WORLD OTHELLO CHAMPIONSHIPS

Year Location Flag Winner Country Runner-Up 3rd Place 4th Place

Team Winner

2011

New York,

USA

USA

Hiroki Nobukawa

(Japan)

Japan

Piyanat Aunchulee

(Thailand)

Nicky van den Biggelaar

(Netherlands)

Matthias Berg

(Germany)

Japan

2010

Rome,

Italy

Italy

Yusuke Takanashi

(Japan)

Japan

Michele Borassi

(Italy)

Piyanat Aunchulee

(Thailand)

Imre Leader

(United Kingdom)

Japan

2009

Gent,

Belgium

Belgium

Yusuke Takanashi

(Japan)

Japan

Matthias Berg

(Germany)

Makoto Suekuni

(Sigapore)

Masaki Takizawa

(Japan)

Japan

2008

Oslo,

Norway

Norway

Michele Borassi

(Italy)

Italy

Tamaki Miyaoka

(Japan)

Matthias Berg

(Germany)

Dominik Nowak

(Poland)

Japan

2007

Athens,

Greece

Greece

Kenta Tominaga

(Japan)

Japan

Stéphane Nicolet

(France)

Matthias Berg

(Germany)

Tetsuya Nakajima

(Japan)

Japan

2006

Mito,

Japan

Japan

Hideshi Tamenori

(Japan)

Japan

Makoto Suekuni

(Singapore)

Ben Seeley

(USA)

Tetsuya Nakajima

(Japan)

Japan

2005

Reykjavik,

Iceland

Iceland

Hideshi Tamenori

(Japan)

Japan

Kwangwook Lee

(South Korea)

Takuji Kashiwabara

(France)

Tamaki Miyaoka

(Japan)

Japan

2004

London,

United Kingdom

United Kingdom

Ben Seeley

(USA)

USA

Makoto Suekuni

(Japan)

Brian Rose

(USA)

Andreas Hoehne

(Germany)

USA

2003

Stockholm,

Sweden

Sweden

Ben Seeley

(USA)

USA

Makoto Suekuni

(Japan)

Andreas Hoehne

(Germany)

Hiroshi Goto

(Japan)

Japan

2002

Amsterdam,

Netherlands

Netherlands

David Shaman

(Netherlands)

Netherlands

Ben Seeley

(USA)

Imre Leader

(United Kingdom)

Takuji Kashiwabara

(France)

USA

2001

New York,

USA

USA

Brian Rose

(USA)

USA

Raphael Schreiber

(USA)

Kazuhiro Sakaguchi

(Japan)

Matthias Berg

(Germany)

USA

2000

Copenhagen,

Denmark

Denmark

Takeshi Murakami

(Japan)

Japan

Brian Rose

(USA)

Stéphane Nicolet

(France)

Tim Krzywonos

(Canada)

USA

1999

Milan,

Italy

Italy

David Shaman

(Netherlands)

Netherlands

Tetsuya Nakajima

(Japan)

Kazune Aoki

(Japan)

Jan-Kristian Haugland

(Norway)

Japan

1998

Barcelona,

Spain

Spain

Takeshi Murakami

(Japan)

Japan

Emmanuel Caspard

(France)

Penloup Dominique

(France)

Mine Tetsuya

(USA)

France

1997

Athens,

Greece

Greece

Makoto Suekuni

(Japan)

Japan

Graham Brightwell

(United Kingdom)

Donato Barnaba

(Italy)

Marc Tastet

(France)

United Kingdom

1996

Tokyo,

Japan

Japan

Takeshi Murakami

(Japan)

Japan

Stéphane Nicolet

(France)

Garry Edmead

(United Kingdom)

Joel Feinstein

(United Kingdom)

United Kingdom

1995

Melbourne,

Australia

Australia

Hideshi Tamenori

(Japan)

Japan

David Shaman

(USA)

Tatsuya Mine

(USA)

Emmanuel Caspard

(France)

USA

1994

Paris,

France

France

Masaki Takizawa

(Japan)

Japan

Karsten Feldborg

(Denmark)

Marc Tastet

(France)

Imre Leader

(United Kingdom)

France

1993

London,

United Kingdom

United Kingdom

David Shaman

(USA)

USA

Emmanuel Caspard

(France)

Philippe Juhem

(France)

Noboyuki Takizawa

(Japan)

