Origin

The Japanese Othello Association is using a similar system where victories in one of the main tournaments are rewarded the most. Eight players are 9 DAN, which means they have at least won 9 major tournaments: WOC, Meijin, All Japan or Ouza-sen. The players are: Hideshi Tamenori, Suekuni Makoto, Takeshi Murakami, Masaki Takizawa, Kazuhiro Sakaguchi, Yusuke Takanashi,Kazuki Okamoto and Akihiro Takahashi.

How to calculate?

In Belgium we are using a progressive system:

DAN-ranking

All Belgian tournaments since 1992, played on Belgian soil have been taken into account to calculate the DAN ranking. The latest update occured after the Diegem Othello Open (March 2025). Tom Schotte (since Ghent Easter Tournament - March 2016) is the only player who has 7 DAN. There are eleven 6 DAN players. Since 1992 no less than 539 different players competed Belgian tournaments.

Players Country DAN
SCHOTTE Tom BEL 7
REUNES Nick BEL 6.23
VAN DEN BIGGELAAR Nicky NLD 6.2
DE GRAAF Jan C. NLD 6.14
HOBO Roel NLD 6.11
KORTENDIJK Albert NLD 6.1
VAES Dimitri BEL 6.07
FRANSEN Martin NLD 6.06
KASHIWABARA Takuji FRA 6.02
PEPERKAMP Marcel BEL 6.01
DE WAEL Jeroen BEL 6.01
VAN DAMME Brecht BEL 6.01
DE BOER Rosalinde NLD 6.01
SNEEK Marcel NLD 5.19
MAY Michael BEL 5.18
PRASEPTYO Linda NLD 5.18
TASTET Marc FRA 5.18
HELMES Sido NLD 5.16
REIJNDERS Ralph NLD 5.16
CORDY Alexandre FRA 5.14
VIVIANI Alberto ITA 5.11
LEADER Imre GBR 5.11
HELMES Jiska NLD 5.08
BERG Matthias DEU 5.06
DOLEZAL Vladislav CZE 5.05
LEVY-ABEGNOLI Thierry FRA 5.05
DAIX Alain BEL 5.04
DE BOER Akke-lien NLD 5.04
ANDRIANI Bintsa FRA 5.04
ALARD Serge BEL 5.03
CASPARD Emmanuel FRA 5.02
NICOLET Stephane FRA 5.02
TURNER Ian GBR 5.02
VAN DEN BERG Erwin NLD 5.01
VAN DE MOORTEL Frauke BEL 5.01
DELAUNAY Arnaud FRA 5
LECAT Renaud BEL 5
BRIGHTWELL Graham GBR 5
SHAMAN David USA 5
DARCK Nancy BEL 5
DE MOOR Nadja BEL 4.15
NICHOLLS Frederic BEL 4.12
BARRE Sebastien FRA 4.12
PENLOUP Dominique FRA 4.11
DUFOUR Daniel NLD 4.11
DELFANTE Eric BEL 4.11
ORTEGAT Virginie BEL 4.1
AUZENDE Frederic FRA 4.1
KIATNARONGROB Dispong THA 4.1
THIJS Wouter BEL 4.1
KRACZYK Roman POL 4.09
STEENTOFT Benkt SWE 4.09
HERBEUVAL Olivier BEL 4.08
