Washizu Mahjong in Holland Tournament

Rick is the winner!

Martin Rep — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 09:00:00 +0000

Rick Moorman has won the first Washizu in Holland Tournament.

Ranking	First Name		Last Name	Hanchan 1	Hanchan 2	Hanchan 3	Hanchan 4	Totaal
1	Rick		Moorman	10000	27900	-12700	50300	75500
2	Ans		Hoogland	-6500	7000	24800	23500	48800
3	Els		Kuijpers	-3300	14900	-5800	33900	39700
4	Philipp		Scharpf	22300	4500	3500	4200	34500
5	Cor		Hoogland	-19000	4400	14700	26800	26900
6	Jan		Ketzer	-33000	16000	13000	27300	23300
7	Michael		Zahradnik	-14600	32600	3700	900	22600
8	Marianne		Croeze	-6600	8000	14600	3300	19300
9	Deniz		Gencturk	3300	16500	11600	-14100	17300
10	Björn		Schulz	3300	9400	10000	-5700	17000
11	Dicky		Rep	15000	-17500	23500	-7100	13900
12	Diana	van de	Wetering	14600	-4600	-17800	17300	9500
13	Harry		Kal	21000	-6000	-12300	6000	8700
14	Jaap		Croeze	19800	-1400	-12300	-15100	-9000
15	Désirée		Heemskerk	-3900	15800	-8400	-13200	-9700
16	Nadine		Knig	6000	-20600	23700	-25500	-16400
17	Maurice		Demmer	21900	-3200	-22600	-14600	-18500
18	Chris		Scheffler	19500	-14400	-7800	-24900	-27600
19	Sjef		Strik	-10000	-7700	-6100	-4000	-27800
20	Marjan		Demmer	4400	-22700	5100	-14900	-28100
21	Gertjan		Davies	-17700	-15600	19800	-25600	-39100
22	John		Kuijpers	-5600	7300	-31000	-14100	-43400
23	Conny		Scheffler	-19900	-34500	-9200	13400	-50200
24	Ida	van der	Bij	-21000	-16100	-22000	-28100	-87200

Pictures of the event

Martin Rep — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 04:06:33 +0000

Dicky sorting her tiles, Philip (right) is checking

A series of pictures of the Washizu in Holland Tournament can be watched here:

http://gallery.me.com/martinrep#100676

I am working on a YouTube movie about the event. Stay tuned!

Washizu Delft Blue

Martin Rep — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 12:38:44 +0000

The first prize at Arnhem: a Dutch Delft Blue tile with a Japanese manga drawing

This is the first prize you can win on the Washizu in Holland Tournament: a Delft Blue Tile, depicting Akagi Shigeru, captured from the New Year’s picture postcard which was sent to us by Takunori Kajimoto. Nice, er?

Later this week all of you will get an update about the tournament: how to get there (and away , time schedule, the regulations, etcetera.

We just can’t wait to see you!

Washizu Tournament Regulation – Final draft (version 1.0 ;-)

Martin Rep — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:09:27 +0000

Hi friends

Three modifications in the special rules for the tournament at Arnhem:

- a hanchan will now last for 60 minutes (was: 90 minutes)

- extra combinations

going out with a fully transparent hand: 2 Han (1 Han open)
Washizu Riichi: going out after a riichi declaration with fully transparent tiles: 1 Han
Washizu Opaque: going out with a hand of fully opaque (non transparent) tiles; only the Head can contain a transparent tile: Yakuman (13+ Han)

Some more Washizu movies…

Martin Rep — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 10:37:58 +0000

www.youtube.com/watch?v=luPTlhKdU88

and

How to play Washizu with the Cor Top-Piece

Martin Rep — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 13:35:14 +0000

Cor Hoogland has made a Washizu top-piece that fits on any mahjong table (or ordinary table, for that matter).

In this You Tube-video, we demonstrate Washizu-gameplay as it will be done at Arnhem, while we use the Cor Top-Piece. The video has Dutch subtitles (subtitles in other languages upon request).

Participants to the Washizu in Holland event can order a Washizu top-piece for just 22 euro.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbHumxnHGLI

Regulation ‘Washizu in Holland Tournament’ (1st draft)

Martin Rep — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 18:34:13 +0000

Preliminaries
There are separated rooms for the Living Wall and the Dead Wall. East supervises that the Dead Wall, including Dora Indicators, always contains 14 tiles.
(Right now, it is not known yet how the tables will be equipped.)

Course of the game
During gameplay, the tiles shall never be covered; neither with the hands nor in any other way. So, mahjong racks shall not be used. Rulers can be used, but they shall not frustrate a free view on the tiles.

