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Tentative Top 16 results from ERMC2016.

Hi there, We saw a glitch occur on the ERMC website. We are publishing a table of the top 16 as we see them, with no claims on accuracy, quality, or perfection. 1[Mikhail LUGOVKIN](http://live.ermc2016.com/Home/PlayerAnalysis/594)137,5502 [Désirée HEEMSKERK](http://live.ermc2016.com/

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2015 UK Riichi Mahjong Open Results (Day 2 Final Results)

Edit 18/08: UKMA have uploaded the rankings to their website ( http://www.ukmahjong.co.uk/results.html), however there seems to be a few errors in their table. Differences from the table below and the ‘official’ table: Paola Bungaro: 109900 -> 110600 Nick Dyer: 89800 -> 57900 Junichi Tanaka:

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London Mahjong club trial run (JanKenRon)

Last Sunday, Gemma Sakamoto organised a trial mahjong get together in London. Held in the basement of a Japanese restaurant, above 12 people attended. Three tables were in play at any time. Also 4-5 hanchans played from 10am to 6pm, including a break for lunch in between. The was an

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NA/EU Super Weekend: June 13/14 - Mahjong Study Session in Paris by Moriyama + First North American Riichi Open Reminder

Great news on both continents! (Shameless plug) In North America, the first North American Riichi Open [http://riichi.ca/site/?page_id=70] is taking place in Montreal, Qc. (Canada). Registrations are still ongoing, contact tournoi2015@riichi.ca for more information :) (/Shameless plug) In Europe, the professional player and president

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Edewecht 2014 tournament report, possible EMA rule changes

I (Simon) am very happy to have won the EMA 4-hanchan tournament at Edewecht, 2014-10-25. Edewecht is considered the German mahjong capital. Many proliferous tournament players from Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark were competing. Mahjongnews.com has the final rankings and a photo [http://www.mahjongnews.com/en/tournaments/riichi-tournaments/

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WRC Videos / 第１回リーチ麻雀世界選手権準の動画

The JPML Youtube channel [http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqHDeUer8bgaqswSuFP7FxQ]has published a few videos from the WRC in Paris. These are recordings from what was streamed on nicovideo (in better quality). By the way, our Mahjong Wiki has some general info and statistics on the WRC and the results

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Osamuko.com Observer Report (WRC2014)

There has been a bit of a tradition in Europe to have someone write a report on what they observed in Mahjong tournaments in order to give an indication of what worked, what didn’t, and what needs to be improved in future tournaments. Here’s our Osamuko.com version,

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WRC results excluding finals

Edit: The first hanchan of the final has been uploaded here: Edit: As far as the finals go, Hiroshi Yamai from Renmei won it in the end. Noriyuki Kiriyama from Kyoukai got 4th at the final table, behind Nishijima and Nishikawa from Renmei. )

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WRC ranking before semifinal / リーチ麻雀世界選手権準決勝が決めた

外国の方は一人が残ります。前半戦と後半戦の卓組み合わせはこうです：

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WRC current ranking after the prelims / リーチ麻雀世界選手権予選結果のランキング

３２位以上の選手が進みます。残念ながらosamuko.comのチームは全滅だ・・・

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WRC current ranking after day 1 / リーチ麻雀世界選手権予選１日目のランキング

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WRC seeding for the preliminary round... (tables and stuff)

For those interested in who will be paying who, the staff at osamuko.com would like to both explain how and who will play who, given the drawing mechanism and who got what number. Essentially, players were divided into 4 groups. Players may not play against other players from the

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WRC Prep Post

It’s almost here, the first World Riichi Championship. This is a short bloggy post as a prelude to the WRC, maybe there will actually be a report, unlike some other big european championship that took place last year. I wasn’t skilled enough to qualify to represent my country,

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【速報】パリのリーチ麻雀世界選手権大会の情報入ってきました

