British National Championship.
September 15/16 2007 - Derby

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01 - BARRASS Iain 58 -  6 TURNER Tanith

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01 - BECK David 48 - 16 CAMPBELL Yvette (Incomplete 41)

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01 - BRIGHTWELL Graham 47 - 17 DYER Jeremy

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01 - CALLADINE Robert 10 - 54 DAS Jeremy

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01 - HANDEL Michael 53 - 11 ARNOLD Roy (Incomplete 30)

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01 - PRIDMORE Ben 29 - 35 LEADER Imre

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01 - STANTON Robert 10 - 54 HAND David

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01 - TURNER Ali 20 - 44 HUBBARD Geoff


01 - TURNER Kali   9 - 55 TURNER Ian (No Transcript)

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02 - ARNOLD Roy 53 - 11 CALLADINE Robert


02 - CAMPBELL Yvette 63 -  1 TURNER Kali (No Transcript)

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02 - DAS Jeremy 30 - 34 HANDEL Michael

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02 - DYER Jeremy 11 - 53 BECK David

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02 - HAND David 43 - 21 TURNER Ian

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02 - HUBBARD Geoff 41 - 23 BRIGHTWELL Graham

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02 - LEADER Imre 21 - 43 BARRASS Iain

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02 - PRIDMORE Ben 48 - 16 TURNER Alison


02 - TURNER Tanith 12 - 52 STANTON Robert (No Transcript)

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03 - BARRASS Iain 32 - 32 HAND David

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03 - BECK David 41 - 23 HUBBARD Geoff

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03 - BRIGHTWELL Graham 51 - 13 LEADER Imre

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03 - CALLADINE Robert 31 - 33 TURNER Tanith (Incomplete 8)

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03 - HANDEL Michael 19 - 45 PRIDMORE Ben

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03 - STANTON Robert   7 - 57 ARNOLD Roy (Incomplete 35)


03 - TURNER Alison 37 - 27 CAMPBELL Yvette (No Transcript)

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03 - TURNER Ian 50 - 14 DAS Jeremy

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03 - TURNER Kali   0 - 64 DYER Jeremy

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04 - ARNOLD Roy 24 - 40 BRIGHTWELL Graham

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04 - CALLADINE Robert 22 - 42 TURNER Kali

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04 - CAMPBELL Yvette 22 - 42 PRIDMORE Ben


04 - DAS Jeremy 20 - 44 TURNER Alison (Game not played - J. Das absent)

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04 - DYER Jeremy 57 -  7 TURNER Tanith (1of2 37 h4 did not flip g3)

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04 - DYER Jeremy 57 -  7 TURNER Tanith (2of2 After flipping error)

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04 - HAND David 32 - 32 BECK David

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04 - HUBBARD Geoff 19 - 45 HANDEL Michael

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04 - LEADER Imre 52 - 12 STANTON Robert

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04 - TURNER Ian 25 - 39 BARRASS Iain

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05 - BECK David 23 - 41 BARRASS Iain

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05 - CAMPBELL Yvette 53 - 11 CALLADINE Robert

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05 - HANDEL Michael 34 - 30 HAND David (Incomplete 46)

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05 - HUBBARD Geoff 43 - 21 TURNER Ian

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05 - LEADER Imre 54 - 10 ARNOLD Roy

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05 - PRIDMORE Ben   1 - 63 BRIGHTWELL Graham


05 - STANTON Robert 48 - 16 TURNER Kali (No Transcript)

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05 - TURNER Alison 16 - 48 DYER Jeremy


05 - TURNER Tanith 44 - 20 DAS Jeremy (Game not played - J. Das absent)

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06 - ARNOLD Roy 51 - 13 TURNER Alison

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06 - BARRASS Iain 29 - 35 HANDEL Michael

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06 - BRIGHTWELL Graham 17 - 47 BECK David

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06 - DYER Jeremy 16 - 48 LEADER Imre

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06 - HAND David 47 - 17 PRIDMORE Ben

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06 - STANTON Robert 24 - 40 HUBBARD Geoff

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06 - TURNER Ian 54 - 10 CALLADINE Robert

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06 - TURNER Kali   7 - 57 DAS Jeremy


06 - TURNER Tanith   7 - 57 CAMPBELL Yvette (No Transcript)

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07 - BRIGHTWELL Graham 52 - 12 BARRASS Iain

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07 - CALLADINE Robert 20 - 44 TURNER Alison

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07 - CAMPBELL Yvette 49 - 15 ARNOLD Roy (Incomplete  47)

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07 - DAS Jeremy 49 - 15 STANTON Robert

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07 - HANDEL Michael 31 - 33 BECK David (Incomplete 44)

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07 - HUBBARD Geoff 37 - 27 HAND David

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07 - LEADER Imre 50 - 14 TURNER Ian

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07 - PRIDMORE Ben 20 - 44 DYER Jeremy


