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It has been a very difficult process for us to improve when we have little access to Riichi mahjong strategies because they are all written in Japanese. Even for English sources, they are still far from mature and lack in a variety of strategies. Our usual venue is also not suitable for teaching or cultivating a discussion based mahjong session.
But on 8 December, we will take a huge step in closing these gaps we have had. There will be a Riichi strategies workshop held in SMU Lee Kong Chian School of Business (Nearest MRT is City hall / Bras Basah/ Bencoolen)! From 12pm to 5pm. It will be conducted by Gabriel, the president of SMU Intellectual Sports Club and I. Gabriel will cover Riichi/Dama judgement portion while I will cover the main bulk of strategies which consist of balancing Defense & Offense, Melding and Discard Reading.
In details, these are some of the questions I will hope to answer:
- How to play with lousy hands?
- How to offense while defending?
- How to deal with players who have opened hand?
- When to pursue speed, when to pursue value?
- How to use 6 blocks method to improve flexibility?
- When to Sakigiri?
- How to read speed of other players?
- How to assess the risk and benefits of the hand/situation?
Yes, these are hell tons of content and I’m actually dying preparing the slides. The workshop will also consist of break-time, whereby players will be playing tonpuusen and trying to apply what they have listen. So it won’t be a full lecture kind of thing. This workshop is not targeted at only beginners but also intermediate players. Players who are 5 dan and below will definitely have a lot of to take away from this workshop. Some 6 dan players will also find it beneficial. The best part of this workshop…ITS FREE
If you are interested in attending this workshop, please contact me personally at 91766611!
Feng
Sorry for the late notification as I’ve been oversea for business trip. Please register at below link
https://sgriichimahjong.com/2018/11/18/9-dec-aka-nashi-smcrm-individual-tournament/
The registration for tournament shall start at 12pm on 29th November.
Priority will be based on first-register-first-serve, in groups of 4. Your names will be displayed at homepage after confirmation.
Feng
FINALLY, WE DID WELL!
TDLR: Singapore at 1 time reached #4, finished at #9. Best Performing player was Feng, ranked at #8 at end of the team games, and had qualified to play at top 16 elimination round. Unfortunately, Feng got knocked out at semi-finals so his overall ranking remained unchanged, at #8. Last year best performing player, Simon didn’t do so well this time, at #83. On the other hand, Eric and Lance managed #24 & 26 respectively.
General
After a selection trial consisting of 10 games, that lasted 2.5 months, Eric Toh, Eric Quek, Feng & Simon were selected to play for IORMC 2018. Eric Toh have to be subbed out by Lance as he is no longer able to make it for the tournament. This year IORMC has 84 participants with 21 countries! Debut country, and unknown to some of us, Belarus (in between Russia & Poland) produced an IORMC champion! Hong Kong took first place in the team result.
Semi Finals Result
|
Name
|
Tenhou ID
|
Nation
|
Score
|
|
Siarhei Tsyvinski
|
MyZ4iHa
|
BLR
|
50.5
|
|
Wong Ki Long
|
2013612
|
HKG
|
11.0
|
|
NGUYEN Duy Linh
|
Horrorfc
|
VIE
|
-21.6
|
|
Tham Hin
|
MrFeng
|
SGP
|
-40.6
|
Quarter Finals Result
|
Name
|
Tenhou ID
|
Nation
|
Score
|
|
Siarhei Tsyvinski
|
MyZ4iHa
|
BLR
|
49.1
|
|
Tham Hin
|
MrFeng
|
SGP
|
7.9
|
|
Yu-Cheng Deng
|
Гангут
|
TPE
|
-21.6
|
|
Cédric Rostein
|
eldrico
|
FRA
|
-35.4
|
Team Results
|
Rank
|
Team
|
Score
|
|
1
|
 Hong Kong, China |
235.9
|
|
2
|
 Canada |
212.4
|
|
3
|
 Russian Federation |
211.1
|
|
4
|
 Australia |
170.8
|
|
5
|
 Brazil |
97.7
|
|
6
|
 Indonesia |
82.5
|
|
7
|
 People’s Republic of China |
75.1
|
|
8
|
 Chinese Taipei |
46.1
|
|
9
|
 Singapore |
40.3
|
|
10
|
 United States of America |
26.6
|
|
11
|
 Belarus |
21.9
|
|
12
|
 Vietnam |
-10
|
|
13
|
 Sweden |
-23.9
|
|
14
|
 Austria |
-57.2
|
|
15
|
 Argentina |
-96.5
|
|
16
|
 France |
-99.6
|
|
17
|
 Italy |
-130.8
|
|
18
|
 Netherlands |
-151.1
|
|
19
|
 Republic of Korea |
-196.8
|
|
20
|
 Ukraine |
-224.8
