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Written by Martin Rep
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Sunday, 29 August 2010 23:19 |
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UTRECHT - The Award Ceremony of the World Mahjong Championship was a festive event - the tasteful dessert of a great three-day banquet for 208 mahjong players from all over the world. Marianne Croeze of the organizing committee was the presenting lady of this worthy closing of the championship.
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Last Updated on Monday, 06 September 2010 11:11 |
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Mahjong News MCR Ranking: Danes jump forward |
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Written by Staff
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Monday, 05 July 2010 15:46 |
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(Update: results of the World Mahjong Championship 2010 added)
BADEN - The Mahjong News MCR Ranking List, with the results of the World Mahjong Championship 2010 included. The Danes did very well there, and this reflects in the list. Jesper Willemoes Hansen is the new leader of the classification; Martin Wedel Jacobsen made a giant leap, from position 33 to the 4th place and Morten Andersen jumped from the 44th to 6th position.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 01 September 2010 17:11 |
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The only stain was on the silver set |
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Written by Martin Rep
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Monday, 30 August 2010 13:06 |
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 UTRECHT - Somebody slavered over the 50,000 euro massive silver mahjong set! A long wire of drivel dropped from his mouth and fell on the worst possible place: the hand-written certificate, made by the silversmith’s daughter.
Janny Adelaar is very sad when she tells it. “She now has to do it all over again. I should have put it in a plastic map or just not have shown.”
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Last Updated on Monday, 30 August 2010 13:14 |
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You can feel the tension in the tournament hall |
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Written by Martin Rep
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Sunday, 29 August 2010 13:42 |
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 UTRECHT - It’s the last session of the World Mahjong Championship. Tension in the tournament hall of the National Mind Sports Center is growing. You can almost feel it.
As I want to pass the red chord to make my usual set of pictures, I am stopped by one of the judges. Showing my press card does not help: “Special orders for the last session.”
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Last Updated on Monday, 30 August 2010 06:08 |
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A stand for all kind of things |
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Written by Martin Rep
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Sunday, 29 August 2010 11:42 |
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 UTRECHT, the Netherlands - The World Mahjong Championship is made by the people who remain backstage. Els, Diana and Marco Kuijpers run the Daja Shop, but they also do all kinds of jobs for the organization.
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Last Updated on Sunday, 29 August 2010 11:49 |
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After 8 Sessions, Linghua Jiao is 4 Points Ahead |
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Written by Martin Rep
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Sunday, 29 August 2010 10:49 |
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 UTRECHT - Linghua Jiao from China still leads the classification after Session 8 - the last but one. Her fellow-countryman scored 0 points and has dropped to third position. French Olivier Boivan now is the runner-up, but he has 4 table-points less than the number one player.
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Last Updated on Sunday, 29 August 2010 14:35 |
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WMC2010, day 2: Chinese lead, but Europeans follow |
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Written by Martin Rep
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Saturday, 28 August 2010 16:46 |
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 UTRECHT -The situation after the second day in the World Mahjong Championship 2010 at Utrecht, the Netherlands. Still Chinese players on the positions 1 and 2. But some Europeans are getting close. The third place is now for Olivier Boivin from France, and 'good old' Ton Rijnders from the Netherlands is on postion number 4.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 02 September 2010 06:09 |
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Top-twenty? That would be my dream |
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Written by Martin Rep
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Saturday, 28 August 2010 16:32 |
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 UTRECHT - After today's last session, Alla Danilevskaya from Saint Petersburg looks much better than she did yesterday. What a difference a night makes!
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Last Updated on Saturday, 28 August 2010 16:41 |
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‘The names are hard to read sometimes’ |
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Written by Martin Rep
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Saturday, 28 August 2010 14:07 |
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 UTRECHT, the Netherlands - The World Mahjong Championship is made by the people who remain backstage. Ans Hoogland and her team are working permanently in order to produce the general classifications in time.
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Last Updated on Saturday, 28 August 2010 14:21 |
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Pins for the Colombine House |
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Written by Martin Rep
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Friday, 27 August 2010 14:09 |
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 UTRECHT, the Netherlands - The World Mahjong Championship is made by the people who remain backstage. Chris Janssen is the one who is responsible for the WMC2010 mascot of ‘Colombine’. During intermissions, he sells pins of the Colombine House.
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Last Updated on Saturday, 28 August 2010 23:18 |
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Written by Staff
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Saturday, 28 August 2010 06:41 |
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UTRECHT - Pictures of Day #1 the World Championship 2010 can be viewed in the Mahjong News 'Mobile Me' Gallery.
Click here to watch the show!