07 - TURNER Kali 53 - 11 TURNER Tanith (No Transcript)

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08 - ARNOLD Roy 55 -  9 TURNER Kali

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08 - BARRASS Iain 31 - 33 HUBBARD Geoff

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08 - BECK David 28 - 36 LEADER Imre

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08 - DYER Jeremy 35 - 29 DAS Jeremy

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08 - HAND David 41 - 23 CAMPBELL Yvette

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08 - TURNER Alison 51 - 13 TURNER Tanith (No Transcript)

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09 - CAMPBELL Yvette 25 - 39 STANTON Robert (No Transcript)

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09 - TURNER Tanith   3 - 61 TURNER Ian (No Transcript)

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FINAL - LEADER Imre 39 - 25 BRIGHTWELL Graham

Hi all,

At the recent BOF committee meeting Geoff failed, in the few seconds
I gave him, to find a compelling excuse to reject my nomination of
him as my successor as BOF chairman. I'm sure he will do a terrific
job! - everybody please convey your congrats/sympathies etc.

Cheers, Aubrey

Call for contributions for the Jan 08 Newsletter

Of the British Othello Federation.  Deadline for receipt December 24,
2007, 5 PM;  earlier communication of articles is strongly encouraged.  As
usual, of course, if you have a meaty article *nearly* finished which will
be much better with a couple more days of work, email me as soon as you
know that the deadline may be missed and negotiate an extension.

The preferred format for submission is as a simple email message;  fiddly
bits (eg, Ste'phane) can be handled ad lib, either typed as here, in-line
symbol, or with a note following (Stephane [acute over first e]) -- if you
leave symbols that don't translate to ASCII in their original format, so
they become some random symbol in ASCII, I may not be able to guess what
you meant.  Although sending me articles as attachment files avoids ASCII
problems, such files give me quite a lot more work moving them into the
Newsletter format than simple email does.  By all means write your
original in whatever word-processing platform you prefer, but then copy it
into an email message to send to me.  Or, of course, just snail-mail me a
printed version;  I can type.

Transcripts can be just

63  50  43  23  34  24  25  18
etc

and diagrams can be just

-  -  -  -  W B W  -
etc

If your article includes a lot of diagrams and you don't want to take the
trouble to type all of them in, POST me a copy of all those diagrams
(labelled as to where they go in the text that you have emailed to me).

Looking forward to all those contributions (please)!

Adelaide TC Carpenter
atc12@...
work:  Dept Genetics, U Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EH
home:  1 Beaconsfield Terrace, Victoria Road, Cambridge   CB4 3BP

Damn... you beat me to it Aubrey !
I was hoping to pass on the AOF presidency to Geoff starting next
year :)
Oh well, too late now...  need to find another possible victim.

--- In British_Othello@yahoogroups.com, Aubrey de Grey <aubrey@...>
wrote:
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> At the recent BOF committee meeting Geoff failed, in the few seconds
> I gave him, to find a compelling excuse to reject my nomination of
> him as my successor as BOF chairman. I'm sure he will do a terrific
> job! - everybody please convey your congrats/sympathies etc.
>
> Cheers, Aubrey
>

----- Original Message -----

From: Aubrey de Grey

To: British_Othello@yahoogroups.com

Cc: Aubrey de Grey

Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 9:56 AM

Subject: [British_Othello] Geoff Hubbard is the new BOF chairman

Hi all,

At the recent BOF committee meeting Geoff failed, in the few seconds
I gave him, to find a compelling excuse to reject my nomination of
him as my successor as BOF chairman. I'm sure he will do a terrific
job! - everybody please convey your congrats/sympathies etc.

Cheers, Aubrey

--- In British_Othello@yahoogroups.com, "George Ortiz" <ortiz@...> wrote:
>
> Damn... you beat me to it Aubrey !
> I was hoping to pass on the AOF presidency to Geoff starting next
> year :)
> Oh well, too late now...  need to find another possible victim.

And while you are at it George - drop Geoff from any future Aussie WOC
team - don't think it is quite right having a senior official of
another national federation playing for Australia. He is the BOF
chairman and therefore should put the interests of the British game
first. I think you should also find someone in Australia to be your
victim whilst you remain an official European-based contact amongst
the superior Othello facilities that are found in Europe.


>
> --- In British_Othello@yahoogroups.com, Aubrey de Grey <aubrey@>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > At the recent BOF committee meeting Geoff failed, in the few seconds
> > I gave him, to find a compelling excuse to reject my nomination of
> > him as my successor as BOF chairman. I'm sure he will do a terrific
> > job! - everybody please convey your congrats/sympathies etc.
> >
> > Cheers, Aubrey
> >
>

Roy Arnold's opinion is his own, not the official stance of the BOF.