VAN DAMME Jan BEL 4.08
DEMOOR Daphne BEL 4.07
HOEHNE Andreas DEU 4.07
SUEKUNI Makoto JAP 4.07
WETTERGREN Niklas SWE 4.07
VUYE Cedric BEL 4.06
SCHOTTE Wout BEL 4.06
MARGARIT Eric FRA 4.06
BORASSI Michele ITA 4.05
DUFOUR Mark NLD 4.05
BERNER Johan SWE 4.05
VAN LANGENDONCKT Michel BEL 4.04
VERSTUYFT Bart BEL 4.04
AUBROECK Patrick NLD 4.04
ORTIZ George AUS 4.03
AFFATIGATO Carlo ITA 4.03
MARCONI Francesco ITA 4.03
JUIGNER Arthur FRA 4.03
DOIGNIE Fabrice BEL 4.03
CANTAMESSA Alessandro BEL 4.02
MONNOM Olivier BEL 4.02
FELDBORG Karsten DK 4.02
DOUSSE Stephane CH 4.02
LUND JENSEN Erik DK 4.02
HOETJES Tim NLD 4.02
HIDAYAT Romy RI 4.02
VERSTUYFT Eline BEL 4.02
VERSTUYFT Jana BEL 4.02
VAN DE ZANDE Josbert NLD 4.02
STANZIONE Pierluigi ITA 4.01
LECAT Monique BEL 4.01
ANDRIANI Sandry FRA 4.01
VORACEK Miroslav CZE 4.01
PECZKOWSKI Pawel POL 4.01
TAKANASHI Yusuke JAP 4.01
BURNAY Dimitri BEL 4.01
SCHOTTE Sander BEL 4
HOOGHE Mieke BEL 4
ROERADE Jeroen NLD 4
EKLUND Oskar SWE 4
QUAZZO Claude FRA 4
KJELLBERG Arvid SWE 3.8
JULIEN Serge BEL 3.8
ODEGARD Martin NOR 3.8
TAKAHASHI Akihiro JPN 3.7
DE GREY Aubrey GBR 3.7
VAN GIMST Anja NLD 3.7
PUZZO Luigi ITA 3.7
DELFANTE Christophe BEL 3.7
WU Katie HKG 3.7
AUNCHULEE Piyanat THA 3.6
VAN LANDEGHEM Karen BEL 3.6
ROSSLER Daniel DEU 3.6
TASTET Remi FRA 3.6
VALLUND Henrik DK 3.6
SZYSZKO Lukasz POL 3.6
TOMEI Robin NLD 3.6
BLIJLEVEN Mireille NLD 3.6
HUBBARD Geoff AUS 3.6
SCHOTTE Bram BEL 3.5
CHIARULLI Giuseppe ITA 3.5
DUFOUR Noa NLD 3.5
VAN SEGGELEN Trees NLD 3.5
FRONMARK Marcus SWE 3.5
MODELLATORE Tonya DEU 3.5
PIHLAJAPURO Lari FIN 3.5
VOLVERT Romain BEL 3.5
ILBRINK Jarl NLD 3.5
ROGOSZ Magdalena POL 3.5
CAGLEY Leslie USA 3.5
DE LIT Pierre BEL 3.5
DEBRAY Dominique BEL 3.4
HORN Per DK 3.4
DE GRAAF Wendy NLD 3.4
JENA Tuur BEL 3.4
HANDEL Michael GBR 3.4
JOHNSON Greg USA 3.4
AAGAARD-HANSEN Jens DK 3.4
DE GRAAF Corrie NLD 3.4
MAMYTCHINKO Alexei BEL 3.4
DAUBA Cedric FRA 3.4
FU Jacky HKG 3.3
ALBRIGTSEN Vidar NOR 3.3
SHIFMAN Ilya ISR 3.3
EVERTS Jeroen SWE 3.3
CUPIAL Milosz POL 3.3
MEIJER Arnoud NLD 3.3
LI Chun Wan HKG 3.3
URASHIMA Mei JAP 3.3
PIAU Didier FRA 3.3
CLAASSEN Mathijs NLD 3.3
VAN DIJK Marieke NLD 3.3
LEMAIRE Philippe BEL 3.3
ROOS Stan BEL 3.3