いよいよ来週はパリに初めてのリーチ麻雀世界選手権大会が開催します。今までの情報は薄かったけど、今日の中日スポーツ新聞 [http://www.chunichi.co.jp/chuspo/]にこちらの特集がありました。ちょっと遅いですけど遂に日本にも話題になるかな。その上にニコニコ動画でイベントの生放送 [http://ch.nicovideo.jp/jpml]があります。 osamuko.comに所属する５6人の選手、アメリカ・カナダ・イギリス・スウェーデン・フランスから出身が参戦します。お楽しみに！更新そしてルールの日本語訳がこちら [http://t.co/kLsApiYtA2] > リーチ麻雀世界選手権 <> ルールの邦訳です。日本で麻雀打ってる人たちにとってあまりに当たり前であろう部分はすっ飛ばしたり略したりしています。 http://t.co/kLsApiYtA2 — 若原隆宏 (@VetPress) July 14, 2014 [https://twitter.com/VetPress/statuses/

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Completely unofficial WRC manner guidelines

It’s less than a week until the World Riichi Championship in Paris [http://www.wrc2014.com/location.php] will begin, marking an unprecedented clash between some of the best professional players from Japan [https://osamuko.com/which-pros-are-going-to-the-wrc/] and others from all over the world [http://www.wrc2014.com/inscription.

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Which pros are going to the WRC?

People who have been waiting anxiously for the list of professionals who will be attending the World Riichi Championship need wait no longer! List can be seen at http://www.wrc2014.com/inscription.php after clicking the dot on Japan. I have copy and pasted the list below, but I

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WRC2014 Registration Progress.

So, many of us were wondering what’s the beef regarding the current pace of player registration for the World Riichi Championship 2014, in Puteaux, France. The event was slated for mid-July, and the official deadline on the site was set for May 1. However, each country’s has been

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Yazphiers view on Swedish Open 2014

Unsure if I should write anything or not, but as nothing seemed to be under discussion, I decided to write my view on this tournament in similar fashion as my previous posts.

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Hot off the presses: Swedish Riichi Open 2014 results

The Swedish Open Riichi Mahjong Championship 2014 has concluded, with 36 participants from at least 4 countries. We have the results, and we also have some information regarding the two seats that Sweden has been allocated for the WRC2014 in Puteaux, France later in July. Paraphrasing Yazphier, Sweden has chosen

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Upcoming World Riichi Championship Tournament

First off, a little introduction since not everyone is aware of what’s currently the hot topic in the western Mahjong hemisphere: The French Riichi Mahjong club TNT [http://tnt-rcr.com/home/] is organizing the first ever World Riichi Championship (WRC) in Paris between the 16th and 20th of July

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Warsaw battles

Not even a week has passed and I find myself standing at Skavsta airport once again, this time accompanied with my roommate, Hiki, heading for some battles in Warsaw. A few hours early, as usual, Hiki complained about nothing to do, not my fault he didn’t bring anything. Personally

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Yazphiers trip to Paris

Leaving home for mahjong tournament in Paris, some snowflakes, 40 minutes early. Bus arrive and leaves on time. Lucky as the bus to Arlanda was 2(!) hours late due to the weather, I mean fuck, I wouldn’t even call this snow. Apparently a lot of trains were also canceled.

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October Pastry Open

Here is my individual account of the pastry tournament. (Copenhagen Open) All eight hanchans. Real names have been omitted in order to protect the identities of those who raged, were just stupidly lucky or otherwise. 半荘一 [西] Toimen and kamicha were both annoying to each other. Toimen had a nervous

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Oxford MJ Tourney (aka Great Scholars) [Apr 6]

I was going to do a picture by picture outline of Oxford. However, my phone battery died on me at about 9am. Oh well Too damn early! Waking up at 0430 just to catch the first tube train, in order to go to catch the coach from London Victoria coach

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#osamuko Swedish Riichi Tournament Report Compilation

As announced a while ago [http://www.osamuko.com/upcoming-tournament-in-sweden/] , a couple of #osamuko IRC denizens gathered in the Nordic city of Linköping for the Swedish Open Riichi Mahjong Championship 2013, a small 16-players tournament in mid-February. And it turned out to be quite a successful weekend for some of