• About WOC 1985

9th World Othello Championships

Athens (Greece), 1985/11/1-2, 11 players from 11 countries

Final standings

1. Masaki Takizawa (JPN)
2. Paolo Ghirardato (ITA)
3. David Shaman (USA)
4. Neil Stephenson (GBR)
5. Per-Erik Wåhlberg (SWE)
6. Emmanuel Lazard (FRA)
7. Henrik Vallund (DEN)
8. Peter Kotkamaa (FIN)
9. Hang Lee-Juan (SIN)
10. Simon Jones (AUS)
11. Dionisis Haralampopoulos (GRE)

• Final
Takizawa 45-19 Ghirardato
Ghirardato 5-59 Takizawa

• 3^rd/4^th playoff
Shaman 39-25 Stephenson

• Semi-finals
Ghirardato 41-23 Shaman & Stephenson 22-42 Takizawa
Shaman 14-50 Ghirardato & Takizawa 43-21 Stephenson

• 2^nd day playoff matches
Lazard 28-36 Wåhlberg
Kotkamaa 24-40 Vallund
Jones 22-42 Lee-Juan

• Playoff matchs for second place in group B
Kotkamaa 27-37 Wåhlberg
Shaman 44-20 Wåhlberg (Shaman advances)

• Final standings and results after the first day



Group A	PG	NS	EL	HV	HLJ
Paolo Ghirardato		44-20 •	• 32-32	46-18 •	• 44-20	3.5
Neil Stephenson	• 20-44		34-30 •	43-21 •	• 57-7	3
Emmanuel Lazard	32-32 •	• 30-34		• 39-25	50-14 •	2.5
Henrik Vallund	• 18-46	• 21-43	25-39 •		51-13 •	1
Hang Lee-Juan	20-44 •	7-57 •	• 14-50	• 13-51		0




Group B	MT	DS	PK	PEW	SJ	DH
Masaki Takizawa		34-30 •	• 47-17	• 46-18	52-12 •	• 63-1	5
David Shaman	• 30-34		30-34 •	44-20 •	55-9 •	• 61-3	3 (220)
Peter Kotkamaa	17-47 •	• 34-30		• 30-34	47-17 •	• 58-6	3 (186)
Per-Erik Wåhlberg	18-46 •	• 20-44	34-30 •		• 52-12	58-6 •	3 (182)
Simon Jones	• 12-52	• 9-55	• 17-47	12-52 •		53-11 •	1
Dionisis Haralambopoulos	1-63 •	3-61 •	6-58 •	• 6-58	• 11-53		0

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

Set of transcripts [PDF] (sorted by openings)

Set of transcripts [TXT] (sorted by players)