Adelaide

---

To: British_Othello@yahoogroups.com
From: royarnold@...
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 21:23:11 +0000
Subject: [British_Othello] Re: Geoff Hubbard is the new BOF chairman

--- In British_Othello@yahoogroups.com, "George Ortiz" <ortiz@...> wrote:
>
> Damn... you beat me to it Aubrey !
> I was hoping to pass on the AOF presidency to Geoff starting next
> year :)
> Oh well, too late now... need to find another possible victim.

And while you are at it George - drop Geoff from any future Aussie WOC
team - don't think it is quite right having a senior official of
another national federation playing for Australia. He is the BOF
chairman and therefore should put the interests of the British game
first. I think you should also find someone in Australia to be your
victim whilst you remain an official European-based contact amongst
the superior Othello facilities that are found in Europe.

>
> --- In British_Othello@yahoogroups.com, Aubrey de Grey <aubrey@>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > At the recent BOF committee meeting Geoff failed, in the few seconds
> > I gave him, to find a compelling excuse to reject my nomination of
> > him as my successor as BOF chairman. I'm sure he will do a terrific
> > job! - everybody please convey your congrats/sympathies etc.
> >
> > Cheers, Aubrey
> >
>

--- In British_Othello@yahoogroups.com, Jeremy Dyer <jeremydyer@...>
wrote:
>
> Seems to me that Geoff is more than adequately qualified to play for
Australia at the WOC because he is Australian.

Ordinarily yes - but as he now holds the most senior position in the
BOF then IMO he should really put the interests of the British game
ahead of that in Australia. It would therefore seem not quite right
that he should continue to represent Australia and doesn't make it
look very good for the BOF if he does. As there could be a problem
getting other players to represent Australia then I have other ideas
which I hope will be successful.

ah, shut up Roy - if you're not careful he'll resign and we'll be
stuck with me again.

Cheers A

On 3 Dec 2007, at 10:51 pm, Roy Arnold wrote:

> --- In British_Othello@yahoogroups.com, Jeremy Dyer <jeremydyer@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > Seems to me that Geoff is more than adequately qualified to play for
> Australia at the WOC because he is Australian.
>
> Ordinarily yes - but as he now holds the most senior position in the
> BOF then IMO he should really put the interests of the British game
> ahead of that in Australia. It would therefore seem not quite right
> that he should continue to represent Australia and doesn't make it
> look very good for the BOF if he does. As there could be a problem
> getting other players to represent Australia then I have other ideas
> which I hope will be successful.
>
>
>

--- In British_Othello@yahoogroups.com, Aubrey de Grey <aubrey@...> wrote:
>
>
> ah, shut up Roy - if you're not careful he'll resign and we'll be
> stuck with me again.

Assuming there is room for both him holding his role as BOF chairman
and a place on the Aussie team (personally I would really prefer him
to be on the British team if he qualifies for it even if I would
benefit for his withdrawal). However I would like to somehow create a
bit of healthy competition for places on the Aussie team or potential
team-mates for Geoff (whichever way he looks at it).

I - could - understand Roy's point.
As the new chairman (congrats! by the way), Geoff's objective should
be to promote Othello in Britain and a win in a WOC would help.
Now, what should he do if he's playing for Australia and has to play
a member of the British team?
A win would be desired by the Australians but would reduce the
chances of a WOC win by British player... Geoff the Australian would
be happy, but Geoff the chairman wouldn't...

Emmanuel


Le 4 déc. 07 à 00:30, Roy Arnold a écrit :

> --- In British_Othello@yahoogroups.com, Aubrey de Grey <aubrey@...>
> wrote:
>>
>>
>> ah, shut up Roy - if you're not careful he'll resign and we'll be
>> stuck with me again.
>
> Assuming there is room for both him holding his role as BOF chairman
> and a place on the Aussie team (personally I would really prefer him
> to be on the British team if he qualifies for it even if I would
> benefit for his withdrawal). However I would like to somehow create a
> bit of healthy competition for places on the Aussie team or potential
> team-mates for Geoff (whichever way he looks at it).
>
>
>
> Community email addresses:
>   Post message: British_Othello@onelist.com
>   Subscribe:    British_Othello-subscribe@onelist.com
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>
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> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>

Of course, the ideal situation would be for the BOF Chairman to win the
tournament and for the British team to win the team championship.
Therefore, the British team can be happy to lose to me, and the BOF can
be happy that the Chairman is World Champion.

The apparent conflict of having someone who holds an Australian passport
as the BOF Chairman was perfectly obvious before I got the job, and in
fact was my main argument for not giving it to me in the first place.
But I do not believe anyone other than Roy is concerned about the issue.

It is in fact my ultimate goal to be unable to qualify for the World
Championships, due to both Britain and Australia being able to field
full teams of players who have qualified ahead of me.

Geoff.

