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World Othello Championship 1978

New-York (USA)

2nd World Othello Championships

New-York (USA), 1978/10/30-31, 9 players from 9 countries

Final standings

  1. Hidenori Maruoka (JPN)
  2. Carol Jacobs (USA)
  3. Leve Arsenault (CAN)
  4. Jeff Davison (GBR)
  5. Thomas Heiberg (NOR)
  6. Gunnar Raabe (SWE)
  7. Eduardo Enriquez (PHI)
  8. Kim Nyberg (FIN)
  9. Pier Morolli (ITA)
  • Final
    • Jacobs 14-50 Maruoka
    Maruoka 64-0 Jacobs

  • Semi-finals
    • Arsenault 42-22 Jacobs & Davison 17-47 Maruoka
    Jacobs 45-19 Arsenault & Maruoka 53-11 Davison

  • Final standings after first day

    • GROUP A
    Jeff Davison (39) (41)
    Leve Arsenault (25) (40)
    Kim Nyberg (24) (23)

    GROUP B
    Hidenori Maruoka (60) (52)
    Thomas Heiberg (4) (57)
    Pier Morolli (12) (7)

    GROUP B
    Carol Jacobs (48) (37)
    Gunnar Raabe (16) (42)
    Eduardo Enriquez (27) (22)

    The four players with the most number of discs advance to the semi-finals.

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Set of transcripts [TXT] (sorted by players)