Crystal Kelly Tournament

Crystal Kelly
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	Invitation tournament
Tournament format:	Round robin / knockout mode
Association / host:	Joop van Oosterom †
Tournament details
Venue:	various
Playing time:	1994-2011
Current title holder:	Filipos Kasidokostas
Records
Most wins: 8 ×
Dick Jaspers
Best GD: 2.623
Dick Jaspers , 2011, Nice
Best ED: 5,000 (50 points in 10 shots)
Dick Jaspers , 2002, Monte Carlo
Maximum series (HS): 21
• Dick Jaspers 1998, Monte Carlo • Frédéric Caudron 2008, Antwerp
Position map
Scheveningen Antwerp Benelux venues Nice Monte Carlo Venues France / Monaco

The Crystal Kelly Tournament or Crystal Kelly Cup was a prestigious , highly endowed carom invitation tournament in the three cushion discipline . It was played a total of 18 times from 1994 to 2011, at different venues, mostly in Monte Carlo and Nice .

history

The tournament in 1994 by businessman and launched software - founder Joop van Oosterom , a famous billiards and chess patron . It was named after his daughter Crystal Kelly van Oosterom. The two-time correspondence chess world champion dedicated the tournament of the same name to his other daughter Melody Amber , which has also been held in Monte Carlo / Nice since 1992 in the disciplines of rapid and blind chess . It took place for the last time in 2012.

In 2010 van Oosterom announced that he would give up sponsorship the following year. So the 2011 tournament was the last. Raymond Ceulemans was there from the beginning, from 1994 to 2006 as a player and, after his retirement from active billiards (2006), as tournament director. In his early years of active play, he always took top places, although he could never win the tournament. Torbjörn Blomdahl and Dick Jaspers took part in all 18 tournaments. Jaspers is the record winner with eight wins, Blomdahl with 5 wins second on the "eternal" tournament list.

The Crystal Kelly Cup was held 13 times in Monte Carlo, three times in Nice and once each in Scheveningen and Antwerp , each at the end of the season at the beginning of June. The only exception was the year 2005 when the tournament took place at the end of August.

With prize money of around USD 70,000, the tournament was one of the best endowed in the world. Extra bonuses were paid for special achievements and the winner cashed approximately $ 20,000. Similar to the AGIPI Billard Masters in Schiltigheim , it was rated like a small world championship . It enjoyed a high reputation among the players, who also called the tournament “Monaco” . Everyone was happy to accept van Oosterom's invitation . All players, including women and partners, were flown in and were guests of the van Oosterom family for a week. Each day there was only one game on the schedule, which left time for trips and excursions . The prize money was only exceeded in 2018 with the McCreery three - cushion champion of champions hosted by US billionaire Robert Mercer .

There were no participants from the DA-CH countries. The only participant from America was Sang Chun Lee from the USA .

Van Oosterom died, as only became known in February 2017, in November 2016 in his adopted home Monaco.

Tournament setup

The number of participants was between eight and ten players. A total of 17 different players took part in the tournament. Many players have been invited over the years, such as For example: Semih Saygıner (16 ×), Frédéric Caudron (15 ×), Frans van Kuijk (13 ×), Marco Zanetti (11 ×) and Daniel Sánchez (8 ×) In the last tournament, the ten participants were divided into two groups of each divided by five players.
These goods:

• Group A:
  • Marco Zanetti
  • Frédéric Caudron
  • Eddy Merckx
  • Frans van Kuijk
  • Filipos Kasidokostas
• Group B:
  • Dick Jaspers
  • Torbjörn Blomdahl
  • Daniel Sánchez
  • Semih Saygıner
  • Peter Ceulemans

The game was played in the group stage in round robin mode (with follow-up) and in the final round in knockout mode to 50 points without a follow-up. Places 3–10 were played out.

winner

Legend

Abbreviation	Explanation
GD	General or overall average = all points earned ÷ all required shots
HS	Highest series = longest consecutive series of collisions (within a game)