On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 09:54:22AM +0100, Emmanuel Lazard wrote:
> I - could - understand Roy's point.
> As the new chairman (congrats! by the way), Geoff's objective should
> be to promote Othello in Britain and a win in a WOC would help.
> Now, what should he do if he's playing for Australia and has to play
> a member of the British team?
> A win would be desired by the Australians but would reduce the
> chances of a WOC win by British player... Geoff the Australian would
> be happy, but Geoff the chairman wouldn't...
>
> Emmanuel
>
>
> Le 4 déc. 07 à 00:30, Roy Arnold a écrit :
>
> > --- In British_Othello@yahoogroups.com, Aubrey de Grey <aubrey@...>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> ah, shut up Roy - if you're not careful he'll resign and we'll be
> >> stuck with me again.
> >
> > Assuming there is room for both him holding his role as BOF chairman
> > and a place on the Aussie team (personally I would really prefer him
> > to be on the British team if he qualifies for it even if I would
> > benefit for his withdrawal). However I would like to somehow create a
> > bit of healthy competition for places on the Aussie team or potential
> > team-mates for Geoff (whichever way he looks at it).
> >
> >
> >
> > Community email addresses:
> >   Post message: British_Othello@onelist.com
> >   Subscribe:    British_Othello-subscribe@onelist.com
> >   Unsubscribe:  British_Othello-unsubscribe@onelist.com
> >   List owner:   British_Othello-owner@onelist.com
> >
> > Shortcut URL to this page:
> >   http://www.onelist.com/community/British_Othello
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
>

> Of course, the ideal situation would be for the BOF Chairman to win the
> tournament and for the British team to win the team championship.
> Therefore, the British team can be happy to lose to me, and the BOF can
> be happy that the Chairman is World Champion.
>
> The apparent conflict of having someone who holds an Australian passport
> as the BOF Chairman was perfectly obvious before I got the job, and in
> fact was my main argument for not giving it to me in the first place.
> But I do not believe anyone other than Roy is concerned about the issue.

I suppose I was more concerned that representing Australia in future
WOC might become a distraction rather than Geoff holding an Aussie
passport - Geoff's predecessor had a huge distraction outside the game
which affected his performance as chairman. I think Geoff might have
quite a difficult task on his hands trying to restore the profile of
British Othello - especially on the international stage which has seen
a decline (next year I think we will have just the one would be seeded
player in the WOC - two years ago I think it was four).

  > It is in fact my ultimate goal to be unable to qualify for the World
> Championships, due to both Britain and Australia being able to field
> full teams of players who have qualified ahead of me.

To try and achieve the latter, I would probably suggest holding an
Aussie B-championships in Europe to provide players for an Aussie team
in future WOC and Geoff and George selling the package to Aussie
ex-pats in the UK and Italy respectively.
>
> Geoff.
>
> On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 09:54:22AM +0100, Emmanuel Lazard wrote:
> > I - could - understand Roy's point.
> > As the new chairman (congrats! by the way), Geoff's objective should
> > be to promote Othello in Britain and a win in a WOC would help.
> > Now, what should he do if he's playing for Australia and has to play
> > a member of the British team?
> > A win would be desired by the Australians but would reduce the
> > chances of a WOC win by British player... Geoff the Australian would
> > be happy, but Geoff the chairman wouldn't...
> >
> > Emmanuel
> >
> >
> > Le 4 déc. 07 à 00:30, Roy Arnold a écrit :
> >
> > > --- In British_Othello@yahoogroups.com, Aubrey de Grey <aubrey@>
> > > wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> ah, shut up Roy - if you're not careful he'll resign and we'll be
> > >> stuck with me again.
> > >
> > > Assuming there is room for both him holding his role as BOF chairman
> > > and a place on the Aussie team (personally I would really prefer him
> > > to be on the British team if he qualifies for it even if I would
> > > benefit for his withdrawal). However I would like to somehow
create a
> > > bit of healthy competition for places on the Aussie team or
potential
> > > team-mates for Geoff (whichever way he looks at it).
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Community email addresses:
> > >   Post message: British_Othello@onelist.com
> > >   Subscribe:    British_Othello-subscribe@onelist.com
> > >   Unsubscribe:  British_Othello-unsubscribe@onelist.com
> > >   List owner:   British_Othello-owner@onelist.com
> > >
> > > Shortcut URL to this page:
> > >   http://www.onelist.com/community/British_Othello
> > > Yahoo! Groups Links
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>

----- Original Message -----

From: Benkt Steentoft

To: British_Othello@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 9:40 AM

Subject: Re: [British_Othello] Re: Geoff Hubbard is the new BOF chairman

Hi all,

 

All years I have known Geoff I have learned me that he is a fair player and person and I am sure that he will be a positive injection in BOF as he is in WOF. You couldnt choosed a better guy in my opinion.

Hope that you all can see the positive to have a enthusiastic Geoff ac Chairman and not only see to things who not in fact are importent.
 

Benkt Steentoft
 

2007/12/4, Geoff Hubbard <ghubbard@ntlworld.com>:

Of course, the ideal situation would be for the BOF Chairman to win the
tournament and for the British team to win the team championship.
Therefore, the British team can be happy to lose to me, and the BOF can
be happy that the Chairman is World Champion.