USA

1992

Barcelona,

Spain

Spain

Marc Tastet

(France)

France

David Shaman

(United Kingdom)

Francesco Marconi

(Italy)

Nils Berner

(Sweden)

United Kingdom

1991

New York,

USA

USA

Shigeru Kaneda

(Japan)

Japan

Paul Ralle

(France)

David Shaman

(USA)

Brian Rose

(USA)

USA

1990

Stockholm,

Sweden

Sweden

Hideshi Tamenori

(Japan)

Japan

Didier Piau

(France)

Paul Ralle

(France)

Brian Rose

(USA)

France

1989

Warsaw,

Poland

Poland

Hideshi Tamenori

(Japan)

Japan

Graham Brightwell

(United Kingdom)

Peter Bhagat

(United Kingdom)

David Shaman

(USA)

United Kingdom

1988

Paris,

France

France

Hideshi Tamenori

(Japan)

Japan

Graham Brightwell

(United Kingdom)

Imre Leader

(United Kingdom)

Takeshi Murakami

(Japan)

United Kingdom

1987

Milan,

Italy

Italy

Ken'Ichi Ishii

(Japan)

Japan

Paul Ralle

(France)

David Shaman

(USA)

Karsten Feldborg

(Denmark)

USA

1986

Tokyo,

Japan

Japan

Hideshi Tamenori

(Japan)

Japan

Paul Ralle

(France)

David Shaman

(USA)

Imre Leader

(United Kingdom)

1985

Athens,

Greece

Greece

Masaki Takizawa

(Japan)

Japan

Paolo Ghirardato

(Italy)

David Shaman

(USA)

Neil Stephenson

(United Kingdom)

1984

Melbourne,

Australia

Australia

Paul Ralle

(France)

France

Ryoichi Taniguchi

(Japan)

Ted Landau

(USA)

David Sharman

(United Kingdom)

1983

Paris,

France

France

Ken'Ichi Ishii

(Japan)

Japan

Imre Leader

(United Kingdom)

Brian Rose

(USA)

Paolo Ghirardato

(Italy)

1982

Stockholm,

Sweden

Sweden

Kunihiko Tanida

(Japan)

Japan

David Shaman

(USA)

Pier Andrea Morolli

(Italy)

Luc Bruyninckx

(Belgium)

1981

Bruxelles,

Belgium

Belgium

Hidenori Maruoka

(Japan)

Japan

Brian Rose

(USA)

Pier Andrea Morolli

(Italy)

François Pingaud

(France)

1980

London,

United Kingdom

United Kingdom

Jonathan Cerf

(USA)

USA

Takuya Mimura

(Japan)

Vincenzo Peccerillo

(Italy)

Alain Serneels

(Belgium)

1979

Rome,

Italy

Italy

Hiroshi Inoue

(Japan)

Japan

Jonathan Cerf

(USA)

Joseph Alan Woch

(United Kingdom)

Vincenzo Peccerillo

(Italy)

1978

New York,

USA

USA

Hidenori Maruoka

(Japan)

Japan

Carol Jacobs

(USA)

Leve Arsenault

(Canada)

Jeff Davison

(United Kingdom)

1977

Tokyo,

Japan

Japan

Hiroshi Inoue

(Japan)

Japan

Thomas Heiberg

(Norway)

Rey Ilagan

(Philippines)

Carol Jacobs

(USA)


WOMEN'S WORLD OTHELLO CHAMPIONSHIPS

Year Location Flag Winner Country Runner-Up

2011

New York,

USA

USA

Jian Cai

(USA)

USA

Yoko Sano

(Japan)

2010

Rome,

Italy

Italy

Jiska Helmes

(Netherlands)

Netherlands

Veronica Stenberg

(Sweden)

2009

Gent,

Belgium

Belgium

Mei Urashima

(Japan)

Japan

Veronica Stenberg

(Sweden)

2008

Oslo,

Norway

Norway

Liya Ye

(Germany)

Germany

Yukiko Tatsumi

(Japan)

2007

Athens,

Greece

Greece

Yukiko Tatsumi

(Japan)

Japan

Caroline Sandberg Odsell

(Sweden)

2006

Mito,

Japan

Japan

Toshimi Tsuji

(Japan)

Japan

Katie Wu

(Hong Kong)

2005

Reykjavik,

Iceland

Iceland

Hisako Kinoshita

(Japan)

Japan

Mami Yamanaka

(Japan)