A freshly drawn tile is put on top of the other tiles of one's hand.

Tiles which are drawn from the Wall, shall be put diagonally upon the other tiles in one’s hand, so that all players will be able to see clearly which tile just has been taken from the Wall. Another tile (or the tile that has just been frawn) shall be discarded before this tie is put between the other tiles in one’s hand.
Because of practical drawbacks, sorting of one’s tile is not mandatory. But it is good courtesy not to put the tiles topsy-turvy.
The amount of time from picking a tile from the Wall until discarding a tile is 10 seconds at most. One time during a game this amount can be extended until 30 seconds.
East is responsible for, or sees to, good shuffling of the tiles. After a Kan-declaration, East moves one tile from the Living Wall to the Dead Wall, and takes care that a Kan Dora Indicator will be drawn.
At the end of the game, East will draw Ura Dora, and, optionally, Ura Kan Dora tiles. Dora and Kan Dora indicators will be put in the East corner of the table (or in the center of the table) in a way that they are clearly visible for everyone.

A complete hanchan takes 90 minutes.
It is courtesy to announce discarded tiles.
The player who discards the last tiles, must clearly announce ‘last tile’.
Drawing a tile from the ‘Wall’ should take place as fast as possible. It is not allowed to ‘look for’ certain tiles.

Special regulations
Basically, EMA regulation is used, unless decided otherwise. I.e., in the next cases:
A riichi declaration can take place unlimitedly, since it will not always be clear to everyone that there are just 4 tiles left in the Wall.
For a complete transparent winning hand: 1 extra yaku.
For going out after a transparent riichi declaration: 2 extra yaku.

Happy New Year from Kajimito

Martin Rep — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:33:04 +0000

This weekend, I got a beautiful Happy New Year card from Takunori Kajimoto, the referee at the forthcoming European Riichi Mahjong Championship in Hanover, who will also hopefully join us for the Washizu in Holland Tournament.

A happy Year of the Dragon to you as well, Kaji-san!

Happy New Blood in the Year of the Dragon…

Dealers requested!

Martin Rep — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:57:17 +0000

My tiles and, in the card box, the Dead Wall

(follow-up from Martin’s column in Mahjong News)

So I played Washizu Mahjong last Sunday with some friends. Some first impressions. There’s a lot of things you have to think about when you play Washizu mahjong.

After each player has taken his initial thirteen, or fourteen, tiles from the Wall (out of the Box, out of the Bag), fourteen more tiles have to be put aside to make the Dead Wall. Also these tiles are kept in a bag or something like that. But one of them is taken out right away and put apart somewhere on the table. That’s the Dora Indicator.
Also, when someone kans, he has not only to take a additional from the Dead Wall Bag, but someone, e.g. East, has to move one tile from the Living Wall Bag to the Dead Wall Bag. Since the Dead Wall always must contain fourteen tiles.
When drawing the initial thirteen, or fourteen tiles, you must take care to cover them with your hands. It is not bad to show your transparent tiles, but you would not show the opaque ones to your opponents – would you?
There should be a rule that it is forbidden to cover your tiles with your hands during game play.
How do you grab a tile from the Wallbag? Some people can really feel the value of the tiles with their fingertips, although I hardly believe anyone can feel the difference between Character 4 and Character 5 with small Japanese tiles. On the other hand, anyone can feel the difference between a Dot 1 and a Red Dragon of he wants to. And a Japanese White Dragon is way too easy… But: wearing gloves? Then we would have to have a DIN- of ISO-standard for Washizu gloves. I have some grandchildren who would love to be dealers and hand over tiles to players. But after five minutes they will want to play hide-and-seek, I am afraid; the eldest is just six years old.
Some players say that it is better to turn the opaque tiles a half turn, so the players at your left and your right can see them better. For yourself, this would not matter. Our experience is somewhat different: once turned around, they are not so well to distinguish. Esp. when you are not that tall.
People who always sort their tiles, now cease doing so, in order to make it more difficult for the others. Or they put the opaque tiles in a way that you can’t possibly guess what tile it is. I think it is impossible to force players to do otherwise.
You have to bear in mind always that, if a player has one visible Red Dragon, he never can have a pon of them. Since there is always just one opaque specimen of each tile.
Sometimes a player has just one or two opaque tiles, while another player may have up to six or seven non-transparent ones. We think it might be worth another yaku if you go out with one opaque tile and maybe two if you have only transparent tiles.

To be continued…
By the way, Tom Mustonen, a.k.a. Wortex, won our friendly game.

Displaying your tiles

Martin Rep — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:57:06 +0000

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