Víktor Bautista i Roca → Portuguese.
Víktor Bautista i Roca lives in Santa Coloma de Gramenet (Spain) and is a Catalonian Oware master and game designer. He invented Fortaleses (2006), La llotja (2006), Pesca Polar (2007), Nonaga (2008), and La Mêlée (2008; together with Xavi Bonet).
Víktor is interested in anarchism, environmentalism, Swahili, board games (including Bao, Toguz Kumalak), and comics of Ralf König. He started to play Oware in 1993. In 2002, he created the first Wiki on mancala games, first in Catalan, later (2004) with English articles. Víktor is also an amateur researcher and conducted a field study on Hoyito in the Dominican Republic, in 2005.
Tournament Results
Year | Result | Tournament |
1998 | 5th Place | UK Open Oware Tournament / Mind Sports Olympiad (London) |
2000 | 7th Place | UK Open Oware Tournament / Mind Sports Olympiad (London) |
2002 | 7th Place | European Awale Championship (Cannes) |
2002 | Silver Medallist (Juniors) | International Warri Festival (St. John's, Antigua) |
2003 | Bronze Medallist | European Awele Championship (Cannes) |
2004 | Bronze Medallist | European Awale Championship (Cannes) |
2005 | Bronze Medallist (Amateurs) | 1ère Tournoi International d'Awélé (La Tour de Peilz, Switzerland) |
2005 | 5th Place | European Awale Championship (Cannes) |
2006 | 5th Place | European Awale Championship (Cannes) |
2006 | Bronze Medallist | Campionat d'aualé de Catalunya / Festiwale (Barcelona) |
2006 | 4th Place (Seniors) | 2ième Tournoi International d'Awélé (La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland) |
2007 | Gold Medallist | Campionat d'aualé de Catalunya / Festiwale (Barcelona) |
2008 | 6th Place | European Awale Championship (Cannes) |
2008 | Bronze Medallist | Campionat d'aualé de Catalunya / Festiwale (Barcelona) |
2008 | Bronze Medallist (Seniors) | 4ème Tournoi International d'Awélé (La Tour de Peilz, Switzerland) |
2008 | 4th Place (Masters) | 4ème Tournoi International d'Awélé (La Tour de Peilz, Switzerland) |
2008 | Silver Medallist | Deskohraní (Prague) |
2009 | Bronze Medallist (Seniors) | European Awale Championship (Cannes) |
2010 | 6th Place | European Awale Championship (Cannes) |
2010 | Silver Medallist (Seniors) | 6ème Tournoi International d'Awélé (La Tour de Peilz, Switzerland) |
2012 | 5th Place | European Awale Championship (Cannes) |
Publications
- Bautista i Roca, V.
- Africa Hidden Inside A Small Hole. Paper presented in the VIIIth Board Game Studies Colloquium. Oxford (England) April 2005.
External Links
- Viktor's old homepage (defunct)
- His web site about mancala games (defunct)
- His Wiki on mancala games (defunct)
- Víktor on Barcelona Televisió
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