Europe

4th European Othello Championship

Welcome to PRAGUE!


Event by WOF European Othello Confederation in cooperation with the Czech Republic Othello Association 

Venue is DDM. Slezská 21, Prague.
https://www.ddm-ph2.cz/kde-nas-najdete

31st May to 1st June, 2025

The tournament will be played over 11 rounds (7 on Saturday and 4 on Sunday), with finals for the top 4 in several categories. We expect players in each of the six rating categories, ranging from absolute beginner to Othello master. The European Championships last three years had more than 50 players, we're aiming for at least the same! The tournament is restricted to European players and European residents.

Interested in discovering Prague? You can already check the website below. (Link)

Registered players

Registered 31
Countries 11

               
EOC 34
Div I 13
Div II 5
Div III 1
Div IV 5
Debutants 2
Youth* 4
60+ 5
Female 3
* A player qualifies as “Youth” if he/she is aged 14 or less on the 31st of December 2025 (i.e. : he/she must be born later than the 31st of December 2011)

Tournament Director EOC 2025
Ján Rybárik

Prize categories

    • This information may be changed!
    • EOC - top 4
    • Div. I - WOF rating 1600 - 1899 - top 3
    • Div. II - WOF rating 1300 - 1599  - top 3
    • Div III - WOF rating 1000 - 1299  - top 3
    • Div IV - WOF rating <999 - top 3
    • Youth Champions  - top 3
    • Women Champions -  top 3
    • Players +60 Champions - top 3
    • Debutants - The best 3 new players
      Each category, except debutants, must have at least 5 players to be a prize category.

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Saturday 31st May & Sunday 1st June
 

Gold_50.png The European Othello Champion 
- WOC 2025 spot* & Trophy
328.png The EOC Runner-up to 4th place - Trophies & Gifts
Bronze_50.png EOC Category Winners 
- Trophies and Medals
  * Information will come about WOC spot for the winner. 

 

  • Schedule:

    • Saturday May 31st 2025

    • 07:30 Set-up room
    • 09:00 Subscriptions
    • 09:50 Deadline subscriptions
    • 09:50 Openings speech
    • 10:00 Round 1 - 3
    • 13:00 Lunch
    • 14:00 Round 4 - 7
    • 17:30 End of day 1
      Dinner on Saturday might be organized. Information will come.

    • Sunday June 1st

    • 08:00 Venue open
    • 08:55 Openings speech
    • 09:00 Round 8 - 11
    • 13:00 Lunch
    • 14:00 Finals
    • 17:00 End of tournament and prize ceremony

    • Entry fee:

    • Any questions? Please contact the tournament organisation.

      Kind regards,
      Ján Rybárik (tournament director)

4RD European Othello Championship 2025

# Name Country Rating Category Youth 60+ Fem Debutant
1 Michele Borassi Switzerland 2380 EOC        
2 Matthias Berg Switzerland 2239 EOC        
3 Alessandro Di Mattei Italy 2230 EOC        
4 Roberto Sperandio Italy 2160 EOC        
5 Imre Leader Great Britain 2121 EOC   1    
6 Paolo Scognamiglio Italy 2062 EOC        
7 Roel Hobo Netherlands 2036 EOC        
8 Marc Tastet France 1992 EOC   1    
9 Tom Schotte Belgium 1969 EOC        
10 Daniel Dufour Netherlands 1921 EOC 1      
11 Daniel Turunen Sweden 1870 Div I        
12 Daniel Rößler Germany 1867 Div I        
13 Marc Dufour Netherlands 1815 Div I        
14 Leonid Shifman Israel 1801 Div I   1    
15 Alexander Bøe Norway 1787 Div I        
16 Daniel Görnert Germany 1770 Div I        
17 Benkt Steentoft Sweden 1744 Div I   1    
18 Shahar Laufer Israel 1727 Div I        
19 Tomáš Douda Czech Republic 1719 Div I        
20 Elisabetta Vecchi Italy 1660 Div I     1  
21 Bintsa Andriani France 1649 Div I   1    
22 Guenther Beyer Germany 1644 Div I        
23 Severino Di Cola Italy 1636 Div I        
24 Christian Behr Germany 1470 Div II        
25 Nadja De Moor Belgium 1374 Div II     1  
26 Paolo Barsotti Italy 1370 Div II        
27 Tomas Sjöberg Sweden 1344 Div II        
28 Stefan Murawski Germany 1321 Div II        
29 Vitek Sladek Czech Republic 1280 Div III        
30 Wout Schotte Belgium 791 Div IV 1      
31 Sander Schotte Belgium 449 Div IV 1      
32 Güneş Deren Özgen Türkiye 286 Div IV 1   1  
33 Dongbo Liu Germany 0 Div IV       1
34 Henry Sondermann Germany 0 Div IV       1