HAND David GBR 3.3
SUGAWARA Misa JPN 3.3
BARRASS Iain GBR 3.2
VERSTUYFT Jan BEL 3.2
SEKNADJE Jose FRA 3.2
FANG Randy USA 3.2
BADSTED Palle DK 3.2
KUNIHIKO Tanida JAP 3.2
BERNER Nils SWE 3.2
DECOEYERE Eric FRA 3.2
SPERANDIO Robert ITA 3.2
SAIZ Ruben ESP 3.2
FEINSTEIN Joel GBR 3.2
DE GRAAF Jasmijn NLD 3.2
NOWAK Dominik POL 3.2
FLOCKMAN Annie BEL 3.2
TSUCHIDA Daisuke JAP 3.2
DOUDA Tomas CZE 3.2
DI MATTEI Alessandro ITA 3.2
HEMPIJIT Woramet THA 3.2
VAN DAMME Frank Ivo BEL 3.2
LANG Yongzhi CHN 3.2
POLIAKOFF Pierre BEL 3.2
LEONG Kit Chee SGP 3.2
DE VRIES Anouk NLD 3.2
FUKUNAGA Kohachi JPN 3.2
KURITA Seiya JPN 3.2
KAZIMIERCZUK Mariusz POL 3.2
SEITS Roy NLD 3.2
SCHMIDT Sebastian DEU 3.2
HONGTHONG Anon THA 3.2
OKAMOTO Kazuki JAP 3.2
TAKIZAWA Masaki JAP 3.2
TANA Patcharaporn THA 3.1
ZEMELKA Jan SWE 3.1
YUAN Ke CHN 3.1
SCHAAF Michael DEU 3.1
JUHEM Philippe FRA 3.1
EDMEAD Garry GBR 3.1
LILLA Kamil POL 3.1
TERRAS Eva BEL 3.1
MAKKONEN Olli FIN 3.1
VAN AUTREVE Evelyne BEL 3.1
OTAKA Tomoki JPN 3.1
ILACQUA Gianluca ITA 3.1
VAN DEN BRANDT Joke BEL 3.1
FREDERIX Gijs BEL 3.1
TAKIGAWA Mitsuaki JAP 3.1
ZHANG Qhinyi CHN 3.1
PLOWMAN Guy GBR 3.1
RYBARIK Ivo CZE 3.1
MITMEAN Charinee THA 3.1
SHIFMAN Leonid ISR 3.1
GRANDJEAN Laurent BEL 3.1
SLADEK Vitek CZE 3.1
NI Haifang NLD 3.1
VAN GIMST Ruud NLD 3.1
VAN DER AUWERA Bjorn BEL 3.1
LAURENT Raphael BEL 3.1
STENBERG Veronica SWE 3.1
SAMCHENKO Alexander RUS 3.1
DEN HAAN Frank NLD 3.1
TAMAKI Suguru JAP 3.1
CALENDAR Hugo SWE 3.1
LECAT Florian BEL 3
NELIS Bernard BEL 3
FOSCHI Damiano ITA 3
SYACHIN Alexander RUS 3
ROSE Joseph USA 3
HASSAN Ahmed EGY 3
CECILLON Olivier FRA 3
KER Ming Han SGP 3
TVEDT Sverre NOR 3
JOHANSSON Erik SWE 3
IN HET ZANDT Bas NLD 3
DEMOOR Yara BEL 3
VOLVERT Quentin BEL 3
LEE Chunae KOR 3
DEVRIENDT Ferre BEL 3
DI COLA Severino ITA 3
CAPELLE Stephane FRA 3
DORBECK Anne NLD 3
BENOIT Serge FRA 3
LECAT Antoine BEL 3
BUKA Michal POL 3
TURUNEN Daniel SWE 3
LAURE Christelle BEL 3
VANHOUTTE Tine BEL 3
VAN DAELE Kris BEL 3
DVIVON Konstantin ISR 3
ZHANG Qhizeng CHN 3
ZILLIG Remko NLD 3
DEMOOR Myrthe BEL 3
YANG Kelvin HKG 3
GOH Jun Jie Anthony SGP 3
BONTE Jelle BEL 3
BERTRANDIAS Marc NLD 3
SHIFMAN Micky ISR 3
VAN HEERE Mark NLD 3
