The 5^th Singapore Schools Othello Championship 2012

Calling all school students to come experience the largest Othello tournament in Singapore!

This year, the tournament will be held in 3 separate categories:

1)      Tertiary Institutes

2)      Junior College/Secondary Schools

3)      Primary Schools

At the end of the tournament, a team trophy will be awarded the champion team of each category calculated based on the sum of the top 3 individual players of each team. Further, medals will be awarded to the 3 team members of the champion teams. A trophy will also be awarded to the top 3 individual players of each category.

Certificates of award and participation will be given out to the award winners and all participants respectively.

Date: 2^nd June 2012 (Saturday)

Time: 9.00am-6.00pm (Inclusive of 1 hour lunch break)

Venue: Nanyang Girls’ High School Conference Room C

2 Linden Drive Singapore 288683

System: 7 Rounds Swiss Pairing

Time Control: 20 minutes per player/round

Registration Fee: $15 per student (catered lunch included)

Closing Date: 25^th May 2012

Tournament rules are available here.

Please register here.

The results for Singapore Othello Masters Series 2011 is available here:
http://www.othellosingapore.com/competitions/singapore-othello-masters-series-2011-results

Please click here for more photos.

The Singapore Othello Masters Series tournament will be held at the end of each year featuring the top 8 ranked players of Singapore based on the World Othello Federation Ranking List updated after the World Othello Championship has concluded. Anyone is welcomed to watch the games! After the tournament, there will be a year end dinner for anyone who is interested in Othello/Reversi. Details can be found below.

Tournament System: Round Robin – 7 Rounds
Time Control: 20 minutes per player per round
Date: 04/12/11 (Sunday)
venue: GUilin View Poolside Function Room
Duration: 9.30a.m. to 4.30p.m.

Othello Organisation (Singapore), OOS, will be ending this year and welcoming the brand new 2012 year with a Dinner celebration!
YOU ARE INVITED!! =))

The details are as follows:
Date: 4th December 2011 (Sunday)
Time: 4.30pm to 9.30pm
Venue: Guilin View Poolside Function Room @ Bukit Batok St 52 Guilin View S(659248)

DO NOT MISS: Alex and Jinfeng who represented Singapore in the World Othello Championship (WOC) will be replaying WOC games, LIVE, specially for you! They will be sharing their thoughts, experiences and more insights!
Dinner will also be provided while we enjoy Othello / other board games together. Let us know if you have special dietary requirements.

Join us + bring your friends along!! RSVP now by replying to nghw8@hotmail.com.

The 35th World Othello Championship has ended on 5th November 2011. The result is as below:
1st: Hiroku Nabukawa
2nd: Piyanat Aunchulee
3rd: Nicky van den Biggelaar
4th: Matthias Berg
Women Champion: Jian Cai

Singapore players’ ranking:
13th: Alex Koh Bo Chao (8 wins)
28th: Wu Jinfeng (6.5 wins)
Well done and hope they can do better next year!!

Alex Koh, the current president of OOS and a Chemical Engineering student in the National University of Singapore is also featured in the website of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering of NUS. Please find the article here: http://www.chee.nus.edu.sg/deptnews/WorldOthelloChampionship2011.pdf

Please visit http://www.woc2011.us/ for more details.

The results for Singapore National Othello Championships 2011 is available here:
http://www.othellosingapore.com/competitions/singapore-othello-championships-the-nationals/singapore-national-othello-championships-2011-results