The apparent conflict of having someone who holds an Australian passport
as the BOF Chairman was perfectly obvious before I got the job, and in
fact was my main argument for not giving it to me in the first place.
But I do not believe anyone other than Roy is concerned about the issue.

It is in fact my ultimate goal to be unable to qualify for the World
Championships, due to both Britain and Australia being able to field
full teams of players who have qualified ahead of me.

Geoff.

On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 09:54:22AM +0100, Emmanuel Lazard wrote:
> I - could - understand Roy's point.
> As the new chairman (congrats! by the way), Geoff's objective should
> be to promote Othello in Britain and a win in a WOC would help.
> Now, what should he do if he's playing for Australia and has to play
> a member of the British team?
> A win would be desired by the Australians but would reduce the
> chances of a WOC win by British player... Geoff the Australian would
> be happy, but Geoff the chairman wouldn't...
>
> Emmanuel
>
>
> Le 4 déc. 07 à 00:30, Roy Arnold a écrit :
>
> > --- In British_Othello@yahoogroups.com, Aubrey de Grey <aubrey@...>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> ah, shut up Roy - if you're not careful he'll resign and we'll be
> >> stuck with me again.
> >
> > Assuming there is room for both him holding his role as BOF chairman
> > and a place on the Aussie team (personally I would really prefer him
> > to be on the British team if he qualifies for it even if I would
> > benefit for his withdrawal). However I would like to somehow create a
> > bit of healthy competition for places on the Aussie team or potential
> > team-mates for Geoff (whichever way he looks at it).
> >
> >
> >
> > Community email addresses:
> > Post message: British_Othello@onelist.com
> > Subscribe: British_Othello-subscribe@onelist.com
> > Unsubscribe: British_Othello-unsubscribe@onelist.com
> > List owner: British_Othello-owner@onelist.com
> >
> > Shortcut URL to this page:
> > http://www.onelist.com/community/British_Othello
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
>

Need people to do regionals for next year - one event has been
confirmed - need three or four people to organise the remaining events:

Would like to keep at least a two week gap between UK tournaments and
avoid a clash with EGP tournaments on the continent (does anyone know
when and where these are?) - especially Amsterdam, Stockholm,
Brussels, Paris...


East Midlands: Leicester (Oadby) 8th March CONFIRMED
East Anglia: Cambridge MSO? May 3rd-4th? Suggested backup plan: Norwich
London: Bath House PH (same as 2006)
South West: Ian Turner?
North East: Sheffield - Robert Stanton? Mansfield - Phil Marson?

Below are available dates - expect some to be filled when I receive
confirmation of EGP events.

Feb 02:
Feb 09: -------------
Feb 16: Cambridge EGP
Feb 23: -------------
Mar 01: -------------
Mar 08: Leicester - Oadby Regional
Mar 15: -------------
Mar 22:
Mar 29:
Apr 05:
Apr 12:
Apr 19:
Apr 26:
May 03: Cambridge MSO (unconfirmed)
May 10:
May 17:
May 24:
May 31:
Jun 07:
Jun 14:
Jun 21:
Jun 28:
Jul 05:
Jul 12:

Germany plans to have Berlin EGP Marc 8/9
> Feb 02:
> Feb 09: -------------
> Feb 16: Cambridge EGP
> Feb 23: -------------
> Mar 01: -------------
> Mar 08: Leicester - Oadby Regional
> Mar 15: -------------
> Mar 22:
> Mar 29:
> Apr 05:
> Apr 12:
> Apr 19:
> Apr 26:
> May 03: Cambridge MSO (unconfirmed)
> May 10:
> May 17:
> May 24:
> May 31:
> Jun 07:
> Jun 14:
> Jun 21:
> Jun 28:
> Jul 05:
> Jul 12:
>

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  2. 16/17- 2-2008 EGP England      (was 17/18- 2-2007)
  3.  8/9 - 3-2008 EGP Germany      (!!! new !!!)
  4.  5/6 - 4-2008 EGP Netherlands  (was 24/25- 3-2007)
  5. 17/18- 5-2008 EGP Spain        (was 16/17-12-2006)
  6. 24/25- 5-2008 EGP Sweden       (was  2/ 3- 6-2007)
  7. ??/??-??-2008 EGP Denmark      (was 21/22- 4-2007)
  8.  7/8 - 6-2008 EGP Poland       (was 30   - 6-2007)
  9. 26/27- 7-2008 EGP Belgium      (was 28/29- 7-2007)
10. 30/31- 8-2008 EGP France       (was  1/ 2- 9-2007)
11. ??/??-??-2008 EGP Czech        (was 29/30- 9-2007)