GARDEBRINK Christian SWE 3
ASPENRYD Henry SWE 3
ROSE Brian USA 3
LAM Maverick HKG 3
SANO Yoko JPN 3
HAMMERVIK Pal Tore Olsen NOR 3
SAUFNAY Stephanie BEL 3
SPERANDIO Damiano ITA 3
JUIGNER Felix FRA 3
SCOGNAMOGLIO Paolo ITA 3
BURNAY Kerwan BEL 3
FREIBURGHAUS Kim SWE 3
DUMOULIN Jozef BEL 3
LEMAIRE Daniel BEL 3
SZYSZKO Krzysztof POL 3
SOKANKATE Duangkamol THA 3
ROBERT Tatiana FRA 3
RADZIVILOVSKY Pavel ISR 3
BARNABA Donato ITA 3
DECLERCK Frederik BEL 3
RINE Pat BEL 3
PANAJARN Linsue THA 2.3
SANBERG ODSELL Caroline SWE 2.3
JANSSENS Kirsten BEL 2.3
TOUCHEN Fouad DZA 2.3
ARNOLD Roy GBR 2.3
ZIEBA Arkadiusz POL 2.3
QUINTIN Nans BEL 2.3
HOORNAERT Oceane BEL 2.3
BJORK Lisbeth SWE 2.3
KUJAWA Ewa POL 2.3
BURNAY Sacha BEL 2.3
SURY Bartlomiej POL 2.3
VYAS Mehul IND 2.3
LITSAS Andreas GRC 2.3
DEXTER Helen GBR 2.3
DORBECK Anne NLD 2.3
SAWALA Rita NOR 2.3
BRACCHI Andre FRA 2.3
SOETENS Ruben BEL 2.3
ROMANO Benedetto ITA 2.3
VECCHI Elisabetta ITA 2.3
DUPONT Frederic BEL 2.3
FASCE Paolo ITA 2.3
KLATTEN Linda NLD 2.3
VALLUND Torben DK 2.3
RICHENS Julian GBR 2.3
BACH Gunnar DEU 2.3
YANAGI Michiko JAP 2.3
RIGNELL Daniel SWE 2.3
CASTELLANO Giorgio ITA 2.3
KORTLEVER Andre NLD 2.3
SAAKES Tobias NLD 2.3
VANDENBOSSCHE Raphael BEL 2.3
MICHAELSEN Peter DNK 2.3
DAIROKUNO Mitsuru BRA 2.3
MARICHAL Patrick BEL 2.3
LEFEBVRE Thierry FRA 2.3
NUPRASERT Siwasan THA 2.3
RAZGONNIKOFF Alexandre BEL 2.3
ELGER Marlis DEU 2.3
SKOGEN Tor Birger NOR 2.3
COLLAY Sophie FRA 2.3
GORNERT Daniel DEU 2.3
DE FLOU Mathias BEL 2.3
MITSI Christina GRC 2.2
VAN PUYMBROEK Martine BEL 2.2
BENGTSSON Ulf SWE 2.2
VAN DER WAGT Ben NLD 2.2
BOE Alexander NOR 2.2
MARGALIOT Michael ISR 2.2
KORTENDIJK Oscar NLD 2.2
DE BEUKELAER Stijn BEL 2.2
BISHOP Robert USA 2.2
PARK Jonghyun KOR 2.2
DORSIMONT Guilain FRA 2.2
TASTET Sophie FRA 2.2
LECAT Maxime BEL 2.2
MURAWSKI Stefan DEU 2.2
WEBER Gertrud DEU 2.2
MAKELBERGE Dries BEL 2.2
YOSIFOVICH Danielle ISR 2.2
ZILLIG Isabel NLD 2.2
MACALUSO Stefano BEL 2.2
ULVEDAL JENSEN Elisabeth DNK 2.2
LEE Mikael KOR 2.2
DREESEN Gunner BEL 2.2
VELTMAN Anne NLD 2.2
GREGERSEN Jonas Lindholt DK 2.2
LEMAIRE Nathalie BEL 2.2
CUVIER Christian FRA 2.2
ZILLIG Sanna NLD 2.2
SELBY Matthew GBR 2.2