Single years

No.	year	place	1st place	2nd place	3rd place	Best GD	HS	Ref.
01	1994	Monte Carlo	Dick Jaspers	Torbjörn Blomdahl	Ludo Dielis	1,840 • Dick Jaspers	15 • Dick Jaspers
02	1995	Monte Carlo	Torbjörn Blomdahl * 1	Dick Jaspers	Raymond Ceulemans	2,324 • Torbjörn Blomdahl	13 • Sang Chun Lee
03	1996	Monte Carlo	Torbjörn Blomdahl	Raymond Ceulemans	Dick Jaspers	2,160 • Torbjörn Blomdahl	15 • Torbjörn Blomdahl
04th	1997 * 2	Monte Carlo	Torbjörn Blomdahl	Dick Jaspers	Semih Saygıner	1,977 • Torbjörn Blomdahl	15 • Raymond Ceulemans
05	1998	Monte Carlo	Frédéric Caudron	Dick Jaspers * 3	Torbjörn Blomdahl	2,156 • Torbjörn Blomdahl	21 • Dick Jaspers
06th	1999 * 4	Monte Carlo	Dick Jaspers	Torbjörn Blomdahl	Frédéric Caudron	2,035 • Dick Jaspers	15 • Frans van Kuyk
07th	2000	Monte Carlo	Torbjörn Blomdahl	Frans van Kuyk	Frédéric Caudron	1,800 • Frédéric Caudron	13 • Torbjörn Blomdahl
08th	2001	Monte Carlo	Dick Jaspers	Semih Saygıner	Dion Nelin	1,832 • Dick Jaspers	18 • Dion Nelin
09	2002	Monte Carlo	Dick Jaspers * 5	Frédéric Caudron	Semih Saygıner	2,537 • Dick Jaspers	19 • Torbjörn Blomdahl
10	2003	Scheveningen	Dick Jaspers	Frédéric Caudron	Torbjörn Blomdahl	2,318 • Dick Jaspers	18 • Raymond Ceulemans
11	2004	Monte Carlo	Dick Jaspers	Daniel Sánchez	Frans van Kuyk	2,258 • Dick Jaspers	15 • Dick Jaspers
12	2005	Monte Carlo	Dick Jaspers	Torbjörn Blomdahl	Semih Saygıner	2,013 • Dick Jaspers	13 • Torbjörn Blomdahl
13	2006	Monte Carlo	Torbjörn Blomdahl * 6	Dick Jaspers	Frédéric Caudron	2,289 • Dick Jaspers	19 • Frédéric Caudron
14th	2007	Monte Carlo	Dick Jaspers	Daniel Sánchez	Raimond Burgman	2,174 • Dick Jaspers	13 • Dick Jaspers
15th	2008	Antwerp	Frédéric Caudron	Torbjörn Blomdahl	Dick Jaspers	1,983 • Eddy Merckx	21 • Frédéric Caudron
16	2009 * 7	Nice	Frédéric Caudron	Torbjörn Blomdahl	Eddy Merckx	2,126 • Frédéric Caudron	13 • Frédéric Caudron
17th	2010	Nice	Marco Zanetti	Torbjörn Blomdahl	Dick Jaspers * 8	2,472 • Dick Jaspers	15 • Eddy Merckx
18th	2011	Nice	Filipos Kasidokostas	Marco Zanetti	Dick Jaspers	2,623 • Dick Jaspers * 9	15 • Dick Jaspers

Remarks

• ^{* 1} Blomdahl played an unofficial world record of 2.324 in GD and an ED of 3.571 (ditto 1996)
• ^{* 2} In the 1997/98 season, the team Crystal Kelly, founded and sponsored by Oosterom, played in Holland for the first time . Players included R. Ceulemans, Caudron and van Kuijk. The team also won the European Cup ( Coupe d'Europe ) twice .
• ^{* 3} Jaspers played an ED of 4,166
• ^{* 4} R. Ceulemans has an ED of 3.846
• ^{* 5} Jaspers plays an ED of 5,000 (!), 50 points in 10 shots
• ^{* 6} Blomdahl plays an ED of 3.846
• ^{* 7 In} 2009 the best tournament average was played with 1.865
• ^{* 8} Jaspers plays an ED of 4,545
• ^{* 9} Jaspers had a GD of 2.623, the best in a tournament so far.

