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1st Iranian Othello Champion - Hasan Rostamipur
23 February 2019Written by Benkt Steentoft
Othello is a boardgame who being more and more popular. New players find the game online, then they start to play at real Othello board. That what was happen in Iran. Iranian Othello players have played at playok, Othello Quest and other game sites. 2010 the online players created Iran Othello and became members in World Othello Federation. 2019 in February they start up the Iran Othello Federation, and 28th February they organized the 1st Iranian Othello Championship in Shiraz.
Iran Othello have started up school events and youth events. They plan to send a team to the World Othello Championship soon.
The World Othello Federation welcome Iran Othello to the Othello world. We look forward to meet you at a Othello board!
It was 98 players in the qualification tourneys before the Iran Championship. 34 players attended to the final tournament.
| Final Standings |
| 1. Hasan Rostamipur |
| 2. Hossein Namazi |
| 3. Iman Pakravan |
| 4. Mohsen Hejazi |
| Women champion |
| 1. Lila Nasr |
| 2. Saba Ashrafian |
| 3. Zeinab Falizvanian |
| 4. Maryam Askari |
Best youth player:
| Sepehr Mahdavinia |
| Women's semi-finals | ||
| Zeinab Falizvanian | 24-40 | Saba Ashrafian |
| Maryam Askari | 15-49 | Lila Nasr |
| Women's final | ||
| Saba Ashrafian | 26-38 | Lila Nasr |
| Semi-final 1 | ||
| Iman Pakravan | 16-48 | Hasan Rostamipur |
| Hasan Rostamipur | 31-33 | Iman Pakravan |
| Iman Pakravan | 22-42 | Hasan Rostamipur |
| Semi-final 2 | ||
| Hossein Namazi | 41-23 | Mohsen Hejazi |
| Mohsen Hejazi | 26-38 | Hossein Namazi |
| Final | ||
| Hossein Namazi | 17-47 | Hasan Rostamipur |
| Hasan Rostamipur | 43-21 | Hossein Namazi |
| Third place playoffs | ||
| Iman Pakravan | 46-18 | Mohsen Hejazi |
| Zeinab Falizvanian | 43-21 | Maryam Askari (Female) |
Standings after pre-rounds
| Hasan Rostamipur | 11.5 | 596 |
| Mohsen Hejazi | 10.5 | 522 |
| hossein namazi | 10 | 604 |
| Iman Pakravan | 10 | 525 |
| saba Ashrafian | 9 | 429 |
| Mohammad Taheri | 8.5 | 560 |
| Leila Nasr | 8 | 506 |
| Morteza Moazeni | 8 | 480 |
| Hasan Bahrami | 8 | 446 |
| Maryam Askari | 7 | 443 |
| Mohammad Behruzi | 7 | 402 |
| Ali Ghafari | 7 | 388 |
| Hosein Maasumi | 7 | 385 |
| Amrolah safari | 7 | 367 |
| mohamad shafipur | 6.5 | 456 |
| Zeinab Falizvanian | 6 | 434 |
| Alireza Golshan | 6 | 411 |
| Hamid Rasuli | 6 | 401 |
| Shamsola Safari | 6 | 396 |
| Sepehr Mahdavinia | 6 | 389 |
| Mehdi Rezaei | 6 | 388 |
| Javid Amirzade | 6 | 388 |
| Hosein Zare | 6 | 372 |
| Shayan Naseri | 6 | 346 |
| Maryam Bagheri | 5 | 411 |
| Shahram Manouchehri | 5 | 408 |
| Kimia Jamshidnejhad | 5 | 395 |
| Maryam Rahmanian | 5 | 370 |
| Eslam Radmanesh | 5 | 337 |
| Mohsen Mokaram | 4.5 | 263 |
| Zohre Jafari | 4 | 360 |
| Mohammad Ghafari | 4 | 328 |
| Ahmad Mohammadzade | 3 | 336 |
| Fateme Hashemi | 1,5 | 185 |