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Martha Pasterkamp with her trophies, standing next to tournament organizer Martin Rep.

BUSSUM, the Netherlands - Just yesterday, Dutch riichi mahjong player Martha Pasterkamp and her friend went to the city hall in her residence Amsterdam, to give notice of their intended marriage. One day later, today at Bussum, she won the first prize in the Furiten Riichi Tournament. No wonder, the bride-to-be beamed all over.

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CHENGDU, China - To cope with a heatwave currently sweeping through parts of China, some people in Chengdu city have been playing mahjong in a river.

Photos of the people in the city, in China's south-western Sichuan province, have been posted online by Chinese media outlets and on social media, prompting amusement from netizens.

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Winner Héctor Escaso is bracketed by his runner up Katia Túnez Heredia and 3rd place Domingo García García.

ÁGUILAS, Spain - The fifth iteration of the Torneo de Mahjong de Águilas has landed, and Héctor Escaso soars victorious with 19 table points, followed by Katia Túnez Heredia with 17 and 507 mini-points, with Domingo García García in third also with 17 table points but only 354 mini-points. Despite Raúl Ríos Navarro's astounding 1174 mini-points, he misses making the top three by just 1 table point, rounding out the podium in fourth.

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(left to right) Winner Juraj Móza, Bartosz Żuk, Mateusz Woźniak

KATOWICE, Poland - Juraj Móza wins the first "Upper Silesian Riichi Mahjong Championships" (no RERS), scoring 131,000 points. Bartosz Żuk finishes in second position with 117,900 points, and third place goes to Mateusz Woźniak with 108,700 points.

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Top-three of the Sisi Cup 2017.

DUNAÚJVÁROS, Hungary – In 8-9 July the 12th Hungarian Mahjong Open took place in Dunaújváros, Hungary. Twenty-four players from five countries (Germany, Netherlands, France, Austria and Hungary) participated in this tournament. Andreas Riha from Austria has won the Hungarian MCR Open Sisi Cup vol. 2. Runner up was Norbert Tschinkel and in third position was Elisabeth Frischenschlager.

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(left to right) Nikita Tkachenko (2nd), Liudmila Gainulina (1st), Vladislav Plyasunov (3rd)

MOSCOW, The Russian Federation - Seemingly effortlessly, Liudmila Gainulina won the first "Moscow Open Riichi Marathon" (No RERS), with 323,900 points. Runner-up is Nikita Tkachenko with 232,700 points, and in third position Vladislav Plyasunov with 224,800 points.

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Snapshot of the current simulation of the riichi ranking

COPENHAGEN, Denmark - As approved by the General Assembly last June, the Mahjong European Ranking System (MERS) will radically change on New Year's day 2018 as a result of a new calculation method.

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