Report

General

The 2nd Ursel Othello Open will be held on Saturday January 12th 2019. More information can be found in the sections below. Questions and remarks can be sent to the organisation. This tournament is part of the Belgian Grand Prix 2019 and the Foreigners Grand Prix 2019.

We're hoping to welcome many players!

Subscriptions

We would appreciate upfront subscriptions. In this way we are sure to foresee a sufficient number of boards and clocks. Of course it remains possible to show up unexpectedly. There are several ways to subscribe:

• By mailing Tom
• By phoning/texting Tom
• Via the Ursel Othello Open Facebook event

Currently 6 players have officially subscribed for the A event

Name	Country	Status	Rating
Tom Schotte	BEL	A	2029
Nick Reunes	BEL	A	1736
Brecht Van Damme	BEL	A	1626
Frédéric Nicholls	BEL	A	1598
Frauke Van de Moortel	BEL	A/F	1448
Bart Verstuyft (morning only)	BEL	P	792

Status*: A = Advanced, B = Beginner , P = Promising player, F = Female, N = New (no rating)
(**) not sure yet

Currently 17 players have officially subscribed for the promising tournament

Name	Country	Status	Rating
Bart Verstuyft	BEL	P	792
Tony Claeys	BEL	P	734
Mieke Hooghe	BEL	P/F	681
Jana Verstuyft	BEL	P/F/J	600
Eline Verstuyft	BEL	P/F/J	592
Evelyne Van Autreve	BEL	P/F	501
Wout Schotte	BEL	P/J	373
Sander Schotte	BEL	P/J	313
Karel Meuleman	BEL	N	-
Dries Makelberge	BEL	N	-
Karen Van Landeghem	BEL	N/F	-
Rinus Marichael	BEL	N	-
Niene Bulcke	BEL	N/F/J	-
Fleur Buysse	BEL	N/F/J	-
Aaron Marichael	BEL	N/J	-
Myrthe Demoor	BEL	N/F/J	-
Zoe Buysse	BEL	/N/F/J	-

Status*: A = Advanced, B = Beginner , P = Promising player, F = Female, N = New (no rating)
(**) not sure yet

Location

Ijzeren Hand 16
9910 (Ursel)

Concept

Main event: 7 Swiss rounds (everyone faces opponent with the same amount of wins - as much as possible). The clocks will be set to 20 minutes for every player.

Promising event: 5 Swiss rounds (everyone faces opponent with the same amount of wins - as much as possible). The clocks will be set to 15 minutes for every player.

Entry fee

• 10 euro for advanced players
• 5 euro for beginners, students and unemployed
• free entry voor new and promising players

Planning

• 09:15 Venue open
• 09:30 Subscriptions
• 10:00 First round
• 13:00 Lunch
• 13:00 Initiation
• 14:00 Start Promising tournament
• 17:30 End of the tournament and prize ceremony

Carpooling

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Hotels

Please check the hotel websites in the neighbourhood of Ghent for accomodation.

Prizes

At the end of the tournament a number of prizes in separate categories will be awarded.

• First place
• Second Place
• Best female
• Best beginner
• Best promising player/new player