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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)

• Report
  
• Result main event
• Result promising event

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 8 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
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 10 players have officially subscribed for the B tournament

Naam	Land	Status	Klassement
Bart Verstuyft	BEL	B	1105
Pat Rine	BEL	B	1010
Wout Schotte	BEL	B/U18	1001
Mieke Hooghe	BEL	P/F	992
Eline Verstuyft	BEL	P/F/U18	960
Jana Verstuyft	BEL	P/F/U18	943
Sander Schotte	BEL	P/U18	633
Tony Claeys	BEL	P	173
Fabio Buccoliero	ITA	N	-
Tobe Devaere	BEL	N/U18	-
Sverre Reunes	BEL	N/J/U10	-

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