Tom Schotte

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Belgian Champion 2005 and 2008.

Vice-Belgian champion 2004 and 2006.

Tom Schotte (°23/09/1984) is president of the Belgian Federation since January 2007.

Tournament director in Belgium and founder of the OCG (Othello Club Gent).

Keeper of both the OCG-ratinglist and the Belgian DAN-system.

Active member of the World Othello Rating Committee (WORC).

Administrator of the Othello Wiki Book.

Brother of Bram Schotte, partner of Akke-lien de Boer and son of Annie Flockman.

Has played six World Othello Championships:

2004: 45th / 62

2005: 20th / 62

2006: 75th / 84

2007: 18th / 68

2008: 32nd / 60

2009: 12th / 70

Tournaments played:










Tournaments won:

Year Tournament Result
March 2005 2nd Antwerp Othello Open WINNER
December 2005 3rd Ottignies Christmas tournament WINNER
December 2006 4th Ottignies Christmas tournament WINNER
December 2007 1st Gent Christmas tournament WINNER
September 2008 1st Gent Home tournament WINNER
October 2008 Dutch Open Othello B-Championship WINNER
October 2008 Belgian Championship (Gent) WINNER
December 2008 2nd Gent Christmas tournament WINNER
February 2009 3rd Gent Othello Open WINNER
August 2009 19th Belgian EGP (Gent) WINNER
September 2009 3rd Prague EGP WINNER


Year Result Best GP tournament
2004 4th 3rd
2005 WINNER WINNER (1x)
2006 2nd 2nd
2007 2nd 2nd
2008 WINNER WINNER (2x)
2009 WINNER WINNER (2x)
2010 currently 2nd 2nd

EGP Series results:

Year Result Info Best
2004 47th 2 EGP's played (1 score) 8th
2005 17th 2 EGP's played (1 score) 3rd
2006 37th 1 EGP played (1 score) 7th
2007 50th 2 EGP's played (1 score) 6th
2008 35th 5 EGP's played (3 scores) 6th
2009 2nd 8 EGP played (7 scores) WINNER (2x)
2010 currently 9th 1 EGP played (1 score) 9th

FFO-evolution:

Date FFO Info
15/01/2004 1740 First entry
17/03/2004 1853 First time 1800+
14/09/2004 1925 First time 1900+
30/05/2005 2005 First time 2000+
10/02/2006 2102 First time 2100+
21/07/2006 2164 Maximum
15/02/2010 2094

Tournament activity:

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(green = have played, yellow = planned 2009-2010)
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Records

  • Most European Grand Prix tournament victories for Belgium (2). (shared with Alexandre Cordy)
  • Most Belgian Grand Prix victories (3). (shared with Alexandre Cordy)
  • Highest Belgian DAN grade (6 DAN).
  • Most European Grand Prix tournaments played in one season for Belgium (8).
  • Most European Grand Prix tournaments points scored in one season for Belgium (705).
  • Best European Grand Prix series result for Belgium (2nd). (shared with Alexandre Cordy)
  • Most European Grand Prix tournaments played in different countries for Belgium (9).