{"id":633,"date":"2018-08-25T20:35:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-25T20:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukmahjong.co.uk\/neve\/index.php\/2018\/08\/25\/9th-uk-open-riichi-championship-2018\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T21:13:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T21:13:00","slug":"9th-uk-open-riichi-championship-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukmahjong.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/08\/25\/9th-uk-open-riichi-championship-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"9th UK Open Riichi Championship – 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This year\u2019s tournament attracted the largest and most widespread support in the history of the event with four dozen domestically based players and twenty from overseas taking part. It was particularly pleasing to note that there were more British players alone than have played in any previous event.as well as the largest representation to date of players from elsewhere in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scoring was strong although not always in a positive direction. There were 11 chombos throughout the event, which may well be another (unwelcome) record. On the plus side in round 2 Koken Takeda scored a yakuman for Big Dragons (Daisangen). Jason He also collected a Suu Ankou yakuman at the event but unfortunately it occurred during social play after a hanchan had finished. Timing is everything Jason! One experienced player is believed to have missed a scoring feature on one hand that may well have secured a podium place if it had been spotted by any of the players at the table. More haste less speed Philip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The player who amassed the most points at the tournament was Oliver Burrows. Sadly, however, the minus sign before the number accentuated Oliver\u2019s 4 chombos, which he accepted with good grace and sportsmanship. The event was played in a good spirit, perhaps too much at times as the floor did became a little noisy during play occasionally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The British entrants provided eight of the top ten finishers, only Martijn Klaar (Netherlands) in second place and Isabelle Marsac (France) preventing a domestic clean sweep. In an excitingly close finish, long-term supporter of the competition, Sonia Yagi, held on to win by a fine margin in the final round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tournament Results<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Rank<\/strong><\/td>Player<\/strong><\/td>Country<\/strong><\/td>Final Score<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>Sonia Yagi<\/td>\"GB\"<\/td>174,000<\/td><\/tr>
2<\/td>Martijn Klaar<\/td>\"NED\"<\/td>172,400<\/td><\/tr>
3<\/td>Meng-Chien Wu<\/td>\"TAI\"<\/td>165,800<\/td><\/tr>
4<\/td>Philip Bielby<\/td>\"GB\"<\/td>162,500<\/td><\/tr>
5<\/td>Hong Li<\/td>\"GB\"<\/td>139,400<\/td><\/tr>
6<\/td>Christopher Rowe<\/td>\"GB\"<\/td>137,000<\/td><\/tr>
7<\/td>Koken Takeda<\/td>\"GB\"<\/td>136,400<\/td><\/tr>
8<\/td>David Clarke<\/td>\"GB\"<\/td>102,400<\/td><\/tr>
9<\/td>Russell Chan<\/td>\"GB\"<\/td>99,200<\/td><\/tr>
10<\/td>Isabelle Marsac<\/td>\"FRA\"<\/td>92,500<\/td><\/tr>
11<\/td>Michael Short<\/td>\"GB\"<\/td>91,200<\/td><\/tr>
12<\/td>Timur Hahn<\/td>\"DEU\"<\/td>71,900<\/td><\/tr>
13<\/td>Joel Ratsimandresy<\/td>\"FRA\"<\/td>58,200<\/td><\/tr>
14<\/td>Jason He<\/td>\"GB\"<\/td>57,200<\/td><\/tr>
