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World Othello Championship 1980

London (England)

4th World Othello Championships

London (England), 1980/10/27, 7 players from 7 countries

Final standings

  1. Jonathan Cerf (USA)
  2. Takuya Mimura (JPN)
  3. Vincenzo Peccerillo (ITA)
  4. Alain Serneels (BEL)
  5. Neil Cogle (ENG)
  6. Thomas Malmfors (SWE)
  7. François Pingaud (FRA)
  • Final
  • Cerf 44-20 Mimura
    Mimura 21-43 Cerf

  • Semi-finals
  • Serneels 9-55 Mimura & Peccerillo 14-50 Cerf

  • Final standings and results after the first day

  • Group A TM JC NC TM
    Takuya Mimura 43-21 43-21 53-11 3
    Jonathan Cerf 21-43 33-31 53-11 2
    Neil Cogle 21-43 31-33 35-29 1
    Thomas Malmfors 11-53 11-53 29-35 0

    Group B VP AS FP
    Vincenzo Peccerillo 53-11 46-18 2
    Alain Serneels 11-53 52-12 1
    François Pingaud 18-46 12-52 0

    The best two players (number of victories) of each group advance to the semi-finals.

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