Report

General

The 1st Ursel Othello Open will be held on Saturday January 13th 2018. 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 2018 and the Foreigners Grand Prix 2018.

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 15 players have officially subscribed.

Name	Country	Status	Rating
Tom Schotte	BEL	A	2042
Jan de Graaf	NLD	A	1840
Nick Reunes	BEL	A	1745
Rosalinde de Boer	BEL	A/F	1627
Marcel Sneek	NLD	A	1578
Frauke Van de Moortel	BEL	A/F	1405
Linda Klatten	NLD	P/F	620
Bart Verstuyft	BEL	P	581
Jana Verstuyft	BEL	P/F/J	392
Eline Verstuyft	BEL	P/F/J	226
Mieke Hooghe	BEL	N/F	-
Evelyne Van Autreve	BEL	N/F	-
Tony Claeys	BEL	N	-
Arthur Claeys	BEL	N/J	-
Sandra Dhont	BEL	N/F	-

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

Location

Ijzeren Hand 16
9910 (Ursel)

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

• 09:15 Venue open
• 09:30 Subscriptions
• 10:00 First round
• 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
• Voucher for one of the promising players/new players