15<\/td>Tatsuya Igarashi<\/td>\"POL\"<\/td>57,000<\/td><\/tr>
16<\/td>Mathieu Chambe<\/td>\"FRA\"<\/td>55,500<\/td><\/tr>
17<\/td>Thomas Diment<\/td>\"GB\"<\/td>54,200<\/td><\/tr>
18<\/td>Nicole Haasbroek<\/td>\"NED\"<\/td>51,200<\/td><\/tr>
18<\/td>Tony Haley<\/td>\"GB\"<\/td>51,200<\/td><\/tr>
20<\/td>Martin Lester<\/td>\"GB\"<\/td>51000<\/td><\/tr>
21<\/td>Alexey Belovs<\/td>\"GB\"<\/td>46,700<\/td><\/tr>
22<\/td>Ra\u00fal R\u00edos Navarro<\/td>\"ESP\"<\/td>46,500<\/td><\/tr>
23<\/td>Philipp Martin<\/td>\"DEU\"<\/td>45,300<\/td><\/tr>
24<\/td>Carlos Granados<\/td>\"GB\"<\/td>41,400<\/td><\/tr>
25<\/td>Angus Fisk<\/td>\"GB\"<\/td>35,000<\/td><\/tr>
26<\/td>Andy Mathew<\/td>\"GB\"<\/td>29,700<\/td><\/tr>
27<\/td>Thomas Wood<\/td>\"GB\"<\/td>29,000<\/td><\/tr>
28<\/td>David Stallan<\/td>\"GB\"<\/td>22,900<\/td><\/tr>
29<\/td>Ian Fraser<\/td>\"GB\"<\/td>20.200<\/td><\/tr>
30<\/td>Selina Steck<\/td>\"SUI\"<\/td>19,500<\/td><\/tr>
31<\/td>Andrew Smith<\/td>\"GB\"<\/td>16,000<\/td><\/tr>
32<\/td>Anna Canova Putinier<\/td>\"SUI\"<\/td>6,900<\/td><\/tr>
33<\/td>Sandra Berthommier<\/td>\"FRA\"<\/td>4,500<\/td><\/tr>
34<\/td>Gerda van Oorschot<\/td>\"NED\"<\/td>2,100<\/td><\/tr>
35<\/td>Mark Haines<\/td>\"GB\"<\/td>-200<\/td><\/tr>
36<\/td>Elmira Mustakimova<\/td>\"RUS\"<\/td>-8,200<\/td><\/tr>
37<\/td>Jeanne Manzo<\/td>\"FRA\"<\/td>-11,000<\/td><\/tr>
38<\/td>Ben Wilton<\/td>\"GB\"<\/td>-11,300<\/td><\/tr>
39<\/td>Devina Steck<\/td>\"SUI\"<\/td>-18,900<\/td><\/tr>
40<\/td>Olga Igarashi<\/td>\"POL\"<\/td>-23,500<\/td><\/tr>
41<\/td>Axel Eschenburg<\/td>\"DEU\"<\/td>-25,000<\/td><\/tr>
42<\/td>Norma Todd<\/td>\"GB\"<\/td>-26,200<\/td><\/tr>
43<\/td>Yixuan Liu<\/td>\"GB\"<\/td>-29,700<\/td><\/tr>
44<\/td>Peter Langford<\/td>\"GB\"<\/td>-33,300<\/td><\/tr>
45<\/td>Max Bowsher<\/td>\"GB\"<\/td>-41,500<\/td><\/tr>
46<\/td>Gemma Sakamoto<\/td>\"GB\"<\/td>-49,900<\/td><\/tr>
47<\/td>Jem Short<\/td>\"GB\"<\/td>-50,800<\/td><\/tr>
48<\/td>Piotr Baranowski<\/td>\"GB\"<\/td>-54,200<\/td><\/tr>
49<\/td>Paola Bungaro<\/td>\"GB\"<\/td>-56,000<\/td><\/tr>
50<\/td>Shaun Drury<\/td>\"GB\"<\/td>-63,500<\/td><\/tr>
51<\/td>Mark Bradford<\/td>\"GB\"<\/td>-73,600<\/td><\/tr>
52<\/td>Nick Dyer<\/td>\"GB\"<\/td>-74,300<\/td><\/tr>
53<\/td>Matthias Trinkl<\/td>\"AUT\"<\/td>-80,800<\/td><\/tr>
54<\/td>Jay Li<\/td>\"GB\"<\/td>-89,300<\/td><\/tr>
54<\/td>Graeme Robinson<\/td>\"GB\"<\/td>-89,300<\/td><\/tr>
56<\/td>John Cilliers<\/td>\"GB\"<\/td>-90,700<\/td><\/tr>
57<\/td>Olivier Cao<\/td>\"FRA\"<\/td>-91,000<\/td><\/tr>
58<\/td>Luc Humbert<\/td>\"SUI\"<\/td>-91,500<\/td><\/tr>
59<\/td>Marv Hunter<\/td>\"GB\"<\/td>-93,800<\/td><\/tr>
60<\/td>Andrew ZP Smith<\/td>\"GB\"<\/td>-96,900<\/td><\/tr>
61<\/td>Thomas Yems<\/td>\"GB\"<\/td>-108,300<\/td><\/tr>
62<\/td>Richard Langtry<\/td>\"GB\"<\/td>-111,700<\/td><\/tr>
63<\/td>Eric Haney<\/td>\"GB\"<\/td>-119,500<\/td><\/tr>
64<\/td>Susan Cumming<\/td>\"GB\"<\/td>-130,600<\/td><\/tr>
65<\/td>Bruno Manzo<\/td>\"FRA\"<\/td>-131,900<\/td><\/tr>
66<\/td>Michael Donaghy<\/td>\"GB\"<\/td>-140,200<\/td><\/tr>
67<\/td>Annabel Di Domenico<\/td>\"FRA\"<\/td>-204,000<\/td><\/tr>
68<\/td>Oliver Burrows<\/td>\"DEU\"<\/td>-245,300<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Represented Countries<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"GB\"<\/td>\"FRA\"<\/td>\"DEU\"<\/td>\"SUI\"<\/td>\"POL\"<\/td>\"TAI\"<\/td>\"ESP\"<\/td>\"RUA\"<\/td>\"AUT\"<\/td><\/tr>
42<\/td>8<\/td>4<\/td>4<\/td>1<\/td>1<\/td>1<\/td>1<\/td>1<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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