05-11-11  07:56
Round 11 transcripts online!
Round 12 transcripts online!
Round 13 transcripts online!

05-11-11  20:01
Tomorrow there will first be semi-finals and finals played (best of 3):
Tamenori against Kashiwabara, Tamenori chooses color in first round
Lee against Miyaoka, Lee chooses color in first round.
Winner of Tamenori-Kashiwabara meets winner of Lee-Miyaoka in the finals and the loosers meet each other in games for 3:rd place

Womens final will be played (best of 1 game)
Hoshi agains Yamanaka, Hoshi chooses color.
Womens results.

05-11-11  16:02
Round 4-7 (zip-file)
Round 9 transcripts online!
Round 10 transcripts online!
Pairings next round
Thanks for all help with the transcripts this night!

05-11-10  Late update
Round 1-3 (zip-file)

05-11-10 See live games
* Results, standings and games
*  Results & Stand. Teams
* Shadow games

At the results site, click at underlined scores to see the game.

Transcripts for input
So, now we are discussing a new way to get the transcripts into .txt format and also put them on the WOC website.
The main idea is to take a photo of each transcript, put it online at this homepage, and then volunteers can enter the game into WZebra, Cassio or any other Othello program, and edit our wiki page by entering the game in text format. This will save time for us, and we can print the transcripts to all players directly.


05-11-07  Important!
If you know that you won´t be able to come to the welcome reception and the pairings of the first round, please tell us! It is important that we know that you are coming!
Please read all of the news so you don´t miss anything important!

05-11-07  Change of players
Daniel Ljungqvist, Sweden, and Fernando Garcia, Spain, have gotten sick and being replaced by Niklas Johansen, Sweden, and Ricardo Budiño, Spain. Yohanes Chitra, USA, was prevented from leaving the Iceland airport because he had a non-standard USA passport, and was forced to fly back to Los Angeles.  He is replaced by "Eddie" Williams, USA.

05-11-07  Finally we are in Iceland!
On Saturday Henry and I arrived in Reykjavik and now it feels like the WOC is really close. There is a lot to do now and we hope we will have everything ready when all of you arrive.
Ben Seeley joined us on Sunday morning and after we allowed him a short nap we sent him out for some PR in a mall.
Today we will be at the Hotel Loftleidir and will take care of all the technical stuff.
Please read all of the latest news so you don´t miss anything importent!

05-11-04  Weather in Iceland!
Iceland in November can be a little special. The weather can change from +10 to -15 degrees in just a few hours. It´s often windy and very rainy. 9-12 November is the end of the Icelandic fall, just before the winter comes. Check the Icelandic weather forecast here (celsius),) or Weather.com (10 day report - Fahrenheit)
We recommend warm clothes, a jacket, a pillow, socks, warm shoes, and a towel and bath clothes.
Check more about cabs, flightbus to and from the airport, and more at the "Worth knowing"-site.

05-11-02  See live games at the WOC website!
See Semifinals and Finals will be broadcast live on the WOC website on Saturday the 12th. There may also be some live relays of other games from the tournament.
Check this site for the schedule for live-games!

05-10-31  We need helping hands with transcripts!
Iceland is a new Othello place far far away from the rest of the Othello world. That´s one reason why we are still missing table referees. So, now we are discussing a new way to get the transcripts into .txt format and also put them on the WOC website.
The main idea is to take a photo of each transcript, put it online at this homepage, and then volunteers can enter the game into WZebra, Cassio or any other Othello program, and edit our wiki page by entering the game in text format. This will save time for us, and we can print the transcripts to all players directly.
In order to be sure this would work well, we are interested in knowing how many people are are willing to help us. If you are willing to help us, please send us an email.

More information on exactly how it will work will come later. Whatever method is chosen, we promise it will be easy to do.
It will be decided on the 7th November if this approach will be used.


05-10-30  65 players now registred.
Benyamin Shifman have a lot of studies, so he decide to stay home this year. See all participants.

Have you a computer to let us borrow? We need some computers so we can do this WOC perfect. Please send us an email if you take youre laptop with you and we can use it.

The TD's Benkt and Henry will be in Reykjavik from 5th November. Check "Worth to know!" if you wanna meet them, see them or only wanna know where they are.

05-10-28  Iceland full team. 66 players.
Are you interested to join as a tablereferee? Send us a email!

05-10-20  News today
Daan van Tilburg drop WOC. Staying in Ireland and working.
Two players joined the Iceland Championship.
Brazil sending one player.
It is not confirmed yet, but it looks like 64 players this year.

Read this importent information:
Many of you have not send us their email address. Please send us an email and tell us what day and time you will arrive and where in Reykjavik you will stay. IF something will happend it will be more easy for us to get contact with you.

It is soon time to go to Iceland. Here you find numbers and emails if you need contacts now or at Iceland. We will update this page some days before with mobilenumbers and other importent numbers.

05-10-20  Information about Hotel Loftleidir
Some complain that it is difficult to reserve hotelroom by email to Hotel Loftleidir. We have booked 70 room, and it is still at least 50 room left for you. If you have reserved by email and dont get a confirmation email, please try to send a new one to Loftleidir. If it not works good email Björn.

