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General

Saturday November 25th (in the afternoon) the fourth Belgian XOT tournament will be held:

• The tournament will be organised according the to XOT principle: a random position will be put on the board after a sequence of 8 moves (12 discs on the board). This position should be more or less equal. From this position both players start the game.
• The paring will be based on the number of points won throughout the tournament: ideally every one will play games against someone with the same number of points.
• Every one is welcome, also less experienced and/or new players
• This tournament is valid for the Belgian Grand Prix 2018 of de Foreigners Grand Prix 2018 and counts for the World Othello Championship 2018 qualification. The result of the tournament is not important: every one wll receive 2 points.
• The tournament will NOT count for the World Othello Rating
• After the tournament the General Meeting 2017 will be held
• After the tournament there will be the opportunity to play some games of pool and/or snooker

Further informations and an overview of the subscriptions can be found in the underneath sections. Remarks and questions can be directed to us at anytime.

We hope to welcoming many players!

In 2016 the tournament went like this:

• report
  
• result
  

Subscriptions

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

• By mailing Tom
• By texting Tom
• XOT-tournament Facebook event

Currently 12 players have subscribed.

Name	Country	Status	Rating
Tom Schotte	BEL	A	2021
Jan de Graaf	NLD	A	1848
Frédéric Nicholls	BEL	A	1611
Brecht Van Damme	BEL	A	1555
Frauke Van de Moortel	BEL	A/F	1398
Mireille Blijleven	NLD	A	1329
Wendy de Graaf	NLD	B/J/F	1019
Jasmijn de Graaf	NLD	P/J/F	700
Jana Verstuyft	BEL	P/J/F	393
Sander Schotte	BEL	P/J	311
Eline Verstuyft	BEL	P/J/F	230
Mieke Hooghe	BEL	N/F	-

Status*: A = Advanced, B = Beginner , P = Promising player, F = Female, N = New (without rating)

Location

De Pomerans Snooker & Loungebar
Dorp Oost 5a
9080 Lochristi

Pairing system

6 rounds Swiss paring (every one plays as much as possible against opponents with the same number of wins). The clocks will be set to 15 minutes per person per game.

Entry fee

• free
• please bring along your good mood :)

Schedule

• 13:30 Subscriptions [venue opens 13:00]
• 14:00 Round one
• 17:30 End of tournament and prize ceremony
• 18:00 Dinner + drinks
• 19:00 Pool and snooker

Carpooling

For players outside Ghent, feel free to post a message on Facebook for carpooling.

Hotels

Please contact Tom if accomodations would be required.

Prizes

We will foresee a prize for the winner. If in any of the other categories (women, junior, beginners, promising player, new) a sufficient amount of players attends, we'll foresee a prize as well.