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World Othello Championship 1986

Tokyo (Japan)

10th World Othello Championships

Tokyo (Japan), 1986/10/10-11, 7 players from 7 countries

Final standings

  1. Hideshi Tamenori (JPN)
  2. Paul Ralle (FRA)
  3. David Shaman (USA)
  4. Imre Leader (GBR)
  5. Rikhard Andersson (SWE)
  6. Paolo Ghirardato (ITA)
  7. Simon Jones (AUS)
  • Final
    • Ralle 8-56 Tamenori
    Tamenori 36-28 Ralle

  • 3rd/4th playoff
    • Shaman 42-22 Leader

  • Semi-finals
    • Ralle 33-31 Leader & Shaman 25-39 Tamenori
    Leader 30-34 Ralle & Tamenori 48-16 Shaman

  • 2nd day playoff match
    • Andersson 47-17 Ghirardato

  • Final standings and results after the first day

    • Group A HT IL RA
    Hideshi Tamenori
    50-14 •
    • 50-14
    • 35-29
    33-31 •
    		 4
    Imre Leader
    • 14-50
    14-50 •
    52-12 •
    • 53-11
    		 2
    Rikhard Andersson
    29-35 •
    • 31-33
    • 12-52
    11-53 •
    		0

    Group B PR DS PG SJ
    Paul Ralle
    • 38-26
    27-37 •
    41-23 •
    • 37-27
    38-26 •
    • 33-31
    		 5
    David Shaman
    26-38 •
    • 37-27
    • 60-4
    26-38 •
    • 64-0
    53-11 •
    		 4
    Paolo Ghirardato
    • 23-41
    27-37 •
    4-60 •
    • 38-26
    53-11 •
    • 35-29
    		 3
    Simon Jones
    • 26-38
    31-33 •
    0-64 •
    • 11-53
    • 11-53
    29-35 •
    		0

    The best two players (number of victories) of each group advance to the semi-finals.

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