35th World Othello Championship, Newark USA 2011
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Hiroki Nobukawa (JAPAN) wins World Othello Championship 2011
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Final games:
Hiroki Nobukawa 45 - 19 Piyanat Aunchulee Piyanat Aunchulee 38 - 26 Hiroki Nobukawa Piyanat Aunchulee 14 - 50 Hiroki Nobukawa 
Piyanat Aunchulee (THA), Hiroki Nobukawa (JPN), Nicky van den Biggelaar (NED)
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Hiroki's games on day 1 and day 2: 10 wins out of 13 games
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8th round: Piyanat Aunchulee 27-37 Hiroki Nobukawa 9th round: Hiroki Nobukawa 24-40 Tim Krzywonos 10th round: Tomoya Toda 19-45 Hiroki Nobukawa 11th round: Hiroki Nobukawa 41-23Francesco Marconi 12th round: Hiroki Nobukawa 33-31 Arnaud Delaunay 13th round: Kazuki Okamoto 43-21 Hiroki Nobukawa |
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Jian's games on day 1 and 2: 7 wins and 1 draw
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1st round: Jian Cai 32-32 Palle Badsted 2nd round: Yvette Campbell 10-54 Jian Cai 3rd round: Jian Cai 22-42 Le Kang 4th round: Tomáš Douda 27-37 Jian Cai 5th round: Jian Cai 27-37 Roman Kraczyk 6th round: Jian Cai 36-28 Jin Feng Wu 7th round: Robert Berg 38-26 Jian Cai |
Jian Cai (USA) is 2011 Women's Othello ChampionYoko Sano 24 - 40 Jian Cai Yoko Sano - Jian Cai Women's Final |
Nicky van den Biggelaar (NED) wins
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Matthias Berg - Nicky van den Biggelaar Playoff 3rd / 4th place |
Jian Cai with tourney director David Parsons
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Nicky is waiting for his opponent
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Semi-final games
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Matthias Berg 31 - 33 Piyanat Aunchulee
Piyanat Aunchulee 26 - 38 Matthias Berg Piyanat Aunchulee 44 - 20 Matthias Berg Matthias Berg - Piyanat Aunchulee semi-final 1, 1st game |
Hiroki Nobukawa 36 - 28 Nicky van den Biggelaar
Nicky van den Biggelaar 20 - 44 Hiroki Nobukawa
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semifinal Matthias Berg - Piyanat Aunchulee. picture by Masayuki Amano
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semi-final Hiroki Nobukawa - Nicky van den Biggelaar. picture by Masayuki Amano
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The Semi Finalists
Nicky van den Biggelaar (Netherlands)
WOC participations: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 2008, 2009, and 2011. Best 3 results: 5th place in 2010, 6th in 2009 and 7th in 2008.He is number 24 on the World Othello rating list (16 oct. 2011).
Good luck Nicky!!!!! The WON editor lives in The Netherlands :) Matthias Berg (Germany)
Runner-up in the WOC 2009.
Reached the 3rd place on two occasions: 2007 and 2008. Played at WOC in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and now in 2011. He is number 31 on the World Othello rating list (16 oct. 2011). |
Piyanat Aunchulee (Thailand)
Reached the 3rd place by beating Imre Leader 39-25 in the World Othello Championship 2010, held in Rome (Italy).
Played at WOC in 2008, 2010 and 2011. He is number 24 on the World Othello rating list (16 oct. 2011). Hiroki Nobukawa (Japan)
A WOC debutant. He qualified for the japanese team by winning the Meijin-Sen in May. He ended in 3rd place at the 23rd Kyoto open in that same month. That tourney was won by last years WOC champion Yusuke Takanashi.
He is number 28 on the World Othello rating list (16 oct. 2011). |
The Ladies Finalists
Jian Cai (USA)
WOC participations: 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011. In Rome 2010 she ended at 45th place as sixth best lady.
At the US open in March she won the first round against Kunihiko Tanida and made it to the semi-finals. She is number 596 on the World Othello rating list (16 oct. 2011). |
Yoko Sano (Japan)
Japanese 5th dan player. Best Japanese women championship: winner in 1998, 1999, 2009 and 2011. Best Feminine Meijin: winner in 2004. Best Ouza-sen: 54th in 2007 and 2009).
