LF Open 23/01/2010

Ranking of the 5 players after round 5:

1: 5 pts [228] HUBBARD Geoff (804)
2: 4 pts [172] STOEVRING Pia (1059)
3: 3 pts [199] NIELSEN Kim J. (1045)
4: 2 pts [134] STOKKE Solrun (1981)
5: 1 pt [107] TERKELSEN Signe (220001)

En af verdens mest prestigefyldte og hårdeste othello turneringer, den japanske Meijin, blev afviklet sidste weekend. Af de 128 kvalificerede deltagere, gennemførte 127. Det er værd at bemærke, at den regerende verdensmester Tamenori, måtte nøjes med en 6. plads. Længere nede i resultatet, holder tidligere VM-finalisterne næsten i kø.

Result (127 players):
1.Tetsuya Nakajima
2.?????? Sugase
3.Tamaki Miyaoka
4.Daisuke Tsuchida
5.????? Nakano
6.Hideshi Tamenori
7.Tomohiro Ohno
8.Masaki Takizawa
9.Makoto Suekuni
10.Yuji Miyazaki
11.Hiroshi Goto
22.Takeshi Murakami
25.Shigeru Kaneda
35.Kazuhiro Sakaguchi
41.Kenta Tominaga
55.Kunihiko Tanida
56.Souhei Sasaki

Female result(about 25 players):
1.Megumi Souda <- She won against Yoko Sano and Hisako Hoshi.
2.Hisako Hoshi
3.Yoko Sano
4.Yukiko Tatsumi

1: 12. pts [1182] DOVLAND Johan (1894) {N1}
2: 10.5 pts [1123] FRANSSON-JOHNSSON Joel (1509) {S1}
[1115] BOE Alexander (1878) {N1}
4: 9. pts [1168] HAUGLAND Jan Kristian (1868) {N1}
[1085] LARSEN Caspar Pagh (1040) {DK1}
6: 8. pts [1000] BERG Robert (1993) {N2}
7: 7.5 pts [1024] INGELMAN-SUNDBERG Simon (1495) {S1}
[1006] BJUR Magnus (2506) {N2}
9: 7. pts [1077] VALLUND Henrik (96) {DK1}
[1070] HERMANSSEN Kim (1560) {S2} - bedste amatør
[1061] STENBERG Veronica (1375) {S2}
[1054] NIELSEN Kim J. (1045) {DK1}
[1020] ASPENRYD Henry (1513) {S1}
[966] SOSNOWSKI Mateusz (1389) {S3} - amatør
[946] AKERLIND Josefin (1564) {S3} - amatør
[937] SKOGEN Tor-Birger (1802) {N2}
[934] HANSEN Claus Oestergaard (1080) {DK6} - bedste debutant
18: 6.5 pts [978] MAGNUSSON Johan (1379) {S2}
[932] STOKKE Solrun (1981) {DK2} - amatør
[898] AAGAARD-HANSEN Jens (1019) {DK2}
21: 6. pts [883] STORM Henning (1047) {DK4} - amatør
[839] LAMADRID Frederico (1572) {S3} - debutant
[828] CHRISTENSEN Mikkel Baekhoej (1050) {DK2} - amatør
[814] JENSEN Kim Dennis (1048) {DK3} - amatør
25: 5.5 pts [919] MAARTENSSON Mikael (1017) {DK3} - amatør
[765] KARLSSON Simon (1078) {DK5} - debutant/bedste junior
27: 5. pts [731] PEDERSEN Bo (1079) {DK6} - debutant
28: 4.5 pts [793] PEDERSEN Mads (1075) {DK3} - amatør
29: 4. pts [704] BAK Anne-Mette (1077) {DK5} - debutant/junior
30: 3. pts [665] FILTENBORG Dorthe (1074) {DK5} - amatør
31: 2.5 pts [756] -STOEVRING Pia (1059) {DK4} - amatør (kun runde 1-7)
[702] BJEREGAARD Lianne (1073) {DK4} - amatør
33: 2. pts [668] NOER Simone (1081) {DK6} - debutant/junior

Ranking of the 11 teams after round 13:

N1 31.5 pts (Jan Kr / Alexander / Johan)
S1 25 pts (Joel / Henry / Simon)
DK1 23 pts (Caspar / Henrik / Kim N)
N2 22.5 pts
S2 20.5 pts
S3 20 pts
DK2 19 pts
DK3 16 pts
DK6 14 pts
DK5 12.5 pts
DK4 11 pts

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Final results:
Ben Seeley 14 617
Edmund Yiu 10.5 506
"Eddie" Williams 9.5 515
Randy Fang 8 444
Yohanes Chitra 7 434
Jonson Limurty 5 318
Andrea Guarducci 2 240
Ronald Shaw 0 59

Standings after 11 rounds. 

 1. Imre Leader (Great Britain) ......... 9.0 
 2. Matthias Berg (Germany) ............. 8.0 (Q Final)
 =. Francesco Marconi (Italy) ........... 8.0 (Q 3rd/4th)
 4. Roel Hobo (Netherlands) ............. 7.0 (Q 3rd/4th)
 =. Elisabetta Vecchi (Italy) ........... 7.0
 6. Bintsa Andriani (Madagascar) ........ 6.0
 =. Michael Handel  (Great Britain)...... 6.0
 =. Ian Turner (Great Britain) .......... 6.0
 9. Andy Aspden (Great Britain) ......... 5.0
 =. Geoff Hubbard (Australia) ........... 5.0 
 =. Roman Kraczyk (Poland) .............. 5.0 
 =. George Ortiz (Australia) ............ 5.0 
13. Josbert van de Zande (Netherlands) .. 4.5
14. Ben Pridmore (Great Britain) ........ 4.0
==. Roy Arnold (Great Britain) .......... 4.0
==. Aidan Robison (Great Britain) ....... 4.0
17. Jeremy Dyer (Great Britain) ........  3.0 
18. David Haigh (Great Britain) ........  2.5 

Final:
Matthias Berg beat Imre Leader 39-25, 30-34, 40-24

3rd/4th place play-off:
Francesco Marconi beat Roel Hobo 35-29, 32-32, 31-33