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Free! For You! The WMC 2010 Special PDF Print E-mail
Written by Staff   
Monday, 04 October 2010 06:21

2010specialFor three terrific days the Dutch town of Utrecht was the center of the world… or at least the mahjong world.

Here, on August 27~29th 2010, the World Mahjong Championship took place. 208 participants played in this friendly, yet competitive, tournament.

Mahjong News, the Independent Internet Mahjong Newspaper, was on location the whole time, to report on the event. Reports, interviews, pictures, impressions and classifications were made and broadcoast to the world.

All the articles that were written during these three terrific days and many of the pictures that were taken, are now published in a little booklet, which is available for download for the visitors of this website.

 

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Last Updated on Monday, 18 October 2010 23:04
 
‘European top players are now on the same level as Japanese MCR players’ PDF Print E-mail
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Wednesday, 01 September 2010 04:41

WMC2010105UTRECHT - 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’.

Last Updated on Monday, 04 October 2010 06:53
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The only stain was on the silver set PDF Print E-mail
Written by Martin Rep   
Monday, 30 August 2010 13:06

wmc2010pressUTRECHT - 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.”

Last Updated on Monday, 27 September 2010 20:38
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‘My China!’ PDF Print E-mail
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Written by Martin Rep   
Sunday, 29 August 2010 23:19

(Update: information added about WMC2010 photo album)

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.

Last Updated on Monday, 27 September 2010 13:48
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‘You will see me back. I like to travel’ PDF Print E-mail
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Written by Martin Rep   
Sunday, 29 August 2010 16:45

wmc2010alladanUTRECHT - 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?

Last Updated on Sunday, 12 September 2010 20:20
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