WOC participations:1998, 1999, 2011. She is number 533 on the World Othello rating list (16 oct. 2011). |
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Japan is team winner 
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Standings after 13 rounds
Two players with 11 wins, Nicky van den Biggelaar (Netherlands) and Piyanat Aunchulee (Thailand). The other two semi-finalists are Matthias Berg (Germany) and Hiroki Nobukawa (Japan). Two of the three seeded players made it to the semifinals (Aunchulee and Berg). The other seeded player, Imre Leader, started out well on day 1 with 5 wins, but won only 2 games on day 2.
Arthur Juigner, the 9 year old player from France played a fantastic tourney. He showed some amazing othello skills and we look forward to see his othello career develop over the years.
Best Lady is Jian Cai (USA). She will play the ladies final against Yoko Sano (Japan).
Arthur Juigner, the 9 year old player from France played a fantastic tourney. He showed some amazing othello skills and we look forward to see his othello career develop over the years.
Best Lady is Jian Cai (USA). She will play the ladies final against Yoko Sano (Japan).
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Seeded players
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Only three players are listed as seeded players on the WOF website:
Matthias Berg (Germany) Runner-up in the WOC 2009. Reached the 3rd place on two occasions: 2007 and 2008. Played at WOC in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and now in 2011. Imre Leader (United Kingdom) He was runner-up in the WOC in 1983, and has reached the semi-finals on five other occasions. He was on the UK team that won the World Team Championship in 1988. Played at WOC in 1983, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010 and now in 2011. Piyanat Aunchulee (Thailand) Reached the 3rd place by beating Imre Leader 39-25 in the World Othello Championship 2010, held in Rome (Italy). Played at WOC in 2008, 2010 and 2011. World Othello News would like to add: Nicky van den Biggelaar (Netherlands) WOC participations: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 2008, 2009, and 2011. Best 3 results: 5th place in 2010, 6th in 2009 and 7th in 2008. Good luck Nicky!!!!! The WON editor lives in The Netherlands :) Who else should be on the list? Email the editor via the link on our homepage. source WOF website and Othello Wiki Book Project |
Last years Othello champions Yusuke Takanashi (Japan) and Jiska Helmes (Netherlands) will not be in Newark to defend their title. Who will be the new champion?
But this year we also have a lot of WOC debutants. Among them some very strong players like Hiroki Nobukawa (Japan), Tomoya Toda (Japan), Wachiraphan Huraphan (Thailand) and the 9 year old Arthur Juigner (France).
Another young debutant is Kelvin Yang, age 14 from Hong Kong. He played at the 6th Guangzhou open in August. It is nice to see so many young people interested in playing on the board tournaments.
Galo Carrera Hurtado wrote about Kelvin: "He is the first player to make a WOC with a complete loss of vision. He plays on a special board and he is the nicest player I have had the pleasure to meet"
But this year we also have a lot of WOC debutants. Among them some very strong players like Hiroki Nobukawa (Japan), Tomoya Toda (Japan), Wachiraphan Huraphan (Thailand) and the 9 year old Arthur Juigner (France).
Another young debutant is Kelvin Yang, age 14 from Hong Kong. He played at the 6th Guangzhou open in August. It is nice to see so many young people interested in playing on the board tournaments.
Galo Carrera Hurtado wrote about Kelvin: "He is the first player to make a WOC with a complete loss of vision. He plays on a special board and he is the nicest player I have had the pleasure to meet"
Tournament Schedule
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Wednesday, November 2nd 19:00 - 21:00 Welcome Reception Thursday, November 3rd 09:30 - 19:00 Round 1 - 7 Friday, November 4th 09:30 - 17:45 Round 8 - 13 18:00 - 19:00 Semifinalist playoff (if required) |
Saturday, November 5th 09:30 - 13:20 Semi-finals 14:10 - 15:30 Final game 1 and 3rd / 4th place Playoff 15:40 - 17:00 Final game 2 & Ladies Final 17:10 - 18:30 Final game 3 (if required) 19:00 - Cocktail Reception and Victory Dinner Benkt Steentoft - Head Tournament Director David Parsons - Tournament Director Emmanuel Lazard - Technical Tournament Director |