Eternal list

Surname	Number	year
Dick Jaspers	8th	1994, 1999, 2001-2005, 2007
Torbjörn Blomdahl	5	1995-1997, 2000, 2006
Frédéric Caudron	3	1998, 2008, 2009
Marco Zanetti	1	2010
Filipos Kasidokostas	1	2011

Gallery from the 1999 tournament

see also

Commons : Crystal Kelly Cup 1999  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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  Frédéric Caudron

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  Marco Zanetti

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  Raymond Ceulemans

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  Raymond Ceulemans

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  Semih Saygıner

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Frits Bakker: Crystal Kelly cup: farewell to a phenomenon ( English ) Kozoom.com. June 20, 2011. Archived from the original on October 9, 2012. Retrieved on October 9, 2012.
2. ↑ Peter Doggers: Joop van Oosterom 1937-2016. Chess.com, February 6, 2017, archived from the original on February 6, 2017 ; accessed on February 6, 2017 .  
3. ↑ Final table 1994 ( German ) Kozoom.com. June 12, 1994. Archived from the original on October 9, 2012. Retrieved October 9, 2012.
4. ↑ Final table 1995 ( German ) Kozoom.com. June 11, 1995. Archived from the original on October 9, 2012. Retrieved on October 9, 2012.
5. ↑ Final table 1996 ( German ) Kozoom.com. June 9, 1996. Archived from the original on October 9, 2012. Retrieved on October 9, 2012.
6. ↑ Final table 1997 ( German ) Kozoom.com. June 8, 1997. Archived from the original on October 9, 2012. Retrieved on October 9, 2012.
7. ↑ Final table 1998 ( German ) Kozoom.com. June 7, 1998. Archived from the original on October 9, 2012. Retrieved on October 9, 2012.
8. ↑ Final table 1999 ( German ) Kozoom.com. June 6, 1999. Archived from the original on October 9, 2012. Retrieved on October 9, 2012.
9. ↑ Final table 2000 ( German ) Kozoom.com. June 11, 2000. Archived from the original on October 9, 2012. Retrieved on October 9, 2012.
10. ↑ Final table 2001 ( German ) Kozoom.com. June 10, 2001. Archived from the original on October 9, 2012. Retrieved on October 9, 2012.
11. ↑ Final table 2002 ( German ) Kozoom.com. June 9, 2002. Archived from the original on October 9, 2012. Retrieved on October 9, 2012.
12. ↑ Final table 2003 ( German ) Kozoom.com. June 8, 2003. Archived from the original on October 9, 2012. Retrieved on October 9, 2012.
13. ↑ Final table 2004 ( German ) Kozoom.com. June 20, 2004. Archived from the original on October 9, 2012. Retrieved on October 9, 2012.
14. ↑ Final table 2005 ( German ) Kozoom.com. August 31, 2005. Archived from the original on October 9, 2012. Retrieved on October 9, 2012.
15. ↑ Final table 2006 ( German ) Kozoom.com. June 12, 2006. Archived from the original on October 9, 2012. Retrieved on October 9, 2012.
16. ↑ Final table 2007 ( German ) Kozoom.com. June 14, 2007. Archived from the original on October 9, 2012. Retrieved on October 9, 2012.
17. ↑ Final table 2008 ( German ) Kozoom.com. June 17, 2008. Archived from the original on October 9, 2012. Retrieved on October 9, 2012.
18. ↑ Final table 2009 ( German ) Kozoom.com. June 18, 2009. Archived from the original on October 9, 2012. Retrieved on October 9, 2012.
19. ↑ Final table 2010 ( German ) Kozoom.com. July 6, 2010. Archived from the original on October 9, 2012. Retrieved on October 9, 2012.
20. ↑ Final table 2011 ( German ) Kozoom.com. June 29, 2011. Archived from the original on October 9, 2012. Retrieved on October 9, 2012.