21st World Othello Championships

Athens (Greece), 1997/11/6-8, 34 players from 15 countries
Tournament director: Elie Cali

Final standings

1. Makoto Suekuni (JPN)
2. Graham Brightwell (GBR)
3. Donato Barnaba (ITA)
4. Marc Tastet (FRA)

• Final
Suekuni 39-25 Brightwell
Brightwell 29-35 Suekuni

• 3rd/4th playoff
Barnaba 35-29 Tastet

• Semi-finals
Barnaba 12-52 Brightwell & Tastet 14-50 Suekuni
Brightwell 52-12 Barnaba & Suekuni 49-15 Tastet

• Playoff match for 4th place
Barnaba 35-29 Shaman

• Final standings after the swiss-system

  1:  11.  pts [1097]   BRIGHTWELL Graham (73) {GBR}
  2:  10.5 pts [1118]   SUEKUNI Makoto (698) {JPN}
  3:   8.5 pts [1089]   TASTET Marc (2) {FRA}
               [1073]   SHAMAN David (178) {BEL}
               [1039]   BARNABA Donato (407) {ITA}
  6:   8.  pts [1072]   SILVOLA Andrea (305) {ITA}
                        FELDBORG Karsten (92) {DEN}
               [1050]   CASPARD Emmanuel (355) {FRA}
                [988]   HANDEL Michael (324) {GBR}
 10:   7.5 pts [1024]   LAZARD Emmanuel (11) {FRA}
                        SPERANDIO Roberto (2844) {ITA}
 12:   7.  pts  [996]   PARSONS David (657) {USA}
                [973]   HANSSON Ola (1423) {SWE}
                [959]   MATREYEK Ryan (886) {USA}
                [897]   LEVANEN Harri (1622) {FIN}
 16:   6.5 pts  [965]   HAUGLAND Jan Kristian (1868) {NOR}
                [954]   BERNER Johan (1303) {SWE}
                [887]   SHIFMAN Benyamin (879) {ISR}
                [845]   SCHREIBER Raphael (887) {USA}
 20:   6.  pts  [941]   LUND JENSEN Erik (93) {DEN}
                [933]   TURNER Ian (2036) {GBR}
                [917]   SUGIYAMA Mitsuaki (888) {JPN}
                        ORTIZ George (148) {AUS}
                [883]   BERNER Nils (1302) {SWE}
                [849]   ANDRIANI Bintsa (45) {MDG}
                [847]   HUBBARD Geoff (804) {AUS}
 27:   5.5 pts  [768]   SHIFMAN Leonid (880) {ISR}
 28:   5.  pts  [878]   BACK Larry (508) {CAN}
                [784]   SUGIYAMA Akemi (889) {JPN}
 30:   4.5 pts  [797]   DAIX Alain (298) {BEL}
 31:   4.  pts  [795]   SHIFMAN Ilya (885) {ISR}
                [734]   POYSTI Markku (1603) {FIN}
 33:   3.  pts  [747]   ALARD Serge (321) {BEL}
 34:   0.  pt   [470]   AUGERINOS Panagiotis (890) {GRE}

• Teams standings

 1. GBR         25   pts
 2. FRA         24   pts
    ITA         24   pts
 4. JPN         21.5 pts
 5. USA         20.5 pts
 6. SWE         19.5 pts
 7. BEL         16   pts
    ISR         16   pts
 9. DEN         14   pts
10. AUS         12   pts
11. FIN         11   pts
12. NOR          6.5 pts
13. MDG          6   pts
14. CAN          5   pts
15. GRE          0   pts