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AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands, January, 27th - There is a chance that a first world championship riichi mahjong will be held the years to come. And this might very well take place somewhere in Europe. This is stated in a report, written for the Dutch mahjong association. Picture: The Second European Mahjong Championship, Hanover, Germany, 2010. Read more…
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Saturday, 03 December 2011 22:15
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DUNÁUJVÁROS - The Hungarian hosts outnumbered their Austrian guests by far (20  19 against 4 3), but on the honorary stage of the White Dragon Tournament it was the Austrians who seized power. So the last MCR MERS tournament of 2011, which took place today at Dunáujváros in Hungary, was an Austrian victory: 1. Otto Myslivec, 2. Elisabeth Frischenschlager. From Hungary, only European champion Ildikó Hargitai made it to the top three.

Last Updated on Monday, 09 January 2012 22:08
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Great in Venice, the greatest at Berlicum PDF Print E-mail
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Sunday, 20 November 2011 20:53

daja13wezen2011BERLICUM/HERTOGENBOSCH, the Netherlands - Leni Janssen, winner of the third prize of the OEMC2011 in Venice, has won the Daja/Thirteen Orphans Tournament. Runner-up was Petra Elferink, also from the Netherlands. Third place went to Belgium, i.e. Rudi Kopmanis. The MCR-tournament at Berlicum had a MERS 1 certification of the European Mahjong Association.

 

Last Updated on Tuesday, 20 December 2011 10:41
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Advent Tournament for Heike Schäfer PDF Print E-mail
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Saturday, 12 November 2011 22:51
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OCHOLT-HOWIEK, Germany - Heike Schäfer has won her first official mahjong tournament. Today, she was number one in the small Advent Tournament at Ocholt-Howiek (MCR, MERS 1). Runner-up Michael Zahradnik again confirmed his status as one of the strongest German players. Third prize went to Frauke Roos.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 15 November 2011 09:12
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Two Swiss maids (plus one Dutch) celebrate PDF Print E-mail
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Sunday, 13 November 2011 21:53
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STRASBURG - Neither Mei Hwa Felder nor Bo Lang is exactly unhappy on her mountain in Switzerland. Now, for the first time, both 'Swiss Maids', the  two only mahjong competition players in their country, were on the honorary stage of a tournament, i.e. the ‘First Tournament of the Rhine’. Mei Hwa Felder, often a bit in the shadow of Bo Lang, today in Strasburg celebrated her first victory, while her friend Bo made it to the third position. Only Marianne Croeze from Holland  was allowed to stand between them: she ended as the runner-up.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 20 December 2011 10:40
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Finally: a Russian wins the Russian Open PDF Print E-mail
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Sunday, 06 November 2011 19:02
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MOSCOW - Austrian player Alexander Doppelhofer did not score the hattrick in Moscow he had dreamed of. The winner of the two preceding Russian open (MCR) championship ended on twelfth position. This time, the Russian championships had a real Russian winner: Igor Birukov. Runner-up was Dmitry Maksakov and the third prize went to Mahjong News columnist Vitaly Novikov; he is the creator of the Sherlock Holmes Mahjong Mysteries, which soon will start again in the Independent Internet Mahjong Newspaper.

Last Updated on Monday, 05 December 2011 21:12
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