22nd World Othello Championships

Barcelona (Spain), 1998/11/5-7, 38 players from 17 countries
Tournament director: Marc Tastet

Final standings

1. Takeshi Murakami (JPN)
2. Emmanuel Caspard (FRA)
3. Dominique Penloup (FRA)
4. Tatsuya Mine (USA)

• Final
Murakami 34-30 Caspard
Caspard 32-32 Murakami
Caspard 25-39 Murakami

• 3rd/4th playoff
Penloup 38-26 Mine

• Semi-finals
Murakami 33-31 Mine & Penloup 31-33 Caspard
Mine 25-39 Murakami & Caspard 46-18 Penloup

• Playoff match for 4th place
Matreyek 28-26 Caspard

• Final standings after the swiss-system

  1:  10.5 pts [1131]   PENLOUP Dominique (223) {FRA}
  2:  10.  pts [1139]   MURAKAMI Takeshi (299) {JPN}
  3:   9.5 pts [1119]   MINE Tatsuya (802) {USA}
  4:   9.  pts [1086]   CASPARD Emmanuel (355) {FRA}
               [1067]   MATREYEK Ryan (886) {USA}
  6:   8.  pts [1093]   NICOLET Stéphane (433) {FRA}
               [1071]   SHAMAN David (178) {NED}
               [1067]   FELDBORG Karsten (92) {DEN}
               [1051]   ANDRIANI Bintsa (45) {MDG}
               [1045]   FU Jacky (4001) {CHN}
                [987]   SCHREIBER Raphael (887) {USA}
 12:   7.  pts [1060]   ROMANO Benedetto (2851) {ITA}
               [1030]   PLOWMAN Guy (320) {GBR}
                [974]   HAUGLAND Jan Kristian (1868) {NOR}
                [969]   KRZYWONOS Tim (4002) {CAN}
                [961]   BARRASS Iain (2047) {GBR}
                [958]   POYSTI Markku (1603) {FIN}
                [929]   SHIFMAN Benyamin (879) {ISR}
                [923]   MAK Thomas (4000) {CHN}
 20:   6.5 pts  [887]   DE GREY Aubrey (74) {GBR}
 21:   6.  pts  [970]   YAMADA Toru (4003) {JPN}
                [931]   STANZIONE Pierluigi (2843) {ITA}
                [930]   MENOZZI Giuseppe (2857) {ITA}
                [926]   ORTIZ George (148) {AUS}
                [883]   SHIFMAN Leonid (880) {ISR}
                [869]   SANO Yoko (4004) {JPN}
                [858]   HUBBARD Geoff (804) {AUS}
                [856]   LECAT Renaud (2729) {BEL}
                [774]   DOIGNIE Fabrice (2757) {BEL}
 30:   5.5 pts  [916]   LEVANEN Harri (1622) {FIN}
 31:   5.  pts  [797]   TESINSKY Jakub (4500) {CZE}
                [792]   VAN LANGENDONCKT Michel (2752) {BEL}
                [758]   NAOR Ayala (4006) {ISR}
                [721]   TOUS Benjami (577) {ESP}
 35:   4.  pts  [727]   KREJCIK Roman (4503) {CZE}
 36:   3.  pts  [726]   MUNTANE Genar (576) {ESP}
 37:   2.  pts  [630]   MARTINEZ Oscar (579) {ESP}
 38:   0.  pt   [463]   DONATE Alvaro (4007) {ESP}

• Teams standings

 1. FRA         27.5 pts
 2. USA         26.5 pts
 3. JPN         22   pts
 4. GBR         20.5 pts
 5. ITA         19   pts
 6. ISR         18   pts
 7. BEL         17   pts
 8. CHN         15   pts
 9. FIN         12.5 pts
10. AUS         12   pts
11. ESP         10   pts
12. CZE          9   pts
13. DEN          8   pts
    MDG          8   pts
    NED          8   pts
16. CAN          7   pts
    NOR          7   pts