Riichi Copenhagen Open 2004

Participants

Starting players at table A: from left Allan Rasmusson, Henrik Krogh Nielsen, Henrik Leth and Anders Labich.


Starting players at table B: from left Thomas Kragh, Claes Schütt, Jesper Willemoes Hansen and Lars Nikolajsen.


Starting players at table C: from left Freddy Christiansen, Martin W. Jacobsen, Tina Christensen and Sune Korreman.


Starting players at table D: from left Morten Andersen, Jeppe Stig Nielsen, Robert B. Jensen and Jesper Harder.

The tournament

An exciting end game at table D in round 1: Jesper Harder is waiting for a haneman: Two yaku for all pons and one yaku for a kan of the prevailing wind (east). After the kan was melded north was revealed as kan-dora indicator, which added another four fan, we call that making a Robert since this is usually Roberts specialty. Jesper self-picked, and thus started his way to the final.


Overview of tables A and B from round 2.


Table A in round 2.


Table C in round 2.


Table D in round 2.

The final

The finalists: from left Freddy, Claes, Harder and Henrik N. Freddy hasn't gone riichi yet, but it won't be long...


Three hours later the final is over and Freddy's mood has improved a lot, and so has his placement on the rating list.