Informations about WOCF-representants. It is still some WOCF representants missing. Please send theirs name to the TD.

Tablereferees. Please register you before November 1th.
Informations about the Victory Dinner: Only players, Tournament Officials, special guests and tablereferees may attend the Victory Dinner. If you not are a player a participation as a Table referee is REQUIRED to be invited to the Victory Dinner. It will be no possibilities to join the Victory dinner if you not are at least a tablereferee.

Randy Fang replace Shigeru Kaneda in team USA.

05-10-19  Contactinfo
It is soon time to go to Iceland. Here you find numbers and emails if you need contacts now or at Iceland.

05-10-18  Finland full team. 62 players.
Daniel Klockars is the third player from Finland. Oscar Martinez replace Ricardo Budino in the Spanish team.
See all participants.
Are you interested to join as a tablereferee? Send us a email!

05-10-17  News at the WOC-site
This year it will be some extra rules to the additional WOC-rules. That because this years Women Trophy.
Read more here.
The Isöld homepage is updated.

05-10-16  61 players now registred for the 2005 WOC!
Finland have registred for 2005 WOC.
See all participants.
Are you interested to join as a tablereferee? Send us a email!

05-10-15  News at the WOC-site
Worth to know! - information about what kind of clothes is good in Iceland years time of year, money and currency, buses from Keflavik Airport, how to be a tourist in Reykjavik, is Taxi expensive and a lot more.

05-10-10  59 players now registred for the 2005 WOC!
France and Norway have registred for 2005 WOC.

05-10-08  52 players now registred for the 2005 WOC!
Israel, Hong Kong, South Korea and Belgium have registred players.

05-10-05  43 players now registred for the 2005 WOC!
Poland, Spain and Israel have registred players! Hisaki Hoshi registred for Japan.

05-10-04  Dutch Team registred.
37 Players are now registered for the 2005 WOC! Last Team is the Dutch team who is Nicky van den Biggelaar, Robin Tomei, Arnoud Mejjer and Anja van Gimst. Yohanes Chitra replace Edmund Yiu in the USA team.
Link to Forex Currency Converter. The currency in Iceland is Icelendic Krónur (ISK).

05-09-30  Team United Kingdom and Czech Republic registred.
The United Kingdom's federation send Graham Brightwell, Imre Leader and Jeremy Dyer. From Czech Republic Ivo Rubarik, Tomas Douda and Miroslav Voracek.
Edmund Yiu, USA, staying home this year.

05-09-26   25 player - Denmark have full team!
The Denmark Othello Federation send a team with four players, Karsten Feldborg, Palle Badsted, Solrun Stokke and Pia Støvring.
Stephane Dousse playing for Switzerland.
Adam Guesthouse new in Accomodation.

05-09-21  19 player ready for WOC!
Team Sweden was the latest national team who registred for 2005 WOC. The team is the Swedish Champion Joel Fransson-Johnsson, the Swedish Grand Prix Winner Martin Eng, Daniel Ljungqvist (who was second player in the Swedish Grand Prix) and Veronica Stenberg who won the games about the woman places.
Croatia is a new nation in WOC Othello. Zoran Klicek attend for Croatia.
Earlier have Germany, USA, Japan and Czech Republic registred their nation team.
If you are interested to register, please read Who can participate.

05-09-04  News about WOC 2005!!
There has been a change in this year's World Othello Championship. It was previously decided that each nation should have the possibility of sending up to three women in a women's team. However, the number of women allowed on each nation's women's team has been changed from a maximum of three to one.

So, it is now possible for each nation to send one, and only one, extra female player in addition to the regular team. 

There will still be a final for the two top women in the World Othello Championship tournament.

We know that many nations have already made arrangements for sending up to three women in the team, and we are deeply sorry for any inconvenience.

05-08-19  News about WOC 2006
The venue for the 2006 WOC will be Mito City, in the Ibaragi Prefecture, Japan. Each year, the Ibaragi Prefecture has a learning festival as one of their revitalization event’s that it celebrates every year. It has many other events such as educational, cultural, sports and art programs. This festival will be held between October 5th -10th in 2006. We believe that this is also an excellent time to hold the WOC. Accordingly, we are planning to hold the 2006 WOC from October 5th through October 9th.

05-08-18  How to participate in 2005 WOC?
Please read Who can participate. A email is today sent to all Federations and all chairmans. If youre country not have get the email, please contact us. 

05-08-02  Women´s team in WOC
For the 2005 WOC, there will be an additional component to the qualifying players and teams. This year, in addition to their regular WOC team, each country may send an additional women's team consisting of 1 to 3 women.
The regular team may still have female players, while the women's team may only have female players. Should a country wish to send a woman in their regular WOC team they may do so without counting that woman as part of the "women's team". For example, if the regular team has 1-3 women, they can still send 1 to 3 women in their women's team.
The women's team is not mandatory. Due to the short notice before the WOC, each country will mandate their own specific rules for selecting the players to comprise the women's team. Please submit those qualifying rules to the Tournament Director prior to October 15th.

05-08-02
The WOC-site online