WOC 2013 Results
October 23rd: Welcome Reception
I had my first glimpse of the fantastic tourney room in the afternoon. The venue is really wonderfully majestic. In the evening the welcome reception and first
round pairing at a very hot café Cronan. Lot of laughter when Lari and Katie were drawn to play against each other at table 15.
It is a pitty that there were some last minute cancellations, but the total number of excellent players is 58 (with the Swedish reserve player included).
round pairing at a very hot café Cronan. Lot of laughter when Lari and Katie were drawn to play against each other at table 15.
It is a pitty that there were some last minute cancellations, but the total number of excellent players is 58 (with the Swedish reserve player included).
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Othello News says........ hi and good luck to all
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October 24th: Rounds 1 - 7
Round 1Katie and Lari were very late, they arrived in the nick of time. They first had to drop of little Coby at the home of Tourney Director Mateusz Sosnowski. There is a very fun interview with Katie and Lari at our players page. There is a fun othello rivalry between the two, When they came in at the coffee room after their game, they both were smiling. Well I guess Katie just smiles a lot, but Lari was happy with his victory. Katie's comment was short but adequate; "the idot won".
The seeded players did not all win their game. Ben Seeley won against Jiska Helmes 20 - 44. Ben said Jiska played some very good moves. Matthias Berg lost against Caroline Odsell 27 - 37. Caroline said Matthias was way ahead but made a mistake in move 40. After that the endgame was very easy for her. Kazuki Okamoto won 61 - 03 against Pavel Radzivilovsky. Michele Borassi played 40 - 24 against Marc Tastet. Brian Rose was rather unhappy about his efforts in the draw game against Arthur Juigner.. Nicky van den Biggelaar won against Arnaud Delaunay. Piyanat Aunchulee won 43 - 21 against Chun Yip Tsoi and Takuji Kashiwabara lost 28 - 36 against Roel Hobo. |
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Round 2
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Two ladies at table 7, Elena Averina and Caroline Odsell. Caroline won 40 - 24 in what she called quite an ordinary game. Nothing really spectacular. The game was hers pretty much from the start, she made some mistakes but so did her opponent.
Tom Schotte from Belgium was one of the first to come in after round 2. He won against Alexey Dubov. He was happy with his 2 wins so far. His goal is to have at least 7 wins, but the Belgian motto is: more is better. Arthur won against Marie Lightman. We spotted Marie taking a cat nap on a chair after the game. I heard her accomodation is on a boat. Maybe the rocky creeky boat kept her awake last night? Another bad round for Matthias Berg, he lost 30 - 34 against Sky Chong. I asked Mathias about his expectation for this tourney. his answer was short " no expectations, I wont make it to the semis. Now Sky Chong is someone I know from the old VOG days. Lot of fun to finally meet him in person. Lari seems to be on a roll after round 1, he beat the number 1 Dutch player Nicky van den Biggelaar. Still on zero wins, Takuji Kashiwabara. Team Argentina has not done too well so far, Daniel Olivares won 1 game and Alejandro Coello is still on 0, but they are a happy and fun team, thoroughly enjoying the event. |
Elena Averina - Caroline Odsell
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mine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Round 3On table 1 Caroline Odsell versus Gianluca Ilaqua. Gianluca won his third game. I think he never expected to be best Italian player at this point in the tourney. Michele Borassi has 2 points.
Takuji Kashiwabara is off the nill as he won his game against Marie Lightman, the tourney did not start so well for the European Champion. Also a win for his teammate Marc Tastet 18 - 46 against Belgium player Michael May. It was a hard game according to Marc. Players with 3 wins: Kazuki Okamoto {JPN}, Miroslav Voráček {CZE}3, Martin Ødegård {NOR}, Piyanat Aunchulee {THA}, Gianluca Ilacqua {ITA} and Tom Schotte {BEL}. Only 2 of the 8 seeded players at the top. Kazuki Okamoto leads, the other 2 Japanese players: Yuji Miyazaki has 2.5 wins, Takashi Yamakawa has 2 wins (lost against the Belgian player Nick Reunes) and Yoko Rose has 1. I would tell more but I was distracted by the wonderful cakes that Marlin Jeppsson brought in. I had seen some of her work on the internet but to see the cakes for real.... and the sweet smell.... Who cares about results..... I want a big piece of that cake!!!!! |
Round 4Always hard to focus again after lunch, I climbed up to Lazards tower and had a great view of the entire room. A killer game between the two seeded players Piyanat Aunchulee and Kazuki Okamoto at table 1. They played a draw which means that the current leaders are Tom Schotte and Miroslav Voráček. Best female player is Caroline Odsell with 3 points.
A small misunderstanding in the interview with Piyanat Aunchulee, his best result at the WOC was a second place in 2011. In 2010 he was third. |
Emmanuel Lazard and Stéphane Nicolet, I can not imagine a WOC without them
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Round 5Tom Schotte posted on Facebook just before round 5: "Wowwie, I'm leading the World Championship together with my good friend Mirek Voracek. We probably will play together for the sole lead! *fingers crossed*"
Leader of the 58 players after 5 rounds Miroslav Voracek with 5 wins as he won his game against Tom Schotte 40 - 24. Kazuki Okamoto and Piyanat Aunchulee have 4 points. They both won their game in this round. Bartłomiej Sury 31 - 33 Piyanat Aunchulee and Kazuki Okamoto 46 -18 Yuji Miyazaki
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Tom Schotte and Miroslav Voracek at table 1
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The trophies are safe behind the big wooden door with an armed Royal Guard
Round 6In round 1 we had Lari and Katie fight it out on table 1, In round 5 the "sequel of the battle of the spouses", Brian Rose against Yoko Sano. Brian won 16 - 48 but he said it was a close game till the end where he had parity.
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A nice battle between Ben Seeley and Marc Tastet on table 3. It was an interesting game that showed Ben's strength in the endgame, even though he lost 31 - 33. Michele Borassi won his game and now has 4 points. When I asked him about his tourney he said he was happy to have the same amount of points as Ben Seeley. We have a new tourney leader after round 6 as Piyanat Aunchulee won his game at table 1 against Miroslav Voracek. Piyabat has 5.5 points. Five players on second place with 5 points: Miroslav Voracek, Nicky van den Biggelaaar, Takashi Yamakawa, Marc Tastet and Tom Schotte.
Gunnar Andersson the man and his ZebraThe man, the myth, the legend, Gunnar Andersson came to the Royal Castle looking for his Zebra.
The horse (Streif) is actually quite famous. Gustav II Adolf rode him to battle where he died. The horse itself died in 1635, and it has been preserved ever since. |
No Gunnar, that's not your Zebra
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Round 7Everybody is glad we finally reached the last round for today. Everything went very smoothly. The tons of work by the tourney director Bengt Steentoft and technical staff Emmanuel Lazard and Stéphane Nicolet really paid off.
Watch the video of the interesting game between Kazuki Okamota and Ben Seeley which ended 40 - 24. Leader after 7 rounds is Piyanat Aunchulee with 6.5 points. He is followed closely by Nicky van den Biggelaar and Takashi Yamakawa who both have 6 points. Best lady is Caroline Odsell with 5 points. Best team........ Japan! |
go to day 2 page
WOC venue: The Royal Castle, Stockholm
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