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Keisuke Fukuchi Japan Othello Youth Champion 2018

The 11 year old Keisuke Fukuchi won the Japan Othello Youth Championship 2018. Fukuchi played the youth final also 2016 and 2017, but lost two close games. This year Fukuchi have won the Meijin youth Ihe won against Akihiro Takahashi, runner up WOC 2017). He also was runner up at the Japan Championship 2018, there he lost a close game against Shotaro Tsuchiya. Keisuke Fukuchi is rated as number 19 in the world Othello. It will be interesting to follow Fukuchi in the World Othello Championship 2018 in Prague.