Report

General

The Brussels Othello Open will be held on Saturday February 25th 2017. 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 2017 and the Foreigners Grand Prix 2017.

We're hoping to welcome many players!

In 2010 the last tournament in Brussels was played:

• report
  
• 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 5 players have officially subscribed.

Name	Country	Status	Rating
Tom Schotte	BEL	A	2023
Nick Reunes	BEL	A	1781
Rosalinde de Boer	BEL	A/F	1678
Frédéric Nicholls	BEL	D	1532
Frauke Van de Moortel	BEL	A/F	1349

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 20-25 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
• Last place