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General

The 4th Ursel Othello Open will be held on Saturday January 14th 2023. 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 2023.

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	1980
Nick Reunes	BEL	A	1826
Ralph Reijnders	BEL	A	1713
Brecht Van Damme	BEL	A	1531
Nancy Darck	BEL	A/F	1371
Frauke Van De Moortel	BEL	A/F	1357

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

Currently 13 players have officially subscribed for the promising tournament

Naam	Country	Status	Rating
Mieke Hooghe	BEL	P	889
Jan Verstuyft	BEL	P	865
Bart Verstuyft	BEL	P	836
Jana Verstuyft	BEL	P/F/J	718
Eline Verstuyft	BEL	P/F	709
Dimitri Burnay	BEL	P	569
Ferre Devriendt	BEL	P/J	494
Wout Schotte	BEL	P/J	260
Roman Volvert	BEL	P	217
Sander Schotte	BEL	P/J	124
Sacha Burnay	BEL	P/J	-
Kerwan Burnay	BEL	P	-
Luc Van de Moortel	BEL	N	-

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: 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

• 09:30 Venue open
• 09:30 Subscriptions + initation
• 10:30 First round side event
• 10:30 First round main event
• 12:45 Lunch
• 13:30 5th round
• 16:00 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