Report

General

The 6th Ursel Othello Open will be held on Sunday January 12th 2025. 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 14 players have officially subscribed for the A event

Name	Country	Status	Rating
Tom Schotte	BEL	A	1923
Nick Reunes	BEL	A	1840
Ralph Reijnders	NLD	A	1792
Dimitri Vaes	BEL	A	1622
Brecht Van Damme	BEL	A	1567
Wouter Thijs	BEL	A	1552
Andre Kortlever	NLD	A	1474
Jozef Dumoulin	BEL	A	1467 (inactive)
Jan Van Damme	BEL	A	1365
Nadja De Moor	BEL	A/F	1364
Mieke Hooghe	BEK	B/F	1160
Tuur Jena	BEL	B	1143
Daphne Demoor	BEL	B	1137
Jan Verstuyft	BEL	B	1008

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

Naam	Country	Status	Rating
Bart Verstuyft	BEL	P	967
Jana Verstuyft	BEL	P/F/J	892
Wout Schotte	BEL	P/J	877
Tony Claeys	BEL	P	673 (inactive)
Sander Schotte	BEL	P	565
Stan Roos	BEL	P/J	287
Andor Verstuyft	BEL	P/J	258
Myrthe Demoor	BEL	P/F/J	46
Thycho Demoor	BEL	P/J	-27
Pepijn Verstuyft	BEL	P/J	New

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