at Italian Championship |
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MARCONI, Francesco 35 - 29 BORASSI, Michele Italian Championship, final game 1 |
BORASSI, Michele 34 - 30 MARCONI, Francesco Italian Championship, final game 2 |
MARCONI, Francesco 18 - 46 BORASSI, Michele Italian Championship, final game 3 |
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European Grand Prix 2014, who will be the 2014 European Champion?
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Next and final stage of the 2014 EGP is in Krakow Poland end of September. In the table above you can find a prognosis of the final score of the top 8 players. Ofcourse, we all know anything can happen at a tourney. Maybe the local Polish players will give the Othello elite a run for their money, but indulge me in a game of what if’s. If Nicky van den Biggelaar plays Krakow and wins, he will be the 2014 EGP Champion. Nicky only played in 2 of the 6 EGP tourneys, I hope he will show up in Krakow. I think it’s about time a Dutchman wins the EGP Championship (see table right). Next in Line is Takuji Kashiwabara, if he wins EGP Krakow it’s his 8th EGP Championship title. A tremendous accomplishment! Marc Tastet can be EGP champion when he wins Krakow, provided Nicky does not play against him in the final and takes 140 points. A second place for Takuji Kashiwabara would be no problem. Imre Leader would get 490 points if he won. We could have 3 people equal first with 490 if Imre wins in the final against Takuji and Nicky wins the playoff for 3rd place. That would be a spectacular end of EGP 2014. Marc Tastet informed me that there is a best of 5 scores EGP rule in case of a tiebreak, so that Takuji would be ahead of Imre and Nicky on tie-break. Things are a bit harder for Francesco Marconi, if he wins Krakow, he needs Nicky to do no better than 4th place and no 2nd place for Takuji Matthias Berg and Arthur Juigner, the EGP Stockholm finalists, best thing for them is to make it to the final together. If Nicky does not show up, or does not make it to the top 4, only a 3rd place by Takuji would be a threat to Arthur. Michele Borassi could win equal with Nicky, if Nicky doesn't show up and Takuji is not in the top 4, Marc not in the top 3, Imre, Francesco and Matthias not second. Maybe it's time to start an Othello News Betting Office? |
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