12th World Othello Championships

Paris (France), 1988/11/11-13, 30 players from 10 countries
Tournament director: Emmanuel Lazard

Final standings

1. Hideshi Tamenori (JPN)
2. Graham Brightwell (GBR)
3. Imre Leader (GBR)
4. Takeshi Murakami (JPN)

• Final
Brightwell 20-44 Tamenori
Tamenori 40-24 Brightwell

• 3rd/4th playoff
Murakami 15-49 Leader

• Semi-finals
Murakami 0-64 Brightwell & Tamenori 38-26 Leader
Brightwell 24-40 Murakami & Leader 24-40 Tamenori
Murakami 32-32 Brightwell

• Final standings after the swiss-system

 1. Takeshi Muramaki (JAP)     11/13
 2. Imre Leader (GBR)          10
 3. Hideshi Tamenori (JAP)      9.5
 4. Graham Brightwell (GBR)     9
 5. Francesco Marconi (ITA)     8
    Erik Jensen (DEN)           8
    Paul Ralle (FRA)            8
    Brian Rose (USA)            8
 9. Per-Erik Wåhlberg (SWE)     7
    Rikhard Andersson (SWE)     7
    Nils Berner (SWE)           7
    Karsten Feldborg (DEN)      7
    Paolo Ghirardato (ITA)      7
    Luc Jeangille (BEL)         7
    David Shaman (USA)          7
    Didier Piau (FRA)           7
17. Jean-François Puget (FRA)   6.5
    Alessandro Maccheroni (ITA) 6.5
    Pierre Jeangille (BEL)      6.5
20. Peter Bhagat (GBR)          6
    Claus Qvist Jessen (DEN)    6
    Olivier Thill (FRA-2)       6
    Anders Kierulf (USA)        6
24. Vidar Aas (NOR)             5
    Pawel Pietruszkiewicz (POL) 5
26. Witold Rychlowski (POL)     4
    Gudny Scheving (NOR)        4
28. Masahari Ohno (JAP)         3
29. Artur Kaniewski (POL)       2
30. Alain Daix (BEL)            1

Receiving country allowed to enter a fourth player (not on the team) if there is an odd number of players.

• Teams standings

 1. GBR         25   pts
 2. JPN         23.5 pts
 3. ITA         21.5 pts
    FRA         21.5 pts
 5. USA         21   pts
    DEN         21   pts
    SWE         21   pts
 8. BEL         14.5 pts
 9. POL         14   pts
10. NOR          9   pts