1994

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 World Othello® Championship (Paris-France) 1994.
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Tournament director

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Final standing:
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1. Masaki Takizawa   (JPN)
2. Karsten Feldborg  (DEN)
3. Marc Tastet       (FRA)
4. Imre Leader        (UK)

Final standings after the swiss-system:
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Place Name                   Country      Score    BQ

  1   Takizawa, Masaki       Japan        11     1152
  2   Tastet, Marc           France       11     1120
  3   Feldborg, Karsten      Denmark      10½    1076
  4   Leader, Imre           UK            9½    1064
  5   Piau, Didier           France        8     1048
  6   Edmead, Garry          UK            8     1003
  7   Rose, Brian            USA           7½    1070
  8   Johnson, Greg          Germany       7½    1023
  9   Marconi, Francesco     Italy         7     1032
 10   Brightwell, Graham     UK            7     1019
 11   Senchev, Vitalij       Russia        7      990
 12   Liang, Yi              China         7      960
 13   Yamanaka, Mami         Japan         7      949
 14   Berner, Nils           Sweden        7      946
 15   Cordy, Alexandre       Belgium       7      903
 16   Shaman, David          USA           6½    1087
 17   Jensen, Erik Lund      Denmark       6½     955
 18   Rignell, Daniel        Sweden        6½     860
 19   Nicolet, Stéphane      France        6      931
 20   Ohwaku, Michio         Japan         6      920
 21   Nielsen, Erik          Denmark       6      884
 22   Romano, Benedetto      Italy         6      865
 23   Andriani, Bintsa       Madagascar    6      822
 24   Buro, Michael          Germany       6      786
 25   Andriani, Sandry       Madagascar    5½     799
 26   Stepanov, Oleg         Russia        5      828
 27   Berner, Johan          Sweden        5      774
 28   Masten, Mark           USA           4½     726
 29   Alard, Serge           Belgium       3½     780
 30   Venerito, Marco        Italy         3½     763
 31   Daix, Alain            Belgium       2½     722
 32   Durdanovic, Igor       Germany       1      679

Semi-finals
Feldborg, Karsten   DEN (38-26) Tastet, Marc        FRA
Tastet, Marc        FRA (34-30) Feldborg, Karsten   DEN
Tastet, Marc        FRA (28-36) Feldborg, Karsten   DEN

Takizawa, Masaki    JPN (51-13) Leader, Imre        UK
Leader, Imre        UK  (28-36) Takizawa, Masaki    JPN

Playoff 3/4
Leader, Imre        UK  (38-26) Tastet, Marc        FRA

Final
Feldborg, Karsten   DEN (25-39) Takizawa, Masaki    JPN
Takizawa, Masaki    JPN (41-23) Feldborg, Karsten   DEN

Ranking of the teams after round 13:
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  1. France     - Nicolet, Piau, Tastet             6   8  11     25 .
  2. UK         - Brightwell, Edmead, Leader        7   8   9½    24½.
  3. Japan      - Ohwaku, Takizawa, Yamanaka        6  11   7     24 .
  4. Denmark    - Feldborg, Jensen, Nielsen        10½  6½  6     23 .
  5. USA        - Masten, Rose, Shaman              4½  7½  6½    18½.
  6. Sweden     - J.Berner, N.Berner, Rignell       5   7   6½    18½.
  7. Italy      - Marconi, Romano, Venerito         7   6   3½    16½.
  8. Germany    - Buro, Durdanovic, Johnson         6   1   7½    14½.
  9. Belgium    - Alard, Cordy, Daix                3½  7   2½    13 .
 10. Russia     - Senchev, Stepanov                     7   5     12 .
 11. Madagascar - B.Andriani, S.Andriani                6   5½    11½.
 12. China      - Liang                                     7      7 .