Martin Ødegård wins Oslo Open

Martin Ødegård was invincible, he won the Oslo Open with 7 straight wins. http://othellonews.weebly.com/news.html

   Ulf Bengtsson wins Dragon Lair Open

Ulf Bengtsson won the Dragon's Lair Open unbeaten! Second place, Christian Gårdebrink and third place for Henry Aspenryd.

   Tom Schotte wins Belgian Liège Open

top 3: Tom Schotte, Matthias Berg, Alessandro Cantamessa http://othellonews.weebly.com/news.html

   Albert Kortendijk wins 60th Dutch Open

Albert played a very good tourney, 6 wins and 1 draw against Ben van der Wagt. 2nd: Nicky van den Biggelaar, 3rd: Patrick Aubroeck. Read more at http://othellonews.weebly.com

   Garry Edmead wins Sheffield Regional

top 3: EDMEAD Garry {GB} 7/7, BARRASS Iain {GB} 5/7, PRIDMORE Ben {GB}4/7 http://www.britishothello.org.uk/sheffieldregional2012result.html

   Michele Borassi wins the European Grand Prix Rome.

Paolo Scognamiglio played very well on the first day. He won 6 games and played 1 draw. Michele Borassi only had 4.5 points at the end of the first seven rounds but made it to the finals and won! http://othellonews.weebly.com/rome.html

   George Gkiouzelis wins Greek New Years Tournament

Six players met in Hotel Stratos Vassilikos in Athens for a small but pleasant tourney, organised by Christina Mitsi. more info at http://othellonews.weebly.com

   Yusuke Takanashi wins Shinagawa New Year Special

The Shinagawa New Year Special is a yearly tournament on January 3rd. The tournament gets its popularity by its high level and the high number of players. The first edition was held in 2005.