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General

The 5th Ursel Othello Open will be held on Sunday January 14th 2024. 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 2024.

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 7 players have officially subscribed for the A event

Name	Country	Status	Rating
Tom Schotte	BEL	A	1973
Nick Reunes	BEL	A	1726
Virginie Ortegat	BEL	A/F	1714
Ralph Reijnders	NLD	A	1704
Nancy Darck	BEL	A/F	1277
Nadja De Moor	BEL	A/F	1225
Daphne Demoor	BEL	B	1058

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

Evelyne Van Autreve	BEL	P/F	978
Naam	Country	Status	Rating
Bart Verstuyft	BEL	P	764
Jana Verstuyft	BEL	P/F/J	688
Dimitri Burnay	BEL	P	522
Wout Schotte	BEL	P/J	453
Romain Volvert	BEL	P	242
Stan Roos	BEL	J	219
Sander Schotte	BEL	P/J	187
Kerwan Burnay	BEL	P	1
Sacha Burnay	BEL	P/J	-188

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
• 10:00 First round side event
• 10:00 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