CERVIA, Ravenna - The Big Green Dragons (‘I Dragoni Verdi’ have won the Italian tournament for mahjong teams. The individual classification was won by Silvia Mazzotto of the team The Historicans (‘Gli Storici’). It was the second time this tournament, concluded today at Cervia, took place. It was played by the Italian rules, a mixture of the old classical Chinese rules and Japanese riichi mahjong (with a declaration for a ready hand).

For the tournament, elements of modern MCR rules are added to the old-fashioned Italian rules. E.g., table points are applied: 4 points for winning a table, 0 for finishing in last position. These modifications are meant to give a new boost to the Italian rules, which have to suffer from the increasing popularity of MCR. (More about the Italian rules in this interview with FIMJ-president Marco Foschi).

Final classification of the team competition

Final classification individual players