|
|
21
|
 Japan |
-229.7
|
Individual Results
|
Rank
|
Id
|
Name
|
Nationality
|
Score
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
session
|
|
1
|
Wong Ki Long
|
Hong Kong, China |
201.3
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
|
|
2
|
Vladimir Bogdanov
|
Russian Federation |
184.3
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
|
|
3
|
Li Yang
|
People’s Republic of China |
123.9
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
|
|
4
|
Yu-Cheng Deng
|
Chinese Taipei |
112.7
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
|
|
5
|
Gustavo Figueiredo
|
Brazil |
107.6
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
|
|
6
|
Arie Novandi
|
Indonesia |
96.1
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
|
|
7
|
Jun Oh
|
Canada |
90.8
|
1
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
|
|
8
|
Tham Hin
|
Singapore |
89
|
1
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
|
|
9
|
Tina Koshimoto
|
United States of America |
81.2
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
|
|
10
|
Philip Blumer-Abdollahi
|
Brazil |
80.3
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
4
|
|
|
11
|
Josh Kuo
|
Canada |
80.1
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
4
|
|
|
12
|
Siarhei Tsyvinski
|
Belarus |
78.4
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
|
|
13
|
Stefan Persson
|
Sweden |
75.9
|
1
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
|
|
14
|
Anthony To
|
Australia |
70.9
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
|
|
15
|
Olga Alekseeva
|
Russian Federation |
70
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
|
|
16
|
Mardi Syahmani
|
Indonesia |
67.8
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
|
|
17
|
Krisztian Deak
|
Austria |
65.5
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
|
|
18
|
Cédric Rostein
|
France |
64.2
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
|
|
19
|
Trevor Yau
|
Australia |
60.5
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
|
|
20
|
Lukas Pfeiler
|
Austria |
56.8
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
|
|
21
|
NGUYEN Duy Linh
|
Vietnam |
53.1
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
|
|
22
|
Chang-Keon Lee
|
Republic of Korea |
49.3
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
4
|
|
|
23
|
Nicolas Pfleger
|
Argentina |
47.8
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
|
|
24
|
Eric Quek
|
Singapore |
47
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
|
|
25
|
Fritiof Olsson
|
Sweden |
46.6
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
|
|
26
|
Lance Lim
|
Singapore |
43.5
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
|
|
27
|
Muller
|
Australia |
43.1
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
|
|
28
|
Uladzimir Tananushka
|
Belarus |
39.5
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
|
|
29
|
NGUYEN Doan Thuy
|
Vietnam |
39.5
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
|
|
30
|
TRINH Khanh Minh
|
Vietnam |
38.6
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
|
|
31
|
Simon Chen
|
Canada |
37.2
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
|
|
32
|
Chia-Jui Lee
|
Chinese Taipei |
31.6
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
|
|
33
|
Peng Jiacheng
|
People’s Republic of China |
30.2
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
4
|
|
|
34
|
Martijn Klaar
|
Netherlands |
25.1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
4
|
|
|
35
|
Artiom Feshchuk
|
Belarus |
20.9
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
4
|
|
|
36
|
Chan Chun Ho
|
Hong Kong, China |
19.8
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
4
|
|
|
37
|
Leung Chun Man
|
Hong Kong, China |
19.1
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
4
|
|
|
38
|
SINO
|
Japan |
14.8
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
4
|
|
|
39
|
Davide Mastrullo
|
Italy |
9.8
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
|
|
40
|
Amauri Murai
|
Brazil |
9.3
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
4
|
|
|
41
|
Tryanoto Sehat Santoso
|
Indonesia |
4.5
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
|
|
42
|
Ryan Wang
|
Canada |
4.3
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
