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World Othello Championship 1987
Milan (Italy)
11th World Othello Championships
Milan (Italy), 1987/11/12-14, 21 players from 8 countries
Tournament director: Luigi Puzzo
Final standings
- Ken'Ichi Ishii (JPN)
- Paul Ralle (FRA)
- David Shaman (USA)
- Karsten Feldborg (DEN)
- Final Ralle 50-14 Ishii
- 3rd/4th playoff Shaman 49-15 Feldborg
- Semi-finals Feldborg 21-43 Ralle & Ishii 45-19 Shaman
- Final standings after the swiss-system
Ishii 39-25 Ralle
Ralle 26-38 Ishii
Feldborg 26-38 Shaman
Ralle 21-43 Feldborg & Shaman 18-46 Ishii
Feldborg 30-34 Ralle
1. Paul Ralle (FRA) 10.5/12
2. Ken'Ichi Ishii (JAP) 10
3. David Shaman (USA) 9
4. Brian Rose (USA) 8
5. Karsten Feldborg (DEN) 7.5
Arnold Kling (USA) 7.5
7. Peter Bhagat (GBR) 7
Graham Brightwell (GBR) 7
Francesco marconi (ITA) 7
Neil Stephenson (GBR) 7
Augusto Brusca (ITA) 7
12. Henrik Vallund (DEN) 6
Jean-François Puget (FRA) 6
Bernard Daunas (FRA) 6
15. Paolo Ghirardato (ITA) 5.5
16. Per-Erik Wåhlberg (SWE) 5
17. Keiji Yasojima (JAP) 3
Stephan Waser (SUI) 3
19. Miki Tamaie (JAP) 2
Johan Englund (SWE) 2
21. Marcello Merkle (SUI) 0
All players got a bye. Tie-break was strength of opposition.
Players from the same country were never paired against each other and only one player from each country could advance to the semifinals (so Feldborg advanced the third day in place of Rose). [rule canceled after this championship]
1. USA 24.5 pts 2. FRA 22.5 pts 3. GBR 21 pts 4. ITA 19.5 pts 5. JPN 15 pts 6. DEN 13.5 pts 7. SWE 7 pts 8. SUI 3 pts
Crosstable and round by round results/standings
- Swiss-system crosstable
- Round 1
- Round 2
- Round 3
- Round 4
- Round 5
- Round 6
- Round 7
- Round 8
- Round 9
- Round 10
- Round 11
- Round 12
- Round 13
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