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: British_Othello@yahoogroups.com
>> [mailto:British_Othello@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Roy Arnold
>> Sent: maandag 10 december 2007 17:01
>> To: British_Othello@yahoogroups.com
>> Subject: [British_Othello] Regionals 2008
>>
>> Need people to do regionals for next year - one event has been
>> confirmed - need three or four people to organise the remaining
>> events:
>>
>> Would like to keep at least a two week gap between UK tournaments and
>> avoid a clash with EGP tournaments on the continent (does anyone know
>> when and where these are?) - especially Amsterdam, Stockholm,
>> Brussels, Paris...
>>
>>
>> East Midlands: Leicester (Oadby) 8th March CONFIRMED
>> East Anglia: Cambridge MSO? May 3rd-4th? Suggested backup plan:
>> Norwich
>> London: Bath House PH (same as 2006)
>> South West: Ian Turner?
>> North East: Sheffield - Robert Stanton? Mansfield - Phil Marson?
>>
>> Below are available dates - expect some to be filled when I receive
>> confirmation of EGP events.
>>
>> Feb 02:
>> Feb 09: -------------
>> Feb 16: Cambridge EGP
>> Feb 23: -------------
>> Mar 01: -------------
>> Mar 08: Leicester - Oadby Regional
>> Mar 15: -------------
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Revised tournament calendar with available weekends. Steve Rowe - is
it possible to reschedule the Oadby tournament?

Jan 05:
Jan 12: Italy EGP - Milan
Jan 19:
Jan 26:
Feb 02:
Feb 09:
Feb 16: UK EGP - Cambridge
Feb 23:
Mar 01:
Mar 08: Germany EGP - Berlin
         Leicester-Oadby Regional
Mar 15:
Mar 22:
Mar 29:
Apr 05: Netherlands EGP - Amsterdam-Alkmaar
Apr 12:
Apr 19:
Apr 26:
May 03: Cambridge MSO (unconfirmed)
May 10:
May 17: Spain EGP - Barcelona
May 24: Sweden EGP - Stockholm
May 31:
Jun 07: Poland EGP - Gdansk
Jun 14:
Jun 21:
Jun 28:
Jul 05:
Jul 12:
Jul 19:
Jul 26: Belgium EGP - Brussels
Aug 02:
Aug 09:
Aug 16:
Aug 23:
Aug 30: France EGP - Paris
Sep 06:
Sep 13:
Sep 20:
Sep 27:

TBA:
Denmark EGP - Copenhagen
Czech Republic EGP - Prague
British Championships (Venue TBA)

So far two regionals have been confirmed with one provisional and
another backup plan.

Mar 08: Leicester-Oadby Regional 1
May 03: Cambridge MSO (provisional)
Apr 19: Leicester-Oadby Backup Plan B regional.
Jun 21: Farnborough (Hants)

Need people to organise two more events - in two (or three if
Cambridge falls through) of the following locations, one of which on
April 19th:

London - can Graham or someone in London get the Bath House pub, the
venue for the 2007 event? Has tended to be a well attended event I
would like to get a tournament there.
Coventry - can Michael Handel get somewhere?
Sheffield - can Robert Stanton get the place where the 2006 event was
held? If not then I can look at places both 2km west of the city
centre and in Leeds.
Norwich (back-up for Cambridge and would have to be May 3rd or 10th) -
I Cambridge falls through could Crichton Ramsay or Joel Blackmur come
up with somewhere?
Nottingham - Joel Feinstein?

Steve Rowe has suggested running two regionals - would definitely
prefer this not to happen.

Thanks for all your work organising this Roy!

I will guarantee a regional in Cambridge will happen with or without the
MSO.

We definitely need a London regional.

I'm sure Ben and his infinite resourcefulness could find a place in
Derby if needs be.
What about Ashford? (Jeremy Dyer)

The hall that we had the Sheffield regional in wasn't too far away.
If we were to get ourselves organised we could meet at the station and
share a taxi.

Isn't the whole point of regionals to have them in different regions so
that there's always one you don't have to travel too far for?

I would think having repeating venues is better than having fewer than 5
regionals.

Just some thoughts.

Geoff.
(I'll not be able to make any tournaments in late/Feb early/March.)

On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 01:43:31PM -0000, Roy Arnold wrote:
> So far two regionals have been confirmed with one provisional and
> another backup plan.
>
> Mar 08: Leicester-Oadby Regional 1
> May 03: Cambridge MSO (provisional)
> Apr 19: Leicester-Oadby Backup Plan B regional.
> Jun 21: Farnborough (Hants)
>
> Need people to organise two more events - in two (or three if
> Cambridge falls through) of the following locations, one of which on
> April 19th:
>
> London - can Graham or someone in London get the Bath House pub, the
> venue for the 2007 event? Has tended to be a well attended event I
> would like to get a tournament there.
> Coventry - can Michael Handel get somewhere?
> Sheffield - can Robert Stanton get the place where the 2006 event was
> held? If not then I can look at places both 2km west of the city
> centre and in Leeds.
> Norwich (back-up for Cambridge and would have to be May 3rd or 10th) -
> I Cambridge falls through could Crichton Ramsay or Joel Blackmur come
> up with somewhere?
> Nottingham - Joel Feinstein?
>
> Steve Rowe has suggested running two regionals - would definitely
> prefer this not to happen.
>

> We definitely need a London regional.

