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World Othello Championship 1977

Tokyo (Japan)

1st World Othello Championships

Tokyo (Japan), 1977/10/29, 5 players from 5 countries

Final standings

  1. Hiroshi Inoue (JPN)
  2. Thomas Heiberg (NOR)
  3. Rey Ilagan (PHI)
  4. Carol Jacobs (USA)
  5. Alan Woch (GBR)
  • Final
    • Inoue 34-30 Heiberg

  • 3rd/4th playoff
    • Jacobs 8-56 Ilagan

  • Final standings and results after the first day

    • HI TH CJ RI JAW
    Hiroshi Inoue • 45-19 52-12 • 53-11 • 47-17 • 4
    Thomas Heiberg 19-45 • • 52-12 31-33 • 54-10 • 2 (+56)
    Carol Jacobs • 12-52 12-52 • • 40-24 48-16 • 2 (-33)
    Rey Ilagan • 11-53 • 33-31 24-40 • 27-37 • 1 (-66)
    Joseph Alan Woch • 17-47 • 10-54 • 16-48 • 37-27 1 (-95)

    Set of transcripts [PDF] (sorted by openings)

    Set of transcripts [TXT] (sorted by players)