NICOLAS Caroline FRA 2.2
LEHMAN Serge BEL 2.2
VERSTUYFT Andor BEL 2.2
YE Liya CHN 2.2
FONSECA NEVES Natascha NLD 2.2
BARSOTTI Paolo ITA 2.2
SCHERNO Dominique FRA 2.2
ILITCH Juliette BEL 2.2
LINDSTROM Eric USA 2.2
OUREGA Loh Jeannot CIV 2.1
BUDINO Ricardo ESP 2.1
JACOBS Kristoffel BEL 2.1
RUBIO Celine FRA 2.1
GIANNINI Valentino ITA 2.1
WELTY Chris USA 2.1
GIGLIUCCI Chiara ITA 2.1
KATZMAN Sharon USA 2.1
ZIEBA Grzegorz POL 2.1
TURNER Alison GBR 2.1
VAN GIMST Simone NLD 2.1
BRUYNINCKX Luc BEL 2.1
WARENDIEN Carole FRA 2.1
VERNEROVA Andrea SVK 2.1
AUGUSTIJN Arjan NLD 2.1
DE HAAN Kees NLD 2.1
MEULEMAN Karel BEL 2.1
OUREGA Irene Gallo CIV 2.1
TJASSENS Dennis NLD 2.1
ROOS Diederik NLD 2.1
EVRARD Jeremy BEL 2.1
VOLVERT Corentin BEL 2.1
BURVENICH Claude BEL 2.1
LUXHOJ STOVRING Pia DNK 2.1
TALLOEN Sara BEL 2.1
ZINCEKO Nikita CZE 2.1
LANNOY Claire BEL 2.1
RUBELE Renzo ITA 2.1
REUNES Sigrid BEL 2.1
MARICHAL Alexander BEL 2.1
STARKEY Helen GBR 2.1
LECLERC Sylvie FRA 2.1
CANTAMESSA Pierre BEL 2.1
LIGHTMAN Marie GBR 2.1
MUTTI Andrea ITA 2.1
D'HAEYER Sofie BEL 2.1
VECCHI Maria Serena ITA 2.1
TURNER Tanith BEL 2.1
VANGEENBERGHE Patrick BEL 2.1
MARCINIAK Bartosz POL 2.1
LECOCQ Christian BEL 2.1
BUYCK Lien BEL 2.1
MICHEL Dany BEL 2.1
DELANOTE Marijn BEL 2.1
DEMOOR Thycho BEL 2.1
CLAEYS Tony BEL 2.1
BIARD Patricia NLD 2
ACHTEN Hendrik BEL 2
OVION Jacques FRA 2
LU Joan Hsiu BRA 2
HUYGH Bernard BEL 2
BEUSCART Corinne FRA 2
NIKOLIDOU Vivia GRC 2
MARCHAL Patrice BEL 2
GILLET Aurore BEL 2
GERARD Francois BEL 2
VAN DER VEKEN Lieve BEL 2
CODRON Bruno FRA 2
YABLONSKAYA Alena BLR 2
DUBOIS D'AISCHE Yves BEL 2
NIELSEN Alberte Josefine DNK 2
SAUZEZ Ophelie BEL 2
BENTOLILA Sarah FRA 2
BULCKE Niene BEL 2
DAI Min CHN 2
ROBINSON Steven GBR 2
DEMBINKSI Wito BEL 2
DIEPENMAAT Jeroen NLD 2
VAN DORPE Niki BEL 2
VOLVERT Owen BEL 2
JIANG Sha CHN 2
THEUWISSEN Griet BEL 2
PELLE Domiique BEL 2
VAN GIMST Thijs NLD 2
VAN GILS Wendelien NLD 2
VAN DIJK Bart BEL 2
VAN DIJK Dirk NLD 2
STERCK Thierry BEL 2
VOLVERT Christopher BEL 2
DELAHAYE Jean BEL 2
VIEVEEN Jos NLD 2
LANDRAIN Veronique BEL 2
MARICHAEL Rinus BEL 2
JORION Bernard BEL 2
COUTURIAUX Eric BEL 2
MACALUSO Paolo BEL 2
MATTHYS Benoit BEL 2