And ideally central London. I have a number of contacts but if I use
them the venue is likely to be around SE7 (Greenwich/Lewisham area).

> What about Ashford? (Jeremy Dyer)
For most players this would involve a journey across London - Ashford
being at least one hour from central London. All events there have
been poorly attended. I have tended to drop Ashford in favour of
Farnborough - my boss got the venue for free and there are five known
players in that area (six if you can technically include me) while
Ashford has just Jeremy Dyer.

> The hall that we had the Sheffield regional in wasn't too far away.
> If we were to get ourselves organised we could meet at the station and
> share a taxi.

Buses are most likely cheaper than taxis - I was forced to get a cab
from the city centre to where I live (the same length of journey) and
it set me about £5.50. A Sheffield plusbus ticket add on to the train
ticket costing around £2.20 (railcard discounts are available) is the
cheapest way of doing it.

There are a number of options in my part of the city - slightly
further away from the station (about 2km) but is served by at least
two high frequency bus routes. I myself slightly prefer Leeds or
Wakefield (generally a faster train journey from London) as a venue
for a Regional in Yorkshire if somewhere can be got cheaply in either
city centre.

> Isn't the whole point of regionals to have them in different regions so
> that there's always one you don't have to travel too far for?

The BOF should somehow use the Regionals to bring new players into the
game. A Coventry Regional (where Michael Handel lives) could target
would-be players in Birmingham (I have known a few there in my playing
career).

> I would think having repeating venues is better than having fewer
than 5 regionals.

Agree but I would still prefer to avoid repeating venues.

Yep, I could organise one in Derby, or maybe Nottingham if you like.

Ben


--- In British_Othello@yahoogroups.com, Geoff <ghubbard@...> wrote:
>
>
> Thanks for all your work organising this Roy!
>
> I will guarantee a regional in Cambridge will happen with or
without the
> MSO.
>
> We definitely need a London regional.
>
> I'm sure Ben and his infinite resourcefulness could find a place in
> Derby if needs be.
> What about Ashford? (Jeremy Dyer)
>
> The hall that we had the Sheffield regional in wasn't too far away.
> If we were to get ourselves organised we could meet at the station
and
> share a taxi.
>
> Isn't the whole point of regionals to have them in different
regions so
> that there's always one you don't have to travel too far for?
>
> I would think having repeating venues is better than having fewer
than 5
> regionals.
>
> Just some thoughts.
>
> Geoff.
> (I'll not be able to make any tournaments in late/Feb early/March.)
>
> On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 01:43:31PM -0000, Roy Arnold wrote:
> > So far two regionals have been confirmed with one provisional and
> > another backup plan.
> >
> > Mar 08: Leicester-Oadby Regional 1
> > May 03: Cambridge MSO (provisional)
> > Apr 19: Leicester-Oadby Backup Plan B regional.
> > Jun 21: Farnborough (Hants)
> >
> > Need people to organise two more events - in two (or three if
> > Cambridge falls through) of the following locations, one of which
on
> > April 19th:
> >
> > London - can Graham or someone in London get the Bath House pub,
the
> > venue for the 2007 event? Has tended to be a well attended event I
> > would like to get a tournament there.
> > Coventry - can Michael Handel get somewhere?
> > Sheffield - can Robert Stanton get the place where the 2006 event
was
> > held? If not then I can look at places both 2km west of the city
> > centre and in Leeds.
> > Norwich (back-up for Cambridge and would have to be May 3rd or
10th) -
> > I Cambridge falls through could Crichton Ramsay or Joel Blackmur
come
> > up with somewhere?
> > Nottingham - Joel Feinstein?
> >
> > Steve Rowe has suggested running two regionals - would definitely
> > prefer this not to happen.
> >
>

Found somewhere that is promising. A bit off central london but costs nowt. Want
to get it on April 19. Steve Rowe and Ben pm me if this is okay with any plans
for your tourneys or not

The Jan 08 copy of the Newsletter is out;  electronic subscribers should
already have their copies, the rest of you soon.  Should you not receive
your copy, contact me;  the most likely reason is that your BOF
subscription has expired.

Many thanks to the contributors!

Adelaide

Morning and Afternoon all,

Firstly: Appologies - my interesting article could have filled one of
two spaces if not both. Very very lazy David.

Secondly: If i'm required as per the last board meeting, to look into
the BOF's liability insurance, could i get a copy of the policy
wordings and schedule from whoever has it please?!!!

Thridly: I never officially congratulated Geoff on his appointment as
chairman - though im sure he already knows i think he's the perfect
choice. Its his article that has prompted this response:

Geoff said - "You can post your ideas to the BOF mailing list
British_Othello@yahoogroups.com"

so i am...

i) The main concern for every othello community and the age old
riddle... how do we get more players to play?