|
|
43
|
Alena Matveeva
|
Russian Federation |
1.8
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
|
|
44
|
Alice・Liddell
|
Japan |
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
4
|
|
|
45
|
Cyrus San
|
Australia |
-3.7
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
4
|
|
|
46
|
Alan Luk
|
Hong Kong, China |
-4.3
|
0
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
|
|
47
|
Daniel Pascua
|
United States of America |
-5.5
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
4
|
|
|
48
|
Kinyan Lui
|
United States of America |
-14.2
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
4
|
|
|
49
|
Alan Coli
|
Italy |
-14.6
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
4
|
|
|
50
|
Oleksandr Chernenko
|
Ukraine |
-15.1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
|
|
51
|
Lucas Palmero
|
Argentina |
-26
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
4
|
|
|
52
|
Karolina Trepinska
|
France |
-30
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
|
|
53
|
Karl-Edward Ekeblad
|
Sweden |
-30.3
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
4
|
|
|
54
|
Nicole Haasbroek
|
Netherlands |
-32.9
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
4
|
|
|
55
|
Arthur McAnally
|
United States of America |
-34.9
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
|
|
56
|
Dai Jiannan
|
People’s Republic of China |
-36.2
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
4
|
|
|
57
|
Chun-Lan Yang
|
Chinese Taipei |
-39.6
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
|
|
58
|
Matias Alloatti
|
Argentina |
-39.6
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
|
|
59
|
Hu Youxuan
|
People’s Republic of China |
-42.8
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
4
|
|
|
60
|
Pavel Bogachev
|
Russian Federation |
-45
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
|
|
61
|
Jérémie Pierard de Maujouy
|
France |
-48.4
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
0
|
4
|
|
|
62
|
Miria Martelli
|
Italy |
-50.3
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
|
|
63
|
Natalia Alimova
|
Ukraine |
-54.2
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
|
|
64
|
Sergey Ignatov
|
Ukraine |
-56.3
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
0
|
4
|
|
|
65
|
Seung-Ho You
|
Republic of Korea |
-57.7
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
|
|
66
|
WU, ZIH-YUAN
|
Chinese Taipei |
-58.6
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
|
|
67
|
Woo-Jin Choi
|
Republic of Korea |
-63
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
4
|
|
|
68
|
Jinbi Jin
|
Netherlands |
-68.1
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
4
|
|
|
69
|
Michael van der Sluijs
|
Netherlands |
-75.2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
4
|
|
|
70
|
Filippo Menicucci
|
Italy |
-75.7
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
4
|
|
|
71
|
Nicolas Giaconia
|
Argentina |
-78.7
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
|
|
72
|
Frédéric Lay
|
France |
-85.4
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
|
|
73
|
Lena Weinguny
|
Austria |
-85.6
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
|
|
74
|
Aribowo Tri
|
Indonesia |
-85.9
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
4
|
|
|
75
|
Marco Kretschmer
|
Austria |
-93.9
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
|
|
76
|
Sergey Samarskiy
|
Ukraine |
-99.2
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
4
|
|
|
77
|
Arthur Murai
|
Brazil |
-99.5
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
|
|
78
|
Felipe Gaboardi
|
Sweden |
-116.1
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
|
|
79
|
Anastasiya ILkevich
|
Belarus |
-116.9
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
|
|
80
|
reiji4
|
Japan |
-120.1
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
4
|
|
|
81
|
Hwa-Jun Jae
|
Republic of Korea |
-125.4
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
4
|
|
|
82
|
atTANIMON
|
Japan |
-125.4
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
4
|
|
|
83
|
Simon Ho
|
Singapore |
-139.2
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
4
|
|
|
84
|
TRAN Viet Duy
|
Vietnam |
-141.2
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
4
|
