Report

General

The 1st Desselgem Othello Open will be held on Sunday August 28th 2022. 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 2022.

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 8 players have officially subscribed for the A event

Name	Country	Status	Rating
Tom Schotte	BEL	A	2077
Nick Reunes	BEL	A	1834
Ralph Reijnders	NLD	A	1827
Nancy Darck	BEL	A/F	1667
Brecht Van Damme	BEL	A	1631
Frauke Van de Moortel	BEL	A/F	1450
Jan Van Damme	BEL	B	1328
Nadja De Moor	BEL	B/F	1268

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

Currently 14 players have officially subscribed for the promising tournament

Name	Country	Status	Rating
Bart Verstuyft	BEL	P	903
Mieke Hooghe	BEL	P/F	810
Daphne Demoor	BEL	P	802
Eline Verstuyft	BEL	P/F/J	677
Jana Verstuyft	BEL	P/F/J	661
Karen Van Landeghem	BEL	P/F	539
Dimitri Burnay	BEL	P	519
Sander Schotte	BEL	P/J	281
Wout Schotte	BEL	P/J	254
Yara Demoor	BEL	P/V/J	108
Myrthe Demoor	BEL	P/V/J	54
Ferre Devriendt	BEL	N/J	-
Matthis Tytgat	BEL	N/J	-
Romain Volvert	BEL	N	-

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

Location

Meierie 23
8792 Desselgem

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

(under revision)

• 12:00-14:00 Subscriptions
• 12:30 Lunch
• 13:00 Initiation
• 14:00 Start Promising tournament and maint event
• 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
• Best promising player/new player