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2009 Spanish Open |
2009 Spanish Table Championship The 2009 Spanish Open was held on 23 - 24 May, 2009 in Granollers, Spain. It was the first ever Spanish Open and it was organized by Xavier Segura and Octavi Sastre. Ten entrants from five different countries took part. The trophy was captured by Marek Reniers who after toiling for years without a podium finish has now won three Opens in six months. |
Back Row: Oankali, Otaca16, Jasermar, 1kornik21, Skweeki, Shusek
Front row: Luismi, Mikem, Bdot |
Tournament Report The tournament report for the 2009 Spanish Open is a joint effort between the organizer and silver medalist (Jasermar) and visiting former world champion (Mikem). Xavier's comments will be in a peaceful blue, Mikem's will be in an aggressive red. PRE-TOURNAMENT Jasermar: This Spanish Open was very special for me, because I organized it, and for all the Spanish players because it was the opportunity to meet each other. The Open was held as part of a Games fair in my town (Granollers) as one of the fair tournaments, with the purpose to make Tantrix more popular, giving the people a chance to follow the competition. Friday, some local players met with Mike & Britta, and played some games of Tantrix Gobble.START OF PLAY Jasermar: The tournament started at 16.00 in a fair pavilion to let the public see the games. The temperature was very high.SATURDAY AFTERNOON Jasermar: I started my first game against Britta, and I won. After that game, I felt very comfortable, and as a result I won my 5 first games. To be honest, I didn’t expect to be leading at the end of round 5.SATURDAY EVENING Jasermar: The day ended with a dinner at the Portalet restaurant, when we had time to talk and know us, and…..to play some other games too! It was very enjoyable.SUNDAY MORNING Jasermar: We started at 10.00 at the hotel Granollers for the last 3 rounds.END GAME Jasermar: My 8th game against Octavi was a difficult game too, but I won it, and I was in 2nd place again. The last game against Guillem was the hardest one: I had practically the game lost, but when there were no tiles on the bag, I did a small loop that used the tile that Guillem need to connect his two lines and I won the game 16-15. I was too happy, because I did it! I came in 2nd place!POST-TOURNAMENT Jasermar: Finally, Marek Reniers won the 1st Spanish Open, I was 2nd and Rob Morton was 3th. Congratulations to Marek and Rob. |
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