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‘It was just my own fault’ |
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Written by Martin Rep
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Friday, 27 August 2010 16:16 |
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 UTRECHT - Especially in mahjong, there is a very thin line between luck and bad luck. Mahjong News chases the lucky dogs and the unlucky devils during the World Mahjong Championship. First 'victim': Rudy Wong-Chung.
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Last Updated on Saturday, 28 August 2010 23:18 |
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Linghua Jiao from China New World Mahjong Champion |
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Written by Martin Rep
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Sunday, 29 August 2010 13:58 |
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UTRECHT - Linghua Jiao from China is the new World Mahjong Champion. Runner-up is Olivier Boivin from France, third prize is for Elisabeth Frischenschlager from Austria.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 31 August 2010 07:24 |
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China Wins Country Classification |
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Written by Martin Rep
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Sunday, 29 August 2010 14:25 |
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UTRECHT - The Chinese team has won the country classification of the World Mahjong Championship 2010. Runner-up is France, third prize for Denmark.
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Last Updated on Sunday, 29 August 2010 14:33 |
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‘You will see me back. I like to travel’ |
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Written by Martin Rep
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Sunday, 29 August 2010 16:45 |
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 UTRECHT - During each day of the World Mahjong Championship, Mahjong News talked with Russian player Alla Danilevskaya from Saint Petersburg. How did she do the last day?
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Last Updated on Monday, 30 August 2010 05:50 |
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‘Yes, they are stronger. But we are getting stronger and stronger as well’ |
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Written by Martin Rep
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Sunday, 29 August 2010 06:25 |
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 UTRECHT - Five years ago, the first major tournament with the Mahjong Competition Rules was organized in Europe. A lot of tournaments have been held since that Open European Mahjong Championship 2005. Yet, it is still the Chinese who rule on the World Mahjong Championship 2010. Will Europe ever bridge the gap?
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Last Updated on Sunday, 29 August 2010 07:46 |
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Written by Staff
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Sunday, 29 August 2010 13:06 |
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(Update: Pictures added of the Award Ceremony)
UTRECHT - Pictures of Day 3 of the World Mahjong Championship 2010 are now available in the Mahjong News 'Mobile Me' Gallery.
Click here to see the pictures
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Last Updated on Sunday, 29 August 2010 22:22 |
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‘Glad with the pep-talk of my daughter’ |
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Written by Martin Rep
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Sunday, 29 August 2010 10:22 |
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 UTRECHT - Especially in mahjong, there is a very thin line between luck and bad luck. Mahjong News chases the lucky dogs and the unlucky devils during the World Mahjong Championship. Dutch player Franz Kortner has been the player on the last position for the better part of the tournament.
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Last Updated on Sunday, 29 August 2010 10:45 |
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Written by Staff
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Sunday, 29 August 2010 05:23 |
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UTRECHT - Pictures of Day 2 of the World Mahjong Championship 2010 are now available in the Mahjong News 'Mobile Me' Gallery.
Click here to see
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‘Mahjong players are so friendly’ |
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Written by Martin Rep
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Saturday, 28 August 2010 16:05 |
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 UTRECHT - He used to play some riichi mahjong with his children. Now Peyman Zehtab-Fard is visiting the World Mahjong Championship as a representative of Dragon Kong, the main sponsor of the event.
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Last Updated on Saturday, 28 August 2010 16:11 |
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A mahjong player with a poker face |
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Written by Martin Rep
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Friday, 27 August 2010 09:42 |
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UTRECHT, the Netherlands - After one hour of playing mahjong, it is already rather warm in the venue where the World Mahjong Championship 2010 takes place. No wonder: over two hundred players are struggling and fighting to get the best scores. Around them circulate referees, officials, journalist or just curious by-standers. Outside it is still raining, but none of the players seem to care much.
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Last Updated on Saturday, 28 August 2010 23:19 |
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Two Times Three Little Dragons |
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Written by Martin Rep
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Saturday, 28 August 2010 10:12 |
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 UTRECHT - Especially in mahjong, there is a very thin line between luck and bad luck. Mahjong News chases the lucky dogs and the unlucky devils during the World Mahjong Championship.
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Last Updated on Saturday, 28 August 2010 10:23 |
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Written by Staff
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Friday, 27 August 2010 11:29 |
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UTRECHT - The WMC 2010 can be watched live via the iPhone of referee Takunori Kajimoto.
To watch it, click here.
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Last Updated on Friday, 27 August 2010 11:32 |
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The World Champion Sings
UTRECHT - A talk with Dutch mahjong player and analyst Anton Kösters about the just finished World Mahjong Championship. Mr. Kösters is the most experienced international mahjong player in Europe and writes columns about mahjong for the Dutch ‘Mahjong Magazine’.
