General

The 2nd Ursel Othello Open will be held on Sunday January 19th 2020. 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 2020 and the Foreigners Grand Prix 2020.

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 6 players have officially subscribed for the A event

Name	Country	Status	Rating
Tom Schotte	BEL	A	2056
Nick Reunes	BEL	A	1738
Brecht Van Damme	BEL	A	1655
Carlo Affatigato	ITA	A	1503
Frauke Van de Moortel	BEL	A/F	1492
Bart Verstuyft	BEL	P	701

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

Currently 10 players have officially subscribed for the promising tournament

Name	Country	Status	Rating
Bart Verstuyft	BEL	P	701
Eline Verstuyft	BEL	P/F/J	585
Jana Verstuyft	BEL	P/F/J	561
Daphne Demoor	BEL	P	516
Karen Van Landeghem	BEL	P/F	339
Myrthe Demoor	BEL	P/F/J	312
Yara Demoor	BEL	N/F/J	-
Dave Robyn	BEL	N/J	-
Yonas Robyn	BEL	N/J	-
Katia Robyn	BEL	N/J/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

Main event: 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.

Promising event: 5 Swiss rounds (everyone faces opponent with the same amount of wins - as much as possible). The clocks will be set to 15 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
• 13:00 Lunch
• 13:00 Initiation
• 14:00 Start Promising tournament
• 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