Europe

3rd European Othello Championship

Welcome to Belgium!


Event by WOF European Othello Confederation and the Belgian Othello Association 

Hoogstraat 30, 9700 Oudenaarde, Belgium

11th to 12th May, 2024

Oudenaarde, Belgium

The tournament will be played over 11 rounds (7 on Saturday and 4 on Sunday), with finals for the top 4 in several categories. We expect players in each of the six rating categories, ranging from absolute beginner to Othello master. The European Championships in Rome and Helsinki had more than 50 players, we're aiming for at least the same! The tournament is restricted to European players and European residents.

Interested in discovering Oudenaarde? You can already check the website below.
https://www.visitflanders.com/.../flemish.../oudenaarde

Mobility:
- The tournament is in the city center, right next to town hall
- There is a direct train from Brussels National Airport to Oudenaarde (1h14min)
- Oudenaarde has 1300+ free parking spots within 1.5k of the city center

Schedule:

Saturday May 11th 2024

  • 07:30 Set-up room
  • 09:00 Subscriptions
  • 09:50 Deadline subscriptions
  • 09:50 Openings speech
  • 10:00 Round 1
  • 13:00 Lunch
  • 14:00 Round 4
  • 17:30 End of day 1

Sunday May 12th

  • 08:00 Venue open
  • 08:55 Openings speech
  • 09:00 Round 8
  • 13:00 Lunch
  • 14:00 Finals
  • 17:00 End of tournament and prize ceremony

Entry fee:

  • €40
  • families only pay 2 fees
  • Includes 2 lunches (vegan + non-vegan), water, coffee and tea during the tournament

Dinner Saturday evening (19:30):

https://www.odnar.be/

  • ~1km from tournament location at brewery restaurant
  • €35 for tapas starters + 1 main dish (choice out of 1 selected meat, fish or vegan dish) - water and coffee included
  • Other drinks are on top
  • Dessert is €12 extra
  • Current reservation made for 50 persons (FULL)

Dinner Friday evening (19:30)

Reservation made at https://www.arcobaleno-oudenaarde.be/ Address: Bergstraat 26, 9700 Oudenaarde

Any questions? Please contact the tournament organisation.

Kind regards,
Tom Schotte (tournament director)

Registered players

Registered 71
Countries 15

 

 
EOC 20
Div I 23
Div II 10
Div III 7
Div IV 8
Div V 2
Debutants 1
Youth* 10
60+ 8
Female 13
* A player qualifies as “Youth” if he/she is aged 14 or less on the 31st of December 2024 (i.e. : he/she must be born later than the 31st of December 2010)

Tournament Director EOC 2024
Tom Schotte

Saturday 11th May April & Sunday 12th May
 

Gold_50.png The European Othello Champion 
- WOC 2024 spot* & Trophy
328.png The EOC Runner-up to 4th place - Trophies & Gifts
Bronze_50.png EOC Category Winners 
- Trophies and Medals
  * Included in the Champion prize; WOC 2024 spot, hotel room four days in Hangzhou, China at WOC 2024, costs for visa to China. No travel support this year. Informations will be sent to the Champions directly after the CC tournament. 

 

Prize categories

    • This information may be changed!
    • EOC - top 4
    • Div. I - WOF rating 1600 - 1899 - top 3
    • Div. II - WOF rating 1300 - 1599  - top 3
    • Div III - WOF rating 1000 - 1299  - top 3
    • Div IV - WOF rating 500 - 999 - top 3
    • DIV V - WOF rating <500 - top 3
    • Youth Champions  - top 3
    • Women Champions -  top 3
    • Players +60 Champions - top 3
    • Debutants - The best 3 new players
      Each category, except debutants, must have at least 5 players to be a prize category.
       
