Agenda - Othello Belgium

General

The 7th Ursel Othello Open will be held on Sunday 25th 2026. 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 2026.

We're hoping to welcome many players!

This is how it went last year (2025)

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 9 players have officially subscribed for the A event

Name	Country	Status	Rating
Tom Schotte	BEL	A	1996
Nick Reunes	BEL	A	1870
Ralph Reijnders	NLD	A	1781
Dimitri Vaes	BEL	A	1707
Brecht Van Damme	BEL	A	1600
Nancy Darck	BEL	A	1529
Nadja De Moor	BEL	A/F	1510
Tuur Jena	BEL	A	1380
Jan Van Damme	BEL	A	1314

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

Currently 6 players have officially subscribed for the B tournament

Name	Country	Status	Rating
Bart Verstuyft	BEL	B	1107
Pat Rine	BEL	B	1010
Wout Schotte	BEL	B	1003
Mieke Hooghe	BEL	P/F	991
Jana Verstuyft	BEL	P/F	958
Dimitri Burnay	BEL	P	885

Currently 5 players have officially subscribed for the C tournament

Name	Country	Status	Rating
Sander Schotte	BEL	P	634
Romain Volvert	BEL	P	585
Sacha Burnay	BEL	P	320
Stan Roos	BEL	P/J	217
Lars Roos	BEL	P/J	-137

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

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