General

The traditional Easter tournament Othello Open will be held on Easter Monday April 21st 2025 nearby Oudenaarde. More information can be found in the sections below. Questions and remarks can be sent to the organisation.

The Easter tournament is a special event and is generally welcoming many promising and rather unexperienced players. It is the perfect tournament to play for less experienced players.

This tournament is part of the Belgian Grand Prix 2025 but has a special status: to benefit participation above competition, every player will receive two points. Juniors will receive point as well for the Junior Grand Prix 2025 (5-3-2-1-1)

We're hoping to welcome many players!

In 2024 it went like this:

• report
  
• result
  

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 emailing Tom
  
• By phoning/texting Tom
• Via the Oudenaarde Easter tournament Facebook event

Currently 19 players have officially subscribed.

Name	Country	Status	Rating
Tom Schotte	BEL	A	1969
Ralph Reijnders	NLD	A	1767
Dimitri Vaes	BEL	A	1668
Brecht Van Damme	BEL	A	1554
Nancy Darck	BEL	A/F	1423
Nadja De Moor	BEL	A	1378
Pierre Poliakof	BEL	P	992
Wout Schotte	BEL	P/U14	907
Dimitri Burnay	BEL	P	799
Eva Terras	BEL	P/F	596
Sander Schotte	BEL	P/U18	578
Patrick Marichal	BEL	P	564
Romain Volvert	BEL	P	498
Kirsten Janssens	BEL	P/F/U14	307
Stan Roos	BEL	P/U10	304
Sacha Burnay	BEL	P/U14	192
Alexander Marichal	BEL	P/U14	-74
Norah Janssens	BEL	N/F/U10	-
Sofie Vandenhoven	BEL	N/F	-

Status*: A = Advanced, B = Beginner , P = Promising player, F = Female, N = New (no rating), U18 = junior 15-18, U14 = Junior 11-14, U10 = Junior <10

Location

At Tom & Nadja
Hevelweg
9700 Melden (Oudenaarde)

Concept

7 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. We will ensure that promising players have more chance to play together during the tournament.

Entry fee

• no entry fee
• every player is asked to bring a gift wrapped in paper, worth at least 7,5€

Planning

• 12:00 Subscriptions + initiation (tips & tricks)
• 12:00 Lunch: croques
• 13:00 First round
• 16:45 Prize ceremony
• 17:00 End of the tournament

Carpooling

Please let us know if you need carpool or have some additional places available.

Hotels

Please check the hotel websites in the neighbourhood of Ghent for accomodation.

Prizes

At the end of the tournament everyone will receive one of the wrapped gifts.