    • Dinner on Saturday will be at www.odnar.be (restaurant part of local brewery). Other evenings (Friday, Sunday) still to be decided
    • Players need to pay for the dinner, not included in the entry fee

3RD European Othello Championship 2024

# Name Federation Rating Class  
  Makoto Suekuni The Netherlands 2413 EOC  
  Michele Borassi Switzerland 2374 EOC EOC2023
  Matthias Berg Switzerland 2256 EOC  
  Nicky van den Biggelaar The Netherlands 2243 EOC  
  Oskar Eklund Sweden 2203 EOC  
  Roberto Sperandio Italy 2179 EOC  
  Imre Leader United Kingdom 2172 EOC 60 / EGP2023
  Niklas Wettergren Sweden 2159 EOC  
  Takuji Kashiwabara France 2117 EOC  
  Remko Zillig The Netherlands 2062 EOC  
  Roel Hobo The Netherlands 2058 EOC  
  Paolo Scognamiglio Italy 2053 EOC  
  Jan de Graaf The Netherlands 2027 EOC  
  Marc Tastet France 2026 EOC 60
  Ian Turner United Kingdom 1991 EOC 60
  Tom Schotte Belgium 1978 EOC  
  Albert Kortendijk The Netherlands 1973 EOC  
  Marc Bertrandias The Netherlands 1936 EOC  
  Carlo Affatigato Spain 1931 EOC  
  Linda Praseptyo The Netherlands 1913 EOC Female
  Kim Freiburghaus Sweden 1887 DIV I  
  Thierry Levy-Abegnoli France 1884 DIV I 60
  Daniel Rossler Germany 1867 DIV I  
  Daniel Dufour The Netherlands 1855 DIV I Youth
  Mark Dufour The Netherlands 1823 DIV I  
  Henrik Vallund Germany 1792 DIV I  
  Ilya Shifman Israel 1784 DIV I  
  Alexander Boe Norway 1751 DIV I  
  Nick Reunes Belgium 1744 DIV I  
  Bintsa Andriani France 1744 DIV I 60
  Daniel Görnert Germany 1743 DIV I  
  Benkt Steentoft Sweden 1741 DIV I  
  Ralph Reijnders Belgium 1718 DIV I  
  Rémi Tastet France 1713 DIV I  
  Micky Shifman Israel 1694 DIV I  
  Leonid Shifman Israel 1687 DIV I 60
  Dispong Kiatnarongrob Belgium 1675 DIV I  
  Ulf Bengtsson Sweden 1668 DIV I  
  Konstantin Dvivon Israel 1663 DIV I Youth
  Tobias Saakes The Netherlands 1640 DIV I  
  Severino Di Cola Italy 1628 DIV I  
  Damiano Sperandio Italy 1611 DIV I  
  Marcel Sneek The Netherlands 1610 DIV I  
  Palle Badsted Denmark 1516 DIV II  
  Jens Aagaard-Hansen Denmark 1515 DIV II 60
  Brecht Van Damme Belgium 1510 DIV II  
  Wouter Thijs Belgium 1487 DIV II  
  Jan Van Damme Belgium 1465 DIV II  
  Frauke Van de Moortel Belgium 1392 DIV II Female
  Maria Serena Vecchi Italy 1383 DIV II Female
  Erik Johansson Sweden 1381 DIV II  
  Nancy Darck Belgium 1314 DIV II Female
  Paolo Barsotti Italy 1305 DIV II  
  Vitek Sladek Czech Republic 1278 DIV III  
  Nadja De Moor Belgium 1268 DIV III Female
  Peter Michaelsen Denmark 1249 DIV III 60
  Alberte Josefine Nielsen Denmark 1219 DIV III Youth/Female
  Ewa Kujawa Poland 1024 DIV III Female
  Daphne Demoor Belgium 1011 DIV III  
  Elisabeth Jensen Denmark 1009 DIV III Youth/Female
  Isabel Zillig The Netherlands 951 DIV IV Youth/Female
  Laurent Grandjean Belgium 857 DIV IV  
  Sanna Zillig The Netherlands 847 DIV IV Youth/Female
  Noa Dufour The Netherlands 812 DIV IV Youth/Female
  Oscar Kortendijk The Netherlands 798 DIV IV Youth
  Bart Verstuyft Belgium 726 DIV IV  
  Jana Verstuyft Belgium 686 DIV IV Youth/Female
  Rauf Özgan Turkiye 564 DIV IV  
  Dimitri Burnay Belgium 478 DIV V  
  Myrthe Demoor Belgium -205 DIV V Youth/Female
  Phil Davies United Kingdom - Debutant