If you havnt already read the US mailing list and the ventures of one
teacher, Andrea Guarducci - i strongly recommend it! its quite
inspiring how he is organising the US open(?) with the planned
attendance of the top US players + what i remember reading as
somewhere between 30-40 school kids + their teachers and parents!!

Surely the kick start the US federation needs to get itself back on
its feet!

So how can we develope on our achievements so far and get more
players attending - short of recruiting a few teachers?

A)Well - has anyone thought about offering their services to a local
primary school to organise such events (that is assuming your
unemployed or work part-time? - which ok, most are not!)

B)I find it strange that he have a rated Christmas 'Friendly'
tournament! surely this is the perfect oppertunity to encourage
people to come along to?

It must be disheartening to turn up to your first tournament and get
comprehensivly thrashed by every player there! no wonder you get
players not coming back next time round!! If the day was unrated -
the top players might be more inclined to battle it out against each
other, but take it easy and have a little more fun against the new
comers!

Id be more inclined to play some of my more ridiculous openings for
sure =) especially against Graham and Imre.

On top of that if you do encourage a 'proper' friendly tournament -
is it not the best tournament to have as roaming.. rather than fixed
in Cambridge?

C)Lets make the british tournaments a little more.... enthusiastic!
Wheres the British Grande Prix trophey? - ive already said to Geoff,
ill buy it! - just have to get him to agree on the design - and of
course it will be back dated ;)

best beginner prizes? even if there is only one new player there!
Geoff and i have about 8 or 9 of the travel boards dished out by the
WOC between us - which will be perfect.

D) id love to hear some ideas on attracting more internet players to
attend... since attending tournaments - ive been slapping
announcements for some of the bigger tournaments on Flyordie.com,
Kurnik.org, Yahoo Games and Facebook. there is an abundance of low to
mid level and some higher level players on these sites and some of
them very keen to learn...

but i am vexed by the answer that they all seemed to have got
together to give me... "im not goon enough" ... ahhhhhh

To which i reply - "no one expects you win your first tournament"
and "its the best way to improve your game"

and so far im dissapointed to say its only attracted 1 player to the
christmas friendly, Jon Woolfson. I hope he returns again soon!



Ok... i was under the impression that i had more ideas than that...
but im having to pause to think now. so ill leave you to feedback.

Some other points from the newsletter. I havnt read the game analysis
properly as of yet but will do. Though the game that graham breifly
mentioned in his article of mine from the WOC wasnt nice it was
frightening as Tomei played through my book until move 30 and then
made a goood variation that looked to me to be a horrible loss until -
while pacing around like i do to see whats going on around me. Toei
played H6 flipping only G6 and not flipping up to D2 (which i am
certain he had not seen and wasnt being dishonest). I of course
gratefully made him make the additional flips and sighed a huge sign
of release as i could now see the win.

Personally i preferred my game against Yoojoon Seo in the last round
(im black):

F5F6E6F4E3C5G5G3G4F3E2H6C4D6H5H4E7F2G6F7D3C6H2D1D2D8F8C1E8B4C3B3C8G7E1
H3H8H1G2D7C7G1F1B8H7G8A8B7A7A6B6A4A3A2B2A1B1C2A5B5

Im sure everyone that is unafmiliar with the position after black
17.e7 get very nervous because the 'correct' reply isnt too intuitive
and most go for what Seo played.

And it gives a great example of latching on to a potential and trying
to force it prematurely (in this case the stoner trap) and it going
wrong.

I enjoyed geoff's article about the average discs lost during the
nationals... Geoff how did you go about tabulating all the errors? if
there is a tool its surely or great benefit for improving someones
endgame?

I do like to think that my endgame is usually reasonably good and
that my opening is pretty strong... its my midgame that often throws
it away for me, the oppoent that strings to mind for is Ben.. ive
lost a couple of games this year to him after coming out of the
opening almost certain im ahead and just watching my assumed lead
evapourate during the midgame. I therefore am going to spend a little
time each week chosing a game and taking a looking at the midgame.

Ive already done this once and written an article about it on the
Othello wiki

http://othello.dk/book/index.php/Midgames_from_the_WOC2006

Its unfortunatly an incomplete look round by round at some games from
Mito. which i was too lazy to finish.

but i think i will complete with a game per week that i will post
firstly here and then prehaps alter the wiki to be a random selection
of games, rather than from just mito... Ill post again later this
weekend with a game =)

Thanks to Ben for the flattery, "internet-wunderkid-called-David
(Beck)". i dont hide my vanity and do enjoy searching for my name in
the newsletters of recent, and i think you've made other similar
references on your blod to David Hand and myself.

I will pull you up however on your accuracy... I did infact beat
Graham for the first time at nationals =p

I think thats about me done... congratulations if you got to the end
of this... i had nothing better to do today =)

tata ~