Report

General

The Brussels Othello Open will be held on Sunday February 24th 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!

In 2018 the last tournament was played at the same venue:

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• result
  

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 Brussels Othello Open Facebook event

Currently 11 players have officially subscribed.

Name	Country	Status	Rating
Tom Schotte	BEL	A	2036
Nick Reunes	BEL	A	1747
Frédéric Nicholls	BEL	A	1596
Carlo Affatigato	ITA	B	1195
Laurent Grandjean	FRA	P	700
Sander Schotte	BEL	P/J	310
Wout Schotte	BEL	P/J	159
Sha Jiang	CHN	N/F	-
Agata Gozdzik	POL	N/F	-
Przemek Raniczkowski	POL	N	-
Stanislaw Raniczkowski	POL	N/J	-

Status*: A = Advanced, B = Beginner , P = Promising player, F = Female, N = New (no rating)

Location

Taverne Den Apostroff
Brusselstraat 195
1702 Groot-Bijgaarden
http://taverneapostroff.be

Concept

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.

Entry fee

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

Planning

• 11:00 Subscriptions
• 11:15 First round
• 17:30 End of the tournament and prize ceremony

Carpooling

There is at least one car leaving from Ghent region, please contact Tom for this.

Hotels

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

Prizes

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

• First place