TURNER Kali GBR 2
DE GROOF Vera BEL 2
KRASTEV Dimitar BGR 2
VAN DER WAGT Jan NLD 2
BLANVILLAIN Xavier BEL 2
WARD Jan NLD 2
REED Eric USA 2
DEBORGGRAEF Benoit BEL 2
WITTING Sipke NLD 2
BATREAU Maggy BEL 2
BATAILLE Patrick BEL 2
ANDRIEUX Marc FRA 2
BONGERS Joris BEL 2
DOHOGNE Yves BEL 2
SAELENS Jeroom BEL 1
MARICHAEL Aaron BEL 1
DE LILLE Felix BEL 1
HABRAKEN Nico BEL 1
HOENS Lieselotte BEL 1
VECHTER Ivan BEL 1
VAN DAMME Pepijn BEL 1
MAY Merel BEL 1
RANICZKOWSKI Przemek POL 1
NUYTTENS Liesbeth BEL 1
BOUSARD Steven BEL 1
BLANKENDAAL Juduth NLD 1
TORRI Marie-Christine FRA 1
BETIN Dominique FRA 1
PETERS Alain BEL 1
HENRY Alain BEL 1
JACOBS Peter BEL 1
ROBYN Yonas BEL 1
MONTJOIE Patrick BEL 1
POHJOINEN Petri FIN 1
REMEU Jan BEL 1
GOZDZIK Agata POL 1
TYTGAT Mathis BEL 1
LANDRAIN Andre BEL 1
IN HET ZANDT Paul NLD 1
VAN DE MOORTEL Luc BEL 1
DE SMAELE Danielle BEL 1
SILVOSO Manuel BEL 1
DE VRIES Jiska NLD 1
VAN PEER Vincent BEL 1
AUROUSSEAU Benjamin BEL 1
VOLVERT Laurent BEL 1
BUYSSE Fleur BEL 1
MAY Manuel BEL 1
ROBYN Dave BEL 1
YOUENS Robyn GBR 1
JANQUART Bert BEL 1
REN Zhiyao CHN 1
PORREZ Silke BEL 1
BLANVILLAIN Xavier BEL 1
VAN DER LAAG Sjoerd NLD 1
VANDEPEUTE Alain NLD 1
QUAIFE Sharon BEL 1
VANDIERENDONCK Bieke BEL 1
BLUM Gerhard DEU 1
CARCAGNOLO Nicolas FRA 1
CHARLIER Bruno BEL 1
TREBINI Jolande NLD 1
JAMES Hayley GBR 1
TREBINI Romano NLD 1
DECLERCK Eline BEL 1
BIVER Jean-Marc BEL 1
DECUPERE Joost BEL 1
VERSTRAETE Ludo BEL 1
OTTINGER Tilly BEL 0
LECAT Nicolas BEL 0
ROBYN Katia BEL 0
GREVIN Marie-Rose FRA 0
DE MOOR Sam BEL 0
RANICZKOWSKI Stanislaw POL 0
HILDEN Jukka FIN 0
PENNINCKX Luc BEL 0
PINTUS Raphael BEL 0
SPRINGUEL Chantal BEL 0
STILLEN Kevin BEL 0
VAN KEIRSBILCK Felipe BEL 0
GUILLAUME Mathieu BEL 0
SCHOTTE Jean-Pierre BEL 0
EECKHOUT Eddy BEL 0
Xin Wang CHN 0
CLAEYS Arthur BEL 0
JOOS Lien BEL 0
PEETERS Ellen BEL 0
STAELENS Kurt BEL 0
LIGHTMAN Albert GBR 0
DEWITTE Nicolas BEL 0
DELGRANGE Anne-Vicky BEL 0
DHONT Sandra BEL 0
HABRAKEN Jeroen BEL 0
COLAS Olivier BEL 0
VECHTER Gerben BEL 0
LEENAERT Tom BEL 0
DUQUE Olivier BEL 0
VANNIER Luc BEL 0
KORTENDIJK Bauke NLD 0
DONCKERS Stephanie BEL 0
VERSTUYFT Pepijn BEL 0
BUYSSE Zoe BEL 0
JACQUES Christophe BEL 0